Robert Bouharde

The number 45 Alpine A210 , with which Robert Bouharde and Guy Verrier finished twelfth in the 1966 Le Mans 24-hour race

Robert Bouharde is a former French rally driver and circuit driver .

Career

He began his motorsport career in the late 1950s at national rallies in France. In 1960 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monte Carlo Rally . Since his attempts to gain a foothold in monoposto racing had little success - in 1962 he competed in a few Formula 2 races in a Cooper T56 - from 1963 he only drove sports car races and rallies.

After his debut in 1961, he competed five more times at Le Mans. He contested the races in 1961, 1963 and 1964 for René Bonnet's team , and from 1965 he was a works driver for Alpine . His best placement for Bonnet was 14th overall in 1963, which he achieved together with Bruno Basini in the René Bonnet Aérodjet.

At Alpine he drove the A110 in rallies and the Alpine A210 in circuit races. Twelfth place in Le Mans in 1966 was the best overall result with the small but fast racing car. Bouharde was a prudent and level-headed racing driver whom his team-mates held in high regard.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB HBR5	Jacques Grelley	Rank 19
1961	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB HBR4	Gérard Laureau	18th place and class win
1963	Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Aérodjet	Bruno Basini	not classified
1964	Société Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Aérodjet	Michel de Bourbon-Parma	failure	Gearbox damage
1965	Société des Automobiles Alpine	Alpine M63B	Pierre Monneret	failure	Ignition damage
1966	Société des Automobiles Alpine	Alpine A210	Guy Verrier	Rank 12
1967	Société des Automobiles Alpine	Alpine A210	Jean-Claude Andruet	failure	accident

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1960	German & Bonnet	DB HBR5	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							19th
1961	German & Bonnet	DB HBR4	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
						18th
1962	Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Djet	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
																	13
1963	René Bonnet Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Djet René Bonnet Aérodjet	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
									22nd			DNF
1964	René Bonnet Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Djet René Bonnet Aérodjet	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
					DNF				42		DNF	DNF							DNF
1965	Alpine	Alpine M63	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
														DNF	13
1966	Alpine	Alpine A210	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
									12
1967	Alpine	Alpine A210	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : Robert Bouharde  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Robert Bouharde at Racing Sports Cars