Robert Dutoit

Robert Dutoit (* in Lille ) is a former French racing car driver .

Racing career

Robert Dutoit, whose mother was racing driver Marie Honoré , began his career in the mid-1950s. In 1955 he bought the Porsche 550/4 Spyder , with which Gonzague Olivier competed in the 1955 Le Mans 24-hour race (18th place with Josef Jeser ) . With the car he was ninth overall in the 500 km race at the Nürburgring in 1955 (winner Jean Behra in the factory - Maserati 150S ) and fifth in the Coupes de Vitesse in 1957 (winner Alfonso de Portago in a Ferrari 250 GT ).

In 1958 he drove a small VP at the Le Mans 24-hour race together with Jean-Marie Dumazer and in the following years became a regular starter in the Tour de France for automobiles . Robert Dutoit was active as a driver for two decades. In the 1970s, he still achieved good results in endurance races . In 1970 he finished tenth overall in the 1000 km race in Paris .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1958	Just-Émile Vernet	VP	Jean-Marie Dumazer	failure	Gearbox damage

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
1958	Just-Émile Vernet	VP	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							DNF
1963		Jaguar Mark 2	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																							DNF
1964	Claude Storez	Jaguar Mark 2	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																			29

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Robert Dutoit at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Marie Honoré
2. ↑ About Robert Dutoit's Porsche 550
3. ↑ 500 km race on the Nürburgring in 1955
4. ^ Coupe de Vitesse 1967