William Vollery

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William Vollery (born January 10, 1949 in Lausanne , † September 11, 1989 in Bern ) was a Swiss racing driver .

Racing career

William Vollery, an optician by profession , was active in GT racing in the 1970s . He drove in the European GT Championship and in selected races of the Sports Car World Championship . Although his career suffered from a lack of sponsorship money, he competed three times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1974 he drove a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR together with Roger Dorchy and Eric Chapuis and was in 12th place in the overall standings up to five hours before the end of the race when an engine failure ended his race prematurely. The two following missions also ended after technical defects on the racing cars before the checkered flag fell.

William Vollery died of leukemia in Bern in September 1989 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1974 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Porsche Club Romand Porsche 911 Carrera RSR FranceFrance Roger Dorchy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Eric Chapuis failure Engine failure
1975 FranceFrance Ècurie du Nord Porsche 911 Carrera RSR FranceFrance Roger Dorchy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Eric Chapuis failure Valve damage
1976 SwitzerlandSwitzerland William Vollery Porsche 911 Carrera RSR FranceFrance Roger Dorchy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann failure battery

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personal data
SURNAME Vollery, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausanne
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1989
Place of death Bern