Willy Braillard

Willy Braillard with a racing overall of his compatriot Jacky Ickx 2014

Willy Braillard (born May 12, 1946 in Uccle ) is a Belgian entrepreneur and former racing driver .

Entrepreneur

Willy Braillard was sales manager at SA Fina , a Belgian mineral oil company , in the 1960s . He managed the sales network and was responsible for looking after the petrol station tenants. In 1973 he moved to the Marabout publishing house, where he was responsible for the mail order business - as director from 1976.

In 1980 he started his own business. Willy Baillard was the first address trading and file management company in Belgium. Baillard held various positions with international marketing associations . From 1989 to 1996 he was Vice President of the European Direct Marketing Association . From 1994 he held the same position in the Belgian association for many years.

Racing career

Willy Braillard's driver career began in Formula Vee in 1969 and led through touring cars to sports car racing . He celebrated his first international success with fourth place overall at the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1969 . He achieved two further results in the top field in this race with fifth places in 1972 and 1978 . He started four times in the Le Mans 24-hour race , but was unable to classify in any of the races .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1970	Jean-Pierre Gaban	Porsche 911S	Jean-Pierre Gaban			failure	Gearbox damage
1971	Jean-Pierre Gaban	Porsche 911S	Jean-Pierre Gaban			failure	Gearbox damage
1977	Nicolas Koob	Porsche 934	Nicolas Koob	Guillermo Ortega		failure	Cylinder overheated
1978	Ravenel Fréres	Porsche 934	Philippe Dagoreau	Jean-Louis Ravenel	Jacky Ravenel	failure	fuel pump

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
1970	Jean-Pierre Gaban	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
								DNF		DNF
1971	Jean-Pierre Saban	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
								14th			DNF
1974	Jean-Pierre Saban	Porsche Carrera RS	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
				14th
1975	Chappée RTS	Lola T284	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
							DNF
1978	Ravenel Fréres	Porsche 934	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
										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 : Willy Braillard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Willy Braillard
• Willy Braillard at the Driver Database
• Willy Braillard at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1969
2. ↑ 24-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps 1972
3. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1978