Xavier Lapeyre

The ROC Audi quattro with high roof for the Dakar Rally 1984/1985 which was driven by Xavier Lapeyre and Henri Pescarolo at the 24h de Chamonix in 1985

Xavier Lapeyre in some sources also Lepeyre (born April 13, 1942 ) is a former French racing driver .

Career

After training as a chiropractor (he has been practicing this profession again in Toulouse since 2007), he switched to French motorsport in 1972. He first drove in Formula 2 and contested the European Championship in 1975 on a Chevron B76 and in 1977 with a Martini MK19 . Despite initial difficulties, he switched to rallying in 1979 , where he quickly won victories. He won the Rallye de la Montagne Noire in 1979 and 1980 and the Rallye de Quercy in 1981 .

In 1983/1984 he drove a Range Rover ETT in the Paris-Dakar rally , from which he retired early. A year later he drove an Audi quattro for the ROC-Audi team to 17th place in the overall standings. With Audi he was overall winner of the French touring car championship in 1986 and 1991 and vice-champion in 1985, 1987 and 1988.

During his time as a racing driver, he took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race a total of thirteen times from 1974 to 1991 , with the best result in 1978 when he was twelfth in the overall standings.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1974	Mamers-Grac-Gotti-Meca	Grac-Gotti MT20	Max Mamers		failure	Clutch damage
1975	Sociéte ROC	Lola T292	Laurent Ferrier	Christian Ethuin	failure	Drive shaft damage
1976	GVEA - X. Lapeyre	Lola T286	Bernard Chevanne		failure	Engine failure
1977	Daniel Broudy	Lola T286	Patrick Perrier		failure
1978	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Anne-Charlotte Verney	François Sérvanin	Rank 12 and class win
1979	Chevalley Racing Switzerland	Lola T286	Patrick Perrier	André Chevalley	failure
1980	Malardeau Kremer Racing	Porsche 935 K3	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Jean-Louis Trintignant	failure	Gearbox damage
1981	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 917K81	Bob Wollek	Guy Chasseuil	failure	Engine failure
1982	Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M382	François Migault	Gordon Spice	failure	ignition
1983	Communaute Pays de Loire	Rondeau M382	Dany Snobeck	Alain Cudini	failure	Engine failure
1984	BP Résidences Malardeau	Lancia LC2	Pierluigi Martini	Beppe Gabbiani	failure	Cylinder head gasket
1990	Graff Racing	Spice SE88C	Jean-Philippe Grand	Michel Maisonneuve	Rank 23
1991	Graff Racing	Spice SE88C	Jean-Philippe Grand	Michel Maisonneuve	failure	Engine failure

Web links

• Internet site with a listing of the racing cars driven by Xavier Lapeyre

Individual evidence

1. ^ Classicscars - website: Le Mans race results 1978. At: www.classicscars.com , accessed on October 28, 2012 .