Yvette Fontaine

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Ford Escort as Yvette Fontaine drove in 1970

Yvette Fontaine (born June 3, 1946 in Hasselt ) is a former Belgian racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Yvette Fontaine grew up with her parents near the Zolder racetrack and came into contact with motorsport at an early age. Whenever it was possible and there was an event on the nearly four-kilometer circuit, Fontaine was there as a spectator as a teenager. After trying kart racing , she contested her first rally in 1964 at the age of 18 .

In 1966 she got into touring car racing and drove an Alfa Romeo Giulia Ti Super 1600 in the Belgian championship . In the same year she contested her first 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps , which she finished 19th in the overall standings. In 1969 she moved from Alfa Romeo models to Ford , where she got a contract with Ford Belgium. In a Ford Escort 1300 GT (in 1969 a Ford Lotus Cortina was also used for some races ), she secured the overall ranking of the Belgian touring car championship in 1969 and 1970. To date she is the only woman who could win this championship.

Her greatest international success was second place in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1975 . Partner in the BMW 3.0 CSi was her compatriot Noël Van Assche ; the race won the brand colleagues Jean Xhenceval and Hughes de Fierlant .

Fontaine also competed twice in the 24-hour race at Le Mans , with the all-women teams being successful both times. In 1974 there was also victory in the class for sports cars with a displacement of up to 2 liters with final 17th place; In 1975 she was eleventh overall.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1974 BelgiumBelgium Ecurie Seiko Chevron B23 BelgiumBelgium Christine Beckers FranceFrance Marie Laurent 17th place and class win
1975 FranceFrance Anne-Charlotte Verney Porsche 911 Carrera RS BelgiumBelgium Anne-Charlotte Verney FranceFrance Corinne Tarnaud Rank 11

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1966
personal data
SURNAME Fontaine, Yvette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Hasselt