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Guy Chasseuil

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Guy Chasseuil
NationalityFrance French
Born (1942-01-26) 26 January 1942 (age 82)
Paris, Ile-de-France
Debut season1966

Guy Chasseuil (born 26 January 1942 in Paris) is a French former racing driver. During his racing career he specialized in rallying and endurance racing.

Career

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Guy Chasseuil's first major race was the 1966 24 Hours of Spa, driving an NSU 1000 TT.

Chasseuil began his career in the early 1960s in the French Rally Championship, first with co-driver Jean Todt, then Christian Baron. He achieved success in African rallies, but only raced the Paris Dakar once in 1981 in a Porsche 924.[1]

Although he remained active in rallying throughout his career, he achieved notable successes in road and circuit racing. In 1968 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and one year later won the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps with his longtime teammate Claude Ballot-Léna. In 1970, he celebrated his first class victory at Le Mans, when he finished sixth overall with Ballot-Léna in a Porsche 914/6 GT. In 1970, he partnered with Ove Andersson and Björn Waldegård at the Marathon de la Route at the Nürburgring, where the trio placed third overall.

Over the course of his career Chasseuil had twelve Le Mans starts. He came closest to an overall win in 1975 as a works driver with Ligier. Chasseuil and partner Jean-Louis Lafosse piloted one of three Ligier JS2s. The duo was to drive a conservative race and bring the Ligier safely to the finish. When two JS2s retired during the night, however, team management changed tactics and let the Chasseuil/Lafosse car chase the leaders. The two gradually moved up the field, finishing second to the Gulf GR8 of Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell because they ran out of time.

He continued racing sports cars until the early 1980s, appearing at the Sarthe for the last time in 1981. Chasseuil was one of three driving the 917 K/81 for Kremer Racing. The modified twelve-year old design was not competitive, and retired after only 82 laps having damaged an oil line during an off-course excursion.

In the early 1980s Chasseuil also appeared in some World Rally Championship races. At the 1982 Tour de Corse, he drove a Ferrari 308GTB supplied by the French Ferrari importer Charles Pozzi. Ten years earlier he had driven a Ford GT40 in the same rally.

After his racing career ended he became a stuntman/stunt-driver, and worked on films such as Le Mans, and Ronin.[2]

Major races

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Racing record

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1968 France Auguste Veuillet France Claude Ballot-Léna Porsche 911 T GT
2.0
224 DNF
(Engine)
1969 France Auguste Veuillet France Claude Ballot-Léna Porsche 911T GT
2.0
301 11th 2nd
1970 France Établissements Sonauto France Claude Ballot-Léna Porsche 914/6 GT GT
2.0
285 6th 1st
1971 France Établissement Sonauto
Auguste Veuillet
France Claude Ballot-Léna Porsche 908/2 P
3.0
169 DNF
(Accident)
1972 France Société Franco-Brittanic France Jean Vinatier De Tomaso Pantera S
+3.0
3 DNF
(Engine)
1973 France Sonauto BP Racing United States Peter Gregg Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GTS
3.0
298 14th 3rd
1974 France Automobiles Ligier France Michel Leclère Ligier JS2 S
3.0
82 DNF
(Engine)
1975 France Automobiles Ligier Gitanes France Jean-Louis Lafosse Ligier JS2 S
3.0
336 2nd 2nd
1976 France Ecurie Batteries et Piles TS France Claude Ballot-Léna
France Xavier Mathiot
WM P76 GTP 125 DNF
(Fuel cell)
1977 France H. Striebig
(private entrant) / BP
France Hubert Striebig
West Germany Helmut Kirchoffer
Porsche 934/5 Gr.5
SP
65 DNF
(Fuel pump)
1978 France Auto Daniel Urcun
(private entrant)
France Jean-Claude Lefévre Porsche 934 Gr.4
GT
61 DNF
(Gearbox)
1981 West Germany Porsche Kremer Racing France Bob Wollek
France Xavier Lapeyre
Porsche 917K/81 S
+2.0
82 DNF
(Engine mount)

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1966 France Gérard Larrousse NSU 1000 TT Div.2 - DNF
(Piston)
1967 Belgium Georges Bossuyt Ford Mustang Div.3 3714 km 3rd 2nd
1969 France Sonauto (Porsche France) France Claude Ballot-Léna Porsche 911 Div.3 4272.231 km 1st 1st
1971 Ecurie Van Stolle Belgium "Chavan" Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior Div.1 - DNF
(Piston)
1974 France Automobiles Ligier Maserati France François Migault Citroën SM Maserati Div.4 - DNF
(Accident)
1981 BP Racing France Xavier Lapeyre Ford Capri III 3.0 S serT+2.5 - DNF
(Accident)

References

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  1. ^ "[1981] Guy CHASSEUIL / Olivier GAUVAIN - PORSCHE 924 n°129". www.dakardantan.com.
  2. ^ "Guy Chasseuil". www.imdb.com.
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