Guy Chasseuil Explained

Guy Chasseuil
Nationality: French
Birth Date:26 January 1942
Birth Place:Paris, Ile-de-France
First Year:1966

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

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.

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.

Major races

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1968 Auguste Veuillet Claude Ballot-LénaPorsche 911 TGT
2.0
224DNF
(Engine)
1969 Auguste Veuillet Claude Ballot-LénaPorsche 911TGT
2.0
30111th2nd
1970 Établissements Sonauto Claude Ballot-LénaPorsche 914/6 GTGT
2.0
2856th1st
1971 Établissement Sonauto
Auguste Veuillet
Claude Ballot-LénaPorsche 908/2P
3.0
169DNF
(Accident)
1972 Société Franco-Brittanic Jean VinatierDe Tomaso PanteraS
+3.0
3DNF
(Engine)
1973 Sonauto BP Racing Peter GreggPorsche 911 Carrera RSRGTS
3.0
29814th3rd
1974 Automobiles Ligier Michel LeclèreLigier JS2S
3.0
82DNF
(Engine)
1975 Automobiles Ligier Gitanes Jean-Louis LafosseLigier JS2S
3.0
3362nd2nd
1976 Ecurie Batteries et Piles TS Claude Ballot-Léna
Xavier Mathiot
WM P76GTP125DNF
(Fuel cell)
1977 H. Striebig
(private entrant) / BP
Hubert Striebig
Helmut Kirchoffer
Porsche 934/5Gr.5
SP
65DNF
(Fuel pump)
1978 Auto Daniel Urcun
(private entrant)
Jean-Claude LefévrePorsche 934Gr.4
GT
61DNF
(Gearbox)
1981 Porsche Kremer Racing Bob Wollek
Xavier Lapeyre
Porsche 917K/81S
+2.0
82DNF
(Engine mount)

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1966 Gérard LarrousseNSU 1000 TTDiv.2-DNF
(Piston)
1967 Georges BossuytFord MustangDiv.33714 km3rd2nd
1969 Sonauto (Porsche France) Claude Ballot-LénaPorsche 911Div.34272.231 km1st1st
1971Ecurie Van Stolle "Chavan"Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA JuniorDiv.1-DNF
(Piston)
1974 Automobiles Ligier Maserati François MigaultCitroën SM MaseratiDiv.4-DNF
(Accident)
1981BP Racing Xavier LapeyreFord Capri III 3.0 SserT+2.5-DNF
(Accident)

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