Pierre Dieudonné(born 24 March 1947 inBrussels) is aBelgianauto racingdriver and motoring journalist.
Career
editHe spent a large part of his career competing intouring car racing.He twice finished third in theEuropean Touring Car Championshipin 1977 and 1979. He won two consecutiveSpa 24 Hoursin 1974 and 1975 with aBMW 3.0 CSi.He won the title again in 1981 alongsideTom Walkinshawin aMazda RX-7.
In 1987 he competed in theinauguralWorld Touring Car Championshipfor theEggenberger MotorsportworksFordteam driving theRS CosworthandRS500versions of theFord Sierra.His teammates for the championship wereWest GermanpairKlaus LudwigandKlaus NiedzwiedzandEnglishmanSteve Soper,who was his regular co-driver. He won Round 8 of the championship, theBob Jane T-Marts 500at theCalder Park RacewayinAustralia,which was run on a combined road course and theNASCAR-style "Thunderdome" high-banked oval, driving with Soper, and finished fifth in the championship (Dieudonné and Soper had won theBathurst 1000in Australia the week before the Calder race, but were disqualified for illegal wheel arch modifications).[1]He finished third in the ETCC in the 1988 season, again for Eggenberger. Dieudonné competed in one round of the 1989British Touring Car Championshipfor JQF Engineering withChris Hodgettsin aFord Sierra RS500.[2]That same year he was a1989 24 Hours of Le MansGTP Class winner with Hodgetts andDavid KennedyforMazdaspeed.The1991 24 Hours of Le Manssaw him finish eighth for Mazdaspeed in aMazda 787in the C2 Class.
Dieudonné also made the trip to Australia on other occasions to drive in theBathurst 1000.After the 1987 disqualification, he returned in1988to drive a Sierra alongsideAndrew Bagnall(Bagnall's Sierra was anAndy Rouse'kit car', Rouse being the pioneer of racing Sierras in Europe and one of the main Sierra's rivals to the Eggenberger team). After Dieudonné qualified the car in 7th place, the car ran into overheating problems and only lasted nine of the scheduled 161 laps. He returned in1989to drive an Eggenberger built Sierra forAllan Moffat RacingwithGregg Hansford,the pair qualified 14th but the car was out after only 30 laps. Again racing for Moffat in1990,"The Dude" (as he was known in Australia) drove both team cars, recording a DNF in the car he shared with Hansford and Niedzwiedz, and 10th in the teams lead car with Niedzwiedz and Biela in what was his last race at theMount Panorama Circuit.[3][4][5]
Career results
editComplete World Touring Car Championship results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  Ford Texaco Racing Team
|
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | MNZ DSQ |
JAR ovr:4 cls:1 |
DIJ ovr:4 cls:2 |
NUR Ret |
SPA Ret |
5th | 193 | ||||||
| Ford Sierra RS500 | BNO ovr:2 cls:2 |
SIL ovr:13 cls:4 |
BAT DSQ |
CLD ovr:1 cls:1 |
WEL ovr:3 cls:2 |
FJI ovr:5 cls:3 |
Silverstone shows overall results for all cars. For registered WTCC cars, Dieudonné finished 7th in points and 2nd in class.
Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  Miedecke Motorsport
|
Ford Sierra RS500 | BAT Ret |
WEL Ret |
PUK 7 |
FJI | NC | 0 |
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position; races initalicsindicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Pts | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | JQF Engineering | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | OUL | SIL | THR | DON 5‡ |
THR | SIL | SIL | BRH | SNE | BRH | BIR | DON | SIL | 51st | 2 | 20th |
‡ Endurance driver.
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Ford Ringhausen Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500 | ZOL 1 |
ZOL 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
MFA 1 |
MFA 2 |
AVU 1 22 |
AVU 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 16 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
DIE 1 |
DIE 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
38th | 6 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 |  Luigi Racing
|
Jean Xhenceval Spartaco Dini
|
BMW 3.0 CSL | IMSA | 294 | 8th | 1st |
| 1980 |  JMS RacingCharles Pozzi
|
Jean XhencevalHervé Regout
|
Ferrari 512BB/LM | IMSA | 312 | 10th | 3rd |
| 1981 | Rennod Racing
|
Jean XhencevalJean-Paul Libert
|
Ferrari 512BB/LM | IMSA | 320 | 9th | 3rd |
| 1982 |  Prancing Horse Farm Racing
|
Carson BairdJean-Paul Libert
|
Ferrari 512BB/LM | IMSA GTX | 322 | 6th | 3rd |
| 1984 |  Mazdaspeed
|
Takashi YorinoYojiro Terada
|
Mazda 727C | C2 | 261 | 20th | 6th |
| 1986 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
|
 David KennedyMark Galvin
|
Mazda 757 | GTP | 137 | DNF | DNF |
| 1987 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
|
David KennedyMark Galvin
|
Mazda 757 | GTP | 319 | 7th | 1st |
| 1988 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
|
Yojiro TeradaDavid Kennedy
|
Mazda 757 | GTP | 337 | 15th | 1st |
| 1989 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
|
David Kennedy Chris Hodgetts
|
Mazda 767B | GTP | 368 | 7th | 1st |
| 1990 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
|
 Stefan JohanssonDavid Kennedy
|
Mazda 787 | C2 | 147 | DNF | DNF |
| 1991 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.Oreca
|
Takashi YorinoYojiro Terada
|
Mazda 787 | C2 | 346 | 8th | 8th |
Complete Spa 24 Hour results
editComplete Bathurst 1000 results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Ford Texaco Racing Team
|
Steve Soper
|
Ford Sierra RS500 | 1 | 161 | DSQ | DSQ |
| 1988 | Andrew Bagnall
|
 Andrew Bagnall
|
Ford Sierra RS500 | A | 9 | DNF | DNF |
| 1989 | Allan Moffat Enterprises
|
Gregg Hansford
|
Ford Sierra RS500 | A | 30 | DNF | DNF |
| 1990 | Allan Moffat Enterprises
|
 Frank BielaKlaus Niedzwiedz
|
Ford Sierra RS500 | 1 | 151 | 10th | 10th |
| Gregg HansfordKlaus Niedzwiedz
|
Ford Sierra RS500 | 1 | 138 | DNF | DNF |
References
edit- ^Normoyle, Steve (1988). "The Great Race 7".The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990.Hornsby: Chevron Publishing.ISSN1031-6124.
- ^Official 1989 BTCC standingsArchived30 October 2013 at theWayback MachineBritish Touring Car Championship
- ^Normoyle, Steve (1989). "The Great Race 8".The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990.Hornsby: Chevron Publishing.ISSN1031-6124.
- ^Normoyle, Steve (1990). "The Great Race 9".The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990.Hornsby: Chevron Publishing.ISSN1031-6124.
- ^Normoyle, Steve (1991). "The Great Race 10".The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990.Hornsby: Chevron Publishing.ISSN1031-6124.
External links
edit- Pierre Dieudonnécareer summary at DriverDB
- Career highlights at race driver archive
- History of Touring Car Racing