Jean de Pourtales

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Jean de Pourtales
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1965-08-19) August 19, 1965 (age 59)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2007 – 2010
TeamsKruse Motorsport (KSM)
Best finish26th (2010)
Class wins0

Jean de Pourtales (born 19 August 1965) is a French racing driver from Neuilly-sur-Seine. Before his motorsport career, de Pourtales was a member of the British junior alpine ski team, and attended the junior world ski championships. However, an accident unfortunately cut short his skiing career. De Pourtales began his career in British Formula Vauxhall Junior in 1995 and moved to British Formula Renault in 1998 and finished 10th. He competed in Euro Formula 3000 part-time in 1999 and from 2001 to 2004 with his best season finish being 17th in 2003. Since then he has participated part-time in the Le Mans Series LMP2 class and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Kruse Schiller Motorsport.

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Handicap

Jean de Pourtales is a rarity in motorsport, as he competes with an artificial limb. A road accident in his twenties resulted in the loss of his left hand and forearm and has since raced with a special steering wheel that attaches to a prosthetic arm enabling him to compete just like his rivals.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of Germany.svg Kruse Motorsport Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Flag of Austria.svg Norbert Siedler 		Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP298DNFDNF
2008 Flag of Germany.svg Kruse Schiller Motorsport Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen 		Lola B05/40-Mazda LMP2147DNFDNF
2009 Flag of Germany.svg Kruse Schiller Motorsport Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Matthew Marsh 		Lola B07/46-Mazda LMP2261DNFDNF
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Kruse Schiller Motorsport Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Noda
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Kennard 		Lola B07/40-Judd LMP229126th10th
Sources: [1] [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Jean de Pourtales Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jean de Pourtales". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 14 January 2023.


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