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Death of Jean-Louis Trintignant, major actor and gentleman driver
J.-L. Trintignant competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1980 in this Porsche 935. © DPPI
The actor and gentleman driver Jean-Louis Trintignant died at the age of 91 this Friday June 17, 2022 in Uzès (Gard). The nephew of the winner of the Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1 1955, Maurice Trintignant, led his career in cinema while cultivating his other passion, that of automobiles.
His only participation in 24 Hours of Le Mans, en 1980, s’est soldée par un abandon spectaculaire. Alors lancée à pleine allure dans la ligne droite des Hunaudières, sa Porsche 935 K3 de l’équipe Kremer Racing éclata un pneu arrière. Avec adresse, Jean-Louis Trintignant immobilisa la Porsche qu’il partageait avec Xavier Lapeyre et Anne-Charlotte Verney en bordure de circuit.
His greatest reward behind the wheel came two years later during the 24 Hours of Spa. With former F1 driver Jean-Pierre Jarier and Belgian Thierry Tassin, he finished in second place aboard a BMW 528.
Film buffs inevitably remember his role in Claude Lelouch's masterpiece “A Man and a Woman”, where he plays the role of a car racer whose wife committed suicide, before meeting him in Deauville. of a script-girl inconsolable since the death of her husband. Several scenes featuring him behind the wheel of white Ford GT40s or Ford Mustangs were shown on the big screen:
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PHILIPPE GENTIL
17/06/2022 at 07:31 a.m.
I also have a thought for his wife, Marianne HOEFNER, famous rallywoman of the 1980s