Jean Louis Marius Guichet (born 10 August 1927 in Marseille, France) is a French industrialist and former racing driver. He is best known for winning the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-driver Nino Vaccarella, driving a Ferrari 275 P for Scuderia Ferrari.
Racing career Guichet raced sports cars and rallied from 1948 through the late 1970s. He began his racing career as a self-funded independent driver. Following an appearance with Abarth at the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans, he then competed at Le Mans for three years in a private Ferrari entry, a team he had been connect to since a hillclimb in 1956, and took overall podiums in both 1961 and 1962. He then became a factory driver for Scuderia Ferrari in 1964 and competed with the team for three years, including for his overall win with Vaccarella in 1964, followed by an entry in 1967 for the Scuderia Filipinetti customer team. During this time, he also joined Ferrari customer team NART for the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, where he finished third.
Guichet is also known as the first owner of 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO chassis number 5111GT, one of only 36 produced. He successfully raced this car, including an overall win of the 1963 Tour de France with co-driver José Behra. Following Guichet's sale of the car in 1965 and multiple subsequent ownership changes, this car was sold privately in September 2013 for $52,000,000 USD. This broke the then-current record for world's most expensive car.
Racing record Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Automobiles Gordini Robert Manzon Gordini T15SS3.080DNF(Engine) Automobiles Gordini André Guelfi Gordini T24SS3.038DNF(Engine) Abarth & Cie Paul Condrillier Abarth 850SS850174DNF(Clutch) P. Noblet(private entrant) Pierre Noblet Ferrari 250 GT SWBGT3.0317 3rd 1st P. Noblet(private entrant) Pierre Noblet Ferrari 250 GTOGT3.0326 2nd 1st P. Noblet(private entrant) Pierre Noblet Ferrari 330 LMBP+3.079DNF(Oil pipe) SpA Ferrari SEFAC Nino Vaccarella Ferrari 275 PP5.0349 1st 1st SpA Ferrari SEFAC Mike Parkes Ferrari 330 P2 SpyderP4.0315DNF(Gearbox) SpA Ferrari SEFAC Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 330 P3P5.0226DNF(Engine) Scuderia Filipinetti Herbert Müller Ferrari 412 PP5.088DNF(Piston) Société AutomobilesAlpine Jean-Pierre Jabouille Alpine A220P3.0185DNF(Electrics) Equipe Matra - Elf Nino Vaccarella Matra-Simca MS630P3.0359 5th 3rd H. Poulain(private entrant) Hervé Poulain Sam Posey BMW 3.0 CSLTS73DNF(Transmission)
Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1962 Abarth Corse Alfonso Thiele Abarth 850SS1.15180 10th 1st 1964 S.E.F.A.C. Ferrari Carlo Maria Abate Ferrari 250 GTO/64GT3.0113DSQ(Assistance) 1967 Scuderia Ambroeus Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari Dino 206 SP2.0101DNF(Overheating)
Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1964 Shelby American, Inc. Jo Schlesser Shelby CobraGT+2.0109DNF(Piston) 1967 North American Racing Team Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 412 PP+2.0637 3rd 3rd
Complete IMC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1971 Jean Guichet Peugeot 504 MON SWE ITA KEN MARRet AUT GRE GBR 1972 Jean Guichet Peugeot 504 MON SWE KENMARRet GRE AUT ITA USA GBR
Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 1973 Jean Guichet Peugeot 504 MON SWE POR KENMORRet GRE POL FIN AUT ITA USA GBR FRA N/A N/A 1976 Jean Guichet Peugeot 504 MON SWE POR KEN GRC MOR9 FIN ITA FRA GBR N/A N/A 1977 Marshalls (EA) Ltd. Peugeot 504 MON SWE POR KENRet NZL GRC FIN CAN ITA FRA GBR N/A N/A
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