Jean de Pourtales

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.

Jean de Pourtales
NationalityFrance French
Born (1965-08-19) August 19, 1965
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2007 – 2010
TeamsKruse Motorsport (KSM)
Best finish26th (2010)
Class wins0

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
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 Germany Kruse Motorsport Canada Tony Burgess
Austria Norbert Siedler		 Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP2 98 DNF DNF
2008 Germany Kruse Schiller Motorsport Japan Hideki Noda
Denmark Allan Simonsen		 Lola B05/40-Mazda LMP2 147 DNF DNF
2009 Germany Kruse Schiller Motorsport Japan Hideki Noda
Hong Kong Matthew Marsh		 Lola B07/46-Mazda LMP2 261 DNF DNF
2010 Germany Kruse Schiller Motorsport Japan Hideki Noda
United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard		 Lola B07/40-Judd LMP2 291 26th 10th
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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