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Jean Rondeau (13 May 1946 in Le Mans, France – 27 December 1985 in Champagné, France) was a French race car driver and constructor, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1980, in a car bearing his own name, an achievement which remains unique in the history of the race.
Mar 12, 2024 · Jean Rondeau's 1980 Le Mans garagista win. With Jim Glickenhaus taking on the major manufacturers this year, Gary Watkins looks back to 1980 when local-boy privateer Jean Rondeau upset the odds in a car bearing his own name. The Rondeau M379 was up against stiff competition in the wet from Joest’s 908/80. DPPI.
Dec 31, 2015 · 31 December 2015, 7:58 AM. To this day, Jean Rondeau remains the only native of Le Mans who ever built and drove his own car to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Thirty years after his death in a road accident, DSC looks back at Rondeau’s achievements as a driver and constructor.
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Automobiles Jean Rondeau was the result. "It wasn't his original plan to build his own car," says Le Mans legend Henri Pescarolo, who would make six of his 33 starts in the great race...
Feb 1, 2023 · 24 HOURS CENTENARY – PEOPLE and MACHINES ⎮ The only driver-constructor ever to win the race, Jean Rondeau knew how to bring people together around his passion for racing, from drivers to sponsors. Here is a look at the exceptional journey of a local legend and multitalented pioneer.
Jun 19, 2020 · JUN 19 th 2020. Andrew Frankel. Jean Rondeau, the self‑made Le Mans conqueror – Thank Frankel it’s Friday. Forty years ago last weekend, a man accomplished a feat that had and has not been replicated, before or since, in the 97-year history of Le Mans. He won the race in a car bearing his own name.
May 11, 2015 · With the 935 and 936, Porsche qualified for both. Belgian Jacky Ickx and Dutchman Gijs van Lennep drove the 936 to victory that year, the first car with a turbo engine to win Le Mans. Meanwhile, a local driver, Jean Rondeau, had been busy building his own racing cars. Rondeau had raced the 24 Hours three times before he began designing prototypes.
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