Antoine Salamin
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Antoine Salamin (born 19 December 1945) is an architect and Swiss former racing driver.[1][2]
Racing career[]
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Champion of Switzerland in 1985, he participates in the World Sportscar Championship as a driver and with his own team from 1977 to 1979 and from 1988 to 1991[3] · [4] · .[5]
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With four participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, seventh place in 1988 and eighth in 1991 in the World Sportscar Championship for teams, Antoine Salamin confirms his international stature.[6] · .[7]
In addition to regular rankings in the European Interserie Cup and the German Supercup Championship (podiums), the 1988 season is punctuated by its seventh place in the Porsche World Cup.[2]
An eclectic driver, he is also involved in rally (Rallye du Vin, du Haut-Valais, Lyon-Charbonnières) on Ford Escort RS 2000, Opel and Porsche, in rally-raid (Paris-Dakar 1982 where he is seventh overall before his retirement at Gao) on Toyota Hilux, Antoine Salamin was distinguished above all by his loyalty to Porsche.[8]
He has notably driven the following cars: Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS, Porsche Carrera 3.0 RS, Porsche Turbo 930, Porsche 934, Porsche 935, Porsche 962C and Porsche 997 GT3 RS (1st of the Porsche Swiss Cup in circuit ranking in 2011).[9] In 1987, he has driven a Sauber Sehcar C6 with a Ford Cosworth engine and in 1983 he participated in the 3 hours of Hockenheim in "Sport 2000".
His racing driver career began in 1973 and ended in 1998 with Hockenheim's 3 hours victory.[10] · .[11]
He created the Swiss Team Salamin, independent structure, becoming for the 1991 season, Team Salamin Primagaz.[12] Driver and sporting director, he officiated at this last post in Ferrari Challenge in the mid-1990s and in some events in 1998 (in FIA GT Championship).[13]
Race tracks in Switzerland[]
As an architect, he designs three projects of race tracks in Switzerland.
In 1985, the Swiss Grand Prix was reborn in Sion (it missed only one vote at the Federal Council to authorize this punctual race on a temporary track located on the Airport of Sion).[14]
A project of a permanent alpine track, in 1996, on the airfield of Rarogne failed during the popular vote of the commune which followed.[15]
Finally, at the dawn of the year 2000, the project of Alternative Technological Center, intended to promote and experiment new automotive technologies, to Chamoson seemed to bring together all the qualities.[16] The population of the municipality voted in 2004 in favor of the project, for the first time in Switzerland, to 75% of the votes.[15]
Racing record[]
24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Year | Car | Class | Team | Drivers | Pos |
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1977 | Porsche 911 Carrera 6 cyl. 3.0 L Nr. 96 |
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Retirement: engine (20th hour, 18th at general classification and 1st in GTX class) |
1978 | Porsche 930 turbo 6 cyl. 3.3 L Nr. 65 |
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Retirement: tyre defect (11th hour, 32nd at general classification) |
1979 | Porsche 934 turbo 6 cyl. 3.0 L Nr. 80 |
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Did not qualify (only Salamin qualified)[17] |
1991 | Porsche 962C double turbo 6 cyl. 3.2 L Nr. 14 |
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Retirement: engine (8th hour, 20th at general classification) |
World Sportscar Championship results[]
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | Races | Points | Pos |
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1978 | ![]() |
Porsche 930 | Porsche 3.3 L turbo 6 cyl. |
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2 | 0 | not classified |
1979 | ![]() |
Porsche 934 | Porsche 3.0 L turbo 6 cyl. |
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4 | 0 | not classified |
1988 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche 2.8 L turbo Flat-6 |
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9 | 38 | 7th |
1989 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche 3.0 L turbo Flat-6 |
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6 | 0 | not classified |
1990 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche 3.2 L turbo Flat-6 |
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8 | 0 | not classified |
1991 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche 3.2 L turbo Flat-6 |
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8 | 25 | 8th |
European Interserie Cup results[]
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | Driver | Races | Podiums | Points | Pos |
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1983 | ![]() |
Porsche 935 | Porsche double turbo |
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1 | 0 | 3 | 29th |
1987 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C Sehcar C6 |
Porsche Ford |
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2 | 0 | 11 | 12th |
1988 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche turbo Flat-6 |
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4 | 3 | 42 | 4th |
1989 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche turbo Flat-6 |
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2 | 1 | 17 | 7th |
Super Cup results[]
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | Driver | Races | Points | Pos |
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1987 | ![]() |
Sehcar C6 | Ford V8 |
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2 | 2 | 14th |
1988 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche turbo Flat-6 |
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5 | 11 | 8th |
1989 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche turbo Flat-6 |
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5 | 12 | 6th |
Other international events[]
Date | Team | Chassis | Engine | Driver | Race | Practice | Race results |
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28 November 1987 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche turbo Flat-6 |
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Int. Kyalami 500 | 13 | 6th |
26 November 1988 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche turbo Flat-6 |
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Int. Kyalami 500 | 8 | 11th |
3 October 1998 | ![]() |
Porsche 962C | Porsche turbo Flat-6 |
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Int. Hockenheim 3 Std | 1 | 1st |
Awards[]
- Champion of Switzerland in 1985 (Porsche 935)
- Vice-Champion of Switzerland in 1981 and 1984; 2nd of Interswiss in 1986 (Porsche 935)
- 18th of the World Porsche-Cup classification in 1985 (Porsche 935)
- 7th of the World Porsche-Cup classification in 1988 (Porsche 962C)
References[]
- ^ "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Les Suisses au Mans - Ils sont nés en... décembre". LesSuissesauMans.ch..
- ^ "Quand le circuit de Zeltweg accueillait le championnat de Suisse". Sport-auto.ch. 26 July 2013..
- ^ Le Nouvelliste du 30 septembre 1985, p. 35.
- ^ "Championnat du monde : saisons 1988-1991". Motorsportmagazine.com..
- ^ Participations au Mans en 1977, 1978, 1979 et 1991.
- ^ "Palmarès d'Antoine Salamin". Racingsportscars.com.
- ^ "Fiche Antoine Salamin". Dakardantan.com..
- ^ "Porsche 935 Salamin". Pbase.com.
- ^ "Internationales Sportarchiv 49/1985 vom 25. Novembre 1985". www.munzinger.de (in German)..
- ^ "Vente Porsche 962-157 avec descriptif et palmarès". race-cars.com..
- ^ Auto-Hebdo numéro 767 du 27 février 1991, p. 12.
- ^ Le Nouvelliste numéro 278 du 30 novembre 1995, p. 21.
- ^ Le Nouvelliste du 13 septembre 1984, p. 39.
- ^ a b J.-C. Etter (1 October 2005). "Un circuit demain en Suisse ?". Asphalte.ch..
- ^ "Centre technologique à Chamoson". Centre-technologique.ch..
- ^ Les Suisses au Mans, tome 4, p. 105.
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Swiss racing drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- World Sportscar Championship drivers