Antoine Salamin

Antoine Salamin (born 19 December 1945) is an architect and Swiss former racing driver.[1][2]

Antoine Salamin at Suzuka 1991

Racing career

Le Mans 1977: leading GTX class until engine failure (3 hours before the end of the race)
Le Mans 1978: retirement after tyre defect (Co-driver Yves Courage was on board)
Le Mans 1991: with the Porsche 962C Primagaz

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]

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
1977 Porsche 911 Carrera
6 cyl. 3.0 L
Nr. 96
GTX GVEA - G. Haberthur Antoine Salamin
André Savary
Jean-Robert Corthay
Retirement: engine
(20th hour, 18th at general classification
and 1st in GTX class)
1978 Porsche 930
turbo
6 cyl. 3.3 L
Nr. 65
Gr. IV Joël Laplacette Antoine Salamin
Gérard Vial
Yves Courage
Joël Laplacette
Retirement: tyre defect
(11th hour, 32nd at general classification)
1979 Porsche 934
turbo
6 cyl. 3.0 L
Nr. 80
GT (Gr. IV) Écurie 13 Étoiles Antoine Salamin
Gérard Vial
Philippe Collet
Did not qualify
(only Salamin qualified)[17]
1991 Porsche 962C
double turbo
6 cyl. 3.2 L
Nr. 14
S2 Team Salamin Primagaz Antoine Salamin
Max Cohen-Olivar
Marcel Tarrès
Retirement: engine
(8th hour, 20th at general classification)

World Sportscar Championship results

Results classification for teams
Year Team Chassis Engine Drivers Races Points Pos
1978 Écurie 13 ÉtoilesPorsche 930Porsche
3.3 L turbo
6 cyl.
Antoine Salamin
Gérard Vial
20not classified
1979 Écurie 13 ÉtoilesPorsche 934Porsche
3.0 L turbo
6 cyl.
Antoine Salamin
Gérard Vial
Philippe Collet
40not classified
1988 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
2.8 L turbo
Flat-6
Antoine Salamin
Giovanni Lavaggi
Max Cohen-Olivar
9387th
1989 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
3.0 L turbo
Flat-6
Antoine Salamin
Max Cohen-Olivar
Giovanni Lavaggi
60not classified
1990 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
3.2 L turbo
Flat-6
Antoine Salamin
Luigi Taverna
Max Cohen-Olivar
80not classified
1991 Team Salamin PrimagazPorsche 962CPorsche
3.2 L turbo
Flat-6
Antoine Salamin
Max Cohen-Olivar
8258th

European Interserie Cup results

Results classification for drivers division I
Year Team Chassis Engine Driver Races Podiums Points Pos
1983 Écurie 13 ÉtoilesPorsche 935Porsche
double turbo
Antoine Salamin10329th
1987 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962C
Sehcar C6
Porsche
Ford
Antoine Salamin201112th
1988 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
turbo
Flat-6
Antoine Salamin43424th
1989 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
turbo
Flat-6
Antoine Salamin21177th

Super Cup results

Results classification for drivers
Year Team Chassis Engine Driver Races Points Pos
1987 Team DecorplastSehcar C6Ford
V8
Antoine Salamin2214th
1988 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
turbo
Flat-6
Antoine Salamin5118th
1989 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
turbo
Flat-6
Antoine Salamin5126th

Other international events

Results classification for drivers
Date Team Chassis Engine Driver Race Practice Race results
28 November 1987 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
turbo
Flat-6
Antoine SalaminInt. Kyalami 500136th
26 November 1988 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
turbo
Flat-6
Antoine SalaminInt. Kyalami 500811th
3 October 1998 Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962CPorsche
turbo
Flat-6
Antoine SalaminInt. Hockenheim 3 Std11st

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

  1. "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. "Les Suisses au Mans - Ils sont nés en... décembre". LesSuissesauMans.ch..
  3. "Quand le circuit de Zeltweg accueillait le championnat de Suisse". Sport-auto.ch. 26 July 2013..
  4. Le Nouvelliste du 30 septembre 1985, p. 35.
  5. "Championnat du monde : saisons 1988-1991". Motorsportmagazine.com..
  6. Participations au Mans en 1977, 1978, 1979 et 1991.
  7. "Palmarès d'Antoine Salamin". Racingsportscars.com.
  8. "Fiche Antoine Salamin". Dakardantan.com..
  9. "Porsche 935 Salamin". Pbase.com.
  10. "Internationales Sportarchiv 49/1985 vom 25. Novembre 1985". www.munzinger.de (in German)..
  11. "Vente Porsche 962-157 avec descriptif et palmarès". race-cars.com..
  12. Auto-Hebdo numéro 767 du 27 février 1991, p. 12.
  13. Le Nouvelliste numéro 278 du 30 novembre 1995, p. 21.
  14. Le Nouvelliste du 13 septembre 1984, p. 39.
  15. J.-C. Etter (1 October 2005). "Un circuit demain en Suisse ?". Asphalte.ch..
  16. "Centre technologique à Chamoson". Centre-technologique.ch..
  17. Les Suisses au Mans, tome 4, p. 105.
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