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 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.
jean, pourtales, born, august, 1965, french, racing, driver, from, neuilly, seine, before, motorsport, career, pourtales, member, british, junior, alpine, team, attended, junior, world, championships, however, accident, unfortunately, short, skiing, career, po. 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 PourtalesNationalityFrenchBorn 1965 08 19 August 19 1965 age 58 24 Hours of Le Mans careerYears2007 2010TeamsKruse Motorsport KSM Best finish26th 2010 Class wins0 Contents 1 Handicap 2 24 Hours of Le Mans results 3 References 4 External linksHandicap editJean 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 editYear Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos ClassPos 2007 nbsp Kruse Motorsport nbsp Tony Burgess nbsp Norbert Siedler Pescarolo 01 Judd LMP2 98 DNF DNF 2008 nbsp Kruse Schiller Motorsport nbsp Hideki Noda nbsp Allan Simonsen Lola B05 40 Mazda LMP2 147 DNF DNF 2009 nbsp Kruse Schiller Motorsport nbsp Hideki Noda nbsp Matthew Marsh Lola B07 46 Mazda LMP2 261 DNF DNF 2010 nbsp Kruse Schiller Motorsport nbsp Hideki Noda nbsp Jonathan Kennard Lola B07 40 Judd LMP2 291 26th 10th Sources 1 2 References edit Jean de Pourtales Results Motorsport Stats Retrieved 14 January 2023 Jean de Pourtales Automobile Club de l Ouest Retrieved 14 January 2023 External links editJean de Pourtales profile at Speed Sport Magazine Jean de Pourtales career summary at DriverDB com Jean de Pourtales Le Mans Series driver profile nbsp This sports car racing related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jean de Pourtales amp oldid 1178520387, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
