Gordini

Gordini Type 16

Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" (The Sorcerer).

At the beginning Gordini had close ties with Simca whose founder Henri Pigozzi shared Italian origins with Amédée Gordini.

Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.

Later Gordini worked with Renault as an engine tuner and finally sold his firm to Renault which entered Renault-Gordini cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1962 until 1969.

Formula One results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1950	Simca Gordini Type 15	Gordini Straight-4		GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA
			Robert Manzon		Ret				4	Ret
			Maurice Trintignant		Ret					Ret
1951	Simca Gordini Type 15	Gordini Straight-4		SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP
			André Simon				Ret		Ret	6	Ret
			Robert Manzon				Ret		7	Ret	9
			Maurice Trintignant				Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret
			Aldo Gordini				Ret
1952	Gordini Type 16	Gordini Straight-6		SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA
			Robert Manzon	Ret		3	4	Ret	Ret	5	14
			Jean Behra	3		Ret	7		5	Ret	Ret
			Johnny Claes			8
			Prince Bira				Ret	11
			Maurice Trintignant					Ret	Ret	6	Ret
	Simca Gordini Type 15	Simca Straight-4	Max de Terra	Ret
		Gordini Straight-4	Prince Bira	Ret		10
			Johnny Claes				Ret	14			DNQ
			Robert O'Brien			NC
			Maurice Trintignant				5
			Paul Frère							Ret
1953	Gordini Type 16	Gordini Straight-6		ARG	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA
			Jean Behra	6			Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret
			Maurice Trintignant	7†		6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
			Harry Schell	7†		Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret		9
			Robert Manzon	Ret
			Carlos Menditeguy	Ret
			Roberto Mieres			NC		Ret				6
			Fred Wacker				9
	Simca Gordini Type 15	Gordini Straight-4	Pablo Birger	Ret
			Georges Berger				Ret
1954	Gordini Type 16	Gordini Straight-6		ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP
			Jean Behra	DSQ		Ret	6	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret
			Élie Bayol	5
			Roger Loyer	Ret
			Paul Frère			Ret	Ret		Ret
			André Pilette			5		9	Ret
			Jacques Pollet				Ret
			Georges Berger				Ret
			Clemar Bucci					Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
			Fred Wacker							Ret	6
1955	Gordini Type 16	Gordini Straight-6		ARG	MON	500	BEL	NED	GBR	ITA
			Élie Bayol	Ret	Ret
			Jesus Iglesias	Ret
			Pablo Birger	Ret
			Robert Manzon		Ret			Ret	Ret
			Jacques Pollet		7			10		Ret
			Hernando da Silva Ramos					8	Ret	Ret
			Mike Sparken						7
			Jean Lucas							Ret

(† indicates shared drive)

Year	Team	Driver	# of GPs
1956	Gordini-Gordini	Robert Manzon	5
1956	Gordini-Gordini	Hermano da Silva Ramos	4
1956	Gordini-Gordini	André Pilette	3
1956	Gordini-Gordini	Andre Milhoux	1
1956	Gordini-Gordini	André Simon	1