Jean-Louis Marnat
Jean-Louis Marnat (born August 7, 1935, death July 15, 1985) was a French rally and race driver.
Driver career
He started his career in 6 hours of Saint-Cloud, near Paris, and wins the Tourism category with a Renault Dauphine Gordini in 1959.
For a couple of years he used to drive a Mini Cooper S in national rallies.
In 1964, 1966 and 1968, he participated to 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Triumph Spitfire, a Mini Marcos[1] and an Alpine A210 : he got the 15th place in 1966.[2]
In 1966, he participated in the Mini Marcos project and again competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Claude Ballot-Léna as team-mate: after taking the 57th place in the trials, they finished 15th in the race (average speed of 144 km / h). He starts with Jean-Pierre Jabouille, still on Mini Marcos, 1000 km from Monza and 1000 km from Paris (26th).
He drives also in Tour de France, 1000 km of Paris and 1000 km of Monza races, on Linas-Montlhéry, Magny-Cours, Nogaro, Reims and Zolder circuits.
Biography
After graduating from French engineer school (Ecole technique de constructions aéronautiques et de construction automobile, ESTACA today Jean-Louis Marnat met in this school two guys fond of car races, Jean-Pierre Beltoise future Formula One driver and Luc Melua future motorist Later, he worked with racing teams in various disciplines; kart (French championship with Brétigny-sur-Orge Club), rally (Louis Meznarie team with NSU cars and Danna team with General Motors), circuit (24 Hours of Le Mans with Louis Meznarie team, Porsche) and motorcycle (Yamaha team)..), he had opened shops for additional equipments for Minis.
He died on July 1985, in a road accident in the French department of Yonne where he came from.