Jesús Pareja

Jesús Ángel Pareja Mayo (born 6 March 1955) is a retired Spanish racing driver.[1] Pareja drove in the FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship, the Spanish Touring Car Championship and Global GT Championship.

The 1990 Montreal incident

Pareja was involved in a massive accident during the 1990 WSPC round at Montreal. On his 59th lap driving a Porsche 962C entered by (and shared with) Walter Brun, he hit a fragment of a manhole cover which had been torn out of the ground by a car further ahead. Several cars hit the debris but Pareja was especially unfortunate. His fuel tank was ruptured and the car immediately burst into flames. Remarkably, the marshals were able to put the fire out and rescue Pareja.

Later career

Jesús Pareja was a winner of the Le Mans 24 hours in the GT2 class in 1994. From 1999, Pareja had been involved with the running of the European GT Championship and the Spanish Formula 3 Championship.

Jesús Pareja is the founder and CEO of GT Sport which was created in 1998 and runs the International GT Open and the Euroformula open.

Racing results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1985 Germany Ducados Obermaier Racing Germany Jürgen Lässig
Belgium Hervé Regout
Porsche 956 Gr. C1 357 8th 8th
1986 Switzerland Brun Motorsport France Joël Gouhier
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C Cr. C1 360 2nd 2nd
1987 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Germany Uwe Schäfer
Porsche 962C Cr. C1 40 DNF DNF
1988 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Germany Uwe Schäfer
Italy Massimo Sigala
Porsche 962C C1 372 7th 7th
1989 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Switzerland Walter Brun
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C C1 242 DNF DNF
1990 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Switzerland Walter Brun
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C C1 353 DNF DNF
1991 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Switzerland Walter Brun
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C C2 338 10th 10th
1992 Netherlands Euro Racing Netherlands Cor Euser
Netherlands Charles Zwolsman
Lola T92/10-Judd C1 50 DNF DNF
1993 France Jack Leconte
France Larbre Compétition
France Pierre de Thoisy
France Jack Leconte
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR C4 301 16th 2nd
1994 France Larbre Compétition France Dominique Dupuy
Spain Carlos Palau
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR LMGT2 307 8th 1st
1995 France Société Larbre Compétition France Érik Comas
France Jean-Pierre Jarier
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo LMGT1 64 DNF DNF
1996 Germany Roock Racing Team United Kingdom Dominic Chappell
France Jean-Pierre Jarier
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo LMGT1 93 DNF DNF
1997 United Kingdom Pacific Racing Ltd. Chile Eliseo Salazar
Finland Harri Toivonen
BRM P301-Nissan LMP 6 DNF DNF

References

  1. ^ "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.