Porsche 911S of Claude Haldi and Paul Keller at the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans
Claude Haldi (28 November 1942 – 25 December 2017) was a Swiss racing driver.[1] He was known as a frequent competitor at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, entering the race 22 times between 1968 and 1993.[2] His endurance racing career was associated with Porsche, with 14 of his Le Mans entries in various Porsche models. He drove for the Porsche factory works teams of Martini Racing in 1973 and Rothmans Porsche in 1987.[3]
Beginning in 1985, he drove for the WM Peugeot team. He was a co-driver of the WM P88 which broke the top speed record at Circuit de la Sarthe in 1988.[4][2]
Haldi also participated in hill climbs and rallying.[2] He won the Group 4 category of the European Hill Climb Championship in 1970[5] and the 1979 Swiss Rally Championship.[3]
Following his retirement from racing, Haldi became president of the Vaud Automobile Club. In this position, he advocated against the Swiss ban on motorsport and proposed the creation of a Formula One circuit in Switzerland.[3][6]
^"Claude Haldi | Racing career profile". Driver Database. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^ abc"Le Mans Veteran Claude Haldi Dies". www.historicracingnews.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^ abcFernandez, Mat (28 December 2017). "Claude Haldi (1942-2017)". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^Smit, Dylan (8 July 2021). "Target 400, How Peugeot Power Made Le Mans History". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^"motorsport-archive.com :: European Hillclimb Championship 1970 :: Schedule and Standings". www.motorsport-archive.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
^"More about the Swiss F1 circuit". www.grandprix.com. 5 May 2004. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
ClaudeHaldi (28 November 1942 – 25 December 2017) was a Swiss racing driver. He was known as a frequent competitor at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, entering...
earned only the 16th fastest lap in the May test session. Swiss driver ClaudeHaldi was assigned to partner René Metge, but the two were later joined by...
Competition history Notable entrants WM Secateva Notable drivers Roger Dorchy ClaudeHaldi Jean-Daniel Raulet Debut 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans Constructors' Championships...
notice as a Reserve entry, with veteran touring-car drivers ClaudeHaldi and Jean-Claude Andruet as co-drivers. In the close season Yves Courage had picked...
FVC engine that put out 240 bhp. Ligier drove it himself alongside Jean-Claude Andruet. As well as a pair of privateer Porsche 910s there were also three...
French BMW-Bayonne team. Against them was the very experienced Swiss ClaudeHaldi (in his 17th Le Mans) and Frenchman Michel Lateste, both driving 3.3-litre...
Kremer and Gelo (West Germany), ASA-Cachia and Claude Buchet (France), Porsche Club Romand and ClaudeHaldi (Switzerland), Ecurie Francorchamps of Belgium...
usual Hewland unit. Team principal Roger Dorchy raced this one, with ClaudeHaldi and Pascal Pessiot. Despite the recent death of the Rondeau founder,...
(Serial Car) Ernst Furtmayr BMW 2800 CS (Gr. 2) EHCC (Gran Turismo) ClaudeHaldi Porsche 911S (Gr. 4) EHCC (Sports Car) Johannes Ortner Abarth 2000 (Gr...
although the official team entry was named WM Secateva. Roger Dorchy and ClaudeHaldi would be the drivers of car 51 while Pascal Pessiot and Jean-Daniel Raulet...
and were driven by Gijs van Lennep/Herbert Müller and Reinhold Joest/ClaudeHaldi. Additionally, a squadron of eleven standard 911 GTs arrived for practice...
arrived with their 935s: Dieter Schornstein's Vegla Racing from Germany, ClaudeHaldi's Swiss Meccarillos Racing, Britain's Charles Ivey Racing with its K3...
Engineering to run it. Ricci arranged for French veterans Claude Ballot-Léna and Jean-Claude Andruet as his co-drivers. Chamberlain also had his own, older...
had the new chassis. There were also regular GT40 privateer entries, from Claude Dubois (with drivers Willy Mairesse/”Beurlys”), and Mike Salmon, having...
two of the older 934-935 conversions from the Group 4 car, for Swiss ClaudeHaldi and Frenchman André Gahinet. Reinhold Joest had followed the Kremer example...
entries: Porsche 935s of the French ASA Cachia team, Swiss privateer ClaudeHaldi and German Sekurit team and the return of a De Tomaso Pantera, run by...
multi-national six were entered. These included former 935-owners Swiss ClaudeHaldi and the Spanish Alméras brothers (with 3.3-litre cars) while German Edgar...
drivers was lifted with the ACO accepting top French rally-driver Marie-Claude Beaumont in the Greder Corvette entry – the first female driver at Le Mans...
the smaller Prototype classes including one for French ski-champions Jean-Claude Killy and Bob Wollek. After a strong showing in the 1968 race, the French...
last year's class winner, Charles Ivey Engineering. The fourth car was ClaudeHaldi's four-year old 934/5. Against the Porsches there was limited opposition...
Weber [de] Porsche 908LH S 3.0 325 3rd 3rd 1973 Martini Racing Team ClaudeHaldi Porsche 911 Carrera RSR S 3.0 54 DNF DNF 1975 Ovoro Joest Racing Mario...
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