Inès Taittinger

Inès Taittinger (born 7 April 1990) is a French racing driver.

Inès Taittinger
Inès Tattinger
Nationality French
Debut season2009
Current teamCD Sport
Car number32
Former teamsKronos Racing

Biography

Inès Taittinger is an endurance racing driver. She runs for the CD Sport[1] team on the French championship: VdeV in the category proto endurance challenge, since 2009.

Initiated in Motorsports by her father (Hugues Taittinger) and her godfather and mentor Philippe Alliot,[2] Taittinger started racing at 20 years old.

In 2013, Taittinger took part in the 25 Heures de Spa-Francorchamps VW Fun Cup with the Kronos Racing Team.[3] In this race, she ran alongside other French drivers such as Margot Laffite, Arnaud Tsamère, Xavier Daffe, Pierre-Yves Rosoux and Fabrice Brouwers.

Since 2013, Taittinger is also the official ambassador of the city of Touquet-Paris-plage[4] in France.

In 2016, Taittinger will race for Morgan in the LM-P2 category at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2019, Taittinger attempted to qualify for the W Series, but failed to progress beyond the evaluation day.[5]

Civic engagement

Taittinger was born with a heart defect. When she was three days old, she went through an open-heart surgery.[6] This experience led her to involve herself with the French charity association Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque.[7] This association raises fund to heal children suffering from heart defect all around the world.

Racing records

In 2013, Taittinger came first in the Albi race from the Endurance Tourism Trophy (TTE).[8] She also finished third in the Magny-Cours race during this same trophy.

For the 2013 season of the V de V championship endurance Series, Taittinger, with her teammate Kevin Bole-Besançon, came third in the 12 hours of Motorland Aragon race in Spain. They also finished fifth in the six hours of Magny-Cours race in France.[9][10]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 Pegasus Racing Léo Roussel
Rémy Striebig		 Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 292 DNF DNF

References
  1. "V de V Sports - Challenge Endurance Proto V de V : Victoire sur le fil de la Norma de Capillaire, Cavailhes et Gelin". Vdev.fr. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  2. "Inès Taittinger - Femme, pilote, engagée". Inestaittinger.fr. 2014-06-20. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  3. "Fabrice Brouwers et son équipe de choc au départ des 25 heures de Spa ! - RTL People". Rtl.be. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  4. "LUX Magazine 2014". Calameo.com. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  5. "W Series name 28 drivers through to the next stage". W Series. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. "Inès Taittinger - Femme, pilote, engagée". Inestaittinger.fr. 2014-06-20. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  7. "Sauvez un enfant avec Inès Taittinger : Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque". Alvarum.com. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  8. "Ines Taittinger". Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  9. "Résultats". Endurance-Info.com. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  10. "6H Paul-Ricard Protos qualifs : Triplé des Norma M20 FC CD Sport". Endurance-Info.com. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
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