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[Jager]

At Le Mans in 1977 and 1978, the Kremer Team had a driver racing under the pseudonym of "Steve" :

 

- 1977 #58 Porsche 934 with Bob Wollek and Philippe Gurdjian.

 

- 1978 #46 Porsche 935 with Martin Raymond and Mike Franey.

 

Racingsporstscar indicates these were the only two races where "Steve' participated, and that he was from Belgium :

 

http://www.racingspo...-"Steve"-B.html

 

Do we know who 'Steve" was ?

 

 

 

 

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[Arjan de Roos]

Yes, Didier Jaumont.

[BRG]

According to this website, he was a Belgian called Jean-Pierre Wielemans.  Googling him suggests that he may no longer be with us but little else, except that he perhaps was involved in rallying?

[Tim Murray]

At the bottom of that same page on Stefan's site, in the class winners list, he has become Andre Gahinet.

[BRG]

...who seems to have used the pseudonym 'Segolen' and raced Porsches but drove in apparently two other cars at Le Mans in 1977! (?) 

[Vitesse2]

Arjan appears to be correct, according to this post at Autodiva:

 

Steve, c'est Didier Jaumont. Il a couru avec "James" aux 24 heures de Francorchamps et au Tour de France. James est le frère de Christine Beckers, autrement dit mon petit frère !

http://www.autodiva....362ecbbde41ed37

[BRG]

Why can't they just use their real names?

 

He said, posting under the name BRG.....

[Jager]

If we accept "Steve" was Didier Jaumont, then who was he and how did he a end up getting two Le Mans drives with the Kremer Bros ?

 

I've tried googling his name and get nothing. Googling "Jaumont + Kremer" also gave nothing etc. I then thought that if he was Belgian, he might have some history at Spa, but a search of 1970's results there in touring and sportscars gave nothing.

 

Presumably you couldn't just show up to Le Mans to drive for the Kremers without having a solid racing resume no matter how deep your pockets were ? So how did he get the drive and where did he race previously ?

[Vitesse2]

Perhaps he had a previous nom de course which had been compromised? It appears that - as indicated on Le Mans History, which doesn't suggest a real name - he was actually French rather than Belgian. This would seem to be confirmed by a Brazilian blog, which claims he ran in a stock car race there in 1995:

 

Em 1995, os francês Didier Jaumont e o inglês George Wadell estavam inscritos para a corrida de Goiânia, numa época em que a Stock corria com o Chevrolet Omega.

There are indications that he ran a company in Brazil called Barmont Imp. Exp. Ltda, but I get the impression it's no longer trading. His full name appears to be Didier Louis Jaumont and there's a SalesSpider record that he lives (lived?) in Monte Alto. I've also found a 2004 Brazilian press reference to him, connecting him to the Club Athletico Paulistano.

[Jager]

I did see the Brazilian reference, but given the geographic distnce and the fact it was almost 20 years after the Le Mans appearances, I wasn't convinced it was the same person.

 

Here's a pictue of the team at Le Mans in 1978. I wonder if "Steve" is one of those pictured.

 

http://images.forum-...N° 46.jpg1..jpg

[Vitesse2]

Well, his associate Mr Waddell (two Ds, not one) in Sao Paulo appears to be on LinkedIn. Search for "George Andrew Waddell - Brasil". He's on ZoomInfo too and appears to work for a company called Emailvision.

 

He may even had a mention right here on Autosport: see the 13th place team on this karting marathon from 2002: http://forums.autosp...r/#entry1070640