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[Paul Parker]

Can anyone help me please with the name of Jo Schlesser's wife.

[scheivlak]

According to http://www.forum-aut...8102-276290.htm her name was Annie.

[Paul Parker]

According to http://www.forum-aut...8102-276290.htm her name was Annie.

 

Thank you for that it is most appreciated.

[Tim Murray]

Just for corroboration: Simon Taylor's obituary for Jo in Autosport concluded with the following:

'To his wife Annie, his inseparable companion everywhere he raced, we offer our deepest sympathies.'

[ensign14]

Madame Schlesser.

[B Squared]

Madame Schlesser is mentioned throughout this Motorsport magazine article from April 2001:

 

http://archive.motor...1/91/road-rouen

[MCS]

Annie was his co-driver in early rallies and very much his “team manager” at the circuits, I believe.

 

His daughter – just twelve at the time of the Rouen disaster – died just three years later according to a French website I visited about a decade ago.  Dear God.

 

I once saw a video of the accident where two marshals came close to pulling Jo clear – his overalls were still white – but they were driven back by the flames.

 

Happier topics please...

[Alan Cox]

Presumably this is the lady in question - another fine Eddie Whitham photograph from the 1967 Oulton Park Gold Cup

[Tim Murray]

Thanks Alan, I remembered this photo very well, but couldn't remember where and when it had been posted.

[Paul Parker]

Thank you also to Tim Murray, Alan Cox, MCS, B Squared and ensign 14.