Inès Taittinger
{{short description|French racing driver (born 1990)}}
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| birth_place = Boulogne-Billancourt, France
| racing licence = 12px FIA Bronze
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| current team = CD Sport
| car number = 32
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Inès Taittinger (born 7 April 1990) is a French racing driver.
Biography
Inès Taittinger is an endurance racing driver. She runs for the CD Sport{{cite web |url=http://www.vdev.fr/fr/medias/news/66-challenge-endurance-proto-v-de-v-victoire-sur-le-fil-de-la-norma-de-capillaire-cavailhes-et-gelin.html |title=V de V Sports - Challenge Endurance Proto V de V : Victoire sur le fil de la Norma de Capillaire, Cavailhes et Gelin |publisher=Vdev.fr |date= |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094728/http://www.vdev.fr/fr/medias/news/66-challenge-endurance-proto-v-de-v-victoire-sur-le-fil-de-la-norma-de-capillaire-cavailhes-et-gelin.html |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }} 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,{{cite web |url=http://inestaittinger.fr/biographie/ |title=Inès Taittinger - Femme, pilote, engagée |publisher=Inestaittinger.fr |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215124723/http://inestaittinger.fr/biographie/ |archive-date=2015-02-15 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.rtl.be/people/rtlhouse/news/755956/fabrice-brouwers-et-son-equipe-de-choc-au-depart-des-25-heures-de-spa |title=Fabrice Brouwers et son équipe de choc au départ des 25 heures de Spa ! - RTL People |publisher=Rtl.be |date=2013-07-05 |accessdate=2015-04-01}} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.calameo.com/read/002971837e75544e3eb15 |title=LUX Magazine 2014 |publisher=Calameo.com |date= |accessdate=2015-04-01}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://wseries.com/w-series-name-28-drivers-through-to-the-next-stage/|title=W Series name 28 drivers through to the next stage|publisher=W Series|accessdate=28 January 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010504/https://wseries.com/w-series-name-28-drivers-through-to-the-next-stage/|url-status=dead}}
Civic engagement
Taittinger was born with a heart defect. When she was three days old, she went through an open-heart surgery.{{cite web |url=http://inestaittinger.fr/biographie/ |title=Inès Taittinger - Femme, pilote, engagée |publisher=Inestaittinger.fr |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215124723/http://inestaittinger.fr/biographie/ |archive-date=2015-02-15 |url-status=dead }} This experience led her to involve herself with the French charity association Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.alvarum.com/inestaittinger |title=Sauvez un enfant avec Inès Taittinger : Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque |publisher=Alvarum.com |date= |accessdate=2015-04-01}} 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).{{cite web|title=Ines Taittinger |url=http://www.mdmag.be/?p=31/ |accessdate=September 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904025554/http://www.mdmag.be/?p=31%2F |archivedate=September 4, 2014 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/resultat/ |title=Résultats |publisher=Endurance-Info.com |date=2015-03-28 |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-date=2015-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331193145/http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/resultat |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/6h-paul-ricard-protos-qualifs-triple-des-norma-m20-fc-cd-sport/ |title=6H Paul-Ricard Protos qualifs : Triplé des Norma M20 FC CD Sport |publisher=Endurance-Info.com |date=2015-03-28 |accessdate=2015-04-01 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094235/http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/6h-paul-ricard-protos-qualifs-triple-des-norma-m20-fc-cd-sport/ |url-status=dead }}
Racing record
=24 Hours of Le Mans results=
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! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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| 2016
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Pegasus Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Léo Roussel |align="left"| Morgan LMP2-Nissan | LMP2 | 292 | DNF | DNF |
References
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External links
- [http://inestaittinger.fr Inestaittinger.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813052721/http://inestaittinger.fr/ |date=2014-08-13 }}
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Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Category:French racing drivers