Gordini

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Type| Division
Industry| Automotive
Founded| 1946
Headquarters|

Les Ulis

France

Parent| Renault Sport

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Gordini (fr) is a division of Renault Sport Technologies (Renault Sport).[1][2] In the past, it was a sports car manufacturer and performance tuner, established in 1946 by Amédée Gordini (1899–1979), nicknamed "Le Sorcier" (The Sorcerer). Gordini became a division of Renault in 1968 and of Renault Sport in 1976.[3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Models
* 3 Car colours
* 4 Formula One results
* 5 References

## History

1937 Simca-Gordini Type 5 Le Mans 1939 Simca-Gordini Type 8 1946 Simca-Gordini 11 1950 Simca-Gordini T15s, as raced, and retired, at the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans by José Froilán González and Juan Manuel Fangio Gordini Type 16 Simca-Gordini Type 21S Renault 8 Gordini

Renault Twingo RS Gordini

Clio Gordini Renault 12 Gordini

Amédée Gordini tuned cars and competed in motor races since the 1930s. His results prompted Simca (the French assembler of Fiat) to hire him for its motorsport program and to develop road cars. Their association continued after World War II.[4]

In 1946, Gordini introduced the first cars bearing his name, Fiat-engined single-seaters raced by him and José Scaron, achieving several victories. In the late 1940s, the company opened a workshop at the Boulevard Victor in Paris, entering sports car and Grand Prix races.[5] Gordini and Simca started to diverge in 1951 because of political conflicts.[4]

Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956 (with a brief return in 1957 with an eight cylinder engine), although it achieved a major success in Formula Two during that period.[5]

After its Formula One program ended, Gordini worked with Renault as an engine tuner, entering Renault-Gordini cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1962 and 1969. It also tuned engines for Alpine, a rival sports car manufacturer also associated with Renault. In 1957, Gordini and Renault manufactured the Dauphine Gordini, a modified version of the Renault Dauphine which was a sales success.[6] Gordini-tuned Renault cars also won various rallies during the 1950s and 1960s.[7] In 1963, the Gordini company planned to move its headquarters to Noisy-le-Roi. At the end of 1968, Amédée Gordini retired and sold a 70% majority stake from his firm to Renault.[8] Renault-Gordini was moved to Viry-Châtillon in 1969 and became a sport division of Renault, before being merged with Alpine to form Renault Sport in 1976.[3] On 1 January 1976, René Vuaillat became director of Gordini.[9] The Gordini company name became wholly owned by Renault in 1977.[8]

Renault sold Gordini-badged performance versions of models including the Renault 5, the Renault 8 the Renault 12 and the Renault 17.

In November 2009, Renault announced that it would be reviving the Gordini name for an exclusive line of hot hatches, in a similar fashion to Fiat's revival of its Abarth name.[10] Modern models to bear the name include the Renault Twingo and the Renault Clio.

## Models

* Dauphine Gordini (1957–1967)
* Renault 8 Gordini (1964–1970)
* Renault 12 Gordini (1970–1974)
* Renault 17 Gordini (1974–1978)[11]
* Renault 5 Gordini (1979-1985) UK market only, sold elsewhere as the Renault 5 Alpine
* Clio Gordini RS (2010–present)
* Twingo Gordini (2010–present)
* Twingo Gordini RS (2010–present)
* Wind Gordini (2011–2013)

## Car colours

Since its early Renault models the most characteristic colour scheme of Gordini cars has been bleu de France (the French motor racing colour) with white stripes,[12] although different combinations have been used over the years.[13]

## Formula One results

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Year  | Chassis  | Engine  | Driver  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9

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1950 | Simca-Gordini Type 15  | Gordini straight-4  |  | GBR  | MON  | 500  | SUI  | BEL  | FRA  | ITA  |  |
Robert Manzon  |  | Ret  |  |  |  | 4  | Ret  |  |
Maurice Trintignant  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |
1951 | Simca-Gordini Type 15  | Gordini straight-4  |  | SUI  | 500  | BEL  | FRA  | GBR  | GER  | ITA  | ESP  |
André Simon  |  |  |  | Ret  |  | Ret  | 6  | Ret  |
Robert Manzon  |  |  |  | Ret  |  | 7  | Ret  | 9  |
Maurice Trintignant  |  |  |  | Ret  |  | Ret  | DNS  | Ret  |
Aldo Gordini  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |
Jean Behra  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |
1952 | Gordini Type 16  | Gordini straight-6  |  | SUI  | 500  | BEL  | FRA  | GBR  | GER  | NED  | ITA  |
Robert Manzon  | Ret  |  | 3  | 4  | Ret  | Ret  | 5  | 14  |
Jean Behra  | 3  |  | Ret  | 7  |  | 5  | Ret  | Ret  |
Johnny Claes  |  |  | 8  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prince Bira  |  |  |  | Ret  | 11  |  |  |  |
Maurice Trintignant  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  | 6  | Ret  |
Simca-Gordini Type 11  | Simca straight-4  |  Max de Terra  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Simca-Gordini Type 15  | Gordini Straight-4  |  Prince Bira  | Ret  |  | 10  |  |  |  |  |  |
Johnny Claes  |  |  |  | Ret  | 14  |  |  | DNQ  |
Robert O'Brien  |  |  | NC  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maurice Trintignant  |  |  |  | 5  |  |  |  |  |
Paul Frère  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |
1953 | Gordini Type 16  | Gordini straight-6  |  | ARG  | 500  | NED  | BEL  | FRA  | GBR  | GER  | SUI  | ITA
Jean Behra  | 6  |  |  | Ret  | 10  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  |
Maurice Trintignant  | 7†  |  | 6  | 5  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  | 5
Harry Schell  | 7†  |  | Ret  | 7  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  |  | 9
Robert Manzon  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Carlos Menditeguy  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Roberto Mieres  |  |  | NC  |  | Ret  |  |  |  | 6
Fred Wacker  |  |  |  | 9  |  |  |  |  |
Simca-Gordini Type 15  | Gordini straight-4  |  Pablo Birger  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Georges Berger  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |
1954 | Gordini Type 16  | Gordini straight-6  |  | ARG  | 500  | BEL  | FRA  | GBR  | GER  | SUI  | ITA  | ESP
Jean Behra  | DSQ  |  | Ret  | 6  | Template:F1 race position | 10  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret
Élie Bayol  | 5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Roger Loyer  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Paul Frère  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  |  | Ret  |  |  |
André Pilette  |  |  | 5  |  | 9  | Ret  |  |  |
Jacques Pollet  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  | Ret
Georges Berger  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |
Clemar Bucci  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  |
Fred Wacker  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 6  |
1955 | Gordini Type 16  | Gordini straight-6  |  | ARG  | MON  | 500  | BEL  | NED  | GBR  | ITA  |  |
Élie Bayol  | Ret  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jesús Iglesias  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pablo Birger  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Robert Manzon  |  | Ret  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  |  |  |
Jacques Pollet  |  | 7  |  |  | 10  |  | Ret  |  |
Hermano da Silva Ramos |  |  |  |  | 8  | Ret  | Ret  |  |
Mike Sparken  |  |  |  |  |  | 7  |  |  |
Jean Lucas  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |
1956 | Gordini Type 32  | Gordini straight-8  |  | ARG  | MON  | 500  | BEL  | FRA  | GBR  | GER  | ITA  |
André Pilette  |  | 6†  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |
Élie Bayol  |  | 6†  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Robert Manzon  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 9  | Ret  | Ret  |
Hermano da Silva Ramos  |  |  |  |  | 8  | Ret  |  | Ret  |
André Milhoux  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  |  |
Gordini Type 16  | Gordini straight-6  |  Hermano da Silva Ramos  |  | 5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Robert Manzon  |  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
André Pilette  |  |  |  |  | 11  |  |  |  |
André Simon  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  |

(† indicates shared drive)

## References

1. ↑ "Renault revives Gordini". Renault. http://www.renault.com/en/PassionSport/Pages/renault-relance-gordini.aspx.
2. ↑ "Renault Sport range". Renault. http://www.renault.com/en/passionsport/sport-automobile/pages/renault-sport-une-gamme-sport.aspx.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Roy P (2010). "The Winds of Change: 1974–1979". Alpine Renault: – The fabulous berlinettes. Veloce Publishing. pp. 180–181. ISBN 978-1-845844-04-2.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lawrence, Mike (1996). "Gordini". A to Z of Sports Cars, 1945–1990. Motorbooks International. ISBN 1-870979-81-8.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Constructors: Gordini (Equipe Gordini)". Grandprix.com. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-gordi.html.
6. ↑ "Gordini". Renault. http://www.renault.com/fr/lists/archivesdocuments/gordini.pdf.
7. ↑ "Renault Manufacturer Profile & Rally History". Rallye-info.com. http://www.rallye-info.com/carmake_profile.asp?make=5.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Smith, Roy (2008). "Gordini the name on the engine". Alpine and Renault: The Development of the Revolutionary Turbo F1 Car 1968–1979. Veloce Publishing. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-1-84584-226-0.
9. ↑ Cléon - Association RENAULT HISTOIRE sur Association RENAULT HISTOIRE
10. ↑ Joseph, Noah (10 November 2009). "Renault revives the Gordini name for exclusive line of hot hatches". Autoblog. https://www.autoblog.com/news/renault-revives-the-gordini-name-for-exclusive-line-of-hot-hatch.
11. ↑ "Renault-Gordini History". Renault Sport South Africa. http://www.renaultsportsa.co.za/hillclimb_history.php.
12. ↑ Smith, Roy P (2013). "Gordinis for the Road and track: 1958–1979". Amedee Gordini: A True Racing Legend. Veloce Publishing. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-845843-17-5.
13. ↑ "New Renault Clio RS Gordini Coming in 2014 with 230 HP". Autoevolution.com. 29 July 2013. http://www.autoevolution.com/news/new-renault-clio-rs-gordini-coming-in-2014-with-230-hp-63950.html.

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