Bernard de Dryver
Bernard de Dryver ( born September 19, 1952 in Brussels ) is a Belgian former racing driver.
Beginnings in motorsport
Bernard de Dryver began his career in the early 1970s at the national Formula Ford race in Belgium. He played his first international race in 1975, when he went into the Formula 2 European Championship. Although the Belgians had boast few successes, he tried in 1977 in the Formula 1 World Championship to enter.
In Formula 1
The British founded by the British racing driver Brian Henton and the journalist Don Shaw 1977 Formula One racing team had a day off for the Belgian Grand Prix in a cockpit. De Dryver managed to provide the necessary funds sponsor, and he tried with the March 761 to qualify for the race. In qualifying he missed the race participation by nearly one second.
In 1979, he played a full season in the British Formula 1 Championship. On a Fittipaldi F5A he finished the championship behind Rupert Keegan, Dave Kennedy and Emilio de Villota as fourth overall.
Long career in sports car racing
Following the partially unsuccessful attempts at Monopostorennen the Belgians turned the end of the 1970s to the sports car racing. Until his retirement in 2008, he was in almost all major European sports car race at the start. In 1983 he was fourth overall in the 24- hour race at Spa -Francorchamps and 1987 there third party.
He celebrated his biggest international success in 1987 with the second overall at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.