Hervé Lemonnier
Hervé Lemonnier | |
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Hervé Lemonnier in 1979 | |
Nationality | French |
Born |
Lisieux, France | 9 January 1947
FIA World Rallycross Championship career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier |
Car no. | 84 |
Starts | 3 |
Wins | 0 |
Hervé Lemonnier (born 9 January 1947 at Lisieux), in motorsport better known under his pseudonym "Knapick", is a French rallycross, rally and ice racing driver of the Andros Trophy series.
Biography
Lemonnier started his car racing career as a competitor in the 1966 Rallye Côte Fleurie. From 1969 on he began to hide his family name by entering competitions under the alias "Knapick". Being a farm machinery dealer by then, he now chose the brand of Knapick trailers for his pseudonym, for not to show his company's customers that he was one of these "crazy car racers" in his spare time. The business man from Normandy later moved to Brittany to found a DAF Trucks dealership in Noyal-sur-Vilaine near the town of Rennes.
In 2016 Lemonnier celebrated his 50th year in car racing. Both his daughters, Marie-Laure Lemonnier-Peu (married to 2011 French Rallycross Champion Samuel Peu) and Anne-Sophie de Ganay (née Lemmonier), became successful rallycross and ice racing drivers too. Leading French rally driver Xavier Lemonnier is his nephew.
Results
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
Supercar
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WRX | Points |
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2014 | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier | Citroën DS3 | PRT |
GBR |
NOR |
FIN |
SWE |
BEL |
CAN |
FRA 23 |
GER |
ITA |
TUR |
ARG |
N/C | 0 | |
2015 | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier | Citroën DS3 | POR |
HOC |
BEL |
GBR |
GER |
SWE |
CAN |
NOR |
FRA 22 |
BAR 20 |
TUR |
ITA |
ARG |
N/C | 0 |
2016 | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier | Citroën DS3 | POR |
HOC |
BEL |
GBR |
NOR |
SWE |
CAN |
FRA 20 |
BAR |
LAT |
GER |
ARG |
36th | 0 |
Complete Andros Trophy results
Elite class
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Position | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015–16 | DA Racing | Renault Clio | VTH1 |
VTH2 |
PCA1 2 |
PCA2 3 |
HUE1 |
HUE2 |
ISO1 4 |
ISO2 8 |
LVE1 |
LVE2 |
SBE |
STV1 |
STV2 |
14th | 199 |
External links
- Why the pseudonym "Knapick"? (in French)
- A list of Lemonnier's rallying results
- Website of Lemonnier's DAF Trucks dealership (in French)