Gordini


Gordini is a division of Renault Sport Technologies. In the past, it was a sports car manufacturer and performance tuner, established in 1946 by Amédée Gordini, nicknamed "Le Sorcier". Gordini became a division of Renault in 1968 and of Renault Sport in 1976.

History

Amédée Gordini tuned cars and competed in motor races since the 1930s. His results prompted Simca to hire him for its motorsport program and to develop road cars. Their association continued after World War II.
In 1946, Gordini introduced the first cars bearing his name, Fiat-engined single-seaters raced by him and Jose 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. Gordini and Simca started to diverge in 1951 because of political conflicts.
Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956, although it achieved a major success in Formula Two during that period.
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. Gordini-tuned Renault cars also won various rallies during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1963, the Gordini company planned to move its headquarters to Noisy-le-Roi. At the end of 1968, Gordini retired and sold a 70% majority stake from his firm to Renault. 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. On 1 January 1976, René Vuaillat became director of Gordini. The Gordini company name became wholly owned by Renault in 1977.
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. Modern models to bear the name include the Renault Twingo and the Renault Clio.

Models

Since its early Renault models the most characteristic colour scheme of Gordini cars has been bleu de France with white stripes, although different combinations have been used over the years.

Formula One results

YearChassisEngineDriver123456789
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4GBRMON500SUIBELFRAITA
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 Robert ManzonRet4Ret
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 Maurice TrintignantRetRet
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4SUI500BELFRAGBRGERITAESP
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 André SimonRetRet6Ret
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 Robert ManzonRet7Ret9
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 Maurice TrintignantRetRetDNSRet
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 Aldo GordiniRet
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 Jean BehraRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6SUI500BELFRAGBRGERNEDITA
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Robert ManzonRet34RetRet514
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Jean Behra3Ret75RetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Johnny Claes8
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Prince BiraRet11
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Maurice TrintignantRetRet6Ret
Simca Gordini Type 15Simca straight-4 Max de TerraRet
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini Straight-4 Prince BiraRet10
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini Straight-4 Johnny ClaesRet14DNQ
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini Straight-4 Robert O'BrienNC
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini Straight-4 Maurice Trintignant5
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini Straight-4 Paul FrèreRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6ARG500NEDBELFRAGBRGERSUIITA
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Jean Behra6Ret10RetRetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Maurice Trintignant7†65RetRetRetRet5
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Harry Schell7†Ret7RetRetRet9
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Robert ManzonRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Carlos MenditeguyRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Roberto MieresNCRet6
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Fred Wacker9
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 Pablo BirgerRet
Simca Gordini Type 15Gordini straight-4 Georges BergerRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6ARG500BELFRAGBRGERSUIITAESP
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Jean BehraDSQRet6Ret10RetRetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Élie Bayol5
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Roger LoyerRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Paul FrèreRetRetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 André Pilette59Ret
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Jacques PolletRetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Georges BergerRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Clemar BucciRetRetRetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Fred WackerRet6
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6ARGMON500BELNEDGBRITA
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Élie BayolRetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Jesus IglesiasRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Pablo BirgerRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Robert ManzonRetRetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Jacques Pollet710Ret
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Hermano da Silva Ramos8RetRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Mike Sparken7
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Jean LucasRet
Gordini Type 32Gordini straight-8ARGMON500BELFRAGBRGERITA
Gordini Type 32Gordini straight-8 André Pilette6†DNS
Gordini Type 32Gordini straight-8 Élie Bayol6†
Gordini Type 32Gordini straight-8 Robert Manzon99RetRet
Gordini Type 32Gordini straight-8 Hermano da Silva Ramos8RetRet
Gordini Type 32Gordini straight-8 André MilhouxRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Hermano da Silva Ramos5
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 Robert ManzonRet
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 André Pilette11
Gordini Type 16Gordini straight-6 André Simon9