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    In Memoriam LM mic

    It’s with a very saddened and heavy heart I share a very bad news today with our friend and fellow member Michel passed away a few day after his sweet and lovely wife Nicole.

    Plenty gents and people know him as he was involved during his whole life in sportcar in first as pilot ( he raced several time in 24 h Le Mans ) and after as a builder and engineer which worked a long time in his friend team Henri Pescarolo.
    Nicole also was involved in race and worked as hostess and translator in 24 H du Mans.
    Of course you followed with a lot of interest and pleasure his posts on forum about Le Mans STR car he built in first and designed with Listerbell and Craig White

    It’s a big loss of two friends as I shared very good moments and memories in Britanny Le Mans Charade and Stoneleigh with them

    Rest in peace Nicole and Michel

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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    Oh, very sad news Frederic.
    I found them a lovely couple and was pleased to help him source a few small parts from UK sellers.
    Another sad loss for our club.

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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    That's very sad indeed. I never met him, but I heard a lot about him. Frederic, can you please pass on the club's commiserations to whoever they left behind?

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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    Had some very chatty email contact with him years ago. Sad news.

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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    Very sad news indeed Frederic.
    We have many happy memories of the times both Michel & Nicole spent at our workshop, our home & also from when we visited them in Brittany.
    Michel was very passionate about whatever project he got involved in & for the Stratos he would spend hours looking at how he could save weight by adding holes or introducing some exotic material in place of the normal steel or GRP.
    He had to be active and his mind couldn't rest, after retirement he built many things, the Porsche 908 replica, a microlight & a Lotus replica to name but a few.
    He regaled us many times with stories of his time at LeMans as both a engineer and as a driver & we will never forget his obsession with carbon fibre nor the way he pronounced it with his accent.
    Up until recently Michel was still reading this forum regularly but unfortunately he no longer posted which is a shame as his exploits were worth sharing.
    Rest in peace Nicole & Michel
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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    Sad news. I met Michel once on a trip over to LB and watched the development of the STR Le Mans with great interest. He was clearly a talented and passionate engineer.

    Godspeed to you both Nicole and Michel.
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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    This is really sad news.
    I only met Michel on a few occasions but he was clearly an accomplished practical engineer with a great deal of experience in motorsport and an eye for detail, the one thing I remember most was him drilling out the centres of all the bolts during his car build to save something like 1.5kg (he weighed the swarf !.. apparently that would be approx 1 second per lap of le Mans !)
    RIP Michel and Nicole

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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    I worked with Michel to sort out the Aseptogyl colour scheme for his LWB car.
    He was a proper life long enthusiast.

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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    Thank you for all your messages and condolences I have sent to their family,
    Their both funerals were last week end near their home in Brittany.
    A lot of testimony were received from all the Racing and sportcar world!

    If you have the chance to attend 24 du mans once; you could visit the museum and admire the models of all the cars raced there (more 2000 models) they have been built by Michel himself and he offered his collection to the 24h du Mans museum a few years ago!

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    Re: In Memoriam LM mic

    I haven't been here in the forum for a while, but this are sad news. Rip Nicole and Michel

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