Antoine Salamin
Antoine Salamin is an architect and Swiss former racing driver.
Racing career
Champion of Switzerland in 1985, he participates in the World Sportscar Championship as a driver and with his own team from 1977 to 1979 and from 1988 to 1991.With four participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, seventh place in 1988 and eighth in 1991 in the World Sportscar Championship for teams, Antoine Salamin confirms his international stature.
In addition to regular rankings in the European Interserie Cup and the German Supercup Championship, the 1988 season is punctuated by its seventh place in the Porsche World Cup.
An eclectic driver, he is also involved in rally on Ford Escort RS 2000, Opel and Porsche, in rally-raid on Toyota Hilux, Antoine Salamin was distinguished above all by his loyalty to Porsche.
He has notably driven the following cars: Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS, Porsche Carrera 3.0 RS, Porsche Turbo 930, Porsche 934, Porsche 935, Porsche 962C and Porsche 997 GT3 RS. In 1987, he has driven a Sauber Sehcar C6 with a Ford Cosworth engine and in 1983 he participated in the 3 hours of Hockenheim in "Sport 2000".
His racing driver career began in 1973 and ended in 1998 with Hockenheim's 3 hours victory.
He created the Swiss Team Salamin, independent structure, becoming for the 1991 season, Team Salamin Primagaz. Driver and sporting director, he officiated at this last post in Ferrari Challenge in the mid-1990s and in some events in 1998.
Race tracks in Switzerland
As an architect, he designs three projects of race tracks in Switzerland.In 1985, the Swiss Grand Prix was reborn in Sion.
A project of a permanent alpine track, in 1996, on the airfield of Rarogne failed during the popular vote of the commune which followed.
Finally, at the dawn of the year 2000, the project of Alternative Technological Center, intended to promote and experiment new automotive technologies, to Chamoson seemed to bring together all the qualities. The population of the municipality voted in 2004 in favor of the project, for the first time in Switzerland, to 75% of the votes.
Racing record
World Sportscar Championship results
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | Races | Points | Pos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 |  European Interserie Cup results
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