Gordini
Sign in to saveGordini () is a division of Renault Sport Technologies (Renault Sport). In the past, it was a sports car manufacturer and performance tuner, established in 1946 by Amédée Gordini (1899–1979), nicknamed "Le Sorcier" (The Sorcerer). Gordini became a division of Renault in 1968 and of Renault Sport in 1976.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Gordini
- Company.logo
- center|240px|Gordini Logo
- Company.type
- Division
- Company.foundation
- 1946
- Company.location_city
- Les Ulis
- Company.location_country
- France
- Company.industry
- Automotive
- Company.parent
- Renault Sport
- Former F1 team.name
- Gordini
- Former F1 team.engines
- Gordini, Simca
- Former F1 team.debut
- 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
- Former F1 team.races
- 33
- Former F1 team.cons_champ
- 0
- Former F1 team.drivers_champ
- 0
- Former F1 team.wins
- 0
- Former F1 team.podiums
- 2
- Former F1 team.poles
- 0
- Former F1 team.fastest_laps
- 1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- France
- Founded by
- Amedeo Gordini
- Headquarters
- Les Ulis
- Owned by
- Renault
- Parent organization
- Renault
- Industry
- automotive industry
- Image
- R8 Gordini Pegomas-Tanneron 2005.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- Gordini vehicles
- inception
- 1946-00-00
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Models
- Car colours
- Formula One results
- References
Gordini () is a division of Renault Sport Technologies (Renault Sport). In the past, it was a sports car manufacturer and performance tuner, established in 1946 by Amédée Gordini (1899–1979), nicknamed "Le Sorcier" (The Sorcerer). Gordini became a division of Renault in 1968 and of Renault Sport in 1976.
==History== thumb|1937 Simca-Gordini Type 5 Le Mans right|thumb|1939 Simca-Gordini Type 8 thumb|1946 Simca-Gordini 11 thumb|1950 Simca-Gordini T15s, as raced, and retired, at the [[1950 24 Hours of Le Mans by José Froilán González and Juan Manuel Fangio]] right|thumb|Gordini T16|Gordini Type 16 right|thumb|Simca-Gordini Type 21S thumb|right|Renault 8 Gordini
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gordini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.