Jean-Marc Gounon has no shortage of candidates when it comes to choosing his favourite car. The 1989 French Formula 3 champion never sat in a competitive Formula 1 car, making nine grand prix outings for Minardi and Simtek, before ploughing a furrow in sportscars where his hard-charging reputation honed by winning races with unfancied Formula 3000 machinery found its calling.
Aboard the Ennea Ferrari F40 at Nogaro in the 1996 BPR Endurance Series, Gounon had the race of his life in recovering from a lap down to challenge for victory until the driveshaft went with 10 minutes to go. But a car that while rapid was rough around the edges – with power delivery never controlled, ineffective power steering and inconsistent brakes – doesn’t qualify as his favourite.
