René Metge

Metge began his career in international motor racing in 1973, starting in the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup. He scored 28 points in the general classification there. In later years, Metge also appeared in the French Supertouring Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship, World Sportscar Championship, World Touring Car Championship, Porsche 944 Turbo Cup France, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Spa, and European Touring Car Championship.

Metge also competed in the Dakar Rally, which he won three times: in 1981, 1984 and 1986.

René Metge was born in Montrouge, German-occupied France on 23 October 1941. René Metge was Coluche's brother-in-law: they were friends as a teenager and he married Daniele, the older sister of him, with whom he started his family.^[1]. In 2003 René Metge competed in the Dakar Rally with their daughter Élodie Metge. He died on 3 January 2024 in Longjumeau, at the age of 82.^[2] He was buried in the communal cemetery in Saint-Urcize.^[3] · ^[4].

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Paris-Dakar results

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Year	Category	Crew	Vehicle	Pos.
1979	Car	Claude Barbier	Range Rover V8	Ret.
1980	Truck	Thierry de Saulieu - Georges Landais	Leyland Marathon	7th
1981	Car	Bernard Giroux	Range Rover V8	1st
1982				Ret.
1983		Alain Gillot		Ret.
1984		Dominique Lemoyne	Porsche 953	1st
1985			Porsche 959	Ret.
1986				1st
1994	Truck	Pascal Serre - Livio Diamante	Perlini	6th
1996	Car	co-driver of Patrick Tambay	Mitsubishi Pajero	13th
2002		co-driver of Johnny Hallyday	Nissan	49th
2003		Élodie Metge[5]	Mercedes ML 430	23rd
2006		Bernard Chevalier	Nissan	31st
2007		co-driver of Yvan Muller	Buggy Dessoude	22nd

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Car	Co-Drivers	Pos.	Reason
1977[6]	Anne-Charlotte Verney BP	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Anne-Charlotte Verney Dany Snobeck Hubert Striebig	18th 2nd in Group 5
1979	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche 934	Anne-Charlotte Verney Patrick Bardinon	19th
1982	Cooke Racing - BP	Porsche 935 K3	François Sérvanin Dany Snobeck [fr]	5th
1984	GTi Engineering	Porsche 956	Richard Lloyd Nick Mason	DSQ	unauthorized outside help
1986	Porsche AG	Porsche 961	Claude Ballot-Léna	7th Class Winner in IMSA GTX
1987	Porsche AG	Porsche 961	Claude Haldi Kees Nierop	DNF	Accident
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World Sportscar Championship results

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Season	Team	Racecar	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1979	Anne-Charlotte Verney Elvia	Porsche 934 Triumph Dolomite	United States	United States	Italy	United States	France	United States	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Italy	United States	United States	Belgium	United Kingdom	United States	Italy	El Salvador
											19				DNF
1981	J.M.S.R.T.	BMW 530	United States	United States	Italy	Italy	United States	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Italy	United States	United States	Belgium	Canada	United States	United Kingdom
														DNF
1982	Cooke Racing	Porsche 935	Italy	United Kingdom	Germany	France	Belgium	Italy	Japan	United Kingdom
						5
1984	GTi Engineering	Porsche 956	Italy	United Kingdom	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Canada	Belgium	Italy	Japan	South Africa	Australia
					DNF
1986	Porsche	Porsche 961	Italy	United Kingdom	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Spain	Germany	Belgium	Japan
					7
1987	Porsche	Porsche 961	Spain	Spain	Italy	United Kingdom	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Germany	Belgium	Japan
							DNF

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• Gilles David & René Metge (28 February 2022). René Metge: Pilote de 7 à 77 ans (in French). Le Voyageur Éditions. ISBN 978-2-36214-048-8.