Jean-Louis Marnat

Jean-Louis Marnat (7 August 1935 – 15 July 1985) was a French rally and race driver.

He started his career in 6 hours of Saint-Cloud, near Paris, and won the Tourism category with a Renault Dauphine Gordini in 1959.

For a couple of years he used to drive a Mini Cooper S in national rallies.

[1] In 1964, 1966 and 1968, he participated to 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Triumph Spitfire, a Mini Marcos[2] and an Alpine A210.

After graduating from French engineer school (Ecole technique de constructions aéronautiques et de construction automobile, ESTACA today[5]), he had opened shops for additional equipments for Minis.