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| − | André Mignolet is a rally driver from, Belgium. Being born in 1957 in Tongeren. He is the father of [[Ron Mignolet]] and [[Dennis Mignolet]] and the grandson of [[Georges Mignolet]] | + | '''André Mignolet''' is a rally driver from, Belgium. Being born in 1957 in Tongeren. He is the father of [[Ron Mignolet]] and [[Dennis Mignolet]] and the grandson of [[Georges Mignolet]] |
Being born as the son of transport company owner Fernand Mignolet, Andréworked mostly maintaining the trucks of his fathers company, being groomed to take over the company. At the same time allowing to fund a career in Formula 3 in the late seventies, being able to make it as a reserve driver for RAM racing in [[1981 rFactor Alternate Formula One season| Formula one]]. However, in the early eighties, financial difficulties hit the Mignolet company, meaning André had to downscale his racing activities and become more involved in the company, as his father was now diagnosed with cancer. He soon found success with a Renault 5 Maxi in the Belgian rally championship. This sucess helped him to restructure the company, now Renamed RonDen Transport & Logistics. Upgrading to driving Lancias, now in the famous Ronden colours, he dominated the Belgian rally championship in the late eighties and early nineties. With his fathers disease worsening, André decided to quit racing himself and fund the succesful careers of his sons instead. With Fernand recovering his desease, Ronden Transports and Logistics is now a very succesful company with 1600 workers in Belgium, Germany, France and Poland. | Being born as the son of transport company owner Fernand Mignolet, Andréworked mostly maintaining the trucks of his fathers company, being groomed to take over the company. At the same time allowing to fund a career in Formula 3 in the late seventies, being able to make it as a reserve driver for RAM racing in [[1981 rFactor Alternate Formula One season| Formula one]]. However, in the early eighties, financial difficulties hit the Mignolet company, meaning André had to downscale his racing activities and become more involved in the company, as his father was now diagnosed with cancer. He soon found success with a Renault 5 Maxi in the Belgian rally championship. This sucess helped him to restructure the company, now Renamed RonDen Transport & Logistics. Upgrading to driving Lancias, now in the famous Ronden colours, he dominated the Belgian rally championship in the late eighties and early nineties. With his fathers disease worsening, André decided to quit racing himself and fund the succesful careers of his sons instead. With Fernand recovering his desease, Ronden Transports and Logistics is now a very succesful company with 1600 workers in Belgium, Germany, France and Poland. | ||
André occasionally drives in historic rallies with his old Lancias. His co-driver has all this time been [[John Leynen]]. | André occasionally drives in historic rallies with his old Lancias. His co-driver has all this time been [[John Leynen]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:18, 23 February 2021
André Mignolet is a rally driver from, Belgium. Being born in 1957 in Tongeren. He is the father of Ron Mignolet and Dennis Mignolet and the grandson of Georges Mignolet
Being born as the son of transport company owner Fernand Mignolet, Andréworked mostly maintaining the trucks of his fathers company, being groomed to take over the company. At the same time allowing to fund a career in Formula 3 in the late seventies, being able to make it as a reserve driver for RAM racing in Formula one. However, in the early eighties, financial difficulties hit the Mignolet company, meaning André had to downscale his racing activities and become more involved in the company, as his father was now diagnosed with cancer. He soon found success with a Renault 5 Maxi in the Belgian rally championship. This sucess helped him to restructure the company, now Renamed RonDen Transport & Logistics. Upgrading to driving Lancias, now in the famous Ronden colours, he dominated the Belgian rally championship in the late eighties and early nineties. With his fathers disease worsening, André decided to quit racing himself and fund the succesful careers of his sons instead. With Fernand recovering his desease, Ronden Transports and Logistics is now a very succesful company with 1600 workers in Belgium, Germany, France and Poland.
André occasionally drives in historic rallies with his old Lancias. His co-driver has all this time been John Leynen.
