zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
The Art Of Murdered Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Once Graced Race Cars
The Art Of Murdered Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Once Graced Race Cars-March 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:46

One of the satirical cartoonists killed in yesterday's , Georges Wolinski, also applied his skills to several racing art cars throughout the years. The most famous of these cars was this Porsche 911 GT2 campaigned by Elf Haberthur Racing.

Georges Wolinski had a long career in cartooning starting in 1958, and quickly built a name for himself in political and satirical cartoons. He served as editor of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine known for , from 1961 to 1970.

This 993-generation 911, too, with its depictions of French kissing and boobs boobs boobs, was no exception to the outrageous style Wolinski was known for. It cleverly placed the lovely ladies atop a sky blue tile roof pattern, presumably for tile-producing sponsor Tuiles TBF.

The car also features the most clever use of the space where a sunroof would typically go that I've ever seen on a racing livery. I'm so used to seeing sunroofs on cars that the window just looks like it belongs in that space.

The car even featured a decal of a resting cat on the back window, meant to look like it was curled up behind where the rear seats would go.

Here is what the had to say about the car, which was decorated as a one-off for 1998:

In its own daring and provocative way, Charlie Hebdo also contributed to the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1998, Georges Wolinski, one of the 12 victims of the attack at the paper's offices yesterday, created an Art Car: the No. 68 Porsche 911 GT2, driven by Hervé Poulain, Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière and Eric Graham. They finished in 20th place.

of the car by Christophe Bastin shows the car in a pit stop, and details of the livery can be seen on

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
Weekend Motorsport Roundup; November 10-11, 2018
Weekend Motorsport Roundup; November 10-11, 2018
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend? If you know anything...
Mar 31, 2026
Rip Around Daytona Onboard This 1950s Corvette
Rip Around Daytona Onboard This 1950s Corvette
You can practically feel the sun in your eyes and the air rapidly moving across your helmet’s visor as you watch this on-board video of a windshieldless 1950s Corvette racer. This one, in full 360-degree video provides incredible sound and shows a lot of the things you’d normally miss in...
Mar 31, 2026
Eight Years After Near-Fatal Rally Crash, Robert Kubica Offered Williams F1 Drive: Report
Eight Years After Near-Fatal Rally Crash, Robert Kubica Offered Williams F1 Drive: Report
For the past few years, enigmatic Polish driver Robert Kubica has been inching back into Formula Oneafter surviving getting impaled in a rally car crash. Now he has a standing offer for a race seat with Williams and a possible reserve role at Ferrari, as reports. Kubica is among those...
Mar 31, 2026
Max Verstappen Knocked Out Of Brazilian Grand Prix Victory, Recovers To Second As Lewis Hamilton Wins
Max Verstappen Knocked Out Of Brazilian Grand Prix Victory, Recovers To Second As Lewis Hamilton Wins
Max Verstappen , but in today’s Brazilian Grand Prix he certainly had the fastest car on track this weekend. Red Bull spent all of their efforts in qualifying attempting to finalize their in-race setups rather than focusing on their grid position. As a result the two Red Bull drivers started...
Mar 31, 2026
A Very Unfortunate Bird Could Have Made McLaren's Brazilian Grand Prix Weekend Even Worse
A Very Unfortunate Bird Could Have Made McLaren's Brazilian Grand Prix Weekend Even Worse
Anyone who’s ever had the misfortune to hit a bird while driving knows how much it blows. Now imagine how quick hitting a bird at up to 200 mph could really ruin your day. Such are the unfortunate worries of McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne at the Interlagos circuit this weekend....
Mar 31, 2026
NASCAR Promises to Change 'Ridiculous' Culture of Cheating
NASCAR Promises to Change 'Ridiculous' Culture of Cheating
Much like your high-school algebra teacher who did their best to explain that, yes, letters do belong in math, really, really wants race teams to stop cheating. And much like said teacher, the punishments—zeros on homework, —just aren’t stopping the crimes. A few days after Kevin Harvick and his Stewart-Haas...
Mar 31, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved