Just over a year ago, Alain Chevallier has left us.
We are obviously not going to present him to those who were lucky enough to know this man whose qualities of heart were well worth his technical expertise: they were inevitably marked by his intelligence, his humor and his modesty.
For the others, here are four videos, edited with the means at hand by Francis Boutet de Bike 70, who, thanks to all the friends of “Cheval” and his family, his pilots Eric Saul, Didier de Radigués, Jean François Baldé, Thierry Espié, Patrick Plisson, Bruno Destoop, Jacques Bolle, to those who rubbed shoulders with him like Jacques Bussillet, Jacky Germain, Eric de Seynes, Bernard Fau, Philippe Michel, François Marie Dumas, Thierry Cazenabe, Yves Kerlo, Bady Hassaine, Bruno Vecchioni and many others, constitute the most beautiful tribute that we can pay to this exceptional man.
The youngest of our readers obviously do not know Alain Chevallier, and will probably not have the patience to watch these videos until the end, but that doesn't matter: let them skim over them and simply know that he was one of the exceptional men that the world of Grands Prix counted.
In addition to his personality as non-conformist as it is competent, one anecdote is enough to illustrate it: the big boss of the HRC, Yoichi Ogouma, went so far as to entrust him with factory 500cc engines! It’s hard to imagine that today; the engines of Marc Marquez entrusted to a French artisanal builder…
1ere part : childhood, beginnings, Olivier..
Part 2 : the pilots. Interview with Eric Saul, Didier de Radiguès, Jean François Baldé, Thierry Espié…
Part 3 : motorcycles (road motorcycles, racing motorcycles, etc.) and the Prazerie. With the participation of: François François-Marie Dumas, Jacques Bussillet, Bruno Destoop, Eric de Seynes and Marie Claude Alain Marie Chevallier.
Part 4 : tributes and testimonies. With the participation of: Jacques Bussillet, Jacky Germain, Patrick Plisson, Eric de Seynes, Bady Hassaine, Bruno Vecchioni, Eric Saul, Jasmine Chevallier.
Film and editing: Francis Boutet
