Romain Dumas

Romain Dumas

Dumas at the Silverstone Round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
Nationality France French
Born 14 December 1977 (1977-12-14) (age 39)
Alès, France
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2001 -
Teams Freisinger Motorsport, IMSA Performance, Pescarolo Sport, Audi Sport Team Joest, Porsche Motorsport
Best finish 1st (2010,2016)
Class wins 3 (2010,2013,2016)

Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French professional auto racing driver. He has been a Audi and Porsche factory driver in sports car racing, having claimed overall wins at the 2010 and 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 24 Hours of Nürburgring, the 2003 and 2010 24 Hours of Spa, and the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring. Also, he won the 2014 and 2016 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

Biography

Born in Alès, Dumas started karting in 1992, in 1996 he competed in the French Formula Renault Championship. In 1998, he joined the French Formula 3 Championship.

He tested a Formula 3000 car for Oreca in 1999 and a Renault F1 in 2002. In 2004 he tested a Conquest Racing Champ Car, but he never raced in any of these formulas.

In 2001 and 2002 he competed in Euro Formula 3000.

Since 2001 he has participated in every 24 Hours of Le Mans race and since 2004 he has competed in American Le Mans Series. He is currently a Porsche factory driver for Penske Racing, and also driven in the FIA GT Championship.

In 2007 he won first overall in the 24 Hours Nürburgring, 1st American Le Mans Series (LMP2 Class — Penske Porsche RS Spyder with 8 wins, 4 pole positions), 3rd Le Mans 24 Hours (LMP1 Class — Pescarolo Sport, 5th 1000 km Valencia LMS (LMP1 Class — Pescarolo Sport ), 4 races VLN championship with Manthey Racing (2 wins, 1 pole position), 18th Daytona 24H (12th DP)

He started 2008 with the P2 class and overall win at the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring in the Penske Porsche RS Spyder.

As of 2009 Roger Penske lost sponsorship for the sports car program, and Dumas and Penske regular Timo Bernhard race on loan to the Audi Sport Team Joest for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 17 overall and 13 in class in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans

Dumas, together with Timo Bernhard and Mike Rockenfeller won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Audi R15 TDI plus.[1] He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Spa in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.[2] Dumas also won with partner Klaus Graf in the CytoSport Porsche RS Spyder at the ALMS event at Mosport.[3]

Romain Dumas will develop and drive the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014.[4]

In 2014, Romain Dumas won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in a Norma M20 "RD Limited" prototype developed specifically for the event.[5]

In 2015, Dumas raced a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car in the RGT class of the WRC Monte Carlo Rally, placing second behind class winner François Delecour.[6] Later he claimed a class win at the Rallye Deutschland.

Dumas continued as Porsche LMP1 driver in the 2016 FIA WEC. He won the 6 Hours of Silverstone and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Also, he claimed a second win at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a Norma prototype.

Career results

Complete Euro Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2001 B & C Competition VLL
6
PER
Ret
MNZ
3
DON
5
ZOL
14
IMO NÜR VAL
2
7th 13
2002 John Village Automotive VLL
1
PER
Ret
MOZ
1
SPA
1
DON
10
BRN
2
DIJ
6
JER
4
CAG
5
2nd 42

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2001 Germany Freisinger Motorsport United States Gunnar Jeannette
France Philippe Haezebrouck
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 282 7th 2nd
2002 Germany Freisinger Motorsport Germany Sascha Maassen
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 321 17th 2nd
2003 United Kingdom Team Nasamax
United Kingdom McNeil Engineering
Canada Robbie Sterling
South Africa Werner Lupberger
Reynard 01Q-Cosworth LMP900 138 DNF DNF
2004 Germany Freisinger Motorsport France Stéphane Ortelli
Germany Ralf Kelleners
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT 321 13th 3rd
2005 France IMSA Performance France Raymond Narac
France Sébastien Dumez
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT2 322 15th 4th
2006 France IMSA Performance Matmut France Raymond Narac
Italy Luca Riccitelli
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 211 DNF DNF
2007 France Pescarolo Sport France Emmanuel Collard
France Jean-Christophe Boullion
Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 358 3rd 3rd
2008 France Pescarolo Sport France Emmanuel Collard
France Jean-Christophe Boullion
Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 238 DNF DNF
2009 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Timo Bernhard
France Alexandre Prémat
Audi R15 TDI LMP1 333 17th 13th
2010 Germany Audi Sport North America Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R15 TDI plus LMP1 397 1st 1st
2011 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R18 TDI LMP1 116 DNF DNF
2012 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Spain Marc Gené
France Loïc Duval
Audi R18 ultra LMP1 366 5th 5th
2013 Germany Porsche AG Team Manthey Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
315 16th 1st
2014 Germany Porsche Team Germany Marc Lieb
Switzerland Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1-H 348 11th 4th
2015 Germany Porsche Team Germany Marc Lieb
Switzerland Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 391 5th 5th
2016 Germany Porsche Team Germany Marc Lieb
Switzerland Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 384 1st 1st

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2012 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 TDI Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6
(Diesel)
SEB
2
6th 67
Audi R18 ultra SPA
1
LMS
4
SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA
2013 Porsche AG Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 SIL
4
SPA
5
LMS
1
SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 10th 72
2014 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
(Hybrid)
SIL
Ret
SPA
4
LMS
5
COA
4
FUJ
4
SHA
3
BHR
2
SÃO
1
3rd 117
2015 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
(Hybrid)
SIL
2
SPA
2
LMS
5
NÜR
2
COA
12
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
1
3rd 138.5
2016 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
(Hybrid)
SIL
1
SPA
2
LMS
1
NÜR
4
MEX
4
COA
4
FUJ
5
SHA
4
BHR
6
1st 160

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points
2012 Romain Dumas Mini John Cooper Works WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA
16
ITA ESP NC 0
2013 Romain Dumas Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA
10
ESP GBR 31st 1
2014 Romain Dumas Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA
19
ESP GBR NC 0
2015 Romain Dumas Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 MON
26
SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA
Ret
ESP GBR NC 0

FIA R-GT Cup results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Points
2015 Romain Dumas Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 MON
2
BEL
Ret
GER
1
FRA
Ret
SUI 2nd 43

References

  1. "24 Heures du Mans" (PDF). lemans.org. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  2. "Total 24 Hour of Spa" (PDF). 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  3. "Bernhard and Dumas join Muscle Milk Team CytoSport". Planetlemans.com. 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  4. "Works engagement with 919 hybrid and 911 RSR". Porsche.com. Porsche. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  5. "Pikes Peak : Romain Dumas winner of the race to the clouds!". http://www.romaindumas.com. Romain Dumas. Retrieved 26 August 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  6. "WRC 2015 Monte Carlo results". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
David Brabham
Marc Gené
Alexander Wurz
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2010 with:
Timo Bernhard
Mike Rockenfeller
Succeeded by
Marcel Fässler
André Lotterer
Benoît Tréluyer
Preceded by
Earl Bamber
Nico Hülkenberg
Nick Tandy
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2016 with:
Neel Jani
Marc Lieb
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Mark Webber
Timo Bernhard
Brendon Hartley
FIA World Endurance Champion
2016 with:
Neel Jani
Marc Lieb
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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