Loïc Duval

Loïc Duval

Duval in 2009.
Nationality French
Born 12 June 1982 (1982-06-12) (age 29)
Chartres (France)
2012 Formula Nippon
Debut season 2006
Current team Team Dandelion Racing
Car no. 1
Former teams Nakajima Racing
Starts 38
Wins 8
Poles 3
Fastest laps 6
Best finish 1st in 2009
Previous series
2009
2008, 2010
2006–072008–09
200610
200405
2003
2002
Asian Le Mans Series
Le Mans Series
A1 Grand Prix
Super GT
Formula Three Euroseries
FR2000 France
Formula Campus France
Championship titles
2009
2003
2002
Formula Nippon
FR2000 France
Formula Campus France
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2008, 2010
Teams Team Oreca Matmut
Best finish 8th (2008)
Class wins 0

Loïc Duval (born 12 June 1982 in Chartres) is a French race car driver.

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Career

He began his career in karting and in 2002 was the French Formula Campus champion. In 2003 he was the French Formula Renault champion. In 2004 he placed eleventh with two podiums in the Formula Three Euroseries and tested for Renault F1. The next year he finished sixth in F3 Euroseries and won a pole at the Macau Grand Prix. He then moved to Japan where he began racing in Formula Nippon and Super GT. In 2007 he continued in Formula Nippon and made two starts for A1 Team France in the A1 Grand Prix series in Australia and New Zealand. He won the 2009 Formula Nippon Championship with four wins driving for Nakajima Racing after finishing second in 2008.[1]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2002 Formula Renault Campus France Filière FFSA 16 9 9  ? 13 253 1st
2003 Formula Renault 2000 France Graff Racing 10 4 4 1 5 116 1st
2004 Formula Three Euroseries Signature 20 0 0 0 2 22 12th
Bahrain Superprix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2005 Formula Three Euroseries Signature 19 0 0 0 5 47 7th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
Macau Grand Prix ASM 1 0 1 1 0 N/A 6th
2006 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 2 0 1 2 25 4th
Super GT 9 1 1 1 1 51 11th
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 8 0 0 0 4 67† 4th†
2007 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 0 0 1 4 31 6th
Super GT 9 1 0 1 3 69 2nd
2007–08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 12 1 2 1 7 118† 4th†
2008 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 11 2 0 1 6 62 2nd
Super GT 9 0 0 0 1 43 10th
Le Mans Series Team Oreca Matmut 1 0 0 0 0 3 17th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2008–09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 6 1 0 1 3 47† 5th†
2009 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 8 4 3 3 6 62 1st
Super GT 9 0 1 0 0 18 16th
Asian Le Mans Series Team Oreca Matmut 2 0 0 0 2 14 3rd
2010 Formula Nippon Dandelion Racing 1 0 0 0 0 3* 6th*
Super GT Weider Honda Racing 2 1 0 1 1 20* 3rd*
Le Mans Series Team Oreca Matmut 1 0 0 0 0 5* 17th*

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Position Points
2006–07 France NED CZE BEI MYS IDN NZL AUS RSA MEX SHA GBR 4th 67
2 2 3 9 2 Ret 4 7
2007–08 France NED CZE MYS ZHU NZL AUS RSA MEX SHA GBR 4th 118
2 5 2 2 8 7 3 3 1 Ret 11 2
2008–09 France NED CHN MYS NZL RSA POR GBR 5th 47
3 1 2 14 4 6

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 LMP1 5 M Courage-Oreca LC70
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
Team Oreca-Matmut Soheil Ayari
Laurent Groppi
357 8th 8th
2010 LMP1 4 M Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
Team Oreca Matmut Olivier Panis
Nicolas Lapierre
373 DNF DNF
2011 LMP1 10 M Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
Team Oreca Matmut Nicolas Lapierre
Olivier Panis
339 5th 5th

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Bruce Lorgeré-Roux
Formula Campus France
Champion

2002
Succeeded by
Laurent Groppi
Preceded by
Alexandre Prémat
Championnat de France
Formule Renault 2000
Champion

2003
Succeeded by
Patrick Pilet
Preceded by
Tsugio Matsuda
Formula Nippon
Champion

2009
Succeeded by
João Paulo de Oliveira
Preceded by
Juichi Wakisaka
André Lotterer
Super GT・GT500
Champion
with Takashi Kogure

2010
Succeeded by
Ronnie Quintarelli
Masataka Yanagida