Romain Dumas
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 Dumas at the Silverstone Round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship | |||||||||||
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14 December 1977 (age 38) Alès, France | ||||||||||
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Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French professional racing driver.
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 hill climb in a Norma M20 "RD Limited" 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.
Career results
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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| 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 |
Complete WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points |
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| 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 |
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| 2015 | Romain Dumas | Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 | MON 2 |
BEL Ret |
GER 1 |
FRA Ret |
SUI | 2nd | 43 |
References
- ↑ "24 Heures du Mans" (PDF). lemans.org. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
- ↑ "Total 24 Hour of Spa" (PDF). 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
- ↑ "Bernhard and Dumas join Muscle Milk Team CytoSport". Planetlemans.com. 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ↑ "Works engagement with 919 hybrid and 911 RSR". Porsche.com. Porsche. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "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) - ↑ "WRC 2015 Monte Carlo results". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
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| 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 |
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