Romain Dumas

Romain Dumas
Dumas in 2014
NationalityFrance French
Born (1977-12-14) 14 December 1977 (age 46)
Alès, France
Racing licence FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2001
TeamsFreisinger Motorsport, IMSA Performance, Pescarolo Sport, Audi Sport Team Joest, Porsche Motorsport, Glickenhaus
Best finish1st (2010, 2016)
Class wins3 (2010, 2013, 2016)

Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French racing driver and driver for Glickenhaus in the World Endurance Championship. He first started out in karting and single-seater before becoming an expert driver in endurance racing, GT and sport-prototype. He has won the greatest races of the discipline, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Spa, the 24 Hours Nürburgring, and the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring. He has been one of Porsche’s factory drivers since 2004.

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 was 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.

Dumas was invited to test an Indycar for Team Penske at the end of the 2008 season, at Sonoma Raceway (named Infineon Raceway at the time).

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. He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Spa in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Dumas also won with partner Klaus Graf in the CytoSport Porsche RS Spyder at the ALMS event at Mosport.

Dumas developed and drove the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014.

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

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. 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.

In 2017, he won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for a third time, again with a Norma prototype.

In 2018, Dumas won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb again, driving the Volkswagen I.D. R and setting a new overall record of 7:57.148, with an average speed of 150.9 km/h. He was interviewed in his house in Geneva about training methods, which include using an old Arai helmet modified for neck weight training.

In 2019, Dumas set a new lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, completing the circuit in 6:05.336 driving the Volkswagen ID R.

In 2019, Dumas set a lap record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, completing the hill climb in 0:39.90 driving the Volkswagen I.D. R, beating Nick Heidfeld in the McLaren MP4/13 Formula One car.

In 2023, Dumas drove the Ford SuperVan 4.2 at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, finishing 1st in the division (Pikes Peak Open) and 2nd overall, with a time of 8:47.682.

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

Complete JGTC results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Pts
2001 Toyota Team SARD Toyota Supra GT500 TAI FUJ SUG
9
FUJ
13
MOT
Ret
SUZ
9
MIN
4
17th 14

Complete 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 15th 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
2017 France Signatech Alpine Matmut United States Gustavo Menezes
United Kingdom Matt Rao
Alpine A470-Gibson LMP2 351 10th 8th
2018 United States Porsche GT Team Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Sven Müller
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
92 DNF DNF
2019 France Duqueine Engineering France Nico Jamin
France Pierre Ragues
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 12th 7th
2020 Switzerland Rebellion Racing France Nathanaël Berthon
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Rebellion R13-Gibson LMP1 381 4th 4th
2021 United States Glickenhaus Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH LMH 364 5th 5th
2022 United States Glickenhaus Racing Brazil Pipo Derani
France Olivier Pla
Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH LMH 370 4th 4th
2023 United States Glickenhaus Racing Australia Ryan Briscoe
France Olivier Pla
Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH LMH 335 6th 6th

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2002 Germany Freisinger Motorsport Portugal Ni Amorim
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Germany Hans Fertl
Porsche 996 GT3-RS GT 303 10th 3rd
2005 United States Brumos Racing United States J.C. France
United States Hurley Haywood
Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche DP 432 DNF DNF
2007 United States Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Long
Crawford DP03-Porsche DP 615 18th 12th
2008 United States The Racer's Group United States Tim George Jr.
United States Spencer Pumpelly
United States Bryan Sellers
France Emmanuel Collard
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 657 11th 3rd
2009 United States Penske Racing Germany Timo Bernhard
Australia Ryan Briscoe
Riley Mk. XX-Porsche DP 717 6th 6th
2010 United States The Racer's Group Germany Timo Bernhard
United States Tim George Jr.
United States Bobby Labonte
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 668 16th 9th
2013 United States The Racer's Group France Emmanuel Collard
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
United States Tracy Krohn
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GT 451 DNF DNF
2018 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
France Loïc Duval
Oreca 07-Gibson P 808 3rd 3rd
2019 United States CORE Autosport United States Jon Bennett
United States Colin Braun
France Loïc Duval
Nissan DPi DPi 589 4th 4th

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
2017 Signatech Alpine Matmut LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL SPA
5
LMS
5
NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 21st 30
2021 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 SPA ALG
4
MNZ
3
LMS
5
BHR BHR 4th 53
2022 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 SEB
3
SPA
3
LMS
3
MNZ
Ret
FUJ BHR 4th 70
2023 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 SEB
Ret
ALG
8
SPA
7
LMS
5
MNZ
8
FUJ BHR 10th 34

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
26
AUS FRA
Ret
ESP GBR NC 0
2017 Romain Dumas Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 MON
26
SWE MEX FRA
18
ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS 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
2017 Romain Dumas Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 MON
1
FRA
1
CZE
1
ITA
4
SUI
1
1st 112

Dakar Rally results

Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2015 Cars France Peugeot DNF 0
2016 20th 0
2017 8th 0
2020 DNF 0
2021 Switzerland Rebellion DNF 0
2022 Japan Toyota DNF 0
2023 12th* 0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2018 CORE Autosport P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
3
SEB
4
LBH
MOH
BEL
WGL
2
MOS
ELK
LGA
ATL
7
20th 114
2019 CORE Autosport DPi Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 DAY
4
SEB
5
LBH
MOH
BEL
WGL
11
MOS
ELK
LGA
ATL
8
16th 97

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