Christophe Bourret

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Christophe Bourret (left) and Raymond Narac during the autograph session as part of the 2013 Silverstone 6-hour race
The Porsche 997 GT3-RSR driven by Jean Karl Vernay , Raymond Narac and Christophe Bourret in Le Mans in 2013

Christophe Bourret (born October 22, 1967 in Enghien-les-Bains ) is a French racing driver and entrepreneur.

Career in motorsport

The wealthy Christophe Bourret competes in car races as an amateur racing driver. In contrast to professional pilots, who are paid for their work, Bourret pays for his race starts himself or, through relationships with the respective sponsors, ensures the financial resources of the racing teams for which he is registered. His career began in 2009 in the V de V Challenge series and in 2010 led to the FIA GT3 European Championship . He finished the 2011 V de V Challenge Endurance GT Series in second overall behind team mate Anthony Pons as a driver for Imsa Performance Matmut, his friend Raymond Narac's team .

In the same year he also made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . With his partners Jean-Philippe Belloc and Pascal Gibon , he finished the race in a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR in 21st place overall. In the following years he was active in the FIA World Endurance Championship , the European Le Mans Series and the Blancpain Endurance Series . His greatest international success to date was winning the LMGTE-Am class (with teammates Narac and Jean Karl Vernay ) at the 2013 Le Mans 24-hour race .

Entrepreneur

Christophe Bourret is one of the founders and managing partners of ADI , a French mutual insurance based hedge fund .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2011 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Porsche 997 GT3 RSR FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Belloc FranceFrance Pascal Gibon Rank 21
2012 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6.R FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Belloc FranceFrance Pascal Gibon Rank 28
2013 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR FranceFrance Raymond Narac FranceFrance Jean Karl Vernay Rank 26 and class win

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2012 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Belloc FranceFrance Pascal Gibon Rank 29

Web links

Commons : Christophe Bourret  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ V de V Challenge Endurance - GT / Tourisme 2011
  2. ↑ Information on ADI
personal data
SURNAME Bourret, Christophe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Enghien-les-Bains