Dominique Dupuy (racing driver)

Dominique Dupuy in the Porsche 911 Carrera RSR at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

Dominique Dupuy (born August 26, 1957 in Ars ) is a former French racing driver .

Career in motorsport

After starting out in karting , Dominique Dupuy's monoposto career began in 1983 in the French Formula Renault Championship , which he finished fourth overall. In 1984 he switched to the national Formula 3 championship . Dupuy drove in this championship until 1988; his placement in the final ranking was sixth overall in 1984 (overall winner Olivier Grouillard ).

In 1989 he switched to GT racing and became a regular participant in the Porsche Carrera Cup France. After finishing second overall behind Jean-Pierre Malcher in 1991, he secured the overall standings in 1992 and 1993. With his overall victories in 1997, 1998 and 1999, he became the most successful driver in this cup competition.

He celebrated further championship successes in the French GT championship in 2000 and 2001.

In 1996 Dupuy became a team member at Oreca and successfully drove the Chrysler Viper GTS-R . He celebrated two class wins at Le Mans in 1999 and 2000 ; In 2000 one at the Sebring 12-hour race . In 1999 he won two championship races of the FIA GT Championship and finished the season in fifth place. He celebrated his greatest success in an international sports car race in 2000 when he and Olivier Beretta and Karl Wendlinger won the 24-hour race at Daytona for Oreca that year .

His last racing season was in 2007 in the French GT Championship, which he finished 15th in the final standings.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1993	Monaco Media International	Porsche Carrera RSR	Joël Gouhier	Jürgen Barth	15th place and class win
1994	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Jesús Pareja	Carlos Palau	Rank 8 and class win
1995	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 GT2	Emmanuel Collard	Stéphane Ortelli	failure	accident
1996	Société Viper Team ORECA	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Justin Bell	Perry McCarthy	failure	Engine failure
1997	Societé Viper Team ORECA	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Philippe Gache	Olivier Beretta	failure	accident
1999	Viper Team ORECA	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Karl Wendlinger	Olivier Beretta	Rank 10 and class win
2000	Viper Team ORECA	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Karl Wendlinger	Olivier Beretta	Rank 7 and class win
2003	Scorp Motorsport Communication	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Luis Marques	Olivier Thévenin	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2000	Viper Team Oreca	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Karl Wendlinger	Olivier Beretta	Rank 7 and class win

Web links

Commons : Dominique Dupuy  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Dominique Dupuy at the Driver Database
• Dominique Dupuy at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ French Formula Renault Turbo Championship 1983
2. ^ French Formula 3 Championship 1984
3. ^ French Porsche Carrera Cup 1991
4. ↑ French Porsche Carrera Cup 1992
5. ^ French Porsche Carrera Cup 1993
6. ↑ French GT Championship 2000
7. ↑ French GT Championship 2001
8. ↑ FIA GT Championship 1999
9. ↑ French GT Championship 2007