Frédéric Da Rocha (racing driver)

Patrice Lafargue , Jacques Nicolet and Frédéric Da Rocha at the press conference after the 2010 Zhuhai 1000 km race

Frédéric Da Rocha , in some publications also Frédérique Da Rocha , (born December 31, 1953 in Barcelos ) is a French racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Born in Portugal , da Rocha started racing in 2008 at the age of 55. For a professional racing driver, starting a career at this age would be impossible or impossible. But not for a wealthy gentleman driver . Da Rocha didn't have to make a living from his racing activities; on the contrary, his money was welcome sponsorship payments from the racing teams.

One of his first races was the Dubai 24-hour race , where he competed for the first time in 2008 . In 2009 he finished second in the LMP2 overall ranking of the Asian Le Mans Series . Partners at Ibanéz Racing (the car was a Courage LC70 ) were team principal Jose Ibanéz and compatriot Damien Toulemonde .

In the following years there were races in the European and American Le Mans Series . In 2010 , at the age of 57, he made a late Le Mans debut and started working with Jacques Nicolet and OAK Racing just before the end of the season with ninth place at the Petit Le Mans . In 2011 he had his second outing at Le Mans and this year he also competed in the Sebring 12-hour race .

In recent years he has been involved in historic motorsport in the V de V Challenge Endurance Proto .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	Pegasus Racing	Norma M200	Julien Schell	David Zollinger	failure	accident
2011	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Andrea Barlesi	Patrice Lafargue	Rank 25

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2011	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Andrea Barlesi	Patrice Lafargue	Rank 31st

Web links

• Frédéric Da Rocha at Racing Sports Cars
• Frédéric Da Rocha at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Petit Le Mans 2010