Frédéric Makowiecki
Frédéric Makowiecki (born November 22, 1980 in Arras ) is a French racing driver . He has been driving in the FIA GT1 World Championship since 2010 and also competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2012 .
Career
After Makowiecki began his motorsport career in karting , he first switched to formula racing in 2000 and was fourth in the B-class of the French Formula 3 championship . After not taking part in a racing series for two years, he returned to motorsport in 2003 and finished 32nd in the French GT championship and ninth in the French Porsche Carrera Cup . While he only competed in the French Porsche Carrera Cup in 2004 and finished the championship in third place, in 2005 he only competed in the French GT championship and finished sixth.
In 2006 Makowiecki was runner-up behind Anthony Beltoise in the French Porsche Carrera Cup. He also started this season in the FIA GT3 European Championship and finished 21st overall at the end of the season. He also made his debut in the FIA GT Championship , where he competed in a race. In 2007 Makowiecki finished second overall in the French Porsche Carrera Cup , this time behind Patrick Pilet . He was also fifth in the French GT Championship and tenth in the FIA GT3 European Championship. In 2008 he finished the French Porsche Carrera Cup in fourth place overall and repeated tenth place in the FIA GT3 European Championship. He also finished eighth in the French GT championship and started again in a race in the FIA GT championship. He also made his debut in the Le Mans Series , in which he was sixth in the LMGT1 classification, and in the ADAC GT Masters , in which he won a race as a guest starter.
In 2009 Makowiecki won three races of the French Porsche Carrera Cup and was third in this series. In the FIA GT3 European Championship, he achieved his best overall position to date with fourth place overall. He was also 19th in the GT2 classification of the FIA GT Championship and 31st in the International GT Open . In 2010 Makowiecki competed for Hexis AMR in an Aston Martin DBR9 in the new FIA GT1 World Championship . With changing teammates, he won the qualification race twice and the championship race once. In the driver's world championship he was third. He also managed to win the championship title in the French Porsche Carrera Cup this season. In the FIA GT3 European championship he was fifth, in the French GT championship twelfth and in the International GT Open 26. 2011 Makowiecki stayed in the FIA GT1 world championship. For the Marc VDS Racing Team he took part in six out of ten events as a team-mate of Maxime Martin . The two won three qualification and one championship races. Makowiecki was eleventh in the world championship. In addition, he took for Hexis AMR in the complete season of the Blancpain Endurance Series in part. There he was tenth in the GT3 Pro Cup. In addition to two starts in the SPEED EuroSeries , Makowiecki took part in endurance races for Luxury Racing in a Ferrari 458 GTC and Ferrari 458 Italia . Among other things, he made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race .
In 2012 Makowiecki returned to Hexis in the FIA GT1 World Championship. His team works with McLaren during the season . His teammate became Stef Dusseldorp . In addition, Makowiecki starts for Luxury Racing in the first season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). In this he finished 34th in the drivers' championship after the first race.
statistics
Career stations
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Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 2011 |
 Luxury racing
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Ferrari 458 Italia GTC |
 Stéphane Ortelli
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 Jaime Melo
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failure | accident |
| 2012 |
Luxury racing
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Ferrari 458 Italia GTC |
 Dominik Farnbacher
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Jaime Melo
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Rank 18 | |
| 2013 |
 Aston Martin Racing
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Aston Martin Vantage GTE |
Bruno Senna
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Rob Bell
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failure | accident |
| 2014 |
Porsche AG Team Manthey
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Marco Holzer
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 Richard Lietz
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Rank 15 | |
| 2015 |
Porsche Team Manthey
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Patrick Pilet
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Wolf Henzler
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failure | Wagon fire |
| 2016 |
 Porsche Motorsport North America
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Jörg Bergmeister
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 Earl Bamber
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failure | |
| 2017 |
Porsche GT Team
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Patrick Pilet
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Richard Lietz
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Rank 20 | |
| 2018 |
Porsche GT Team
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Porsche 991 RSR GTE |
 Gianmaria Bruni
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Richard Lietz
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Rank 16 | |
| 2019 |
Porsche GT Team
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Porsche 991 RSR GTE |
Gianmaria Bruni
|
Richard Lietz
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Rank 21 |
Sebring results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 2011 |
Luxury racing
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Ferrari 458 Italia |
Stéphane Ortelli
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 Jean-Denis Delétraz
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Rank 28 | ||
| 2012 |
Luxury racing
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Ferrari 458 Italia |
Jaime Melo
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Jean-Karl Vernay
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failure | malfunction | |
| 2015 |
Porsche North America
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Earl Bamber
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Nick Tandy
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Jörg Bergmeister
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Rank 21 | |
| 2016 |
Porsche North America
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Earl Bamber
|
 Michael Christensen
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Rank 12 | ||
| 2017 |
Porsche GT Team
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Patrick Pilet
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Dirk Werner
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Rank 13 | ||
| 2018 |
Porsche GT Team
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Patrick Pilet
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Nick Tandy
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Rank 10 and class win | ||
| 2019 |
Porsche GT Team
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Porsche 911 RSR |
Patrick Pilet
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Nick Tandy
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Rank 10 and class win |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Hexis WM-driver quartet stands" (speedweek.de on February 1st, 2012)
- ↑ “2012 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST” ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (lemans.org on February 2, 2012; PDF; 69 kB)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Makowiecki, Frédéric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arras , France |