Grégoire Demoustier
Grégoire Demoustier (born January 26, 1991 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq ) is a French racing driver . He started in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in 2015 .
Career
Demoustier began his motorsport career in GT racing in 2008 . He first started in the THS Spider Cup and the MitJet Series . In 2009 Demoustier switched to formula racing and started for Räikkönen Robertson Racing in the European Formula BMW . He left the season finale and was 22nd in the drivers' championship. In addition, he took part in a racing weekend for the Western European Formula Renault .
2010 Demoustier returned to GT racing and came 21st in the French GT championship . In addition, he took part in four events of the FIA GT3 European Championship . In 2011 Demoustier was active in both formula and GT racing. For Tech 1 Racing , he competed in some Alpine Formula Renault races and in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . He also completed test drives in the GP3 series . In GT racing , Demoustier took part in four of six events in the FIA GT3 European Championship for Graff Racing in 2011 . He finished a race with Mike Parisy in third place. In the European Championship he was 18. He also went to a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series at the start. In addition, he made four guest starts in the French GT Championship, of which he won one.
In 2012 Demoustier received a cockpit from Hexis Racing , who worked with McLaren , in the FIA GT1 World Championship . Together with Álvaro Parente he reached four podium positions and eleventh place overall. Demoustier also drove for the ART Grand Prix in the Blancpain Endurance Series and once won the Pro-Am class together with Duncan Tappy , which they finished in fifth place. He also took part in the French GT championship again and finished 13th overall with two victories. In 2013 Demoustier competed for the ART Grand Prix in the Blancpain Endurance Series. In addition, he took part in two FIA GT series events in 2013 , once as a guest starter and once as a regular driver. He also drove in the national GT championships in France and Great Britain . He managed a victory in the French, in which he was in sixth place. In 2014 Demoustier stayed again at ART Grand Prix in the Blancpain Endurance Series. Together with his team-mate Parente, he won a race and was seventh overall in the Pro classification. He also drove for ART Grand Prix in the GTC class of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS). He finished the evaluation in fifth place. In 2014, Demoustier only contested GT sprint races in the French GT Championship, in which he reached 20th place overall.
In 2015 Demoustier switched to touring car racing to Craft Bamboo in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). With a ninth place as the best result, he was 20th in the drivers' world championship.
statistics
Career stations
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Individual results in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)
| year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | Points | rank |
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| 2015 | Craft bamboo |
 ARG
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 MAR
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 HUN
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 GER
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 RUS
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 SLK
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 FRA
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 PRT
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 JPN
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 CHN
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 THA
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 QAT
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5 | 20th | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 10 | DNF | DNF | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 15th | 13 | DNF | 13 | 13 | 14th | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | DNF | 12 | 9 | 10 | 18 * | 11 | ||||
- Legend
| Legend | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
- 1 : first in qualifying, 2 : second in qualifying, ...
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Mitch Evans dominates in Barcelona” (gp3series.com on October 26, 2011)
- ↑ "Hexis WM-driver quartet stands" (speedweek.de on February 1st, 2012)
- ↑ Norman Fischer: Bamboo returns to the WTCC: Demoustier first pilot. Motorsport-Total.com, January 16, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Demoustier, Grégoire |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villeneuve-d'Ascq , France |