Loïc Duval

Loïc Duval

Nation:	France
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2017
Teams (manufacturers)
2017-2018 Phoenix ( Audi )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 32 - 1 1
Podiums:	1
Overall wins:	-
Points:	33
Status: 08/26/2018

Loïc Duval (born June 12, 1982 in Chartres ) is a French racing driver . From 2006 to 2012 he drove in the Super GT , which he won in 2010. From 2006 to 2014 he drove in the Super Formula (formerly Formula Nippon) and became champion there in 2009. From 2012 to 2016 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC); In 2013 he became world driver champion there. He has also been driving in the FIA Formula E Championship since 2015 .

Career

Duval began his motorsport career in karting , in which he was active from 1992 to 2001. Among other things, he was third in the Formula A class of the Kart World Championship in 2000 . In 2002, Duval in Formula racing and immediately won the French Formula Renault Campus . He won nine of 16 races. In 2003 Duval started for Graff Racing in the French Formula Renault and also achieved the title in this championship in his first season. At the beginning of 2004 he was accepted into the support program of the Formula 1 team Renault , of which he was a member until the end of 2005. In 2004 Duval drove for the OPEL Team Signature-Plus in the Formula 3 Euro Series . He scored two podium finishes and finished the season in twelfth place overall. With 22 to 37 points he was defeated by his team-mate Giedo van der Garde . Duval also drove for Signature in Formula 3 individual events. In 2005 Duval stayed with Signature-Plus in the Formula 3 Euro Series. He finished second three times and third twice and improved to sixth place in the drivers' standings. Within the team, he prevailed against James Rossiter with one point . At the Macau Grand Prix 2006 Duval started for ASM and finished sixth.

In 2006 Duval left Europe and moved to Nakajima Racing in Japan . He started both in Formula Nippon and in the Super GT . In Formula Nippon, Duval won two races and was fourth in the overall standings. He clearly beat his teammate Hideki Muto with 25 to 1 points. In the Super GT, he shared a cockpit at Nakajima Racing with Mutō. The two won a race and finished eleventh in the drivers' championship. In the 2006/07 Duval drove for the French team in the A1GP . First as a rookie, then as a regular driver. He took part in eight races and achieved four podium finishes with three second places and one third place. Duval then returned to Japan and competed again for Nakajima Racing in both racing series. In Formula Nippon, Duval achieved four podiums and finished sixth overall. Internally, he was defeated by his new teammate Takashi Kogure with 31 to 41 points. In the Super GT, Duval won a race with Fabio Carbone and came second in the drivers' championship. In the 2007/08 season , Duval started again in the A1GP and took part in twelve races. He won one and was on the podium a total of seven times. He was the only rider on the team to achieve podium finishes. Duval then returned to Nakajima Racing in Japan. In Formula Nippon, he won two races and improved to second place in the final ranking. He was defeated by the master Tsugio Matsuda with 62 to 93.5 points and prevailed internally against Kogure, who had scored 41 points. In the Super GT he finished tenth overall with Katsuyuki Hiranaka with a second place. In addition, Duval made his debut for ORECA in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008 and finished eighth in the LMP1 category. He also started another long-distance race in the Le Mans Series for the racing team . As in previous years, Duval also competed in the A1GP in winter 2008/09 and achieved one victory and two podium finishes in six competitions.

Duval in Formula Nippon 2010

In 2009, Duval started for Nakajima Racing in Japan for the fourth year. In Formula Nippon, he won four races and won the championship with 62 to 40 points ahead of his compatriot Benoît Tréluyer . His teammate Kogure had scored 37 points. In the Super GT, he formed a team with Yuhki Nakayama . With a sixth place as the best result, the two finished 16th in the drivers' championship. In addition, Duval and Nicolas Lapierre achieved two podium places at the only race weekend of the Asian Le Mans Series in Okayama , thus securing third place overall. In 2010 Duval left Nakajima Racing and switched to Dandelion Racing within Formula Nippon . He won two races and was third overall. Internally he prevailed against Takuya Izawa with 39.5 to 7 points. In the Super GT, Duval started together with Kogure for Weider Honda Racing . The two won a race and decided the championship for themselves. Duval also competed in endurance races in Europe: he took part in two races in the 2010 Le Mans Series and in the Le Mans 24-hour race for ORECA . In 2011 Duval won two races with Kogure for Weider Honda Racing in the Super GT. They finished third in the championship. In addition, he took part in three races of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in the LMP1 class for ORECA and won the 12-hour race at Sebring together with Lapierre and Olivier Panis . Duval paused in formula racing in 2011.

In 2012 Duval returned to Formula Nippon and was given a cockpit with Team Kygnus Sunoco . With a second and two third places, he was on the podium three times. He finished sixth in the overall standings. Duval started for TOM’S in the Super GT . His teammate was Kazuki Nakajima . Duval did not compete for a run and finished eleventh overall with a second place as the best result. In addition, Duval received a cockpit at Audi as a works driver in the newly founded FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with Audi Sport Team Joest for the first three races. At the season opener in Sebring , Duval achieved a podium finish with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas in second place. Duval contested the next races together with Dumas and Marc Gené . The trio won at Spa-Francorchamps and finished fourth at Le Mans . In the drivers' world championship, Duval and Dumas were in sixth place. In 2013 , Duval stayed in the Japanese formula series, which was now called Super Formula . This year his racing team was called Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans . Duval took part in four out of seven races and was always in the top four. He won a race and came third in the championship. Duval stopped his involvement in the Super GT. In the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship , Duval became a regular driver for Audi Sport Team Joest and competed alongside Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish in all races. The trio won at Silverstone , Le Mans and Austin and was always on the podium with the exception of the last race. The three won the drivers' world championship.

In 2014 Duval won a Super Formula race for the Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans. He was on the podium four times and finished fourth overall. Duval left the racing series at the end of the season. In the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship , Duval stayed with Audi Sport Team Joest. His team-mate McNish was replaced by Lucas di Grassi . Duval had a serious accident during practice for the 2014 Le Mans 24-hour race . Duval suffered comparatively minor injuries with skin injuries on his leg and neck. He dropped out for the race and took a month off. In the drivers' world championship Duval was seventh with two second places as the best results. At the beginning of 2015 Duval also entered the FIA Formula E Championship with Dragon Racing . At the Berlin ePrix he achieved his first podium finish with third place. He repeated this result at the last race in London . He finished the season in ninth place overall.

In the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship , Duval formed a driver trio with di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis for Audi Sport Team Joest . The three drivers achieved the only podium finish in Austin in third place and finished the season in fourth place in the drivers' world championship. In addition, Duval competed for Dragon in Formula E in 2015/16 . With 60 to 83 points he was internally defeated by Jérôme D'Ambrosio and finished eighth overall.

In 2016 Duval, di Grassi and Jarvis stayed with Audi Sport Team Joest in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship. The trio won the 6-hour races in Spa-Francorchamps and Bahrain . The three racing drivers finished the season in second place in the world championship. After Audi withdrew from the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship at the end of the season, Duval's involvement in the racing series ended. Duval also stayed with Dragon Racing for the 2016/17 FIA Formula E Championship . After the third race, he finished 13th overall.

In 2017 Duval took over an Audi factory cockpit in the DTM .

statistics

Career stations

1992-2001: karting 2002: French Formula Renault Campus (champions) 2003: French Formula Renault (champions) 2004 : Formula 3 Euro Series (12th place) 2005 : Formula 3 Euro Series (6th place) 2006 : Formula Nippon (4th place) 2006: Super GT (11th place) 2007 : A1GP 2007 : Formula Nippon (6th place) 2007: Super GT (2nd place) 2008 : A1GP 2008 : Formula Nippon (2nd place)

2008: Super GT (10th place) 2008 : Le Mans Series , LMP1 (17th place) 2009 : A1GP 2009 : Formula Nippon (champion) 2009: Super GT (16th place) 2009: AsLMS , LMP1 (3rd place) 2010 : Formula Nippon (3rd place) 2010: Super GT (champion) 2010 : Le Mans Series, LMP1 (15th place) 2011: Super GT (3rd place) 2011 : ILMC 2012 : Formula Nippon (6th place)

2012: Super GT (11th place) 2012 : WEC (6th place) 2013 : Super Formula (3rd place) 2013 : WEC (champions) 2014 : Super Formula (4th place) 2014 : WEC (7th place) 2015 : Formula E (9th place) 2015 : WEC (4th place) 2016 : Formula E (8th place) 2016 : WEC (2nd place) 2017 : Formula E (15th place) 2017 : DTM (18th place)

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	rank
2014/15	Dragon Racing Formula E Team	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON			42	9.
						7th	9	DNF	3	15th	8th	3
2015/16	Dragon Racing	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON				60	8th.
		4th	16 *	4th	6th	4th	8th	DNF °	DNF	DNF	4th
2016/17	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR		20th	15th
		14th	18th	6th	DNF	NC		15th	DNF	5	13 *	DNF	19 *

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2008	Team ORECA Matmut	Courage-ORECA LC70	Soheil Ayari	Laurent Groppi	Rank 8
2010	Team ORECA Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Olivier Panis	Nicolas Lapierre	failure	Engine failure
2011	Team ORECA Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Olivier Panis	Nicolas Lapierre	Rank 5
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 ultra	Romain Dumas	Marc Gené	Rank 5
2013	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Tom Kristensen	Allan McNish	Overall victory
2015	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Lucas di Grassi	Oliver Jarvis	Rank 4
2016	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18	Lucas di Grassi	Oliver Jarvis	Rank 3
2018	TDS Racing	Oreca 07	François Perrodo	Matthieu Vaxivière	disqualified
2019	TDS Racing	Oreca 07	François Perrodo	Matthieu Vaxivière	Rank 8

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2011	Team ORECA Matmut	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Olivier Panis	Nicolas Lapierre	Overall victory
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 TDI	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	Rank 2

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
2012	Audi Team Joest	Audi R18	SEB	SPA	LEM	SIL	SAO	BAH	FUJ	SHA
			2	1	5
2013	Audi Team Joest	Audi R18	SIL	SPA	LEM	SAO	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			1	2	1	2	1	2	3	DNF
2014	Audi Team Joest	Audi R18	SIL	SPA	LEM	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH	SAO
			DNF	2		2	5	5	5	3
2015	Audi Team Joest	Audi R18	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			5	7th	4th	4th	3	4th	4th	6th
2016	Audi Team Joest	Audi R18	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			DNF	1	3	2	27	2	2	5	1
2017	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 07	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
											11
2018/19	TDS Racing	Oreca 07	SPA	LEM	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB	SPA	LEM
			11	DNF	10		DNF	DNF		8th
2019/20	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R13	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BAH	OUT	SEB	SPA	LEM
			3

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	rank
2017	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		MOS		ZAN		ONLY		SPI		HO2				22nd	18th
			14th	DNF	15th	18th	14th	16	15th	15th	11	14th	13	2	18th	15th	14th	8th	18th	15th
2018	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		ZAN		BRH		MIS		ONLY		SPI		HO2		11	12.
			10	5	DNF	13

Legend
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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Loïc Duval  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Loïc Duval
• Career statistics of Loïc Duval (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 24 Hours of Le Mans: Serious accident overshadows free practice. spiegel.de, June 11, 2014, accessed on March 10, 2015 . 
2. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Duval fails : Gene has to step in. Motorsport-Total.com, June 12, 2014, accessed March 10, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Le Mans winner Duval drives in Formula E. Motorsport-Total.com, March 9, 2015, accessed on March 10, 2015 . 
4. ^ Roman Wittemeier: WEC 2015: 35 cars go on a world tour. Motorsport-Total.com, February 5, 2015, accessed February 5, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Sam Smith: Duval set to remain with Dragon Racing. Motorsport.com, August 4, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Norman Fischer: Duval and D'Ambrosio stay: Dragon welcomes Faraday Future. Motorsport-Total.com, July 1, 2016, accessed July 2, 2016 .