Manuel Rodrigues

The Kolles Team 2010 in Le Mans; of the five drivers in the foreground, Manuel Rodrigues is third from the left

Manuel Rodrigues (born October 22, 1962 in Lisbon ) is a French racing driver of Portuguese descent.

Career in motorsport

Manuel Rodrigues began his career in French GT racing . In 2006 he finished second overall in the GT Cup of this championship. In the 2010s he was active in various racing series. He competed in the ADAC GT Masters and the FIA GT3 European Championship ; it was also registered in some races of the European Le Mans Series .

He competed five times in the Le Mans 24-hour race. He made his debut in 2009 in the Ferrari F430 GTC from JMB Racing. Together with Christophe Bouchut and Yvan Lebon he reached 29th place in the final ranking. The highlight of his Le Mans outings was his start in the LMP1 - Audi R10 TDI 2010 . The race ended prematurely after an accident.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2009	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Christophe Bouchut	Yvan Lebon	Rank 29
2010	Kolles	Audi R10 TDI	Christophe Bouchut	Scott Tucker	failure	accident
2011	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430 GTE	Nicolas Marroc	Jean-Marc Menahem	Rank 27
2012	JMB Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Alain Ferté	Philippe Illiano	Rank 32
2013	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Cooper MacNeil	Philippe Dumas	Rank 41

Web links

Commons : Manuel Rodrigues  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Manuel Rodrigues at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ^ French GT Championship 2006