Marc Duez

Marc Duez at the 2015 Monte Carlo Rally

Marc Duez (born April 18, 1957 in Verviers ) is a Walloon - Belgian racing driver who has made a name for himself in the motorsport scene as a so-called all - rounder .

Career

Marc Duez began his career in the early 1980s in monoposto Trek. He drove in the Belgian Formula Ford Championship and was second overall in the VW Castrol European Cup in a Ralt RT5 at the end of 1982 . In addition to engagements in various Formula 3 racing series , he also regularly competed in sports car races from 1983 onwards . At around the same time he became active as a rally driver and subsequently won the Belgian rally championships in 1982, 1989 and 1990.

1983 Duez made his debut at the 24-hour race at Le Mans , was killed in Porsche 936C of Joest Racing , however, early in the race with technical problems from. After working for Joest Racing and Ecurie Ecosse, he became a works driver for Mazdaspeed in 1988 . In 1988 , on his second outing on the Sarthe, he drove a works Mazda 767 together with David Leslie and Yoshimi Katayama to 17th place overall. His best placement at Le Mans was eleventh overall in 1996 in the McLaren F1 . In 1999 and 2000 he reached second and fifth class positions on a Chrysler Viper GTS-R from ORECA . His last appearance at Le Mans was in 2002 . Duez was one of the pilots of the Panoz LMP-1 , which for Michel Vaillant film by Luc Besson were selected. The Automobile Club de l'Ouest had insisted that the two vehicles that were allowed to drive in the race for the film had to be driven by professional drivers.

Duez, who also took part in rally world championship races, had his most important international rally successes with a fourth place in the Corsica Rally in 1991 and fifth place in the 1989 Rally Portugal . In the 1990s, he became one of the best sports car and GT drivers in Europe. Four times - in 1992, 1995, 1998 and 1999 - he and various partners won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring . Three times - in 1997, 1998, 2001 - he won the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps , twice - in 2000 and 2006 - in the 24-hour race in Zolder .

After his involvement in the V8 Star Series in 2002, Duez only had sporadic races in international motorsport in the FIA GT Championship and a race in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 2006. He also sporadically participates in ice races and rallycross -Runs part. And duez is also happy to help organize the annual Race of Champions .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1983	Belga Team Joest Racing	Porsche 936C	Jean-Michel Martin	Philippe Martin	failure	fuel pump
1987	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C286	David Leslie	Ray Mallock	Rank 8
1988	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Mazda 767	David Leslie	Yoshimi Katayama	Rank 17
1989	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Mazda 767	Volker Weidler	Yōjirō Terada	Rank 12
1990	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 962C	Jürgen Oppermann	Harald Grohs	failure	Gearbox damage
1993	Écurie Toison d'Or	Venturi 500LM	Eric Bachelart	Philippe Verellen	Rank 25
1996	Team Bigazzi SRL	McLaren F1 GTR	Jacques Laffite	Steve Soper	Rank 11
1997	Viper Team Oreca	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Tommy Archer	Soheil Ayari	failure	accident
1998	Viper Team Oreca	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Karl Wendlinger	Patrick Huisman	failure	Electrics
1999	Viper Team Oreca	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Tommy Archer	Justin Bell	Rank 12
2000	Viper Team Oreca	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Tommy Archer	Patrick Huisman	Rank 12
2002	Team DAMS	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Perry McCarthy	Jérôme Policand	failure	Main shaft

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1997	Prototype Technology Group	BMW M3	Dieter Quester	Boris Said III	Rank 15
1999	Hybrid R&D	Riley & Scott Mk III	Ross Bentley	Chris Bingham	Rank 7
2000	Viper Team Oreca	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Tommy Archer	David Donohue	Rank 8

Web links

Commons : Marc Duez  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Marc Duez (French and English)
• Marc Duez at the Driver Database
• Marc Duez at Racing Sports Cars