Patrick Bornhauser

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Patrick Bornhauser at the autograph session before the 6-hour race at Silverstone 2013
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R-ZR1 of Julien Canal and Gabriele Gardel at the 2011 Le Mans 24-hour race

Patrick Bornhauser (born June 29, 1957 in Orléans ) is a French entrepreneur and racing car driver .

Entrepreneur

In 1986, Patrick Bornhauser became CEO of Demeco , a moving company with 275 locations in Europe. With 1,800 vehicles, more than 100,000 removals for individuals, families, and commercial and industrial companies are carried out every year. In 2003 he and his industrial holding company took over the majority stake in Demeco.

Career in motorsport

Bornhauser began his racing career in 1994 in the French Peugeot 905 Spider Cup , where he finished fifth overall in the championship behind William David , Cathy Muller , Gérard Dillmann and Patrick Gonin . At the end of the 1990s he became a regular participant in the French GT championship. 2004 (on a Chrysler Viper GTS-R in front of Bruno Besson , David Hallyday and Olivier Thévenin ), 2005 (Chrysler Viper GTS-R), 2008 (together with Christophe Bouchut on a Saleen S7R ) and 2010 (with Laurent Groppi in a Porsche 911 GT3 R ) he won the overall championship. He became one of the most successful racing drivers in this racing series.

Bornhauser was also successful in international GT racing. Twice, in 2011 and 2012 , he won the GTE-Am class at the Le Mans 24-hour race .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2006 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello FranceFrance Jean-Luc Blanchemain SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gabriele Gardel failure Clutch damage
2007 FranceFrance Aston Martin Racing Larbre Aston Martin DBR9 FranceFrance Roland Bervillé United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gregor Fisken Rank 29
2008 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Saleen S7-R FranceFrance David Hallyday FranceFrance Christophe Bouchut Rank 28
2011 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6.R-ZR1 FranceFrance Julien Canal SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gabriele Gardel Rank 20 and class win
2012 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6.R FranceFrance Julien Canal PortugalPortugal Pedro Lamy Rank 20 and class win
2013 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6.R-ZR1 FranceFrance Julien Canal United StatesUnited States Ricky Taylor Rank 29

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2011 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gabriele Gardel FranceFrance Julien Canal failure Electrics
2012 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 PortugalPortugal Pedro Lamy FranceFrance Julien Canal failure malfunction

Web links

Commons : Patrick Bornhauser  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Patrick Bornhauser's entrepreneurial activities (French)
  2. ↑ Porsche 905 Spinner Cup 1994
  3. ↑ French GT Championship 2004
  4. ↑ French GT Championship 2005
  5. ↑ French GT Championship 2008
  6. ^ French GT Championship 2010
personal data
SURNAME Bornhauser, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Orleans