Raymond Narac

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Raymond Narac (right) and Christophe Bourret during the autograph session as part of the 2013 Silverstone 6-hour race
The Porsche 997 GT3 RSR with Richard Lietz , Patrick Long and Raymond Narac the GT2 class at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans won
Another class win at Le Mans; this time with Christophe Bourret and Jean Karl Vernay 2013

Raymond Narac (born March 3, 1964 in Caudebec-en-Caux ) is a French entrepreneur, racing team owner and racing car driver .

Career as a racing driver and team boss

Raymond Narac's career is closely linked to the Porsche brand and the French insurance company Matmut . Daniel Havis , the CEO of the company was met with motorsport and Narac in the search for a marketing platform for the insurance of 2003. The two signed a sponsorship contract that lasted from 2004 until the end of the 2015 season, then Matmut ended his involvement in motorsport.

Narac founded a racing team in 2001 under the name IMSA Performance , which did not initially develop any racing activities. Only with the support of Matmut did the racing team, now known as IMSA Performance Matmut , become active. Almost the entire driving career of Narac took place in his own racing team. Exceptions were, among other things, outings for Oreca on a Saleen S7R in the French GT Championship 2007 and the start of the 500 km race in Bahrain in 2005 on a Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello from Larbre Compétition .

He contested his first full racing season in 2004 in the French GT Championship, which he finished fifth overall. By the end of the 2015 season he won the overall ranking of this championship three times; In 2007 together with Soheil Ayari in front of Oreca as well as in 2014 with Nicolas Armindo and in 2015 with Sébastien Dumez and Olivier Pernaut .

In 2005 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he competed continuously as a driver until 2014 . When he raced for the first time, Romain Dumas and Sébastien Dumez were his partners in the Porsche 996 GT3 RSR . The trio finished the race in 15th place overall. Narac clinched two class wins at Le Mans. In 2007 he won the GT2 class by placing 15th in the overall standings with Patrick Long and Richard Lietz . In 2013 he was 26th in the overall ranking and won the LMGTE-Am class with racing partners Christophe Bourret and Jean Karl Vernay .

In 2011 and 2012 he won the final classification of the GTE-Am class of the European Le Mans Series . By the end of the 2015 season, Narac had achieved 17 overall and 25 class wins in GT and sports car racing .

Entrepreneur

In 1996 Narac set up an authorized Porsche workshop in Rouen . The Porsche Center Rouen is one of the largest dealerships for old and new Porsche cars in northern France.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2005 FranceFrance IMSA performance Porsche 996 GT3 RSR FranceFrance Romain Dumas FranceFrance Sébastien Dumez Rank 15
2006 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 996 GT3 RSR FranceFrance Romain Dumas ItalyItaly Luca Riccitelli failure Engine failure
2007 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 RSR United StatesUnited States Patrick Long AustriaAustria Richard Lietz 15th place and class win
2008 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 RSR United StatesUnited States Patrick Long AustriaAustria Richard Lietz failure accident
2009 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 RSR United StatesUnited States Patrick Long FranceFrance Patrick Pilet failure malfunction
2010 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 RSR United StatesUnited States Patrick Long FranceFrance Patrick Pilet Rank 17
2011 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3 RSR FranceFrance Nicolas Armindo FranceFrance Patrick Pilet Rank 17
2012 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR FranceFrance Nicolas Armindo FranceFrance Anthony Pons Rank 21
2013 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR FranceFrance Christophe Bourret FranceFrance Jean Karl Vernay Rank 26 and class win
2014 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR FranceFrance Nicolas Armindo FranceFrance David Hallyday Rank 31st

Web links

Commons : Raymond Narac  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Havis, CEO of Mammut (French)
  2. ↑ About the end of the partnership between Narac and Mammut (French) ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.endurance-info.com
  3. ^ Bahrain 500 km race in 2005
  4. ↑ French GT Championship 2004
  5. ↑ French GT Championship 2007
  6. ↑ French GT Championship 2014
  7. ↑ French GT Championship 2015
personal data
SURNAME Narac, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Caudebec-en-Caux