Sylvain Boulay
Sylvain Boulay (born July 3, 1955 in Saint-Mars-d'Outillé ) is a former French racing driver .
Career in motorsport
Sylvain Boulay has competed in the Le Mans 24-hour race seven times in his career . He made his debut in 1987 for the racing team of his compatriot Louis Descartes . He was able to finish the race with his partners Michel Lateste and Gérard Tremblay , but the team was not rated due to the lack of distance covered. 13 years later, on his fourth appearance, he achieved first place in the overall classification. He drove a WR LMP from Welter Racing with his partners Richard Balandras and Yōjirō Terada in 26th place in the final classification. His best placement at Le Mans was finishing 24th in 2003 ; retracted together with Michele Rugolo and Jean-Bernard Bouvet on a Durango LMP1 .
His best result apart from Le Mans was eleventh place in the 2004 Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1987 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | ALD 02 | Michel Lateste | Gérard Tremblay | not classified | |
1988 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | ALD 04 | Michel Lateste | Gérard Tremblay | failure | Cylinder head gasket |
1994 | Stealth engineering | ALD 06 | Dominique Lacaud | Bernard Robin | failure | Engine failure |
2000 | Rachel Welter | WR LMP | Richard Balandras | Yōjirō Terada | Rank 26 | |
2003 | Automotive Durango SRL | Durango LMP1 | Michele Rugolo | Jean-Bernard Bouvet | Rank 24 | |
2004 | Noël del Bello Racing | Reynard 2KQ | Bruno Besson | Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière | failure | accident |
2005 | Gérard Welter | WR LMP04 | Robert Julien | Jean-Bernard Bouvet | failure | malfunction |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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1987 | Automobiles Descartes | ALD 02 | JAR | JER | MON | SIL | LEM | NOW | BRH | ONLY | SPA | FUJ | |
14th | DNF | ||||||||||||
1988 | Louis Descartes | ALD 03 | JER | JAR | MON | SIL | LEM | BRÜ | BRH | ONLY | SPA | FUJ | SAN |
DNF | DNF |
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Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Boulay, Sylvain |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Mars-d'Outillé |