Dominique Dupuy
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24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Participating years | 1993–1997, 1999-2000 |
Teams | Monaco Media International, Larbre Compétition, Viper Team Oreca |
Best finish | 1st (1993, 1994, 1999, 2000) |
Class wins | 4 (1993, 1994, 1999, 2000) |
Dominique Dupuy (born August 26, 1957) is a French racing driver.
Dupuy began racing professionally in 1983 in Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo finishing 4th. He moved to the French Formula Three Championship the following year and raced there until 1988. After that, he moved to the semi-professional French Porsche 944 Cup series and moved to the French Porsche Carrera Cup in 1991 where he would race until 1999. He won the series championship in 1993 and 1994 and would move onto the fully professional Porsche Supercup in 1995, winning 3rd place honors in Supercup in 1997. He moved to the French GT Championship in 1999 driving his customary Porsche, but signed on to drive a Chrysler Viper GTS-R in the series in 2000. Prior to the season beginning Dupuy and his Oreca teammates Olivier Beretta and Karl Wendlinger were the surprise overall winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona in their Viper. The race was the first sanctioned by the Grand American Road Racing Association Rolex Sports Car Series. Dupuy and the Oreca team were also the GTS champions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 1999 and 2000. Dupuy and his teammate François Fiat would go on to win the French GT Championship that year and repeated the feat in 2001. He retired from full-time competition in 2005 and has not driven in French GT since 2007. He is now part of the First Racing team with 2 Lamborghini Gallardo in FFSA GT3.
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1993 | Monaco Media International Larbre Compétition |
Joël Gouhier Jürgen Barth |
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GT | 304 | 15th | 1st |
1994 | Larbre Compétition | Jesús Pareja Carlos Palau |
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GT1 | 307 | 8th | 1st |
1995 | Larbre Compétition | Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | GT1 | 82 | DNF | DNF |
1996 | Viper Team Oreca | Perry McCarthy Justin Bell |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GT1 | 96 | DNF | DNF |
1997 | Viper Team Oreca | Philippe Gache Olivier Beretta |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GT2 | 263 | DNF | DNF |
1999 | Viper Team Oreca | Karl Wendlinger Olivier Beretta |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GTS | 325 | 10th | 1st |
2000 | Viper Team Oreca | Karl Wendlinger Olivier Beretta |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | GTS | 333 | 7th | 1st |
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Preceded by
Jean-Pierre Malcher
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Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 1992-1993 |
Succeeded by Christophe Bouchut |
Preceded by | Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 1997-1999 |
Succeeded by Christophe Bouchut |
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