Patrick Bornhauser (born 29 June 1957 in Orléans) is a French racing driver and businessman. In 2011 and 2012 he won the GTE-Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
| Patrick Bornhauser | |||||||||||
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.jpg) Patrick Bornhauser, 2013 | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  French | ||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1957 Orléans, France | ||||||||||
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |||||||||||
| Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
| Current team | Larbre Compétition | ||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Bronze | ||||||||||
| Car number | 50 | ||||||||||
| Previous series | |||||||||||
| 2011 2011 2008, 11 2006 2006 1997–99, 2003– 1995–96 1994 | Intercontinental Le Mans Cup American Le Mans Series Le Mans Series FIA GT Championship FIA GT3 European Championship FFSA GT Championship Global GT Championship Peugeot 905 Spider Cup | ||||||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||||||
| 2004–05, 08, 10 | FFSA GT Championship | ||||||||||
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Racing career edit
Bornhauser started competing in hillclimbing and then rallying.[1] In 1994 he started circuit racing in the Peugeot 905 Spider Cup, finishing fifth.
From 1995 he raced the VBM 400 GTC (VBM stood for Vehicles Bornhauser-Metz, started by Bornhauser and fellow driver Jean-François Metz), in BPR Global GT Series races in 1995–96 and then in French GT until 2001.
Bornhauser switched to a Porsche for 2002, and then to a Chrysler Viper GTS-R in 2004 with which he won his first French GT titles in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in a Larbre Competition Ferrari 550 Maranello. The following year he raced an Aston Martin DBR9 for Larbre.
In 2008 he won the French GT title for a third time after sharing a Larbre-run Saleen S7 with Christophe Bouchut, which they also raced at Le Mans. Bornhauser regained the French GT title in 2010 in a Larbre-run Porsche together with Laurent Groppi.
After two years away, Bornhauser returned to Le Mans in 2011 and won the GTE-Am class in a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R entered by Larbre. He repeated the feat with the same team and car in 2012.
Business edit
Bornhauser is the Group CEO of French moving company Demeco.
24 Hours of Le Mans results edit
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Larbre Compétition
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Jean-Luc Blanchemain Gabriele Gardel
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Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | GT1 | 222 | DNF | DNF |
| 2007 | Aston Martin Racing Larbre
|
Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken
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Aston Martin DBR9 | GT1 | 272 | 29th | 13th |
| 2008 | Larbre Compétition
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David Smet Christophe Bouchut
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Saleen S7-R | GT1 | 306 | 28th | 7th |
| 2011 | Larbre Compétition
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Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel
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Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Am |
302 | 20th | 1st |
| 2012 | Larbre Compétition
|
Julien Canal Pedro Lamy
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Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Am |
329 | 20th | 1st |
| 2013 | Larbre Compétition
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Julien Canal Ricky Taylor
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Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Am |
302 | 29th | 5th |
References edit
- ^ "Palmares" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. ACO. 27 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
External links edit
- Patrick Bornhauser career summary at DriverDB.com