Dominique Dupuy

Dominique Dupuy (born 26 August 1957) is a French racing driver. Career Dupuy began racing professionally in 1983 in Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo, finishing fourth. He moved to the French Formula Three Championship the following year and raced there until 1988. After that, he moved to the 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 five times ( record ) in 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998 and 1999, with 40 wins (record) and would move onto the Porsche Supercup in 1995, winning third place honors in Supercup in 1997. He also won two times (1993–1994) 24 Hours of Le Mans in GT class with Porsche. Racing in a double program for 1999, he won the French Porsche Carrera Cup and finished fifth to the FIA GT World Championship with only three participations over 12 races. After that, he moved to the French GT Championship, where he signed on to drive a Chrysler Viper GTS-R, and won the championship two times (2000–2001). He also raced with this Viper in Spanish championship, where he finished as the vice-champion. 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.

Dupuy and the Oreca team were also the GTS champions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 1999 and 2000. He also won the 12 Hours of Sebring and Adelaide (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 brought the first Saleen S7R in France in 2003 until 2005. He retired from full-time competition in 2005 after and has not driven in French GT since 2007. He is now technical director 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 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 2003 Scorp Motorsport Communication Luis Marques Olivier Thévenin Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 229 DNF DNF