Patrick Bornhauser

Patrick Georges 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.

Racing career Bornhauser started competing in hillclimbing and then rallying. In 1994, he started circuit racing in the Peugeot 905 Spider Cup, finishing fifth.

From 1995, Bornhauser 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, Bornhauser 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 Bornhauser is the Group CEO of French moving company Demeco.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2006 Larbre Compétition Jean-Luc Blanchemain Gabriele Gardel Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT1 222 DNF DNF 2007 Aston Martin Racing Larbre Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 272 29th 13th 2008 Larbre Compétition David Smet Christophe Bouchut Saleen S7-R GT1 306 28th 7th 2011 Larbre Compétition Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTEAm 302 20th 1st 2012 Larbre Compétition Julien Canal Pedro Lamy Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTEAm 329 20th 1st 2013 Larbre Compétition Julien Canal Ricky Taylor Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTEAm 302 29th 5th