Roland Bervillé

Roland Philippe Bervillé (born 2 February 1966) is a French businessman and racing driver who last competed in Porsche Supercup for Martinet by Alméras. He won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGT1 class, driving a Saleen S7-R for Larbre Compétition.

Business ventures Alongside his racing career, Bervillé has been working as a business executive for Sedi Group since 1993.

Career Bervillé began his car racing career in 1996, competing at the BPR 4 Hours of Nogaro for Jacques Alméras in GT2. before switching to Larbre Compétition in 2000, a year in which he also raced at the 24 Hours of Daytona for Brumos Racing in the GTU class.

Bervillé made one LMP1 start at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in a Panoz GTP in 2004.

While continuing to mainly enter national series across the next three seasons, notably winning twice in FFSA GT in 2001 with Christophe Bouchut, Bervillé made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for T2M Motorsport in 2003, and the 12 Hours of Sebring for Larbre at the start of 2004. Later in the year, Bervillé returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Larbre-run factory Panoz GTP in LMP1, as well as winning the Bahrain GT Festival in the GT3 class. Bervillé then remained with Larbre as he made select appearances throughout the 2005 FIA GT and 2006 FIA GT3 European Championships. In 2007, Bervillé returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in GT1, driving an Aston Martin DBR9 for Aston Martin Racing Larbre, before winning the Mil Milhas Brasil in the same class towards the end of the year.

Bervillé's Larbre-run works Aston Martin DBR9 at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2008, Bervillé competed in the first two races of the Le Mans Series for Corvette-fielding Luc Alphand Aventures, taking a lone GT1 podium at Monza, before reuniting with Larbre to share a Saleen S7-R with Frédéric Makowiecki in the FIA GT Championship at San Luis later that year. Continuing with Saleen-fielding Larbre for the 2009 Le Mans Series season, Bervillé took a lone GT1 win at the Nürburgring and three other podiums en route to runner-up honours in points. During 2009, Bervillé also raced with the team at the 1000 km of Okayama, finishing third in GT1 in race two. The following year, Bervillé mainly raced in Porsche Carrera Cup France for Pro GT by Alméras, but found major success with Larbre at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the LMGT1 class alongside Julien Canal and Gabriele Gardel. Two seasons in Porsche Carrera Cup France for Alméras then ensued, during which Bervillé also contested the majority of the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series in Pro-Am for the same team.

Bervillé won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMGT1 at the wheel of a Larbre Compétition Saleen S7-R.

Following a part-time season in V de V–run series in 2013, Bervillé joined Sébastien Loeb Racing to compete in the FFSA GT Championship the following year alongside Anthony Beltoise. Driving an Audi R8 LMS ultra on his full-time return to the series, Bervillé took a lone win at Lédenon and a pair of third-place finishes at Nogaro to take tenth in points. In 2015, Bervillé raced part-time in the series for Duqueine Team, before returning to Alméras to make a one-off appearance in the GT Sports Club. After that, Bervillé only competed in Porsche one-make series until 2021 for Alméras-ran outfits, most notably taking the Porsche Supercup B-class title in 2017 without a class win to his name.

Racing record Racing career summary

† As Bervillé was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete American Le Mans Series results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2001 Larbre Compétition IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ IND IND NC† 0† 2011 Pro GT IST CAT MON NNS SIL HUN NÜR SPA MNZ YMC YMC NC† 0† 2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ COA COA NC† 0†2016 Martinet by Alméras CAT MON HUN HOC SPA MNZ COA COANC†0† Pierre Martinet by Alméras RBR SIL 2017 Martinet by Alméras CAT CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA SPA MNZ MEX MEX 30th 0 2018 Pierre Martinet by Alméras CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX NC† 0† 2020 Pierre Martinet by Alméras RBR RBR HUN SIL SIL CAT SPA MNZ 24th 0 2021 Martinet by Alméras MONRBR RBRHUN SPA ZND MNZ MNZ NC† 0† † As Bervillé was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps T2M Motorsport Vanina Ickx Patrick Bourdais Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 264 27th 9th Panoz Motor Sports Larbre Compétition Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrick Bourdais Panoz GTP LMP1 54 DNF DNF Aston Martin Racing Larbre Patrick Bornhauser Gregor Fisken Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 272 29th 13th 2010 Larbre Compétition Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel Saleen S7-R GT1 331 13th 1st

Complete FIA GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA GT3 European Championship results Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2006 Larbre Compétition Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche M97/76 3.6 L Flat-6 SIL1 SIL2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 DIJ1 DIJ2 MUG1 MUG2 NC 0

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2007 Aston Martin Racing Larbre GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin AM04 6.0 L V12 MNZ VAL NUR SPA SIL MIL 15th 5 2008 Luc Alphand Aventures GT1 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 CAT MNZ SPA NUR SIL 7th 6 2009 Larbre Compétition GT1 Saleen S7-R Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 CAT SPA ALG NUR SIL 2nd34

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) + Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 Pos. Points 2009 Larbre Compétition GT Saleen S7-R Ford Windsor 7.0 L V8 OKA1 OKA23rd14

Complete GT World Challenge results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)