Tristan Gommendy

Tristan Emmanuel Benoît Gommendy (born 4 January 1979) is a French professional racing driver who last competed in the European Le Mans Series with Duqueine Team.

Racing career

Early career

Born in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, Gommendy began his professional career in French Formula Three in 2000. He won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 2002 and also won the French F3 Championship that year. In 2003, he drove in Eurocup Formula Renault V6 and finished third. He moved to its successor the World Series by Nissan in 2004 and finished fifth, and another season in 2005 he finished fourth.

GP2, Champ Car, and Superleague Formula

In 2006, Gommendy drove in the first five rounds GP2 Series for the iSport International team and was on front row for his first race in front of Lewis Hamilton. He finished 20th in points, scoring a pair of fifth places at Circuit de Catalunya

On 8 March 2007, it was announced that Gommendy had been signed to drive for PKV Racing in the 2007 Champ Car season as a teammate to Neel Jani. At Houston and Long Beach, he led several laps before breaking down with few laps to go. Later at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Gommendy won the pole and track record. He participated in twelve of the first thirteen races and finished 12th in points with a best finish of fourth in his final start at TT Circuit Assen.

Tristan Gommendy driving the FC Porto car at Donington Park during the 2008 Superleague Formula season.

With Champ Car merging with IndyCar the following year, resulting in fewer available race seats, Gommendy joined Superleague Formula driving for F.C. Porto, winning a race at ACI Vallelunga Circuit in 2008 and Donington Park in 2009. Gommendy continued in Superleague Formula with other teams and little success until the series shut down mid-way through the 2011 season.

Sports cars

Gommendy made his first 24 Hours of Le Mans start in 2003. His team finished the race for the first time in 2010, driving a Welter Racing LMP2 entry to eighth in class. He competed in the LMP2 class of the 2009 Le Mans Series with Welter Racing.

Gommendy racing for Signatech Alpine at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2011, following the dissolution of Superleague Formula, Gommendy was largely out of racing until he appeared in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans for Signatech in their LMP2 Alpine A450. The team finished 14th overall and eighth in class. He raced at the LMP2 class 2014 European Le Mans Series for Thiriet by TDS Racing, winning at Silverstone. He remained at the team for the 2015 European Le Mans Series, claiming a win at Imola and a second place at Red Bull Ring. For the 2016 European Le Mans Series, he switched to Eurasia Motorsport, finishing second at Red Bull Ring.

Gommendy's Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 car that finished third overall at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. Gommendy was on pole at Le Mans in 2014 with TDS. He repeated the feat in 2019 for Graff, but lost it after teammate Vincent Capillaire missed the weighbridge.

Jackie Chan DC Racing hired Gommendy to compete at the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, again in the LMP2 class. He finished third overall at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Return to IndyCar

On September 11, 2017, it was announced that Gommendy would return to American open-wheel racing, making his Indianapolis 500 debut at the 2018 Indianapolis 500, driving for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in a partnership with former Larrousse F1 team boss Didier Calmels. However, the deal eventually fell through.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1999 French Formula Renault Mygale 21 0 0 0 3 116 5th 2000 French Formula Three ASM Elf 11 0 0 0 0 54 11th British Formula 3 Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 29th 2001 French Formula Three ASM Elf 11 0 1 0 2 94 6th European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th 2002 French Formula Three ASM Formule 3 14 5 10 7 10 202 1st European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Macau Grand Prix 1 1 0 1 1 N/A 1st Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 17th 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup ARTA-Signature 18 1 3 3 8 286 4th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP900 Racing for Holland 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2004 World Series by Nissan Saulnier Racing 16 0 0 0 5 96 5th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Gerard Welter 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series KTR 17 1 1 3 5 97 4th 2006 GP2 Series iSport International 9 0 0 0 0 6 20th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 4 0 1 0 1 16 19th 2007 Champ Car World Series PKV Racing 11 0 1 0 0 140 12th 2008 Superleague Formula F.C. Porto 11 1 0 0 2 277 7th Le Mans Series - LMP2 WR Salini 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2009 Superleague Formula F.C. Porto 12 1 0 2 1 302 5th Le Mans Series - LMP2 WR Salini 4 0 0 0 0 3 15th 2010 Superleague Formula Galatasaray S.K. 18 0 0 0 2 358 13th Olympique Lyonnais 9 0 0 1 1 235 18th Le Mans Series - LMP2 WR Salini 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Gerard Welter 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th 2011 Superleague Formula France - Girondins de Bordeaux 4 0 1 1 0 52 13th 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Signatech-Alpine 1 0 0 0 0 0 8th 2014 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Thiriet by TDS Racing 5 1 0 0 1 35 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T Philippe Salini10??0N/ADNF 2015 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Thiriet by TDS Racing 4 1 0 1 3 66 4th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 18 9th 2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1 10 9th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 9 0 0 0 1 77 11th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd 2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 6 0 0 0 0 23 14th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Graff-SO24 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd 2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 6 0 0 0 4 83 3rd 2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Engineering 5 0 0 0 1 38 7th 2021 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Team 6 0 0 0 1 52 7th Ineligible for points.

Complete French Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2000 ASM Dallara F399 Renault NOG1 NOG2 LÉD1 LÉD2 PAU VDV1 VDV2 SPA1 SPA2 ALB LMS NIM 11th 54 2001 ASM Dallara F399 Renault NOG1 NOG2 LÉD MAG VDV SPA1 SPA2 CRT ALB LMS MAG 6th 94 2002 ASM Dallara F302 Renault NOG1 NOG2 LÉD1 LÉD2 DIJ1 DIJ2 CRT1 CRT2 ALB1 ALB2 LMS1 LMS2 MAG1 MAG2 1st 202

Complete Formula Renault V6 Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete World Series by Nissan/Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2006 iSport International VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 20th 6

American Open-Wheel (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Champ Car Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2007 PKV Racing 22 Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8 t LVS LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SJO ROA ZOL ASN SRF MXC 12th 140

Complete Superleague Formula results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Super Final Results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2003 Racing for Holland Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani Dome S101-Judd LMP900 316 DNF DNF 2004 Gerard Welter Jean-Bernard Bouvet Bastien Brière WR LM2004-Peugeot LMP2 137 DNF DNF 2010 Gerard Welter Philippe Salini Stéphane Salini WR LMP2008-Zytek LMP2 308 23rd 8th 2013 Signatech-Alpine Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Alpine A450-Nissan LMP2 317 14th 8th 2014 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 355 6th 2nd 2015 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 204 DNF DNF 2016 Eurasia Motorsport Nick de Bruijn Pu Jun Jin Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 348 9th 5th 2017 Jackie Chan DC Racing David Cheng Alex Brundle Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 3rd 2nd 2018 Graff-SO24 Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 6th 2nd 2019 Graff Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 362 14th 9th 2020 Duqueine Team Konstantin Tereshchenko Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 100 DNF DNF 2021 Duqueine Team René Binder Memo Rojas Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 357 14th 9th

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2017 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 11th 77