Romain Dumas

Romain Dumas
Dumas in 2014
Nationality	French
Born	(1977-12-14) 14 December 1977 (age 46) Alès, France
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2001– Teams Freisinger Motorsport, IMSA Performance, Pescarolo Sport, Audi Sport Team Joest, Porsche Motorsport, Glickenhaus Best finish 1st (2010, 2016) Class wins 3 (2010, 2013, 2016)

Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French racing driver and driver for Glickenhaus in the World Endurance Championship. He first started out in karting and single-seater before becoming an expert driver in endurance racing, GT and sport-prototype. He has won the greatest races of the discipline, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Spa, the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and the 12 Hours of Sebring. He has been one of Porsche's factory drivers since 2004. He's also been contracted to Audi from 2009 to 2012, Volkswagen from 2017 to 2019, and Ford Performance since 2022. Adding to this, Dumas is Chopard ambassador.

Biography

Born in Alès, Dumas started karting in 1992, in 1996 he competed in the French Formula Renault Championship. In 1998, he joined the French Formula 3 Championship.

He tested a Formula 3000 car for Oreca in 1999 and a Renault F1 in 2002. In 2004 he tested a Conquest Racing Champ Car, but he never raced in any of these formulas.

In 2001 and 2002 he competed in Euro Formula 3000.

Since 2001 he has participated in every 24 Hours of Le Mans race and since 2004 he has competed in American Le Mans Series. He was a Porsche factory driver for Penske Racing, and also driven in the FIA GT Championship.

In 2007 he won first overall in the 24 Hours Nürburgring, 1st American Le Mans Series (LMP2 Class — Penske Porsche RS Spyder with 8 wins, 4 pole positions), 3rd Le Mans 24 Hours (LMP1 Class — Pescarolo Sport, 5th 1000 km Valencia LMS (LMP1 Class — Pescarolo Sport ), 4 races VLN championship with Manthey Racing (2 wins, 1 pole position), 18th Daytona 24H (12th DP)

He started 2008 with the P2 class and overall win at the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring in the Penske Porsche RS Spyder.

Dumas was invited to test an Indycar for Team Penske at the end of the 2008 season, at Sonoma Raceway (named Infineon Raceway at the time). ^[1]

As of 2009 Roger Penske lost sponsorship for the sports car program, and Dumas and Penske regular Timo Bernhard race on loan to the Audi Sport Team Joest for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 17 overall and 13 in class in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans

Dumas, together with Timo Bernhard and Mike Rockenfeller won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Audi R15 TDI plus. ^[2] He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Spa in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. ^[3] Dumas also won with partner Klaus Graf in the CytoSport Porsche RS Spyder at the ALMS event at Mosport. ^[4]

Dumas developed and drove the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014. ^[5]

In 2014, Dumas won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in a Norma M20 "RD Limited" prototype developed specifically for the event. ^[6]

In 2015, Dumas raced a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car in the RGT class of the WRC Monte Carlo Rally, placing second behind class winner François Delecour. ^[7] Later he claimed a class win at the Rallye Deutschland.

Dumas continued as Porsche LMP1 driver in the 2016 FIA WEC. He won the 6 Hours of Silverstone and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Also, he claimed a second win at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a Norma prototype.

In 2017, he won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for a third time, again with a Norma prototype.

In 2018, Dumas won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb again, driving the Volkswagen I.D. R ^[8] and setting a new overall record of 7:57.148, with an average speed of 150.9 km/h. He was interviewed in his house in Geneva about training methods, which include using an old Arai helmet modified for neck weight training. ^[9]

In 2019, Dumas set a new lap record for an electric vehicle at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, completing the circuit in 6:05.336 driving the Volkswagen ID R. The same year, he set a lap record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, completing the hill climb in 0:39.90 driving the Volkswagen I.D. R, beating Nick Heidfeld in the McLaren MP4/13 Formula One car.

In 2021, Dumas took another Time Attack class win at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport of Champion Racing.

In 2023, Dumas drove the Ford SuperVan 4.2 at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, finishing 1st in the division (Pikes Peak Open) and 2nd overall, with a time of 8:47.682. ^[10] He also set the lap record of Bathurst circuit in 2024 with the SuperVan.

In December, 2023, Dumas set the world record for land vehicle altitude, driving a Porsche 911 to the peak of the west ridge of the Ojos del Salado volcano in Chile, 6,734 metres above sea level.

Endurance remains his main program. He raced with Alpine at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2017, and then with Rebellion Racing and Glickenhaus Racing in the top class, with a podium-finish at the 1000 Miles of Sebring and a pole position at the 6 Hours of Monza in FIA World Endurance Championship.

Career results

Complete Euro Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
2001	B & C Competition	VLL 6	PER Ret	MNZ 3	DON 5	ZOL 14	IMO	NÜR	VAL 2		7th	13
2002	John Village Automotive	VLL 1	PER Ret	MOZ 1	SPA 1	DON 10	BRN 2	DIJ 6	JER 4	CAG 5	2nd	42

Complete JGTC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	DC	Pts
2001	Toyota Team SARD	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI	FUJ	SUG 9	FUJ 13	MOT Ret	SUZ 9	MIN 4	17th	14

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2001	Freisinger Motorsport	Gunnar Jeannette Philippe Haezebrouck	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	282	7th	2nd
2002	Freisinger Motorsport	Sascha Maassen Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	321	17th	2nd
2003	Team Nasamax McNeil Engineering	Robbie Sterling Werner Lupberger	Reynard 01Q-Cosworth	LMP900	138	DNF	DNF
2004	Freisinger Motorsport	Stéphane Ortelli Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT	321	13th	3rd
2005	IMSA Performance	Raymond Narac Sébastien Dumez	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT2	322	15th	4th
2006	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	211	DNF	DNF
2007	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	358	3rd	3rd
2008	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	238	DNF	DNF
2009	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Alexandre Prémat	Audi R15 TDI	LMP1	333	17th	13th
2010	Audi Sport North America	Timo Bernhard Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R15 TDI plus	LMP1	397	1st	1st
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	116	DNF	DNF
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marc Gené Loïc Duval	Audi R18 ultra	LMP1	366	5th	5th
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	15th	1st
2014	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1-H	348	11th	4th
2015	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	391	5th	5th
2016	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	384	1st	1st
2017	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Gustavo Menezes Matt Rao	Alpine A470-Gibson	LMP2	351	10th	8th
2018	Porsche GT Team	Timo Bernhard Sven Müller	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	92	DNF	DNF
2019	Duqueine Engineering	Nico Jamin Pierre Ragues	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	363	12th	7th
2020	Rebellion Racing	Nathanaël Berthon Louis Delétraz	Rebellion R13-Gibson	LMP1	381	4th	4th
2021	Glickenhaus Racing	Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Hypercar	364	5th	5th
2022	Glickenhaus Racing	Pipo Derani Olivier Pla	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Hypercar	370	4th	4th
2023	Glickenhaus Racing	Ryan Briscoe Olivier Pla	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Hypercar	335	6th	6th
Source: [11]

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	Freisinger Motorsport	Ni Amorim Stéphane Ortelli Hans Fertl	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GT	303	10th	3rd
2005	Brumos Racing	J.C. France Hurley Haywood Timo Bernhard Mike Rockenfeller	Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche	DP	432	DNF	DNF
2007	Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Crawford DP03-Porsche	DP	615	18th	12th
2008	The Racer's Group	Tim George Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Bryan Sellers Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	657	11th	3rd
2009	Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Ryan Briscoe	Riley Mk. XX-Porsche	DP	717	6th	6th
2010	The Racer's Group	Timo Bernhard Tim George Jr. Bobby Labonte Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	668	16th	9th
2013	The Racer's Group	Emmanuel Collard Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	GT	451	DNF	DNF
2018	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Loïc Duval	Oreca 07-Gibson	P	808	3rd	3rd
2019	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Loïc Duval	Nissan DPi	DPi	589	4th	4th
Source: [11]

American Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2002	Freisinger Motorsport	GT	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	SEB DNF	SON	MID	AME	WAS	TRO	MOS	MON	MIA	PET					[12]
2003	Team Nasamax	LMP900	Reynard 01Q	Cosworth XDE 2.7 L Turbo V8 (Bio-ethanol)	SEB DNF	ATL	SON	TRO	MOS	AME	MON	MIA							[13]
	Alex Job Racing	GT	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6									PET 1
2004	Alex Job Racing	GT	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	SEB 2	MID 7	LIM 3	SON 3	POR 1	MOS 11	AME DNF	PET 2	MON 1						[14]
2005	Alex Job Racing	GT2	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	SEB DNF	ATL 2	MID 1	LIM 1	SON 1	POR 1	AME 2	MOS 6	PET 4	MON 5					[15]
2006	Penske Racing	LMP2	Porsche RS Spyder	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	SEB DNF	TEX 5†	MID 1	LIM 1	UTA 3	POR 3	AME 2	MOS 1	PET 2	MON 1			6th	155	[16]
2007	Penske Racing	LMP2	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	SEB 3	STP 2	LNB 1	TEX 1	UTA 2	LIM 2	MID 1	AME 1	MOS 1	DET 1	PET 1	MON 1	1st	239	[17]
2008	Penske Racing	LMP2	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	SEB 1	STP 1	LBH 2	UTA 1	LRP 2	MDO 1	ELK 2	MOS 6†	DET 4	PET 2	LAG 3		1st	203	[18]
2009	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	LMP1	Oreca 01	AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10	SEB	STP	LBH	UTA	LRP	MDO	ELK	MOS	PET 5	LAG			26th	18	[19]
2010	Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	LMP	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8	SEB	LBH	LAG	UTA	LRP	MDO	ELK	MOS 1					20th	20	[20]
	Porsche Motorsports North America	GTH	Porsche 911 GT3-R Hybrid	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 (Hybrid)									PET 1				NC	-
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R15 TDI plus	Audi 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	SEB 5	LNB	LIM	MOS	MID	AME	BAL						NC	-	[21]
			Audi R18 TDI	Audi 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel)									PET Ret
	Porsche Motorsports North America	UNC	Porsche 911 GT3-R Hybrid	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 (Hybrid)								MON 1					NC	-
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	P1	Audi R18 TDI	Audi 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel)	SEB 2												8th	20	[22]
	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing		HPD ARX-03a	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8		LBH	LAG	LRP	MOS	MDO	ELK	BAL	VIR	PET 3
2013	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	P1	HPD ARX-03a	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8	SEB 4	LBH	LAG	LRP	MOS	ELK	BAL	COA	VIR				8th	20	[23]
			HPD ARX-03c											PET DNF

^† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R18 TDI	Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel)	SEB 2									6th	67
			Audi R18 ultra			SPA 1	LMS 4	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	SIL 4	SPA 5	LMS 1	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		10th	72
2014	Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)	SIL Ret	SPA 4	LMS 5	COA 4	FUJ 4	SHA 3	BHR 2	SÃO 1		3rd	117
2015	Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)	SIL 2	SPA 2	LMS 5	NÜR 2	COA 12	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 1		3rd	138.5
2016	Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)	SIL 1	SPA 2	LMS 1	NÜR 4	MEX 4	COA 4	FUJ 5	SHA 4	BHR 6	1st	160
2017	Signatech Alpine Matmut	LMP2	Alpine A470	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL	SPA 5	LMS 5	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	21st	30
2021	Glickenhaus Racing	Hypercar	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8	SPA	ALG 4	MNZ 3	LMS 5	BHR	BHR				4th	53
2022	Glickenhaus Racing	Hypercar	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8	SEB 3	SPA 3	LMS 3	MNZ Ret	FUJ	BHR				4th	70
2023	Glickenhaus Racing	Hypercar	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8	SEB Ret	ALG 8	SPA 7	LMS 5	MNZ 8	FUJ	BHR			10th	34
Source: [11]

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2012	Romain Dumas	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA 16	ITA	ESP	NC	0
2013	Romain Dumas	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA 10	ESP	GBR	31st	1
2014	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA 19	ESP	GBR	NC	0
2015	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON 26	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER 26	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR	NC	0
2017	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON 26	SWE	MEX	FRA 18	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS	NC	0

FIA R-GT Cup results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2015	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON 2	BEL Ret	GER 1	FRA Ret	SUI	2nd	43
2017	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON 1	FRA 1	CZE 1	ITA 4	SUI 1	1st	112

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2015	Cars	Peugeot	DNF	0
2016			20th	0
2017			8th	0
2020			DNF	0
2021		Rebellion	DNF	0
2022		Toyota	DNF	0
2023			22nd	0
2024

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2018	CORE Autosport	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 4	LBH	MOH	BEL	WGL 2	MOS	ELK	LGA	ATL 7	20th	114
2019	CORE Autosport	DPi	Nissan Onroak DPi	Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	SEB 5	LBH	MOH	BEL	WGL 11	MOS	ELK	LGA	ATL 8	16th	97
2024	Proton Competition Mustang Sampling	GTP	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8	DAY 5	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	ELK	IMS	ATL		5th*	281*
Source: [11]

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. Barre, Geoffrey (18 May 2022). "Dumas Briscoe Frères d'armes" [Dumas Briscoe, Brothers in Arms]. AutoHebdo (in French). France.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by David Brabham Marc Gené Alexander Wurz	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 With: Timo Bernhard & Mike Rockenfeller	Succeeded by Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer
Preceded by Earl Bamber Nico Hülkenberg Nick Tandy	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2016 With: Neel Jani & Marc Lieb	Succeeded by Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley
Preceded by Mark Webber Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley	FIA World Endurance Champion 2016 With: Neel Jani & Marc Lieb	Succeeded by Brendon Hartley Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard
Preceded by Marc Valliccioni	FIA R-GT Cup Champion 2017	Succeeded by Raphaël Astier