Romain Dumas

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 24 Hours Nürburgring, and the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring. He has been one of Porsche’s factory drivers since 2004.

Romain Dumas
Dumas in 2014
Nationality	French
Born	(1977-12-14) 14 December 1977 (age 45) 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)

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.

In 2019, Dumas 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 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]

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 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	LMH	364	5th	5th
2022	Glickenhaus Racing	Pipo Derani   Olivier Pla	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	LMH	370	4th	4th
2023	Glickenhaus Racing	Ryan Briscoe   Olivier Pla	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	LMH	335	6th	6th

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

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

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			12th*	0

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

References

1. Barre, Geoffrey (18 May 2022). "Dumas Briscoe Frères d'armes" [Dumas Briscoe, Brothers in Arms]. AutoHebdo (in French). France.
2. (PDF). lemans.org. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 2010-06-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
3. "Total 24 Hour of Spa" (PDF). 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-13.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Bernhard and Dumas join Muscle Milk Team CytoSport". www.planetlemans.com. 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
5. "Works engagement with 919 hybrid and 911 RSR". Porsche.com. Porsche. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
6. . www.romaindumas.com. Romain Dumas. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
7. . wrc.com. WRC. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
8. "VW I.D. R prepares for Pikes Peak with 680 electric HP".
9. . 19 April 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
10. "2023 Official Overall Results" (PDF). ppihc.org. The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. June 25, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Fan Club Facebook

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