Romain Dumas facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Romain Dumas
Dumas in 2014
Nationality	French
Born	(1977-12-14) 14 December 1977 (age 47) 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 a 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, a Renault F1 in 2002, and in 2004 a Conquest Racing Champ Car, but he did not proceed to race in these formulas.Two years after his F3000 test, though, he competed in Euro Formula 3000, in 2001 and 2002.

From 2001 to 2023 he has participated in every 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and from 2002 to 2013 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 1000km 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).

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. He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Spa in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Dumas also won with partner Klaus Graf in the CytoSport Porsche RS Spyder at the ALMS event at Mosport.

Dumas developed and drove the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014.

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

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. 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 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.

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. He also set the lap record of Bathurst circuit in 2024 with the SuperVan.

Dumas at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

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.

In 2024, Dumas earned his fifth overall Pikes Peak International Hill Climb victory, while driving a Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck in the Pikes Peak Open class. Dumas set a time of 8:53.563, just under seven seconds clear of second place.

Endurance remains his main program. He raced with Alpine at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2017, and then with Rebellion Racing and Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus in the top class, with a podium-finish at the 2022 1000 Miles of Sebring and a pole position at the 2022 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)

Complete JGTC results

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

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 Stirling 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
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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
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American Le Mans Series results

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

^† 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

Complete WRC results

FIA R-GT Cup results

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			14th	0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

See also

In Spanish: Romain Dumas para niños