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 December 14, 1977) is a famous French racing driver. He currently races for the Glickenhaus team in the World Endurance Championship. He is an expert in endurance racing, where drivers race for very long periods, sometimes for a full day!

Dumas started his career racing karts and single-seater cars. He became a master of driving in endurance, GT, and sports-prototype races. He has won some of the world's toughest races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Spa, the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Since 2004, he has been a factory driver for Porsche, which means he is hired directly by the car company to race for them. He has also driven for other major brands like Audi, Volkswagen, and Ford Performance.

A Champion's Journey

Born in Alès, France, Romain Dumas began his racing adventure with karting in 1992. By 1996, he was competing in the French Formula Renault Championship. He later moved up to the French Formula 3 Championship in 1998.

He got to test some very fast cars, like a Formula 3000 car in 1999 and even a Renault Formula 1 car in 2002. Although he didn't race in those series, he showed he had great talent. From 2001 to 2023, he raced in every single 24 Hours of Le Mans event, which is an amazing achievement.

Major Victories and Teams

Dumas became a factory driver for Porsche and raced for the famous Penske Racing team. He has won many important races. In 2007, he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring and was the champion in the American Le Mans Series LMP2 class.

One of his biggest wins came in 2010 when he, along with teammates Timo Bernhard and Mike Rockenfeller, won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Audi. That same year, he also won the 2010 24 Hours of Spa in a Porsche.

In 2016, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for a second time, this time with Porsche. He and his teammates Neel Jani and Marc Lieb also won the FIA World Endurance Championship driver's title that year.

Dumas at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

Conquering the Mountain

Besides track racing, Dumas is a star at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. This is a thrilling race up a mountain in Colorado, USA. He won the event for the first time in 2014.

In 2018, he made history by driving the electric Volkswagen I.D. R race car. He smashed the overall record, finishing the course in just 7 minutes and 57.148 seconds. The next year, he set another record with the same car at Germany's famous Nürburgring Nordschleife track.

He has won the Pikes Peak race five times in total, with his latest victory in 2024 driving a Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck.

Setting World Records

In December 2023, Dumas set an incredible world record. He drove a specially modified Porsche 911 to the highest point ever reached by a land vehicle. He drove up the Ojos del Salado volcano in Chile to an altitude of 6,734 meters (22,093 feet) above sea level!

Career Highlights

Here is a summary of some of Romain Dumas's most important race results.

24 Hours of Le Mans Results

This is the world's most famous endurance race, held every year in France.

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
2007	Pescarolo Sport	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	358	3rd	3rd
2010	Audi Sport North America	Timo Bernhard Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R15 TDI plus	LMP1	397	1st	1st
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	15th	1st
2016	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	384	1st	1st
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

24 Hours of Daytona Results

This is another major 24-hour endurance race, held in Florida, USA.

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
2008	The Racer's Group	Tim George Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Bryan Sellers Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	657	11th	3rd
2018	CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Loïc Duval	Oreca 07-Gibson	P	808	3rd	3rd

See also

In Spanish: Romain Dumas para niños