Patrick Bornhauser

Patrick Bornhauser
Patrick Bornhauser
	Patrick Bornhauser, 2013
Nationality	French
Born	29 June 1957; Orléans, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Larbre Compétition
Car number	50
Previous series
2011; 2011; 2008, 11; 2006; 2006; 1997–99, 2003–; 1995–96; 1994	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup; American Le Mans Series; Le Mans Series; FIA GT Championship; FIA GT3 European Championship; FFSA GT Championship; Global GT Championship; Peugeot 905 Spider Cup
Championship titles
2004–05, 08, 10	FFSA GT Championship
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2006–2008, 2011–2013
Teams	Larbre Competition
Best finish	20th (2011, 2012)
Class wins	2 (2011, 2012)

Patrick Bornhauser (born 29 June 1957 in Orléans) is a French racing driver and businessman. In 2011 and 2012 he won the GTE-Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing career

Bornhauser started competing in hillclimbing and then rallying.[1] In 1994 he started circuit racing in the Peugeot 905 Spider Cup, finishing fifth.

From 1995 he raced the VBM 400 GTC (VBM stood for Vehicles Bornhauser-Metz, started by Bornhauser and fellow driver Jean-François Metz), in BPR Global GT Series races in 1995–96 and then in French GT until 2001.

Bornhauser switched to a Porsche for 2002, and then to a Chrysler Viper GTS-R in 2004 with which he won his first French GT titles in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in a Larbre Competition Ferrari 550 Maranello. The following year he raced an Aston Martin DBR9 for Larbre.

In 2008 he won the French GT title for a third time after sharing a Larbre-run Saleen S7 with Christophe Bouchut, which they also raced at Le Mans. Bornhauser regained the French GT title in 2010 in a Larbre-run Porsche together with Laurent Groppi.

After two years away, Bornhauser returned to Le Mans in 2011 and won the GTE-Am class in a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R entered by Larbre. He repeated the feat with the same team and car in 2012.

Business

Bornhauser is the Group CEO of French moving company Demeco.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Gabriele Gardel	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	222	DNF	DNF
2007	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	272	29th	13th
2008	Larbre Compétition	David Smet Christophe Bouchut	Saleen S7-R	GT1	306	28th	7th
2011	Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	302	20th	1st
2012	Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal Pedro Lamy	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	329	20th	1st
2013	Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal Ricky Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	302	29th	5th

References

"Palmares" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. ACO. 27 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

External links

Patrick Bornhauser career summary at DriverDB.com

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[1] "Palmares" (PDF). europeanlemansseries.com. ACO. 27 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2012.