Loïc Duval
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Loïc Duval (born 12 June 1982 in Chartres
Chartres
Chartres is a commune and capital of the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is located southwest of Paris.-Geography:Chartres is built on the left bank of the Eure River, on a hill crowned by its famous cathedral, the spires of which are a landmark in the surrounding country...
) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
race car driver.
Career
He began his career in karting and in 2002 was the French Formula CampusF4 Eurocup 1.6
French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France. The series currently organized in collaboration with the Fédération Française du...
champion. In 2003 he was the French Formula Renault
Formula Renault
Formula Renault is a class of formula racing founded in 1971. It is popular in Europe and other countries. Regarded as an entry-level series to motor racing, it is a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before moving on to Formula Three, World Series by Renault, GP2 or...
champion. In 2004 he placed eleventh with two podiums in the Formula Three Euroseries
Formula Three Euroseries
The Formula 3 Euro Series is a European-based junior single seater formula for Formula Three chassis that was launched in 2003 as a merger of the French Formula Three Championship and German Formula Three Championship...
and tested for Renault F1
Renault F1
Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking...
. The next year he finished sixth in F3 Euroseries and won a pole at the Macau Grand Prix
Macau Grand Prix
The Macau Grand Prix is a motor-racing event held annually in Macau, one of China's Special Administrative Regions. It is known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both car and motorcycle races are held...
. He then moved to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
where he began racing in Formula Nippon
Formula Nippon
Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of single-seater racing in Japan.Formula Nippon evolved from the Japanese Formula 2000 series begun in 1973 by way of the Japanese Formula Two and Japanese Formula 3000 championships...
and Super GT
Super GT
The Super GT series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC , is a grand touring car race series promoted by the GT-Association...
. In 2007 he continued in Formula Nippon and made two starts for A1 Team France
A1 Team France
A1 Team France is the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06.- Management :A1 Team France's owner is Jean-Paul Driot...
in the A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix was a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most formula racing series. As such, it was often promoted as the "World Cup of Motorsport"...
series in Australia and New Zealand. He won the 2009 Formula Nippon Championship with four wins driving for Nakajima Racing after finishing second in 2008.
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Formula Renault Campus France F4 Eurocup 1.6 French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France. The series currently organized in collaboration with the Fédération Française du... |
Filière La Filiere Auto Sport Academy was created in 1993 by Elf Aquitaine to promote French drivers at the highest level, in line with its marketing approach and its commitment to Renault in F1... FFSA Fédération Française du Sport Automobile Fédération Française du Sport Automobile , was founded in 1952, with the aim of organising, regulating and developing motorsport in France.... |
16 | 9 | 9 | ? | 13 | 253 | 1st |
| 2003 | Formula Renault 2000 France | Graff Racing Graff Racing Graff Racing is an auto racing team based in France.... |
10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 116 | 1st |
| 2004 | Formula Three Euroseries 2004 Formula Three Euroseries season The 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the second championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of 1 hour and 30 minutes of free practice on Friday – in... |
Signature Signature Team Signature is a French auto racing team that competes in the Formula 3 Euro Series and the Le Mans Series.The team won the FIA European Formula Three Cup in 1999 with Benoît Tréluyer... |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 12th |
| Bahrain Superprix 2004 Bahrain Superprix The 2004 Bahrain Superprix was the first and ultimately only Bahrain Superprix race held at the Bahrain International Circuit. The event took over from the Korea Super Prix which folded after five years but made a return in 2010. The 2004 Bahrain event was won by Briton Lewis Hamilton, for Manor... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | ||
| Masters of Formula 3 2004 Masters of Formula 3 The 2004 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the fourteenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on August 8, 2004. It was won by Alexandre Prémat, for ASM Formule 3.-Drivers and teams:... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 14th | ||
| Macau Grand Prix Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix is a motor-racing event held annually in Macau, one of China's Special Administrative Regions. It is known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both car and motorcycle races are held... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2005 | Formula Three Euroseries 2005 Formula Three Euroseries season The 2005 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the third championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of one 60-minute practice session and two 30-minute... |
Signature Signature Team Signature is a French auto racing team that competes in the Formula 3 Euro Series and the Le Mans Series.The team won the FIA European Formula Three Cup in 1999 with Benoît Tréluyer... |
19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 7th |
| Masters of Formula 3 2005 Masters of Formula 3 The 2005 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the fifteenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on June 12, 2005. It was won by Lewis Hamilton, for ASM Formule 3.-Drivers and teams:... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | ||
| Macau Grand Prix Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix is a motor-racing event held annually in Macau, one of China's Special Administrative Regions. It is known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both car and motorcycle races are held... |
ASM ART Grand Prix Lotus ART is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. It was founded as ART Grand Prix in 1991.-Creation:... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6th | |
| 2006 | Formula Nippon 2006 Formula Nippon season The 2006 Formula Nippon season was contested over 9 rounds. 12 different teams and 25 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis . After eight years with only one engine two engines competed, the Toyota and the Honda engine.-Driver:The 1991-2003 Formula One system was used: ... |
Nakajima Racing Nakajima Racing Nakajima Racing is a Formula Nippon team organized and founded by Satoru Nakajima around 1989. The team has fielded four championship winners in the Formula Nippon racing series: Tom Coronel, Toranosuke Takagi, Ralph Firman and Loïc Duval... |
9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 4th |
| Super GT 2006 Super GT season The 2006 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 13th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the 2nd season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring cars divided into 2 classes: GT500 and GT300... |
9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 11th | ||
| 2006–07 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team France A1 Team France A1 Team France is the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06.- Management :A1 Team France's owner is Jean-Paul Driot... |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67† | 4th† |
| 2007 | Formula Nippon 2007 Formula Nippon season The 2007 Formula Nippon season was contested over 9 rounds. 12 different teams, 22 different drivers competed. All teams had to use Lola chassis and Mugen Honda and Toyota engines.-Calendar:Notes:... |
Nakajima Racing Nakajima Racing Nakajima Racing is a Formula Nippon team organized and founded by Satoru Nakajima around 1989. The team has fielded four championship winners in the Formula Nippon racing series: Tom Coronel, Toranosuke Takagi, Ralph Firman and Loïc Duval... |
9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 6th |
| Super GT 2007 Super GT season The 2007 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 14th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the 3rd season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300... |
9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 2nd | ||
| 2007–08 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team France A1 Team France A1 Team France is the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06.- Management :A1 Team France's owner is Jean-Paul Driot... |
12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 118† | 4th† |
| 2008 | Formula Nippon 2008 Formula Nippon season The 2008 Formula Nippon season was the 22nd season of the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing series. The series for Formula Nippon racing cars was contested over eight rounds... |
Nakajima Racing Nakajima Racing Nakajima Racing is a Formula Nippon team organized and founded by Satoru Nakajima around 1989. The team has fielded four championship winners in the Formula Nippon racing series: Tom Coronel, Toranosuke Takagi, Ralph Firman and Loïc Duval... |
11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 2nd |
| Super GT 2008 Super GT season The 2008 Autobacs Super GT Series was the 15th season of the GT Championship in Japan including the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship era, and the 4th season as the Super GT series. It is a series for Grand Touring race cars divided into two categories: GT500 and GT300... |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 10th | ||
| Le Mans Series 2008 Le Mans Series season The 2008 Le Mans Series season was the fifth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2... |
Team Oreca Matmut Oreca Oreca is a French racing team, founded and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS. Oreca has had success in many areas of motorsport including Formula Three where drivers including Alain Prost, Jacques Laffite and Jean Alesi have won the French Formula Three Championship for... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17th | |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans The 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 76th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place on 14–15 June 2008 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest . The test day was on June 1. The race was attended by 258,000 spectators... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | ||
| 2008–09 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team France A1 Team France A1 Team France is the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06.- Management :A1 Team France's owner is Jean-Paul Driot... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 47† | 5th† |
| 2009 | Formula Nippon 2009 Formula Nippon season The 2009 Formula Nippon season was the 23rd season of the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing series. The series for Formula Nippon racing cars was contested over eight rounds... |
Nakajima Racing Nakajima Racing Nakajima Racing is a Formula Nippon team organized and founded by Satoru Nakajima around 1989. The team has fielded four championship winners in the Formula Nippon racing series: Tom Coronel, Toranosuke Takagi, Ralph Firman and Loïc Duval... |
8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 1st |
| Super GT 2009 Super GT season The 2009 Super GT season was the 16th season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship. The season opener on March 22, was moved to Okayama, due to the continued renovation of Suzuka in preparation for the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix... |
9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16th | ||
| Asian Le Mans Series 2009 1000 km of Okayama 2010 1000 km of ZhuhaiThe 2009 1000 km of Okayama was the inaugural event of Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Asian Le Mans Series. It was held at the Okayama International Circuit, Japan and feature two 500 km races held on 30 October and 1 November 2009. The winning teams in each of the... |
Team Oreca Matmut Oreca Oreca is a French racing team, founded and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS. Oreca has had success in many areas of motorsport including Formula Three where drivers including Alain Prost, Jacques Laffite and Jean Alesi have won the French Formula Three Championship for... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3rd | |
| 2010 | Formula Nippon 2010 Formula Nippon season The 2010 Formula Nippon season was the 24th season of the premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing series. The series for Formula Nippon racing cars was contested over eight races at seven rounds, beginning on April 18 at Suzuka and ending at the same venue on November 7... |
Dandelion Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3* | 6th* |
| Super GT 2010 Super GT season The 2010 Super GT season was the 17th season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship.... |
Weider Honda Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20* | 3rd* | |
| Le Mans Series 2010 Le Mans Series season The 2010 Le Mans Series season was the seventh season of Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Le Mans Series. It featured five events between 11 April and 12 September 2010. For the first time in 2010, Formula Le Mans cars were run in a fifth class in the series, running alongside Le Mans Prototype cars... |
Team Oreca Matmut Oreca Oreca is a French racing team, founded and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS. Oreca has had success in many areas of motorsport including Formula Three where drivers including Alain Prost, Jacques Laffite and Jean Alesi have won the French Formula Three Championship for... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5* | 17th* |
- * Season in progress. † - Team standings.
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Position | Points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | France A1 Team France A1 Team France is the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06.- Management :A1 Team France's owner is Jean-Paul Driot... |
NED | CZE | BEI | MYS | IDN | NZL | AUS | RSA | MEX | SHA | GBR | 4th | 67 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | France A1 Team France A1 Team France is the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06.- Management :A1 Team France's owner is Jean-Paul Driot... |
NED | CZE | MYS | ZHU | NZL | AUS | RSA | MEX | SHA | GBR | 4th | 118 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–09 | France A1 Team France A1 Team France is the French team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. The team were the A1 Grand Prix champions for the inaugural season, 2005-06.- Management :A1 Team France's owner is Jean-Paul Driot... |
NED | CHN | MYS | NZL 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand was an A1 Grand Prix race held at Taupo Motorsport Park, New Zealand.- Pre-race:The A1 Team Portugal’s sports director, Pedro Chaves has tested the A1GP car at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve for promotional purposes.- Drivers :- Qualifying... |
RSA | POR 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal The 2008–09 Vodafone A1GP Algarve, Portugal was an A1 Grand Prix race held at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal.- Drivers :- Qualifying :† Team utilized Powerboost lap.- Sprint Race :... |
GBR 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain The 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain was an A1 Grand Prix race at Brands Hatch, England. It was set to be the penultimate round of the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season, but became the season finale, due to the cancellation of the Mexican round due to the 2009 swine flu outbreak... |
5th | 47 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans The 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 76th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place on 14–15 June 2008 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest . The test day was on June 1. The race was attended by 258,000 spectators... |
LMP1 | 5 | Courage Courage Compétition Courage Compétition was a racing team and chassis constructor company now owned by Oreca, based in Le Mans, France near the Circuit de la Sarthe. It was founded by Yves Courage, a French race driver who ran hillclimbs before founding the company... -Oreca Oreca Oreca is a French racing team, founded and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS. Oreca has had success in many areas of motorsport including Formula Three where drivers including Alain Prost, Jacques Laffite and Jean Alesi have won the French Formula Three Championship for... LC70 Judd Judd (engine) Judd is a name brand of engines produced by Engine Developments Ltd., a company founded in 1971 by John Judd and Jack Brabham in Rugby, Warwickshire, England... GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 |
 Team Oreca-Matmut |
Soheil Ayari Soheil Ayari Soheil Ayari is a French race car driver born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, from an Iranian father and a French mother. He won the French Formula Ford championship of 1994, Formula Three championship of 1996 and the Macau Grand Prix of 1997... Laurent GroppiLaurent Groppi Laurent Groppi is a French racing driver.He won the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf in 2003 and the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006... |
357 | 8th | 8th | |
| 2010 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans The 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 78th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also known as the Grand Prix of Endurance. The race took place on 12–13 June 2010 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, and was organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Fifty-six cars participated in the... |
LMP1 | 4 | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion... HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... ) |
Team Oreca Matmut |
Olivier Panis Olivier Panis Olivier Panis is a French racing driver. Panis is best known in F1 not only as a test driver for the McLaren team but for his win at the eventful Monaco Grand Prix in 1996 for the Ligier team after starting 14th... Nicolas LapierreNicolas Lapierre Nicolas Lapierre is a French race car driver born in Thonon-les-Bains, France. He raced in the first three seasons of the GP2 Series.-Early career:... |
373 | DNF | DNF | |
| 2011 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans The 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 79th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 11–12 June 2011 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, and organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest... |
LMP1 | 10 | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion... HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... ) |
Team Oreca Matmut |
Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Lapierre is a French race car driver born in Thonon-les-Bains, France. He raced in the first three seasons of the GP2 Series.-Early career:... Olivier PanisOlivier Panis Olivier Panis is a French racing driver. Panis is best known in F1 not only as a test driver for the McLaren team but for his win at the eventful Monaco Grand Prix in 1996 for the Ligier team after starting 14th... |
339 | 5th | 5th | |