Marc Duez

Marc Duez (born 18 April 1957 in Verviers) is a race and rally driver from Belgium.[1][2]

He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring several times, and also the 24 Hours Spa.

Duez also has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Andros Trophy.

For years now Marc Duez has been a representative for the RACB, the Royal Automobil Club of Belgium. He strongly promotes the Driver's Academy and the Belgian Racing Circuits.

Also since 2009 Marc Duez has been racing for Fun Still Exists, also known as FSE. For this team he has been racing the Legend Boucles de Spa 2010 and Ypres Historic Rally 2010, and also the Legend Boucles de Spa 2011.

Career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1983 Belga Team Joest Racing Jean-Michel Martin
Philippe Martin		 Porsche 936C C 9 DNF DNF
1987 Ecurie Ecosse David Leslie
Ray Mallock		 Ecosse C286-Ford Cosworth C2 308 8th 2nd
1988 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Yoshimi Katayama
David Leslie		 Mazda 767 GTP 330 17th 2nd
1989 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Yojiro Terada
Volker Weidler		 Mazda 767 GTP 339 12th 3rd
1990 Obermaier Racing Jürgen Oppermann
Harald Grohs		 Porsche 962C C1 140 DNF DNF
1993 Écurie Toison d'Or Éric Bachelart
Philip Verellen		 Venturi 500LM GT 267 25th 9th
1996 Team Bigazzi SRL
Team BMW Motorsport		 Jacques Laffite
Steve Soper		 McLaren F1 GTR GT1 318 11th 9th
1997 Viper Team Oreca Tommy Archer
Soheil Ayari		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 76 DNF DNF
1998 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger
Patrick Huisman		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 28 DNF DNF
1999 Viper Team Oreca Tommy Archer
Justin Bell		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 318 12th 2nd
2000 Viper Team Oreca Tommy Archer
Patrick Huisman		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 324 12th 5th
2002 DAMS Jérôme Policand
Perry McCarthy		 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP900 98 DNF DNF

WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
1983 Things Opel Manta GT/E MON SWE POR
16		 KEN
 FRA GRC
 ARG BRA FIN
 ITA
 CIV 64th 1
Marc Duez GBR
Ret
1986 Austin Rover World Championship Team MG Metro 6R4 MON SWE POR
Ret		 KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 USA NC 0
1987 Rothmans Motul BMW BMW M3 MON SWE POR KEN FRA
6		 GRC USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR 35th 6
1988 Bastos Motul BMW BMW M3 MON SWE POR KEN FRA
Ret		 GRE USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR NC 0
1989 BMW Fina BMW M3 SWE MON
8		 POR
5		 KEN FRA
6		 GRE NZL ARG FIN
12		 AUS ITA
7		 CIV GBR 13th 21
1990 Ford Fina Rally Team Ford Sierra RS Cosworth MON POR
8		 KEN FRA
Ret		 GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA
14		 CIV GBR
Ret		 47th 3
1991 Toyota Team Europe Celica GT-Four ST165 MON
11		 SWE POR
Ret		 KEN FRA
4		 GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP GBR
8		 16th 3
1998 Team Gamma Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV MON
20		 SWE KEN NC 0
SEAT Sport Seat Ibiza GTi 16V POR
Ret		 ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN
Córdoba WRC ITA
16		 AUS
Ret		 GBR
1999 Team Gamma Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V MON
10		 SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2014 Marc Duez Porsche 996 GT3 MON
Ret		 SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2015 Marc Duez Porsche 996 GT3 MON
40		 SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0

FIA R-GT Cup results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Pts
2015 Marc Duez Porsche 996 GT3 MON
3		 BEL
3		 GER FRA SUI 3rd 30

References
  1. Henry, Alan (2005). Driven man : David Richards, Prodrive, and the race to win. Osceola, Wis.: Motorbooks International. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7603-2175-1.
  2. "SRT Zolder 24H race summary". MotorSport.com. 27 August 2006. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jean-Louis Schlesser		 Race of Champions
Classic Master
1995		 Succeeded by
Walter Röhrl
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