Patrick Bornhauser

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.

Patrick Bornhauser
Patrick Bornhauser, 2013
Nationality French
Born (1957-06-29) 29 June 1957
Orléans, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2012
Current teamLarbre Compétition
Car number50
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, 10FFSA GT Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2006–2008, 2011–2013
TeamsLarbre Competition
Best finish20th (2011, 2012)
Class wins2 (2011, 2012)

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