Loïc Duval Duval in 2009. Nationality French Born (1982-06-12) 12 June 1982 (age 30) Chartres (France) 2012 Formula Nippon Debut season 2006 Current team Team Dandelion Racing Car no. 1 Former teams Nakajima Racing Starts 38 Wins 8 Poles 3 Fastest laps 6 Best finish 1st in 2009 Previous series 2009 2008, 2010 2006–07–2008–09 2006–10 2004–05 2003 2002 Asian Le Mans Series Le Mans Series A1 Grand Prix Super GT Formula Three Euroseries FR2000 France Formula Campus France Championship titles 2009 2003 2002 Formula Nippon FR2000 France Formula Campus France 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2008, 2010-2011 Teams Team Oreca Matmut Best finish 5th (2011) Class wins 0

Loïc Duval (born 12 June 1982 in Chartres) is a French race car driver.

Career[link]

Duval during free practice at the first Motegi round of the 2010 Formula Nippon season.

He began his career in karting and in 2002 was the French Formula Campus champion. In 2003 he was the French Formula Renault champion. In 2004 he placed eleventh with two podiums in the Formula Three Euroseries and tested for Renault F1. The next year he finished sixth in F3 Euroseries and won a pole at the Macau Grand Prix. He then moved to Japan where he began racing in Formula Nippon and Super GT. In 2007 he continued in Formula Nippon and made two starts for A1 Team France in the A1 Grand Prix 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.^[1]

Racing record[link]

Career summary[link]

• * Season in progress. † - Team standings.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	LMP1	5	M	Courage-Oreca LC70 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Team Oreca-Matmut	Soheil Ayari Laurent Groppi	357	8th	8th
2010	LMP1	4	M	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Team Oreca Matmut	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre	373	DNF	DNF
2011	LMP1	10	M	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Team Oreca Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre Olivier Panis	339	5th	5th

References[link]

External links[link]

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Allan McNish

Born	(1969-12-29) 29 December 1969 (age 42)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	2002
Teams	Toyota, Renault (Test Driver)
Races	17 (16 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	2002 Australian Grand Prix
Last race	2002 Japanese Grand Prix

Allan McNish (born 29 December 1969) is a Scottish racing driver. He is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, most recently in 2008, and three-time American Le Mans Series champion.

Early life[link]

McNish who was born in Dumfries, Scotland played football while at school. He was a fan of Nottingham Forest and also supported his local club Queen of the South. It wasn't until McNish began in karting that he found something at which he excelled.^[1]

Early career[link]

McNish began his career in karting like fellow Dumfries and Galloway driver David Coulthard. McNish credited the start given to both of them and Dario Franchitti as being largely down to David Leslie senior and junior.^[2]

McNish and Coulthard both were recognised with a McLaren/Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award having moved up to car racing. In 1988 he won the Formula Vauxhall Lotus championship and in 1989 finished runner up to David Brabham in a close fought British Formula Three Championship. During the late 1980s McNish shared a house with team mate Mika Häkkinen.^[3]

Tipped as a future F1 driver, he tested with both McLaren and Benetton, whilst also competing in F3000, then the recognised second tier of European motorsport, in 1990-1992. Whilst racing his first season in F3000, McNish suffered a crash at a race in Donington Park where a bystander was fatally injured.^[4] He went on to finish 4th overall in the championship that season. Concentrating on F1 opportunities meant he appeared in F3000 only once during 1994, at Pau.

When an F1 drive failed to materialise, he returned to F3000 in 1995 with Paul Stewart Racing (run by the son of Sir Jackie Stewart who went on to form Stewart Grand Prix). While he was arguably the fastest driver of the year, a series of mishaps saw him well beaten by Super Nova drivers Vincenzo Sospiri and Ricardo Rosset in the title race. McNish's career appeared to stall in early 1996 after a deal to race in Formula Nippon fell through and Mark Blundell was preferred for a drive with the PacWest CART team. He also tested for Benetton during the year.

Sports cars[link]

Having devoted his career to the pursuit of an F1 chance, it is ironic that McNish has become one of the world's most highly rated sportscar drivers. His sportscar career began in 1996 with Porsche, at a time when their 911 GT1 model revolutionized sportscar racing. With the factory team he took this car to victory in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, partnered by Laurent Aïello and Stephane Ortelli. He subsequently appeared for Toyota and Audi in the race, and after losing a likely victory in the dying stages of the 2007 event, scored a second triumph in 2008 with Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello driving an Audi R10.^[5] He has also raced with great success for Audi in the American Le Mans Series, winning the title with Dindo Capello in 2006 and 2007, and taking four overall victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring (2004, 2006, 2009 and 2012).

Formula One[link]

McNish's Toyota engine fails at the 2002 French Grand Prix.

McNish finally found an opening into Formula One in 2001, when the newly formed Toyota F1 team required a development driver. Given his link with Toyota through sportscars he was an obvious choice for this role, and after impressing in testing he was hired to race for the season. He did not score any points during the season's 17 races, and he and team-mate Mika Salo were replaced with a new line-up of Olivier Panis and Cristiano da Matta for 2003. Salo had scored points for the team on their debut in Melbourne and McNish had very nearly done the same in the Malaysian Grand Prix, only for a pit lane mistake by the team to cost him the result. Both drivers were told of their replacement before Da Matta was announced, and ITV's Martin Brundle commented that "replacing Salo and McNish with Panis and A.N. Other" was not, in his view, a step forward^{[citation needed]}.

McNish had a dramatic accident at the 130R corner while practising for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, but escaped serious injury. This led to the corner being reprofiled the following year^{[citation needed]}.

After Formula One[link]

McNish driving an Audi R10 TDI at the 2008 1000km of Silverstone

In 2003 he was a test driver for Renault F1, also doing a little TV work for ITV, but the next year he returned to his successful sports car racing career, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring, combining this in 2005 with a venture into the highly competitive DTM (German Touring Car Championship), where he competed against the likes of former F1 men Mika Häkkinen and Jean Alesi. He also won Sportscar Driver of the Year awards from the Autosport and Le Mans magazines and the (Jackie) Stewart Medal Award for services to Scottish Motor Sport. He was made the President of the Scottish Motor Racing Club at their annual Prize Giving and Dinner in 2007, succeeding Sir Jackie Stewart.

In 2006, he continued racing with the Audi factory team and was part of the driving line up which won the 12 Hours of Sebring in the new Audi R10 TDI diesel, setting pole position and breaking the lap record. In 2008, McNish won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Audi alongside Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello. It was his first win at la Sarthe since 1998.

Since Formula 1 has introduced the Drivers' Representative on the stewards panel at all Grands Prix, McNish has featured as the Drivers' Representative twice in the 2011 season, in Monaco and most recently in Hungary and on both occasions he has penalised the McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton for various trangressions. He has also appeared in a Scania video test driving their new R730 V8.

Other formulae[link]

As well as those above, McNish has also raced in the following racing series:

• Karting
• Formula Ford
• Vauxhall Lotus
• British Formula 3
• North American GT
• FIA GT

Personal life[link]

He lives in Monaco with his wife Kelly and their two children. Prior to his marriage, McNish's stag party in Dumfries was attended by Dario Franchitti and Marino Franchitti and included taking in a Queen of the South football match.^[1]

Racing record[link]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	GT1	32	M	Porsche 911 GT1 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Roock Racing	Stéphane Ortelli Karl Wendlinger	8	DNF	DNF
1998	GT1	26	M	Porsche 911 GT1-98 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Porsche AG	Laurent Aïello Stéphane Ortelli	351	1st	1st
1999	LMGTP	2	M	Toyota GT-One Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8	Toyota Motorsports Toyota Team Europe	Thierry Boutsen Ralf Kelleners	173	DNF	DNF
2000	LMP900	9	M	Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	Audi Sport Team Joest	Laurent Aïello Stéphane Ortelli	367	2nd	2nd
2004	LMP1	8	M	Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Frank Biela Pierre Kaffer	350	5th	5th
2005	LMP1	2	M	Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	ADT Champion Racing	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	364	3rd	3rd
2006	LMP1	7	M	Audi R10 TDI Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	367	3rd	3rd
2007	LMP1	2	M	Audi R10 TDI Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	262	DNF	DNF
2008	LMP1	2	M	Audi R10 TDI Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	381	1st	1st
2009	LMP1	1	M	Audi R15 TDI Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	376	3rd	3rd
2010	LMP1	7	M	Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	394	3rd	3rd
2011	LMP1	3	M	Audi R18 TDI Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel)	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	14	DNF	DNF

Complete American Le Mans Series results[link]

Complete Formula One results[link]

(key)

Complete DTM results[link]

(key)

References[link]