Christophe Tinseau

Christophe Tinseau
Born	(1969-12-18) December 18, 1969 Orléans, France
Occupation	Professional racing driver

Christophe Raymond Jean Tinseau (born 18 December 1969) is a professional racing driver hailing from Orléans, France.

Tinseau launched his motorsport career in 1991, competing in the French Formula Renault series before advancing to the French Formula Three in 1992. In the 1993 French F3 season, he secured two victories and concluded the championship in fourth place, while also finishing tenth at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. The following year, he improved to become the runner-up in French F3. Stepping up to Formula 3000 in 1995, Tinseau participated in seven races and ended the year 16th overall. He showed marked progress in 1996 by finishing sixth in the championship and capturing a win at the season's final round held at Hockenheim. In 1997, he competed in Indy Lights, achieving an eleventh-place finish in the standings with a single podium at Circuit Trois-Rivières.

In 1998, Tinseau transitioned into sports car racing, driving a Panoz Esperante GTR-1 for the DAMS team and making his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Continuing with DAMS in 1999, he piloted a Judd-powered Lola B98/10 and earned two victories within the Sports Racing World Cup. Between 2000 and 2002, he returned to Le Mans behind the wheel of the historic Cadillac Northstar LMP, achieving a fifth-place class finish in 2001. After competing sporadically from 2003 through 2005, Tinseau resumed full-time racing in 2006, securing sixth place overall in the Porsche Carrera Cup France.

In 2007, he made six appearances in the Le Mans Series and finished sixth at Le Mans driving for Pescarolo Sport. He remained with Pescarolo until 2009, during which he placed seventh at Le Mans and eighth in LMS points in 2008, followed by a runner-up finish in the series standings in 2009. The year 2010 saw him compete in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, where he finished eighth overall and recorded one victory. Returning to Pescarolo for the Le Mans Series campaign in 2011, Tinseau ended fourth in the championship. Selective participation in major endurance events marked his 2012 season before he largely stepped away from professional racing.

Following his racing career, Tinseau established an ice racing driving academy, applying his extensive motorsport experience to entrepreneurial ventures.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position; those in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
1995	Mythos Racing	Reynard 95D	Zytek-Judd	SIL 9	CAT 6	PAU Ret	PER Ret	HOC 7	SPA 7	EST 10	MAG 14			16th	1
1996	Apomatox	Lola T96/50	Zytek-Judd	NÜR 8	PAU Ret	PER 3	HOC 4	SIL 6	SPA 6	MAG 9	EST 11	MUG 11	HOC 1	6th	18

Full American Open Wheel Racing Results

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Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Overall Rank	Points Earned
1997	Conquest Racing	MIA 25th	LBH 26th	NAZ 14th	1997 Dixie Crystals Grand Prix#SAV 12th	Emerson Indy 250#STL 12th	Milwaukee 225#MIL 21st	Detroit Indy Grand Prix#DET 11th	Grand Prix of Portland#POR 4th	Honda Indy Toronto#TOR 5th	Circuit Trois-Rivières#TRO 3rd	Molson Indy Vancouver#VAN 18th	Monterey Grand Prix#LAG 6th	Toyota Indy 400#FON 12th	11th	49

Complete FIA GT Championship Results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Championship Position	Points Accumulated
1998	DAMS	Panoz GTR-1	GT1	OSC	SIL	HOC	DIJ	HUN	SUZ 5th	DON	A1R 7th	HOM	LAG		24th	2
2001	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	N-GT	MNZ	BRN	MAG	SIL	ZOL	HUN	SPA Retired	A1R	NÜR	JAR	EST	NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Year	Team Affiliation	Co-Drivers	Car Model	Class Category	Completed Laps	Overall Placement	Class Placement
1998	Panoz Motorsports Inc. Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall DAMS	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Éric Bernard Johnny O'Connell	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	GT1	236 laps completed	DNF (Did Not Finish)	DNF (Did Not Finish)
1999	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall DAMS	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Franck Montagny Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall David Terrien	Lola B98/10-Judd	LMP class	Completed laps:77	DNF (Did Not Finish)	DNF (Did Not Finish)
2000	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall DAMS	Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marc Goossens Template:Country data DENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kristian Kolby	Cadillac Northstar LMP	LMP900 category	Laps completed:4	DNF (Did Not Finish)	DNF (Did Not Finish)
2001	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall DAMS	Template:Country data ZAFTemplate:Namespace detect showallWayne Taylor Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showallMax Angelelli	Cadillac Northstar LMP01	LMP900 class	270 laps completed	15th overall	5th in class
[[2002 24 Hours of Le Mans#Results and facts – Results and facts – Results and facts – Results and facts – Results and facts – Results and facts – Results and facts] |	Cadillac#Motorsport Team Cadillac |	Template:Country data ZAFTemplate:Namespace detect showallWayne Taylor (racing driver) Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showallMax Angelelli |	Cadillac Northstar LMP02 |	LMP900 category |	345 laps completed |	9th overall |	8th in class |
[[2003 24 Hours of Le Mans#Results and facts] |	Riley & Scott Racing#Motorsport history |	Jim Matthews Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallMarc Goossens |	Riley & Scott Mk III C-Ford Motor Company#Motorsport |	LMP900 category |	214 laps completed |	DNF (Did Not Finish) |	DNF (Did Not Finish) |
[[2007 24 Hours of Le Mans#Results and facts] |	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallPescarolo Sport |	Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showallHarold Primat Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallBenoît Tréluyer |	Pescarolo 01-Judd (engine) |	LMP1 class |	325 laps completed |	13th overall |	6th in class |
[[2008 24 Hours of Le Mans#Results and facts] |	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallPescarolo Sport |	Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showallHarold Primat Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallBenoît Tréluyer |	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1 category || 362 laps completed || 7th overall || 7th in class ||
[[2009 24 Hours of Le Mans#Results and facts] |	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallPescarolo Sport	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallBruce Jouanny Template:Country data PRTTemplate:Namespace detect showallJoão Barbosa || Pescarolo 01-Judd || LMP1 class || 368 laps completed || 8th overall || 8th in class ||
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External links

• Official Website