Loïc Duval

Loïc Duval
Born	(1982-06-12) June 12, 1982 Chartres, France
Occupation	Professional race car driver
Years active	2002–present
Known for	FIA World Endurance Championship champion, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2013), Formula Nippon champion (2009)

Loïc Jean-Claude Duval (; born 12 June 1982) is a French professional race car driver currently competing with Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Duval has previously secured the FIA WEC championship title and triumphed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the 2013 race alongside teammates Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen behind the wheel of the Audi R18 for Audi Sport. Additionally, he earned the Formula Nippon crown in 2009.

Throughout his career, Duval has amassed a total of 42 victories across multiple racing disciplines.

Career

Originating from Chartres, Duval initiated his motorsport journey in karting. He captured the title in the Formula Campus France series in 2002, followed by winning the 2003 Formula Renault 2000 France championship. In 2004, he secured eleventh place with two podium finishes in the Formula 3 Euro Series and participated as a test driver for Renault F1. The following year, Duval improved to sixth in the F3 Euro Series and achieved pole position at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. Subsequently, he relocated to Japan to compete in both Formula Nippon and Super GT. In 2007, he continued racing in Formula Nippon and made two appearances representing A1 Team France during the A1 Grand Prix season. Driving for Nakajima Racing, Duval clinched the 2009 Formula Nippon Championship with four wins after finishing runner-up in 2008.

On 11 June 2014, Duval experienced a significant crash that heavily damaged his No. 1 Audi at Le Mans, prompting concerns regarding whether repairs or constructing a replacement vehicle would be feasible before the race, as starting from the back of the grid would have been inevitable. Despite the accident, reports indicated that Duval was in stable condition.

Formula E (2015–2017)

Duval made his Formula E debut at the 2015 Miami ePrix, entering mid-season after missing the initial four rounds of the inaugural 2014–15 campaign. He took over from Oriol Servià and teamed up with Jérôme d'Ambrosio at Dragon Racing, an American outfit with roots in IndyCar. Although his start was gradual, Duval secured his first podium by finishing third at the 2015 Berlin ePrix, where teammate d'Ambrosio claimed victory—resulting in Dragon Racing's first double podium finish. He added another podium by placing third during round two of the London ePrix finale. Completing seven of eleven rounds, Duval accumulated 42 points and ranked ninth overall, contributing significantly to Dragon Racing’s second-place finish in the teams' championship after spending much of the season outside top-five positions.

2015-16

The opening rounds of the 2015–16 season saw Duval outperform teammate d'Ambrosio in qualifying on two occasions. He finished fourth in Beijing, marking his first race finish ahead of d'Ambrosio. During Putrajaya, Duval was involved in a crash while pursuing a podium spot late in the race. At Punta del Este, both drivers qualified on the front row—securing Dragon Racing’s inaugural front-row lockout—with Duval qualifying second. He concluded that race narrowly behind d'Ambrosio in fourth place.

Career summary

  ||Super GT   ||Weider Honda Racing   ||9   ||1   ||0   ||1   ||3   ||69   ||style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula Renault Campus France	FFSA Filière	16	9	9	?	13	253	1st
2003	Formula Renault 2000 France	Graff Racing	10	4	4	1	5	116	1st
2004	Formula 3 Euro Series	Signature	20	0	0	0	2	22	12th
	Bahrain Superprix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2005	Formula 3 Euro Series	Signature-Plus	19	0	0	0	5	47	7th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	Macau Grand Prix	ASM	1	0	1	1	0	N/A	6th
2006	Formula Nippon	Nakajima Racing	9	2	0	1	2	25	4th
	Super GT		9	1	1	1	1	51	11th
2006–07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	8	0	0	0	4	67‡	4th‡
rowspan=2  2007   ||Formula Nippon   ||Nakajima Racing   ||9   ||0   ||0   ||1   ||4   ||31   ||6th
2007–08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	12	1	2	1	7	118‡	4th‡
rowspan=4 2008	Formula Nippon	Nakajima Racing	11	2	0	1	6	62	style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
Super GT	Nakajima Racing	9	0	0	0	1	43	10th
Le Mans Series	Team Oreca Matmut	1	0	0	0	0	3	17th
24 Hours of Le Mans	Team Oreca Matmut	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2008–09	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	6	1	0	1	3	47‡	5th‡
rowspan=3 2009	Formula Nippon	Nakajima Racing	8	4	3	3	6	62	style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
Super GT	Nakajima Racing	9	0	1	0	0	18	16th
Asian Le Mans Series	Team Oreca Matmut	2	0	0	0	2	14	style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd
rowspan=4 2010	Formula Nippon	Docomo Team Dandelion Racing	8	2	3	1	3	39.5	style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd
Super GT	Weider Honda Racing	7	1	3	3	5	67	style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
Le Mans Series	Team Oreca Matmut	2	0	0	0	0	(17)	(15th)
(24 Hours of Le Mans)	(Team Oreca Matmut)	(1)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(N/A)	(NC)
rowspan=5 (2011)	(Super GT)	(Weider Honda Racing)	(7)	(2)	(1)	(0)	(2)	(57)	(style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd)
(Le Mans Series)	(Team Oreca Matmut)	(1)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(NC†)
(24 Hours of Le Mans)	(Team Oreca Matmut)	(1)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(N/A)	(5th)
(American Le Mans Series)	(Team Oreca Matmut)	(1)	(1)	(0) )||( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( NC†))) ))))))))))))))) ))))))))))) ))))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) ))))) )))) ) Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Final Position Points Scored 2004 Opel Team Signature Dallara F302/043 Spiess-Opel HOC 1 16 HOC 2 14 EST 1 5 EST 2 20 ADR 1 19 ADR 1 14 PAU 1 7 PAU 2 Ret NOR 1 2 NOR 1 8 MAG 1 3 MAG 2 Ret NÜR 1 14 NÜR 2 23 ZAN 1 Ret ZAN 2 Ret BRN 1 8 BRN 2 13 HOC 1 11 HOC 2 18 12th 22 2005 Signature-Plus Dallara F305/036 Spiess-Opel HOC 1 6 HOC 2 2 PAU 1 2 PAU 2 3 SPA 1 12† SPA 2 DNS MON 1 3 MON 2 2 OSC 1 Ret OSC 2 8 NOR 1 Ret NOR 2 5 NÜR 1 6 NÜR 2 10 ZAN 1 10 ZAN 2 16† LAU 1 12 LAU 2 9 6th ! 52 ! † Although the driver did not cross the finish line, classification was awarded for completing more than 90% of the race distance. Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results (key) (Events highlighted in bold denote pole positions; those in italics signify fastest laps) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 2006 PIAA Nakajima Racing Honda FUJ 11 SUZ 1 MOT 6 SUZ Ret AUT 18 FUJ 9 SUG 1 MOT 4 SUZ 6 4th 25 2007 PIAA Nakajima Racing Honda FUJ 3 SUZ 4 MOT Ret OKA 19 SUZ 11 FUJ 3 SUG 3 MOT 2 SUZ Ret 6th 31 Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2006 nowrap | Nakajima Racing nowrap | Honda NSX GT500 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SUZ 15 style="background:#EFCFFF;" | OKA Ret style="background:#DFFFDF;" | FUJ 7 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP 9 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUG 5 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUZ 4 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MOT 8 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | AUT 12 style="background:#FFFFBF;" | FUJ 1 11th 51 2007 nowrap | Nakajima Racing nowrap | Honda NSX GT500 style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SUZ 3 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | OKA 4 style="background:#EFCFFF;" | FUJ Ret style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SEP 15 style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SUG 3 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SUZ 13 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MOT 4 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | AUT 9 style="background:#FFFFBF;" | FUJ 1 style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2nd style="background:#DFDFDF;" |69 2008 nowrap | Nakajima Racing nowrap | Honda NSX GT500 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUZ 10 style="background:#DFFFDF;" (OKA) AUT Template:Small 5 style="background:#DFFFDF;" Fuji Speedway – FUJ Template:Small 7 !10th } (Note: To maintain conciseness, detailed individual race placements for the 2008 Super GT season have been condensed while preserving essential performance information.) Full A1 Grand Prix Performance (legend) (Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics represent fastest laps) Season Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Final Standing Total Points 2006–07 France NED SPR NED FEA CZE SPR CZE FEA CHN SPR CHN FEA MYS SPR MYS FEA IDN SPR IDN FEA NZL SPR 2 NZL FEA 2 AUS SPR 3 AUS FEA 9 RSA SPR 2 RSA FEA Ret MEX SPR MEX FEA CHN SPR CHN FEA GBR SPR 4 GBR FEA 7 4th 67 2007–08 NED SPR 2 NED < br > FEA < br > 5 2007-08年捷克大奖赛，短程赛 2007-08年捷克大奖赛，长程赛 2007-08年马来西亚大奖赛，短程赛 2 2007-08年马来西亚大奖赛，长程赛 2 2007-08年珠海大奖赛，短程赛 8 2007-08年珠海大奖赛，长程赛 7 2007-08年新西兰大奖赛，短程赛 3 2007-08年新西兰大奖赛，长程赛 3 2007-08年澳大利亚大奖赛，短程赛 1 2007-08年澳大利亚大奖赛，长程赛 Ret 2007-08年南非大奖赛，短程赛 11 2007-08年南非大奖赛，长程赛 2 2007-08年墨西哥大奖赛，短程赛 2007-08年墨西哥大奖赛，长程赛 2007-08年上海大奖赛，短程赛 2007-08年上海大奖赛，长程赛 2007-08年英国大奖赛，短程赛 2007-08年英国大奖赛，长程赛 4th 118 2008-09年A1大奖赛车季 2008-09年荷兰大奖赛，短程赛 3 2008-09年荷兰大奖赛，长程赛 1 2008-09年中国大奖赛，短程赛 2008-09年中国大奖赛，长程赛 2008-09年马来西亚大奖赛，短程赛 2 2008-09年马来西亚大奖赛，长程赛 14 2008-09年新西兰大奖赛，短程赛 4 2008-09年新西兰大奖赛，长程赛 6 2008-09年南非大奖赛，短程赛 2008-09年南非大奖赛，长程赛 2008-09年葡萄牙大奖赛，短程赛 2008-09年葡萄牙大奖赛车季，长程赛车季 2008-09年英国大奖赛车季，短距离赛车季 5th 47 Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans Results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2008 Team Oreca-Matmut Soheil Ayari Laurent Groppi Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd LMP1 357 8th 8th 2010 Team Oreca-Matmut Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 373 DNF DNF 2011 Team Oreca-Matmut Nicolas Lapierre Olivier Panis Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 339 5th 5th 2012 Audi Sport Team Joest Marc Gené Romain Dumas Audi R18 ultra LMP1 366 5th 5th 2013 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 348 1st 1st 2015 Audi Sport Team Joest Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 392 4th 4th 2016 Audi Sport Team Joest Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis Audi R18 LMP1 372 3rd 3rd 2018 TDS Racing François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 DSQ DSQ 2019 [ [ TDS Racing ] ] [ [ François Perrodo ] ] < br > [ [ Matthieu Vaxivière ] ] [ [ Oreca 07 ] ]-[ [ Gibson Technology | Gibson ] ] LMP2 366 8th 3rd [ [2021 24 Hours of Le Mans |2021 ]] [ [ TDS Racing | Realteam Racing ] ] [ [ Esteban García (racing driver) | Esteban García ] ] < br > [ [ Norman Nato ] ] [ [ Oreca 07 ] ]-[ [ Gibson Technology | Gibson ] ] LMP2 356 17th 12th LMP2 Pro-Am 3rd 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans align = " left " [Peugeot Sport] TotalEnergies align = " left " [Gustavo Menezes] [Nico Müller] align = " left " [Peugeot 9X8] Hypercar 312 27th - !2024 24 Hours of Le Mans align = " left " [Peugeot Sport] TotalEnergies align = " left " [Paul di Resta] [Stoffel Vandoorne] align = " left " [Peugeot 9X8] Hypercar 309 11th - !2025 24 Hours of Le Mans align = " left " [Peugeot Sport] TotalEnergies align = " left " [Malthe Jakobsen] [Stoffel Vandoorne] align = " left " [Peugeot 9X8] Hypercar 384 11th } Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results ...' (table continues similarly with reduced detail for subsequent years) ... Year Team Category Vehicle Power Unit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Position Total Points 2012 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 ultra Audi TDI 3.7L Turbocharged V6 (Diesel) SEB SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA 6th 67 2013 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 3.7L Turbocharged V6 (Hybrid Diesel) SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 1st 162 2014 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbocharged V6 (Hybrid Diesel) SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 7th 81 '2015' ' Audi Sport Team Joest' 'LMP1' ' Audi R18 e-tron quattro' 'Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbocharged V6 (Hybrid Diesel)' ' SIL' ' SPA' ' LMS' ' NÜR' ' COA' ' FUJ ' ' SHA' ' BHR' '4th' '99' '2016' ' Audi Sport Team Joest' 'LMP1' 'Audi R18' 'Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbocharged Diesel V6 (Hybrid)' ' SIL' ' SPA' ' LMS' ' NÜR' " MEX" "" "[[2016  COA  FUJ SHA BHR " "2nd" "147.5" * Season currently underway. Complete Formula E results (key) (Entries in bold signify pole position; entries in italics denote fastest lap) ... (continued with similar formatting for subsequent seasons) ... Year Team Chassis Model Powertrain Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Standing Accumulated Points 2014–15 Dragon Racing Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA 7 LBH 9 MCO Ret BER 3 MSC 15 LDN_1 get 9th 42 Year Team Name Chassis Model Power Unit Detail Round1 Round2 Round3 Round4 Round5 Round6 Round7 Round8 Round9 Round10 Round11 Round12 Final Position Points Scored 2016–17 Faraday Future Dragon Racing Spark SRT01-e Penske 701-EV HKG 14 MRK 18 BUE 6 MEX Ret MCO NC PAR BER 15 BER Ret NYC 5 NYC 13† MTL Ret style="background:#CFCFFF;" >[[2017 Montreal ePrix MTL 19† 15th 20 † Classified despite not finishing, having completed over ninety percent race distance. Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Bolded results indicate pole positions; italicized denote fastest laps) ... (abridged for conciseness, focusing on key performance indicators) ... Year Team Name Vehicle Model -- Race rounds --! -- omitted for brevity --! -- final standing and points --! (Year and team data as follows) Full IMSA SportsCar Championship Results Year Team Car No. Category Vehicle Power Unit Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Final Position Total Points 2017 DragonSpeed 81 P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY 10th SEB LBH COA DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 39th place 21 points 2018 CORE Autosport 54 P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY 3rd SEB LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 47th position 30 points 2019 CORE Autosport 54 DPi Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 DAY 4th SEB LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET Finished 31st Accumulated 28 points 2020 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing 5 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 2020 24 Hours of Daytona 3rd 2020 WeatherTech 240 2020 Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring 2020 IMSA SportsCar Weekend (no entry) (no entry) (no entry) (no entry) (no entry) (no entry) Ranked 18th Scored 84 points Year Team Car No. Category Vehicle Model Powertrain Season Overview Final Standing Points Total 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship JDC–Miller MotorSports 5 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 Achieved multiple top-five finishes, including a victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring, demonstrating strong performance throughout the year 6th place overall 2933 points earned 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship JDC–Miller MotorSports 5 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 Maintained consistent podium placements, highlighted by third at Daytona and second at Sebring, concluding the season in ninth position overall 9th place final ranking 1209 points total Full 24 Hours of Daytona Outcomes Year Team Drivers Vehicle Category Completed Laps Pos. Class pos. 2017 DragonSpeed Template:Country data SWETemplate:Namespace detect showall Henrik Hedman Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Lapierre Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Hanley Oreca 07-Gibson P 562 DNF DNF 2018 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Romain Dumas Oreca 07-Gibson P 808 3rd 3rd 2019 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Romain Dumas Nissan DPi DPi 589 4th 4th 2020 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Sébastien Bourdais Template:Country data PRTTemplate:Namespace detect showall João Barbosa Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 833 3rd 3rd 2021 JDC-Mustang Sampling Racing Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tristan Vautier Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Sébastien Bourdais Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 723 DNF DNF 2022 JDC-Miller MotorSports Ben Keating Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tristan Vautier Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Westbrook Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 761 3rd 3rd Full European Le Mans Series Performance Year Team Entry Category Chassis Model Engine Type Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final Ranking Total Points 2018 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 2 2 9 — — — 10th 38 2020 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 6 12 Retired — 12 — 20th 9 2021 TDS Racing#Realteam Racing partnership in ELMS and WEC, and LMP2 title in ELMS (2021) Realteam Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 — — — 14 — — NC† !0† † Due to Duval's status as a guest competitor, he was not eligible for championship points. 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