Romain Dumas

Romain Dumas
Born	(1977-12-14) December 14, 1977 Alès, France
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	1992–present
Known for	Endurance racing, GT cars, sports prototypes, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb victories

Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French professional racing driver currently competing for Glickenhaus in the World Endurance Championship. Starting his career in karting and progressing through single-seater categories, he has established himself as an expert in endurance racing, GT cars, and sports prototypes. Dumas boasts victories at prestigious events such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Spa, Nürburgring 24 Hours, and 12 Hours of Sebring. Since 2004, he has been affiliated with Porsche as a factory driver and has also driven for Audi (2009–2012), Volkswagen (2017–2019), and joined Ford Performance from 2022 onward. Additionally, he serves as an ambassador for Chopard.

Biography

Originating from Alès, Dumas embarked on his motorsport journey in 1992 with karting before advancing to the French Formula Renault Championship in 1996 and then to the French Formula 3 Championship in 1998. Although he tested vehicles in Formula 3000, Renault F1, and Champ Car series, he did not compete in these categories. He raced in the Euro Formula 3000 championship during the 2001 and 2002 seasons.

Between 2001 and 2023, Dumas consistently took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans each year while also competing in the American Le Mans Series from 2002 through 2013. As a Porsche factory driver representing Penske Racing, he participated in the FIA GT Championship as well.

In 2007, Dumas achieved overall victory at the 24 Hours Nürburgring, clinched the ALMS LMP2 championship driving the Penske Porsche RS Spyder with eight wins and four pole positions, finished third overall at Le Mans (LMP1 category with Pescarolo Sport), and secured several VLN race wins with Manthey Racing.

He commenced 2008 by winning outright at the 12 Hours of Sebring behind the wheel of the Penske Porsche RS Spyder. That year also saw him test an IndyCar car for Team Penske.

Following Penske’s loss of sponsorship in 2009, Dumas was loaned to Audi Sport Team Joest for Le Mans, where he finished seventeenth overall. In 2010, alongside teammates Timo Bernhard and Mike Rockenfeller, he triumphed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving an Audi R15 TDI plus. That same year, he won the 24 Hours of Spa piloting a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and earned victories with Klaus Graf at Mosport during the ALMS season.

Dumas played a key role in developing and racing the Porsche 919 Hybrid throughout the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season. That year, he also claimed victory at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb driving a Norma M20 "RD Limited" prototype specifically engineered for that event.

In 2015, he competed in the World Rally Championship’s RGT category at Monte Carlo Rally, securing second place, followed by a class win at Rallye Deutschland later that year.

Remaining a Porsche LMP1 factory driver in 2016, Dumas, together with Neel Jani and Marc Lieb, captured the drivers’ championship with notable wins including the 6 Hours of Silverstone—awarded after disqualification of initial winners—and the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans. He also achieved his second overall Pikes Peak victory during this period.

After departing from Porsche’s LMP1 program post-2016, Dumas recorded his third Pikes Peak overall win in 2017 with Norma. In 2018, piloting Volkswagen’s electric I.D. R vehicle, he set a new record time for Pikes Peak of 7:57.148.

In 2019, Dumas established electric vehicle lap records at Nürburgring Nordschleife with a time of 6:05.336 and at Goodwood Festival of Speed clocking 39.90 seconds behind the wheel of Volkswagen’s I.D. R. He additionally set a record on Tianmen Mountain’s Shan Big Gate Road with a time of 7:38.585.

Driving a Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport for Champion Racing in 2021, he won his Time Attack class at Pikes Peak.

At Pikes Peak in 2023, Dumas competed with Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 electric vehicle, securing first place within his division and finishing second overall; early in 2024, he also set a lap record at Mount Panorama Circuit using this same vehicle.

In December 2023, Dumas piloted a Porsche 911 to establish a world altitude record for land vehicles on Chile’s Ojos del Salado volcano at an elevation of .

By June 2024, he earned his fifth overall victory at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb driving a Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck within the Pikes Peak Open category.

Endurance racing continues to be a primary focus throughout his career; after competing with Alpine at Le Mans in 2017, he raced for Rebellion Racing and Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus in leading endurance competitions—achieving podium finishes such as at the 2022 1000 Miles of Sebring and securing pole position during the 2022 6 Hours of Monza round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Full Euro Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final Standing	Points
2001	B & C Competition	VLL 6	PER Ret	MNZ 3	DON 5	ZOL 14	IMO	NÜR	VAL 2		7th place	13
2002	John Village Automotive	VLL 1	PER Ret	MOZ 1	SPA 1	DON 10	BRN 2	DIJ 6	JER 4	CAG 5	Runner-up	42

Full JGTC results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final Standing	Points Earned
2001	Toyota Team SARD	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI	FUJ	SUG 9	FUJ 13	MOT Ret	SUZ 9	min 4	17th overall	14 points

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Laps Completed	Overall Position	Class Position
2001	"Freisinger Motorsport"	"Gunnar Jeannette, Philippe Haezebrouck"	"Porsche 911 GT3-RS"	"GT"	"282"	"7th overall"	"2nd in class"
2002	"Freisinger Motorsport"	"Sascha Maassen, Jörg Bergmeister"	"Porsche 911 GT3-RS"	"GT"	"321"	"17th overall"	"2nd in class"
2003	"Team Nasamax / McNeil Engineering"	"Robbie Stirling, Werner Lupberger"	"Reynard 01Q-Cosworth"	"LMP900"	"138"	"Did Not Finish"	"Did Not Finish"
2004	"Freisinger Motorsport"	"Stéphane Ortelli, Ralf Kelleners"	"Porsche 911 GT3-RSR"	"GT"	"321"	"13th overall"	"3rd in class"
2005	"IMSA Performance"	"Raymond Narac, Sébastien Dumez"	"Porsche 911 GT3-RS"	"GT2"	"322"	"15th overall"	"4th in class"
2006	"IMSA Performance Matmut"	"Raymond Narac, Luca Riccitelli"	"Porsche 911 GT3-RSR"	"GT2"	"211"	"Did Not Finish"	"Did Not Finish"
2007	"Pescarolo Sport"	"Emmanuel Collard, Jean-Christophe Boullion"	"Pescarolo 01-Judd"	"LMP1"	"358"	"3rd overall"	"3rd in class"
2008	"Pescarolo Sport"	"Emmanuel Collard, Jean-Christophe Boullion"	"Pescarolo 01-Judd"	"LMP1"	"238"	"Did Not Finish"	"Did Not Finish"
2009	"Audi Sport Team Joest"	"Timo Bernhard, Alexandre Prémat"	"Audi R15 TDI"	"LMP1"	"333"	"17th overall"	"13th in class"
2010	"Audi Sport North America"	"Timo Bernhard, Mike Rockenfeller"	"Audi R15 TDI plus"	"LMP1"	"397"	'\'\'\'Winner\'\'\	'\'\'\'Class winner\'\'\
2011	'\'\'Audi Sport Team Joest\'\	'\'\'Timo Bernhard, Mike Rockenfeller\'\	'\'\'Audi R18 TDI\'\	'LMP1'	'116'	'Did Not Finish'	'Did Not Finish'
2012	'\'\'Audi Sport Team Joest\'\	'Marc Gené, Loïc Duval'	'Audi R18 ultra'	'LMP1'	'366'	'5th overall'	'5th in class'
2013	'\'\'Porsche AG Team Manthey\'\	'Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz'	'Porsche 911 RSR'	'GTE Pro'	'315'	'15th overall'	'\'\'Class winner\'\
2014	'\'\'Porsche Team\'\	'Marc Lieb, Neel Jani'	'Porsche 919 Hybrid'	'LMP1-H'	'348'	'11th overall'	'4th in class'
2015	'\'\'Porsche Team\'\	'Marc Lieb, Neel Jani'	'Porsche 919 Hybrid'	'LMP1'	'391'	'5th overall'	'5th in class'
2016	'\'\'Porsche Team\'\	'Marc Lieb, Neel Jani'	'Porsche 919 Hybrid'	'LMP1'	'384'	'\'\'Winner\	'\'\'Class winner\
-- Summary for following years --

24 Hours of Daytona performance

Year	Team Name	Co-Drivers	Vehicle Model	Category/Class	Total Laps Completed	Overall Result	Class Result

  | CORE Autosport    | Jon Bennett < br > Colin Braun < br > Loïc Duval    | Ligier Nissan DPi    | DPi Class    | 589 laps completed    | 4th place overall    | 4th in class position    |

Freisinger Motorsport	Template:Country data PORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ni Amorim Template:Country data MCOTemplate:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Ortelli Hans Fertl	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GT	303 laps completed	10th place overall	style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd in class
Brumos Racing	J.C. France Hurley Haywood Timo Bernhard Mike Rockenfeller	Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche	DP Class (Daytona Prototype)	432 laps completed*	Did Not Finish (DNF)	Did Not Finish (DNF)
Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing (Alex Job Racing)	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Crawford DP03-Porsche	DP Class (Daytona Prototype)	615 laps completed	18th place overall	12th in class position
The Racer's Group	Tim George Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Bryan Sellers Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car	GT Category	657 laps completed	11th place overall	style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd in class
Penske Racing	Timo Bernhard Ryan Briscoe	Riley Mk. XX-Porsche	DP Class	717 laps completed	6th place overall	6th in class position
The Racer's Group	Timo Bernhard Tim George Jr. Bobby Labonte Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car	GT Class	668 laps completed	16th place overall	9th in class position
The Racer's Group	Emmanuel Collard Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	GT Category	451 laps completed	Did Not Finish	Did Not Finish
CORE Autosport	Jon Bennett Colin Braun Loïc Duval	Oreca 07-Gibson	Prototype Class (P)	808 laps completed	style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd Overall	style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd in class

American Le Mans Series finishes

(key) (Entries shown in bold represent pole positions; those in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Year	Team Name	Category/Class	Car Model/Make	Engine Type and Capacity															Points Earned

- !2002	- !Freisinger Motorsport	- !GT	- !Porsche_911_GT3-RS	- !Flat-six engine, Porsche, displacement:3.6 L	DNF at Sebring	- SON	- MID	- AME	- WAS	- TRO	- MOS	- MON	- MIA	- PET

2003	- !Team Nasamax	- !LMP900	- !Reynard_01Q	- !Cosworth XDE Turbo V8 Bio-ethanol, displacement:2.7 L	DNF at Sebring	- ATL	- SON	- TRO	- MOS	- AME	- MON	- MIA

Alex Job Racing	- !GT	- !Porsche_911_GT3-RS	- !Flat-six engine, Porsche, displacement:3.6 L								- style= "background-color: #FFFFBF"| Winner at Petit Le Mans			}

- !2004	- !Alex Job Racing	- !GT	- !Porsche_911_GT3-RSR	- !Flat-six engine, Porsche, displacement:3.6 L	Second place at Sebring	Seventh at Mid-Ohio	Third at Lime Rock	Third at Sonoma	Victory at Portland	Eleventh at Mosport	DNF at Road America	Second at Petit Le Mans	First at Monterey		}

^† Classified despite not finishing as the car covered over seventy percent distance compared to the winner.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final Position	Points Earned
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R18 TDI	Audi TDI 3.7L Turbocharged V6 (Diesel)	SEB 2									6th	67
			Audi R18 ultra			SPA 1	LMS 4	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-Six engine	SIL 4	SPA 5	LMS 1	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		10th	72
2014	Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbocharged V4 (Hybrid)	SIL Ret	SPA 4	LMS 5	COA 4	FUJ 4	SHA 3	BHR 2	SÃO 1		3rd	117
2015	Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbocharged V4 (Hybrid)	SIL 2	SPA 2	LMS 5	NÜR 2	COA 12	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 1		3rd	138.5

Complete WRC Results

Year	Driver	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Championship Position	Points
2012	Romain Dumas	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA 16	ITA	ESP	Not Classified	0
2013	Romain Dumas	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA 10	ESP	GBR	31st	1
2014	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA 19	ESP	GBR	Not Classified	0
2015	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON 26	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER 26	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR	Not Classified	0
2017	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON 26	SWE	MEX	FRA 18	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS	Not Classified	0

FIA R-GT Cup standings

Year	Driver	Vehicle	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Pos.	Points
2015	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON 2nd	BEL Retired	GER 1st	FRA Retired	SUI	2nd place	43 points
2017	Romain Dumas	Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0	MON 1st	FRA 1st	CZE 1st	ITA 4th	SUI 1st	Champion (1st)	112 points

Dakar Rally performance

Year	Category	Team/Manufacturer	Final result	Number of stage victories
2015	Cars	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Peugeot	Did Not Finish (DNF)	0
2016			20th place	0
2017			8th place	0
2020			Did Not Finish (DNF)	0
2021		Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Rebellion Racing	Did Not Finish (DNF)	0
2022		Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Toyota	Did Not Finish (DNF)	0
2023			22nd place	0
2024			14th place	0

Full IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Team	Category	Chassis model	Engine type	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Overall ranking	Points scored
2018	CORE Autosport	P (Prototype)	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8, 4.2 L	2018 24 Hours of Daytona 3rd	2018 12 Hours of Sebring 4th	2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix	2018 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	2018 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic	2018 6 Hours of The Glen 2nd	2018 SportsCar Grand Prix	2018 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	2018 Monterey Grand Prix	2018 Petit Le Mans 7th	20th overall	114 points
2019	CORE Autosport	DPi (Daytona Prototype international)	Ligier Nissan DPi	Nissan VR38DETT engine VR38DETT, Turbocharged V6, 3.8 L	2019 24 Hours of Daytona 4th	2019 12 Hours of Sebring 5th	2019 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix	2019 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	2019 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic	2019 6 Hours of The Glen 11th	2019 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America	2019 Monterey Grand Prix	2019 Petit Le Mans 8th	16th overall	97 points
2024	Proton Competition Mustang Sampling	GTP (Grand Touring Prototype)	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD V8, 4.6 L	2024 24 Hours of Daytona 5th	2024 12 Hours of Sebring	2024 Grand Prix of Long Beach	2024 Motul Course de Monterey	2024 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic	2024 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen	2024 IMSA SportsCar Weekend	2024 IMSA Battle on the Bricks	2024 Petit Le Mans		30th overall	281 points

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