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Romain Dumas (born December 14, 1977 in Alès) is a French racing driver. Dumas started karting in 1992, in 1996 he competed in the French Formula Renault Championship. In 1998, he joined the French Formula 3 Championship. He tested a Formula 3000 car for Oreca in 1999 and a Renault F1 in 2002. In 2004 he tested a Conquest Racing Champ Car, but he never raced in one of this formulas. In 2001 and 2002 he competed in Euro Formula 3000. Since 2001 he has participated in every 24 Hours of Le Mans race and since 2004 he has competed in American Le Mans Series. He is currently a Porsche factory driver for Penske Racing, and also driven in the FIA GT Championship. In 2007 he won first overall in the 24 Hours Nürburgring, 1st American Le Mans Series (LMP2 Class - Penske Porsche RS Spyder with 8 wins, 4 pole positions), 3rd Le Mans 24 Hours (LMP1 Class - Pescarolo Sport, 5th 1000 km Valencia LMS (LMP1 Class - Pescarolo Sport ), 4 races VLN championship with Manthey Racing (2 wins, 1 pole position), 18th Daytona 24H (12th DP) He started 2008 with the P2 class and overall win at the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring in the Penske Porsche RS Spyder. As of 2009 Roger Penske lost sponsorship for the sports car program, and Dumas and Penske regular Timo Bernhard race on loan to the Audi Sport Team Joest for the 24 hours of Le Mans, finishing 17 overall and 13 in class in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans Dumas, together with Timo Bernhard and Mike Rockenfeller won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Audi R15 TDI plus. He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Spa in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Dumas will partner Klaus Graf in the CytoSport Porsche RS Spyder at the ALMS event at Mosport. |
