Guillaume Moreau

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Guillaume Moreau
Guillaume Moreau Le Mans drivers parade 2011.jpg
Moreau at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans driver parade
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1983-03-08) 8 March 1983 (age 41)
Limoges (France)
Previous series
2002–03
2002–04
2003
2004
200506
2006
200708
2009
20072009
Formula Renault 1.6 France
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
FR2.0 Netherlands
Formula Renault 2.0 France
F3 Euroseries
British F3
Le Mans Series
FIA GT Championship
FRenault 3.5 Series
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 20072011
Teams Courage Compétition, Luc Alphand Aventures, OAK Racing
Best finish7th (2010)

Guillaume Moreau (born 8 March 1983 in Limoges, France) is a French racing driver who is currently competing in the Le Mans Series. In 2008, Moreau shared the GT1 class championship with teammate Patrice Goueslard in the Le Mans Series driving a Luc Alphand Corvette.

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After beginning his career in single-seaters, Moreau switched to sports car racing. He has competed in five consecutive editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, from 2007 until 2011, with a best result of seventh overall and second in class in the 2010 event. He was also scheduled to drive in the 2012 race, but withdrew after crashing heavily during the test day preceding the event, sustaining damage to his twelfth vertebra and compressing his spinal cord. [1] After successful surgery, he is currently recuperating from his injuries. [2]

Racing record

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2007 KTR MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

Ret
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

4
MON
1

9
HUN
1

17
HUN
2

9
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

Ret
DON
1

8
DON
2

2
MAG
1

10
MAG
2

1
EST
1

23
EST
2

12
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

Ret
14th43
2008 KTR MNZ
1

8
MNZ
2

6
SPA
1

3
SPA
2

14
MON
1

7
SIL
1

13
SIL
2

11
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

Ret
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
LMS
1
LMS
2
EST
1
EST
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
16th20
2009 KMP Group/SG Formula CAT
1
CAT
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MON
1
HUN
1
HUN
2
SIL
1

16
SIL
2

12
BUG
1

13
BUG
2

12
ALG
1

5
ALG
2

3
NÜR
1

11
NÜR
2

Ret
ALC
1

19
ALC
2

18
18th18

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Gounon
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Courage LC70-AER LMP1175DNFDNF
2008 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand
Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT133517th5th
2009 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing
Flag of France.svg Team Mazda France
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karim Ajlani
Pescarolo 01-Mazda LMP2208DNFDNF
2010 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz
Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP23617th2nd
2011 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Pierre Ragues
Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro
OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd LMP180DNFDNF

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References

  1. "Guillaume Moreau undergoes spinal surgery after Le Mans test crash". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  2. "Guillaume Moreau begins rehabilitation programme after Le Mans crash". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2012-06-22.