Philippe Gache

Philippe Gache
Philippe Gache
Nationality	French
Born	31 May 1962 (age 62); Avignon, France
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1987, 1989, 1994, 1996 - 2002
Teams	WM Secateva ; Viper Team Oreca ; Riley & Scott Europe ; SMG Compétition
Best finish	21st (1996)
Class wins	0

Last updated December 13, 2024

Philippe Gache (born 31 May 1962, Avignon, France) is a French racing driver. He has raced in a number of disciplines, but for the last 20 years (as of 2006) has specialized in off-road racing. In 1992 he competed in the Indianapolis 500,^[1] but crashed his car.^[2] He has driven in the Dakar Rally in 2003–2006^[3] and 7 times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2006 he took his best finish on the Dakar, 12th place overall. In the 2010 edition of the Dakar Rally, he drove an SMG Buggy.

Career highlights

1985 – French Formula Ford 1600 Champion
1993 – Third FIA Touring Car Challenge
1997 – Third FIA GT2 Championship
2000 – Second French Carrera Cup Championship
2001 – French Carrera Cup Champion

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1984	Formula Ford 1600 France		?	1	?	?	?	0	NC
1985	Formula Ford 1600 France		11	3	?	?	?	?	1st
1986	French Formula Three Championship	DG Racing	9	0	0	0	0	33	7th
	Formula Ford 1600 - Ford Race of Champions		1	0	?	?	0	0	NC
	EFDA Bridgestone EuroCup Formula Ford 1600		?	?	?	?	?	12	11th
1987	French Formula Three Championship	DG Racing	13	1	2	0	3	73	5th
	Grand Prix de Monaco F3	DG Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	24 Hours of Le Mans – C1	WM Secateva	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1988	French Formula Three Championship	Oreca	12	0	0	1	4	63	5th
	Grand Prix de Monaco F3	Oreca	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Macau Grand Prix	DG Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1989	International Formula 3000	Apomatox 3000	8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1989	24 Hours of Le Mans – C1	WM Secateva	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1990	International Formula 3000	Apomatox 3000	7	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1990	International Formula 3000	Galaxy Racing	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC
1991	International Formula 3000	Galaxy Racing	9	0	0	0	0	2	16th
	International Formula 3000	Crypton Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	2	16th
	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Sonauto	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1992	French Supertouring Championship		7	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1992	PPG Indy Car World Series	Dick Simon Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	60th
1993	French Supertouring Championship	Graff Racing	10	0	0	2	3	101	6th
1993	FIA Touring Car Challenge	Fiat Auto France	2	0	0	0	1	33	3rd
1994	French Supertouring Championship	Graff Racing	12	0	0	0	1	95	7th
	FIA Touring Car World Cup	Graff Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1	Rent-a-Car Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
1995	French Supertouring Championship	Alfa Corse	7	0	0	1	3	30	9th
	International Touring Car Series	Alfa Corse 2	2	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
	BPR Global GT Series	Venturi	2	0	0	0	0	14	121st
1996	Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy		?	0	0	0	1	24	15th
	BPR Global GT Series	Viper Team Oreca	4	0	0	0	0	27	55th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1	Viper Team Oreca	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
1997	FIA GT Championship	Viper Team Oreca	10	4	8	?	8	60	3rd
1997	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2	Viper Team Oreca	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1998	International Sports Racing Series	Solution F	4	0	0	0	1	35	10th
1998	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP1	Solution F	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1999	Sports Racing World Cup	Riley & Scott Europe	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP	Riley & Scott Europe	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	French GT Championship	BB Propulsion	3	1	1	?	2	36	50th
2000	American Le Mans Series	SMG Compétition	2	0	0	0	0	12	57th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP900	SMG Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		?	0	?	?	?	?	7th
2001	Porsche Carrera Cup France		?	?	?	?	?	?	1st
2001	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP900	SMG Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2002	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP900	DAMS	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2003	Dakar Rally – Cars		1	0	—		0	N/A	43rd
2004	Dakar Rally – Cars	SMG	1	0	—		0	N/A	DNF
2005	Dakar Rally – Cars	SMG	1	0	—		0	N/A	28th
2006	Dakar Rally – Cars	SMG	1	0	—		0	N/A	12th
2007	Dakar Rally – Cars	SMG	1	0	—		0	N/A	31st
2010	Dakar Rally – Cars	SMG	1	0	—		0	N/A	DNF
2011	Blancpain Endurance Series – GT3 Pro-Am Cup	SMG	1	0	0	0	0	12	17th
	International GT Open – GTS		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	French GT Championship		7	0	0	0	0	5	19th
2012	French GT Championship	SMG	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series – GT3 Pro Cup	SMG	3	0	0	0	0	9	22nd
2015	Dakar Rally – Cars	SMG	1	0	—		0	N/A	DNF
2018	World Rally Championship	Philippe Gache	1	0	—		0	0	NC
2019	Dakar Rally – Cars	Geely	1	0	—		0	N/A	DNF
Source:^[4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1987	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy Dominique Delestre	WM P87-Peugeot	C1	13	DNF	DNF
1989	WM Secateva	Pascal Pessiot Jean-Daniel Raulet	WM P489-Peugeot	C1	110	DNF	DNF
1994	Rent-a-Car Racing Team	François Migault Denis Morin	Dodge Viper RT/10	GT1	225	NC	NC
1996	Viper Team Oreca	Éric Hélary Olivier Beretta	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT1	283	21st	12th
1997	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Dominique Dupuy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT2	263	DNF	DNF
1998	Solution F	Wayne Gardner Didier de Radiguès	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	LMP1	155	DNF	DNF
1999	Riley & Scott Europe	Gary Formato Olivier Thévenin	Riley & Scott Mk III/2-Ford	LMP	25	DNF	DNF
2000	SMG Compétition	Gary Formato Didier Cottaz	Courage C60-Judd	LMP900	219	DNF	DNF
2001	SMG Compétition	Jérôme Policand Anthony Beltoise	Courage C60-Judd	LMP900	51	DNF	DNF
2002	DAMS	Emmanuel Clérico Michel Neugarten	Lola B98/10-Judd	LMP900	150	NC	NC
Source:^[5]

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1989	Apomatox 3000	Reynard 89D	Cosworth	SIL	VAL	PAU Ret	JER 8	PER DNQ	BRH Ret	BIR 8	SPA Ret	BUG 8	DIJ Ret		NC	0
1990	Apomatox 3000	Reynard 90D	Cosworth	DON 9	SIL DNQ	PAU Ret	JER 14	MNZ Ret	PER Ret	HOC Ret	BRH	BIR			NC	0
1990	Galaxy Racing	Lola T89/50	Cosworth										BUG Ret	NOG Ret	NC	0
1991	Galaxy Racing	Lola T91/50	Cosworth	VAL DNQ	PAU 12	JER 10	MUG Ret	PER 9	HOC Ret						16th	2
	Galaxy Racing	Lola T89/50	Cosworth							BRH 11	SPA 9	BUG 5
	Crypton Engineering	Reynard 91D	Cosworth										NOG Ret

American open-wheel racing

(key)

PPG Indy Car World Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1992	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet 265A V8 t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY 28	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG	60th	0	^[6]

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1992	Lola	Chevrolet	16	28	Dick Simon Racing

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Pts
1995	Alfa Corse 2	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	MUG 1	MUG 2	HEL 1	HEL 2	DON 1	DON 2	EST 1	EST 2	MAG 1 13	MAG 2 10	22nd	1

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1997	Viper Team Oreca	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT2	HOC 1	SIL 3	HEL	NÜR 17	SPA 2	A1R 2	SUZ 1	DON 1	MUG Ret	SEB 1	LAG 3	3rd	60

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2003	Cars	Mercedes	43rd	0
2004		SMG	DNF	0
2005			28th	0
2006			12th	0
2007			31st	0
2008	Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally
2009	Did not enter
2010	Cars	SMG	DNF	0
2011	Did not enter
2012
2013
2014
2015	Cars	SMG	DNF	0
2016	Did not enter
2017
2018
2019	Cars	Geely	DNF	0

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Pts
2018	Philippe Gache	Abarth 124 Rally RGT	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA 30	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS	NC	0

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References

↑ Harris, Mike (1992-05-15). "St. James picks up access to backup car". Ocala Star-Banner.
↑ Siano, Joseph (2007-05-26). "AUTO RACING; Debate Continues On Indy Accidents". The New York Times.
↑ "Ronn Bailey Motorsports Tackles Dakar 2006 with Multi-National Car and Motorcycle Team" . Retrieved 2010-11-20.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
↑ "Drivers – Philippe Gache". DriverDatabase. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
↑ "All Results of Philippe Gache". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
↑ "Philippe Gache – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

External links

Philippe Gache career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christophe Bouchut	Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 2001	Succeeded by Sébastian Dumez

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[1] Harris, Mike (1992-05-15). "St. James picks up access to backup car". Ocala Star-Banner.

[2] Siano, Joseph (2007-05-26). "AUTO RACING; Debate Continues On Indy Accidents". The New York Times.

[3] "Ronn Bailey Motorsports Tackles Dakar 2006 with Multi-National Car and Motorcycle Team" . Retrieved 2010-11-20.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

[4] "Drivers – Philippe Gache". DriverDatabase. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

[5] "All Results of Philippe Gache". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[6] "Philippe Gache – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

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