Tristan Gommendy

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2003 – 2004, 2010, 2013 –
Teams	Racing for Holland ; Gerard Welter
Best finish	6th (2014)
Class wins	0

Tristan Gommendy
Tristan Gommendy
	Gommendy on the podium after winning the 2002 Macau Grand Prix
Nationality	French
Born	4 January 1979 (age 45); Le Chesnay, Yvelines
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2003 – 2004, 2010, 2013 –
Teams	Racing for Holland ; Gerard Welter
Best finish	6th (2014)
Class wins	0

Last updated April 20, 2024

Tristan Gommendy (born 4 January 1979) is a French professional racing driver who last competed in the European Le Mans Series with Duqueine Team.

Racing career
Early career
GP2, Champ Car, and Superleague Formula
Sports cars
Return to IndyCar
Racing record
Career summary
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
Complete GP2 Series results
American Open-Wheel
Superleague Formula
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
References
External links

Racing career

Early career

Born in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, Gommendy began his professional career in French Formula Three in 2000. He won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 2002 and also won the French F3 Championship that year. In 2003 he drove in Eurocup Formula Renault V6 and finished third. He moved to its successor the World Series by Nissan in 2004 and finished 5th and another season in 2005 he finished fourth.

GP2, Champ Car, and Superleague Formula

In 2006 Gommendy drove in the first five rounds GP2 Series for the iSport International team and was on front row for his first race in front of Lewis Hamilton. He finished 20th in points, scoring a pair of fifth places at Circuit de Catalunya

On 8 March 2007 it was announced that Gommendy had been signed to drive for PKV Racing in the 2007 Champ Car season as a teammate to Neel Jani. At Houston and Long Beach, he led several laps before breaking down with few laps to go. Later at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Gommendy won the pole and track record. He participated in twelve of the first thirteen races and finished 12th in points with a best finish of fourth in his final start at TT Circuit Assen.

With Champ Car merging with IndyCar the following year, resulting in fewer available race seats, Gommendy joined Superleague Formula driving for F.C. Porto, winning a race at ACI Vallelunga Circuit in 2008 and Donington Park in 2009. Gommendy continued in Superleague Formula with other teams and little success until the series shut down mid-way through the 2011 season.

Sports cars

Gommendy made his first 24 Hours of Le Mans start in 2003. His team finished the race for the first time in 2010, driving a Welter Racing LMP2 entry to 8th in class. He competed in the LMP2 class of the 2009 Le Mans Series with Welter Racing.

In 2011 following the dissolution of Superleague Formula, Gommendy was largely out of racing until he appeared in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans for Signatech in their LMP2 Alpine A450. The team finished 14th overall and 8th in class. He raced at the LMP2 class 2014 European Le Mans Series for Thiriet by TDS Racing, winning at Silverstone. The Frenchman remained at the team for the 2015 European Le Mans Series, claiming a win at Imola and a second place at Red Bull Ring. For the 2016 European Le Mans Series, the driver switched to Eurasia Motorsport, finishing second at Red Bull Ring.

Jackie Chan DC Racing hired Gommendy to compete at the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, again in the LMP2 class. He finished third overall at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Return to IndyCar

On September 11, 2017, it was announced that Gommendy would return to American open-wheel racing, making his Indianapolis 500 debut at the 2018 Indianapolis 500, driving for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in a partnership with former Larrousse F1 team boss Didier Calmels. However, that deal has since fallen through.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1999	French Formula Renault	Mygale	21	0	0	0	3	116	5th
2000	French Formula Three	ASM Elf	11	0	0	0	0	54	11th
	British Formula 3 Championship		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	European Formula 3 Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	29th
2001	French Formula Three	ASM Elf	11	0	1	0	2	94	6th
	European Formula 3 Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
	Korea Super Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2002	French Formula Three	ASM Formule 3	14	5	10	7	10	202	1st
	European Formula 3 Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Macau Grand Prix		1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Korea Super Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	17th
2003	Formula Renault V6 Eurocup	ARTA-Signature	18	1	3	3	8	286	4th
2003	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP900	Racing for Holland	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2004	World Series by Nissan	Saulnier Racing	16	0	0	0	5	96	5th
2004	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Gerard Welter	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2005	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	KTR	17	1	1	3	5	97	4th
2006	GP2 Series	iSport International	9	0	0	0	0	6	20th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	4	0	1	0	1	16	19th
2007	Champ Car World Series	PKV Racing	11	0	1	0	0	140	12th
2008	Superleague Formula	F.C. Porto	11	1	0	0	2	277	7th
2008	Le Mans Series - LMP2	WR Salini	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	Superleague Formula	F.C. Porto	12	1	0	2	1	302	5th
2009	Le Mans Series - LMP2	WR Salini	4	0	0	0	0	3	15th
2010	Superleague Formula	Galatasaray S.K.	18	0	0	0	2	358	13th
	Superleague Formula	Olympique Lyonnais	9	0	0	1	1	235	18th
	Le Mans Series - LMP2	WR Salini	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Gerard Welter	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2011	Superleague Formula	France - Girondins de Bordeaux	4	0	1	1	0	52	13th
2013	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Signatech-Alpine	1	0	0	0	0	0	8th
2014	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Thiriet by TDS Racing	5	1	0	0	1	35	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Thiriet by TDS Racing	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T	Philippe Salini	1	0	?	?	0	N/A	DNF
2015	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Thiriet by TDS Racing	4	1	0	1	3	66	4th
2015	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Thiriet by TDS Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2015–16	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Eurasia Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	18	9th
2016	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Eurasia Motorsport	6	0	0	0	1	10	9th
2016	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Eurasia Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	9	0	0	0	1	77	11th
2017	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Graff	6	0	0	0	0	23	14th
2018	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Graff-SO24	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Graff	6	0	0	0	4	83	3rd
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Duqueine Engineering	5	0	0	0	1	38	7th
2021	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Duqueine Team	6	0	0	0	1	52	7th
Source:^[1]

† Ineligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	Racing for Holland	Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani	Dome S101-Judd	LMP900	316	DNF	DNF
2004	Gerard Welter	Jean-Bernard Bouvet Bastien Brière	WR LM2004-Peugeot	LMP2	137	DNF	DNF
2010	Gerard Welter	Philippe Salini Stéphane Salini	WR LMP2008-Zytek	LMP2	308	23rd	8th
2013	Signatech-Alpine	Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici	Alpine A450-Nissan	LMP2	317	14th	8th
2014	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	355	6th	2nd
2015	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	204	DNF	DNF
2016	Eurasia Motorsport	Nick de Bruijn Pu Jun Jin	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	348	9th	5th
2017	Jackie Chan DC Racing	David Cheng Alex Brundle	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	363	3rd	2nd
2018	Graff-SO24	Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	6th	2nd
2019	Graff	Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	362	14th	9th
2020	Duqueine Team	Konstantin Tereshchenko Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	100	DNF	DNF
2021	Duqueine Team	René Binder Memo Rojas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	357	14th	9th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2005	KTR	ZOL 1 4	ZOL 2 Ret	MON 1 4	VAL 1 7	VAL 2 1	LMS 1 15	LMS 2 16	BIL 1 3	BIL 2 19†	OSC 1 2	OSC 2 2	DON 1 NC	DON 2 4	EST 1 3	EST 2 Ret	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 16	4th	96
2006	Pons Racing	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	DON 1	DON 2	LMS 1 8	LMS 2 2	CAT 1 NC	CAT 2 Ret	19th	16

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2006	iSport International	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 11	IMO FEA Ret	IMO SPR 17	NÜR FEA 13	NÜR SPR 12	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 5	MON FEA Ret	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	20th	6

American Open-Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Champ Car

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points	Ref
2007	PKV Racing	Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE V8 t	LVS 5	LBH 11	HOU 13	POR 7	CLE 13	MTT 12	TOR 15	EDM	SJO 8	ROA 7	ZOL 16	ASN 4	SRF	MXC	12th	140	^[2]

Superleague Formula

2008-2009

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

Year	Team	Operator	1		2		3		4		5		6		Position	Points
2008	F.C. Porto	Alan Docking Racing	DON		NÜR		ZOL		EST		VAL		JER		7th	277
2008	F.C. Porto	Alan Docking Racing	7	9	8	5	6	15	16	DN	8	1	2	12	7th	277
2009	F.C. Porto	Hitech Junior Team	MAG		ZOL		DON		EST		MOZ		JAR		5th	302
2009	F.C. Porto	Hitech Junior Team	16	7	12	7	8	1			7	13	6	5	5th	302

2009 Super Final Results

Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	F.C. Porto Hitech Junior Team	MAG DNQ	ZOL N/A	DON 5	EST	MOZ N/A	JAR 5

2010-2011

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			NC			12			Position	Points
2010	Galatasaray S.K.	Barazi-Epsilon	SIL			ASS			MAG			JAR			NÜR			ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			ORD			BEI†			NAV			13th	358
	Galatasaray S.K.	Barazi-Epsilon	14	14	X	8	8	X	14	9	X	13	14	X	9	3	5	14	3	4	8	17	X	9	13	X													13th	358
	Olympique Lyonnais	Atech GP/Reid Motorsport																									11	2	6	14	17	X	4	11	C	14	13	X	18th	235
2011	France - Girondins de Bordeaux	Azerti Motorsport	HOL			BEL																																	13th	52
2011	France - Girondins de Bordeaux	Azerti Motorsport	14	4	X	14	11	X																															13th	52

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2008	WR / Salini	LMP2	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	CAT	MNZ	SPA	NÜR	SIL Ret		NC	0
2009	WR / Salini	LMP2	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	CAT 9	SPA 6	ALG	NÜR Ret	SIL 9		15th	3
2010	WR / Salini	LMP2	WR LMP2008	Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8	LEC Ret	SPA	ALG	HUN	SIL		NC	0
2014	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	IMO 5					8th	35
2014	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8			RBR Ret	LEC Ret	EST Ret		8th	35
2015	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 3	IMO 1	RBR 2	LEC 6	EST		4th	66
2016	Eurasia Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL Ret	IMO 5	RBR 2	LEC 4	SPA Ret	EST 5	7th	50
2018	Graff	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 10	MNZ Ret	RBR 8	SIL 4	SPA 8‡	ALG 8	11th	23
2019	Graff	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 5	MNZ 5	CAT 2	SIL 3	SPA 3	ALG 3	3rd	83
2020	Duqueine Engineering	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC Ret	SPA 4	LEC 9	MNZ 7	ALG 2		7th	38
2021	Duqueine Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 6	RBR 9	LEC 4	MNZ 5	SPA 2	ALG Ret	7th	52

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2017	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 8	SPA 10	LMS 2	NÜR 5	MEX 6	COA 5	FUJ Ret	SHA 8	BHR 8	11th	77

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References

↑ "Drivers – Tristan Gommendy". DriverDatabase. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
↑ "Tristan Gommendy – 2007 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.

External links

Tristan Gommendy career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ryo Fukuda	French Formula Three Champion 2002	Succeeded by Ryan Briscoe (F3 Euroseries)
Preceded by Takuma Sato	Macau Grand Prix Winner 2002	Succeeded by Nicolas Lapierre

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[1] "Drivers – Tristan Gommendy". DriverDatabase. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

[2] "Tristan Gommendy – 2007 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2023.

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v t e Galatasaray S.K. in Superleague Formula
Seasons competed	2008 2009 2010 2011
Drivers	Alessandro Pier Guidi (2008) Duncan Tappy (2009) Scott Mansell (2009) Ho-Pin Tung (2009) Tristan Gommendy (2010) Giacomo Ricci (2010) Chris van der Drift (2010) Andy Soucek (2010-11)
Operating teams	Scuderia Playteam (2008) Ultimate Motorsport (2009) Reid Motorsport (2009) Barazi-Epsilon (2010) GU-Racing International (2010) Drivex (2010) DeVillota.com Motorsport (2011)