Yannick Dalmas

Yannick Dalmas

Dalmas in 2011
Born	Yannick Paul Marie Dalmas (1961-07-28) 28 July 1961 (age 64) Le Beausset, Var, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1987–1990, 1994
Teams	Larrousse, AGS
Entries	49 (24 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1987 Mexican Grand Prix
Last entry	1994 Portuguese Grand Prix

Yannick Paul Marie Dalmas (French pronunciation: [ja.nikdal.mas] ; born 28 July 1961) is a former racing driver from France. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times (in 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1999), each time with a different car manufacturer, a unique feature in the history of the race. Prior to this, he participated in 49 Formula One Grands Prix.

Dalmas was the French Formula Three champion in 1986.

He has been a Safety Car driver and driver advisor in the FIA World Endurance Championship since its inaugural season in 2012.

Career

Early career

Dalmas began his career in the French Formula Renault series, where he finished third in 1983 with three victories. ^[1] He returned to the championship in 1984, where six wins from 12 races earned him the title. ^[2] Dalmas then stepped up to French Formula 3 in 1985, finishing second after winning three races, before beating Jean Alesi in 1986 to clinch a dominant championship crown. ^{[3] [4]} Having made his International Formula 3000 debut near the end of 1986, Dalmas contested the series with Oreca Motorsport in 1987. Wins at Pau and Jarama earned him fifth in the standings. ^[5]

First Formula One tenure

Towards the end of the 1987 Formula One season, Dalmas joined the Larrousse team to drive its new second entry in the final three races. He outqualified teammate Philippe Alliot on his debut at the Mexican Grand Prix, but fell behind him in the race and ended up ninth, last of the finishers. ^{[6] [7]} At the season finale in Australia, Dalmas survived the attrition-filled race and finished fifth, but missed out on scoring two championship points as Larrousse had only entered one car for the championship season. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Dalmas remained at Larrousse for the 1988 season. In uncompetitive machinery, Dalmas narrowly missed out on points twice: he was overtaken by Riccardo Patrese on the final lap of the Monaco Grand Prix, thereby finishing seventh, and placed seventh again at Detroit. ^[11] Dalmas missed the final two races of the season after being diagnosed with Legionellosis. ^[11] The 1989 campaign proved tumultuous for Dalmas, who only qualified for one of the first six races, before leaving Larrousse to join AGS. With AGS, Dalmas was eliminated in pre-qualifying in each of the season's final nine races, sharing the fate with teammate Gabriele Tarquini. ^[12] In 1990, Dalmas earned qualification for five of the year's 16 events, scoring a best result of ninth in Spain. ^[13]

Switch to endurance; Le Mans success

Dalmas joined the Peugeot Sport works team in 1991, partnering Keke Rosberg in the Sportscar World Championship. At the wheel of a Peugeot 905, the pair retired from the opening five events of the season. ^[14] After the updated 905 Evo 1 Bis was introduced, Dalmas and Rosberg won back-to-back at Magny-Cours and Mexico City, before retiring from the season finale. ^[15]

In 1992, the final year of the World Sportscar Championship, Dalmas partnered Derek Warwick in the No. 1 905 Evo entry. They finished second in Monza and won at Silverstone. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dalmas, Warwick, and Mark Blundell built up a dominant lead during the night and early morning. ^{[16] [17]} Despite losing three laps in the morning with an ignition failure, the trio drove home to victory. ^{[18] [19] [20]} In a truncated WSC season, Dalmas and Warwick finished second at Donington and clinched a dominant title by winning at Suzuka. ^{[21] [22]}

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
1986	Oreca Motorsport	SIL	VAL	PAU	SPA	IMO	MUG	PER	ÖST	BIR	BUG Ret	JAR	NC	0
1987	Oreca Motorsport	SIL Ret	VAL Ret	SPA	PAU 1	DON 17	PER Ret	BRH 5	BIR Ret	IMO Ret	BUG Ret	JAR 1	5th	20
Sources: [23] [24]

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
1987	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX 9	JPN 14	AUS 5‡	NC	0
1988	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC88	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	BRA Ret	SMR 12	MON 7	MEX 9	CAN DNQ	DET 7	FRA 13	GBR 13	GER 19	HUN 9	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP 11	JPN	AUS	NC	0
1989	Equipe Larrousse	Lola LC88C	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	BRA DNQ																NC	0
		Lola LC89			SMR Ret	MON DNQ	MEX DNQ	USA DNQ	CAN DNQ	FRA
	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH23C	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8								GBR DNPQ	GER DNPQ	HUN DNPQ
		AGS JH24												BEL DNPQ	ITA DNPQ	POR DNPQ	ESP DNPQ	JPN DNPQ	AUS DNPQ
1990	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH24	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	USA DNPQ	BRA Ret	SMR DNPQ														NC	0
		AGS JH25					MON DNPQ	CAN DNPQ	MEX DNPQ	FRA 17	GBR DNPQ	GER DNQ	HUN DNQ	BEL DNQ	ITA NC	POR Ret	ESP 9	JPN DNQ	AUS DNQ
1994	Tourtel Larrousse F1	Larrousse LH94	Ford HBF7/8 3.5 V8	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA Ret	POR 14	EUR	JPN	AUS	NC	0
Sources: [24] [25]

^‡ Dalmas was ineligible to score points in 1987 as he was running in the second Larrousse, and the team had only entered one car for the championship

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
1991	Peugeot Talbot Sport	C1	Peugeot 905	Peugeot SA35 3.5 V10	SUZ Ret	MNZ Ret	SIL Ret	LMS Ret	NÜR Ret				10th	40
			Peugeot 905B							MAG 1	MEX 1	AUT Ret
1992	Peugeot Talbot Sport	C1	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	Peugeot SA35-A2 3.5 L V10	MNZ 2	SIL 1	LMS 1	DON 2	SUZ 1	MAG 5			1st	98

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1991	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Keke Rosberg Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Peugeot 905	C1	68	DNF	DNF
1992	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Derek Warwick Mark Blundell	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	C1	352	1st	1st
1993	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Thierry Boutsen Teo Fabi	Peugeot 905 Evo 1B	C1	374	2nd	2nd
1994	Le Mans Porsche Team Joest Racing	Hurley Haywood Mauro Baldi	Dauer 962 Le Mans	GT1	344	1st	1st
1995	Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing	Masanori Sekiya JJ Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	298	1st	1st
1996	Porsche AG	Karl Wendlinger Scott Goodyear	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	341	3rd	2nd
1997	Porsche AG	Emmanuel Collard Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	327	DNF	DNF
1998	Porsche AG Joest Racing	Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson	Porsche LMP1-98	LMP1	107	DNF	DNF
1999	BMW Motorsport	Joachim Winkelhock Pierluigi Martini	BMW V12 LMR	LMP	365	1st	1st
2000	Mopar Team Oreca	Nicolas Minassian Jean-Philippe Belloc	Reynard 2KQ-LM-Mopar	LMP900	1	DNF	DNF
2001	Viper Team Oreca	Stéphane Sarrazin Franck Montagny	Chrysler LMP	LMP900	126	DNF	DNF
2002	Audi Sport Japan Team Goh	Hiroki Katoh Seiji Ara	Audi R8	LMP900	358	7th	6th
Sources: [23] [26]

Complete French Supertouring Championship results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Pts
1994	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405	NOG 1 2	NOG 2 3	MAG 1 2	MAG 2 3	PAU 1 4	PAU 2 2	DIJ 1 1	DIJ 2 1	CHA 1 3	CHA 2 5	VDV 1 5	VDV 2 5	CET 1 2	CET 2 7	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 6	ALB 1 6	ALB 2 7	BUG 1 Ret	BUG 2 5	DML 1 4	DML 2 Ret	LED 1 2	LED 2 1	4th	204

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

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

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
1995	Joest Racing Opel	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 Ret	AVU 1 11	AVU 2 10	NOR 1 18	NOR 2 Ret	DIE 1	DIE 2	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 16	ALE 1 9	ALE 2 6	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 7	19th	17
Sources: [27] [24]

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Pos.	Points
1995	Joest Racing Opel	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	MUG 1 15	MUG 2 Ret	HEL 1 Ret	HEL 2 Ret	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 DNS	EST 1 10	EST 2 17	MAG 1 7	MAG 2 4																	16th	15
1996	Joest Racing Opel	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 12	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 DNS	EST 1 8	EST 2 Ret	HEL 1 6	HEL 2 Ret	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 DNS	DIE 1 12	DIE 2 7	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 7	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 7	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 DNS	MUG 1 10	MUG 2 10	HOC 1 18	HOC 2 Ret	INT 1 8	INT 2 11	SUZ 1 12	SUZ 2 9	17th	33
Sources: [24] [27]

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
1997	Roock Racing	GT1	Porsche 911 GT1	Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6	HOC 5	SIL Ret	HEL									14th	19
	Porsche AG							NÜR 17	SPA 3	A1R 7	SUZ 10	DON 15	MUG 3	SEB 4	LAG 2
1998	Porsche AG	GT1	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6	OSC 7	SIL	HOC 6	DIJ 2	HUN 3	SUZ 3	DON 3	A1R 3	HOM 3	LAG Ret		3rd	27

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External links

• Profile at grandprix.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jean-Pierre Hoursourigaray	Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo Champion 1984	Succeeded by Éric Bernard
Preceded by Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Monaco Formula Three Winner 1986	Succeeded by Didier Artzet
Preceded by Pierre-Henri Raphanel	French Formula Three Championship Champion 1986	Succeeded by Jean Alesi
Preceded by Teo Fabi	World Sportscar Championship Champion 1992 With: Derek Warwick	Succeeded by None (Series ended)
Preceded by Volker Weidler Johnny Herbert Bertrand Gachot	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1992 With: Derek Warwick & Mark Blundell	Succeeded by Geoff Brabham Christophe Bouchut Éric Hélary
Preceded by Geoff Brabham Christophe Bouchut Éric Hélary	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1994 With: Hurley Haywood & Mauro Baldi	Succeeded by Yannick Dalmas JJ Lehto Masanori Sekiya
Preceded by Yannick Dalmas Hurley Haywood Mauro Baldi	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1995 With: JJ Lehto & Masanori Sekiya	Succeeded by Manuel Reuter Davy Jones Alexander Wurz
Preceded by Laurent Aïello Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1999 With: Pierluigi Martini & Joachim Winkelhock	Succeeded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro