Yvan Muller

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Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller 2014 WTCC Race of Japan.jpg
Muller at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1969-08-16) 16 August 1969 (age 55)
Altkirch, France
Related to Cathy Muller (sister)
Yann Ehrlacher (nephew)
Yves Ehrlacher (brother-in-law)
World Touring Car Championship and
World Touring Car Cup career
Debut season 2006
Car number48
Former teams SEAT Sport, Chevrolet, RML, Citroën Racing, Polestar Cyan Racing
Starts328
Wins56
Poles33
Fastest laps40
Best finish1st in 2008, 10–11, 13
Previous series
2010, 2012
2010–11
2006-17
2003
2001
2000–05
1998–2005
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1989–91
1988
 V8 Supercars
World Rally Championship
WTCC
ETCC
ESTC
V8 Supercars
BTCC
STW
Italian Superturismo
French Supertouring
French Supertouring
International F3000
British F2
French F3
French Formula Renault
Championship titles
2013
2011
2010
2008
2003
1995
1992		 WTCC
WTCC
WTCC
WTCC
BTCC
French Supertouring
British F2
BTCC record
Teams
Drivers'
championships 		1
Wins36
Podium finishes79
Poles17
Fastest laps30
Debut season1998
First win1999
Best championship position1st (2003)
Final season (2005) position2nd (273 points)

Yvan Muller (born 16 August 1969) [1] is a French auto racing driver most noted for success in touring car racing. He is a four-time World Touring Car Champion, winning the title in 2008 with SEAT, in 2010 and 2011 with Chevrolet and in 2013 with RML. He was British Touring Car Champion in 2003 with Vauxhall.

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Racing career

Single-seaters

After competing in French Formula Renault and French Formula Three, he won the British Formula Two championship title in 1992 and competed in the FIA Formula 3000 Championship in 1993. His sister Cathy Muller had previously contested four races in this category between 1986 and 1988. [2] [3]

French Supertouring Championship, Italian Superturismo and Super Tourenwagen Cup

1994 Yvan Muller made his debut in French Supertouring Championship with Team BMW Fina finishing third while the following year he became Champion. In 1996 due to lack of manufacturers involved he decide to pass to Audi Sport Italia and to compete in Italian Superturismo Championship finishing fourth overall. After one season he moved to STW in order to develop the new Audi A4 front wheel. He ended seventh and in 1998 he passed to BTCC.

Three years later Muller was called by N.Technology to run with Alfa Romeo 156 to help Alfa Romeo and Giovanardi to win the European Super Touring Championship 2001.

British Touring Car championship

Yvan Muller started his BTCC career in 1998 replacing Audi Vice Champion Frank Biela that in the while came back in STW. Muller thanks to his major experience with front wheel Audi A4 got three podium and finished 7th in the 1998 championship while his teammate John Bintcliffe finished just 15th. After Audi withdraw at the end of 1998 BTCC, Yvan moved to the Vauxhall Motorsport team run by Triple Eight Race Engineering for 1999 alongside John Cleland using the Vauxhall Vectra. He would win his first BTCC race at round 7 Brands Hatch, he would eventually finish 6th in the championship while teammate John Cleland finished 13th. 2000 was the last year for the Super Tourers in the BTCC. Muller drove for Vauxhall again while Jason Plato and Vincent Radermecker joined after leaving Renault and Volvo who pulled out at the end of 1999. The Frenchman finished as the top driver for Vauxhall in 4th in the championship behind all three Ford drivers (Alain Menu, Anthony Reid and Rickard Rydell).

Muller driving for Vauxhall at Brands Hatch during the 2004 British Touring Car Championship season. Yvan Muller - Vauxhall Astra Coupe exits Druids Hill Bend, Brands Hatch at the BTCC on 25-04-2004 (50887468121).jpg
Muller driving for Vauxhall at Brands Hatch during the 2004 British Touring Car Championship season.

In 2001 the regulations changed to the new Touring Cars. Vauxhall debuted its BTC-T Vauxhall Astra Coupe for both the Vauxhall Motorsport team and Egg Sport both run by Triple Eight Race Engineering. The Astra was the car to beat against its competitors. Muller and teammate Plato fought for the championship the whole season. Muller finished 2nd in the championship after his car caught fire in the final race leaving Plato as the champion. 2002 BTCC would be much of the same. The Astra was the best car against Honda, Peugeot, MG and Proton despite some reliability problems throughout the season. James Thompson moved up to Vauxhall Motorsport after 2001 champion Jason Plato left to drive in NASCAR. Yvan finished 2nd in the championship again behind teammate James Thompson after more bad luck during the season and last few races caused him to again miss out on the title. He would again drive in 2003 for Vauxhall. The team now called VX Racing continued racing the Astra Coupe and also streached to a three car works Vauxhall/VXR team after Egg Sport was dropped. The Astra Coupe was again the car to beat and Yvan Muller and James Thompson again fought for the championship. Muller won his first title from teammate Thompson after a very strong season. 2004 would be the last year for the Astra Coupe. The Astra was challenged very hard in 2004 by Honda, MG and Seat making its debut with former Vauxhall driver and 2001 champion Jason Plato, but consistency lead both the VX Racing teammates of Yvan Muller and James Thompson to fight for the championship. Thompson won his second championship from Muller by one point. 2005 saw the new BTC-T Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch replace the extremely successful Astra Coupe for Vauxhall. The Astra Sport Hatch was out classed by the new Honda Integra and prevented Muller from winning a second title. He finished second in the championship for the 4th time in 5 years, making a decision at the end of 2005, Muller left the BTCC to drive for Seat in the WTCC.

V8 Supercar

Muller competed in the two Australian V8 Supercar endurance races each year for a number of years, taking victory at the 2005 Sandown 500 with local driver Craig Lowndes in their Betta Electrical Triple Eight BA Falcon. In the same year, he was also involved in one of the most memorable incidents at the Mount Panorama for the Bathurst 1000, where in the lead, Craig Lowndes clipped the wall at Reid Park, and after a watts link change, another incident saw a wheel part company from Paul Dumbrell's car and hit the windscreen of Lowndes. In 2006 and 2007, Muller has been unable to race in the two annual enduros due to a clash with WTCC.

World Touring Car championship

SEAT (2006–2009)

Yvan Muller driving the SEAT Leon at the Pau Grand Prix in 2007 Yvan Muller SEAT Leon 2007 Pau.jpg
Yvan Muller driving the SEAT León at the Pau Grand Prix in 2007

On 12 November 2005 it was officially announced that he would be switching to the 2006 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), driving for SEAT Sport. A pair of 2nd places in the opening meeting in Monza showed that he was a likely frontrunner, his first win then coming in round 5 at Brands Hatch. He was classified 4th at the end of the season with 62pts.

He finished 2nd in the 2007 WTCC with 81pts, and he lost the title to Guernsey driver Andy Priaulx (BMW 320si) during the last race in Macau where his SEAT León TDI suffered a fuel pump failure when he was leading the first race with one lap to go, which put him out of race 2 at Macau. [4] [5]

He opened 2008 with a victory at Curitiba, Brazil. [6] Yvan Muller was battling for the championship, primarily with teammate Gabriele Tarquini during the season, and finally won the championship at the final round in Macau. [7]

In 2009, Yvan was beaten to the title by teammate Tarquini, taking four victories.

Chevrolet (2010–2012)

Muller driving the Chevrolet Cruze in 2010. Yvan Muller 2010 WTCC Race of Japan (Free Practice 2).jpg
Muller driving the Chevrolet Cruze in 2010.

He moved to rival team Chevrolet in 2010. [8] He scored pole position and won his first race for the team in Brazil. He took further wins in Italy and the United Kingdom to become the 2010 World Touring Car Champion and the first driver to win the title for two teams.

Muller stayed with the team in 2011. At the end of the year he was champion once again after a close battle with teammate Rob Huff, matching Andy Priaulx's record of three WTCC titles. [9] Muller stayed with Chevrolet in 2012.

RML (2013)

Muller stayed with the RML team for 2013 season, now racing as an independent entry after the withdrawal of Chevrolet from the World Touring Car Championship. He drove a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T alongside former Team Aon driver Tom Chilton. [10] He won both races at the season opening Race of Italy in wet conditions to score his first victories as an independent touring car driver. [11]

Citroën (2014–2016)

Muller driving the Citroen C-Elysee WTCC at the 2014 Race of Japan. Yvan Muller 2014 WTCC Race of Japan (Race 1).jpg
Muller driving the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC at the 2014 Race of Japan.

In August 2013 it was announced that Muller would join Citroën Racing for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season alongside nine–time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb in a two–year deal. [12]

Muller is founder and team principal of Yvan Muller Racing, which enters cars in various motorsport disciplines including sports car racing, and also helps to train young drivers. [13]

Muller announced that the 2016 season would be his last in the WTCC, as he was retiring from the sport to concentrate on his family and race team. [14]

Volvo (2017)

During 2017 he took on a role as test- and development-driver for Polestar Cyan Racing. He returned to the championship to replace Nestor Girolami for the season finale in Qatar.

M Racing-YMR (2018)

In 2018 returned to full-time racing with a couple self-owned Hyundai i30 N TCRs for himself and Thed Björk. He finished runner-up in the drivers championship and M Racing-YMR was the teams champions.

Cyan Racing Lynk & Co (2019-2020)

For 2019 he returned to Cyan Racing driving one of four Lynk & Co 03 TCR.

Other racing categories

He primarily races in touring cars, but also participates in other categories. In particular, he has won the Andros Trophy Ice Racing Championship 10 times (a record), with 46 race victories (also a record).

During the early years of his career, he competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993 and 1996, but did not finish. He was originally entered to take part in the 1999 race in an Audi R8C but withdrew from the squad before any official running. [15]

In 2007, he participated in the Dakar Rally. In 2009 (following the 2008 cancellation) he also participated in the Dakar Rally in South America, but he withdrew during the 5th stage. [16] He represented France in the 2007 Race of Champions, alongside Sébastien Bourdais. He participated in the Rallye de France–Alsace in a Citroën Xsara WRC, a round of the 2010 World Rally Championship.

Racing record

Complete British Formula Two Championship results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910DCPts
1992 Omegaland Reynard 92D Cosworth OUL
2		 DON
DNS		 BRH
1		 THR
2		 BRH
1		 OUL
1		 SNE
4		 BRH
1		 SIL
2		 DON
6		1st58

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789DCPoints
1993 Omegaland Reynard 93D Judd DON
Ret		 SIL
Ret		 PAU
Ret		 PER
Ret		 HOC
Ret		 NÜR
Ret		 SPA
11		 MAG
Ret		 NOG
5		17th2

Complete Italian Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
1996 Audi Sport Italia Audi A4 Quattro MUG
1
4		 MUG
2
5		 MAG
1
2		 MAG
2
2		 MNZ
1
2		 MNZ
2
2		 BIN
1
2		 BIN
2
3		 MIS
1
4		 MIS
2
3		 IMO
1
4		 IMO
2
3		 PER
1
3		 PER
2
4		 PER
1
5		 PER
2
Ret		 VAR
1
Ret		 VAR
2
4		 VAL
1
4		 VAL
2
6		4th187

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
1997 AZK/ROC Audi A4 HOC
1
12		 HOC
2
11		 ZOL
1
10		 ZOL
2
11		 NÜR
1
20		 NÜR
2
Ret		 SAC
1
13		 SAC
2
6		 NOR
1
11		 NOR
2
19		 WUN
1
Ret		 WUN
2
Ret		 ZWE
1
6		 ZWE
2
6		 SAL
1
6		 SAL
2
6		 REG
1
4		 REG
2
4		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
6		7th298

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 1998–2002 all races, 2003–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 2001–present all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given – 1998–2002 just in feature race, 2003–present all races)

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Pen.PosPts
1998 Audi Sport UK Audi A4 THR
1
9		 THR
2
Ret		 SIL
1
10		 SIL
2
8		 DON
1
6		 DON
2
10		 BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
15		 OUL
1
10		 OUL
2
10		 DON
1
7		 DON
2
4*		 CRO
1
5		 CRO
2
10		 SNE
1
15		 SNE
2
5*		 THR
1
6		 THR
2
10		 KNO
1
4		 KNO
2
2		 BRH
1
11		 BRH
2
6		 OUL
1
5		 OUL
2
3		 SIL
1
3		 SIL
2
5		7th110
1999 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra DON
1
6		 DON
2
10		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
2		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
11		 BRH
1
1		 BRH
2
5		 OUL
1
8		 OUL
2
3		 DON
1
4		 DON
2
5		 CRO
1
8		 CRO
2
8		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
3		 THR
1
8		 THR
2
6		 KNO
1
10		 KNO
2
7		 BRH
1
12		 BRH
2
Ret		 OUL
1
9		 OUL
2
5		 SIL
1
3		 SIL
2
5		6th119
2000 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra S BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
3		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
5		 THR
1
1		 THR
2
1*		 KNO
1
7		 KNO
2
4		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
5		 SIL
1
7		 SIL
2
1*		 CRO
1
8		 CRO
2
5		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
4		 DON
1
4		 DON
2
4		 BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
6		 OUL
1
3		 OUL
2
3		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
5		4th168
2001 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Coupé T BRH
1
1†		 BRH
2
Ret*		 THR
1
2		 THR
2
1*		 OUL
1
7		 OUL
2
1*		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
3*		 MON
1
1		 MON
2
1*		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
3*		 KNO
1
4		 KNO
2
Ret		 SNE
1
2		 SNE
2
2*		 CRO
1
3		 CRO
2
1*		 OUL
1
1		 OUL
2
Ret		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
2*		 DON
1
6		 DON
2
1*		 BRH
1
4		 BRH
2
Ret*		2nd318
2002 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Coupé T BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
2*		 OUL
1
1		 OUL
2
10*		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
1*		 SIL
1
9		 SIL
2
10		 MON
1
Ret		 MON
2
1*		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
1*		 SNE
1
2		 SNE
2
1*		 KNO
1
4		 KNO
2
2		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
6		 DON
1
5		 DON
2
Ret		−52nd163
2003 VX Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupé T MON
1
2*		 MON
2
2*		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
1*		 THR
1
1*		 THR
2
1*		 SIL
1
2*		 SIL
2
1*		 ROC
1
3		 ROC
2
1*		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
3		 SNE
1
3		 SNE
2
Ret		 BRH
1
2*		 BRH
2
5*		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
1*		 OUL
1
3		 OUL
2
2*		1st233
2004 VX Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupé THR
1
3		 THR
2
2		 THR
3
1*		 BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
3		 BRH
3
3		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
2		 SIL
3
Ret		 OUL
1
1*		 OUL
2
8		 OUL
3
1*		 MON
1
1*		 MON
2
4		 MON
3
6		 CRO
1
2		 CRO
2
6		 CRO
3
5		 KNO
1
5		 KNO
2
4		 KNO
3
9		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
8		 BRH
3
5		 SNE
1
5		 SNE
2
4		 SNE
3
2		 DON
1
7		 DON
2
2		 DON
3
1*		2nd273
2005 VX Racing Vauxhall Astra
Sport Hatch 		DON
1
2*		 DON
2
1*		 DON
3
3		 THR
1
6		 THR
2
3		 THR
3
3		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
4		 BRH
3
1*		 OUL
1
4		 OUL
2
2		 OUL
3
Ret		 CRO
1
2		 CRO
2
1*		 CRO
3
8		 MON
1
1*		 MON
2
6		 MON
3
1*		 SNE
1
4		 SNE
2
4		 SNE
3
3		 KNO
1
1*		 KNO
2
2*		 KNO
3
Ret		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
5		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
11		 BRH
3
Ret		2nd273

† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
2001 Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto Alfa Romeo 156 MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		BRN
1 		BRN
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		A1R
1 		A1R
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		JAR
1 		JAR
2 		EST
1
1		 EST
2
6		24th66
2003 SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra VAL
1 		VAL
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		PER
1 		PER
2 		BRN
1 		BRN
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		AND
1 		AND
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		EST
1
17†		 EST
2
DNS		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
Ret		NC0

† – Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2006 SEAT Sport France SEAT León ITA
1
2		 ITA
2
2		 FRA
1
13		 FRA
2
7		 GBR
1
1		 GBR
2
5		 GER
1
11		 GER
2
8		 BRA
1
13		 BRA
2
13		 MEX
1
14		 MEX
2
Ret		 CZE
1
3		 CZE
2
3		 TUR
1
13		 TUR
2
Ret		 ESP
1
10		 ESP
2
6		 MAC
1
3		 MAC
2
2		4th62
2007 SEAT Sport SEAT León BRA
1
8		 BRA
2
4		 NED
1
NC		 NED
2
12		 ESP
1
3		 ESP
2
4		 FRA
1
2		 FRA
2
6		 CZE
1
6		 CZE
2
DNS		 POR
1
4		 POR
2
5		2nd81
SEAT León TDI SWE
1
6		 SWE
2
Ret		 GER
1
1		 GER
2
5		 GBR
1
4		 GBR
2
5		 ITA
1
1		 ITA
2
5		 MAC
1
27†		 MAC
2
DNS
2008 SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI BRA
1
1		 BRA
2
5		 MEX
1
6		 MEX
2
4		 ESP
1
4		 ESP
2
8		 FRA
1
2		 FRA
2
7		 CZE
1
8		 CZE
2
5		 POR
1
3		 POR
2
2		 GBR
1
2		 GBR
2
11		 GER
1
11		 GER
2
8		 EUR
1
1		 EUR
2
5		 ITA
1
1		 ITA
2
4		 JPN
1
7		 JPN
2
6		 MAC
1
3		 MAC
2
2		1st114
2009 SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI BRA
1
1		 BRA
2
4		 MEX
1
4		 MEX
2
1		 MAR
1
4		 MAR
2
2		 FRA
1
11		 FRA
2
7		 ESP
1
1		 ESP
2
7		 CZE
1
8		 CZE
2
2		 POR
1
3		 POR
2
2		 GBR
1
Ret		 GBR
2
7		 GER
1
NC		 GER
2
7		 ITA
1
2		 ITA
2
1		 JPN
1
4		 JPN
2
3		 MAC
1
5		 MAC
2
3		2nd123
2010 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT BRA
1
1		 BRA
2
4		 MAR
1
6		 MAR
2
2		 ITA
1
4		 ITA
2
1		 BEL
1
2		 BEL
2
5		 POR
1
2		 POR
2
2		 GBR
1
1		 GBR
2
5		 CZE
1
NC		 CZE
2
12		 GER
1
3		 GER
2
3		 ESP
1
2		 ESP
2
2		 JPN
1
2		 JPN
2
2		 MAC
1
2		 MAC
2
4		1st331
2011 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T BRA
1
2		 BRA
2
3		 BEL
1
3		 BEL
2
Ret		 ITA
1
2		 ITA
2
2		 HUN
1
5		 HUN
2
1		 CZE
1
2		 CZE
2
1		 POR
1
2		 POR
2
2		 GBR
1
1		 GBR
2
1		 GER
1
1		 GER
2
5		 ESP
1
1		 ESP
2
1		 JPN
1
4		 JPN
2
2		 CHN
1
4		 CHN
2
1		 MAC
1
2		 MAC
2
3		1st433
2012 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T ITA
1
1		 ITA
2
1		 ESP
1
1		 ESP
2
8		 MAR
1
3		 MAR
2
1		 SVK
1
10		 SVK
2
2		 HUN
1
1		 HUN
2
10		 AUT
1
2		 AUT
2
8		 POR
1
1		 POR
2
5		 BRA
1
1		 BRA
2
4		 USA
1
1		 USA
2
14		 JPN
1
2		 JPN
2
6		 CHN
1
Ret		 CHN
2
13		 MAC
1
1		 MAC
2
3		3rd393
2013 RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T ITA
1
1		 ITA
2
1		 MAR
1
4		 MAR
2
2		 SVK
1
4		 SVK
2
2		 HUN
1
1		 HUN
2
5		 AUT
1
3		 AUT
2
2		 RUS
1
1		 RUS
2
2		 POR
1
1		 POR
2
7		 ARG
1
1		 ARG
2
13		 USA
1
3		 USA
2
4		 JPN
1
3		 JPN
2
Ret		 CHN
1
2		 CHN
2
5		 MAC
1
1		 MAC
2
6		1st431
2014 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC MAR
1
3		 MAR
2
Ret		 FRA
1
1		 FRA
2
2		 HUN
1
1		 HUN
2
5		 SVK
1
10		 SVK
2
C		 AUT
1
1		 AUT
2
Ret		 RUS
1
4		 RUS
2
2		 BEL
1
1		 BEL
2
2		 ARG
1
3		 ARG
2
3		 BEI
1
2		 BEI
2
9		 CHN
1
3		 CHN
2
Ret		 JPN
1
Ret		 JPN
2
5		 MAC
1
5		 MAC
2
2		2nd336
2015 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC ARG
1
2		 ARG
2
11		 MAR
1
5		 MAR
2
1		 HUN
1
2		 HUN
2
7		 GER
1
3		 GER
2
1		 RUS
1
1		 RUS
2
6		 SVK
1
1		 SVK
2
3		 FRA
1
2		 FRA
2
4		 POR
1
7		 POR
2
2		 JPN
1
5		 JPN
2
15†		 CHN
1
2		 CHN
2
1		 THA
1
Ret		 THA
2
Ret		 QAT
1
6		 QAT
2
1		2nd357
2016 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC FRA
1
13		 FRA
2
4		 SVK
1
7		 SVK
2
5		 HUN
1
12		 HUN
2
2		 MAR
1
3		 MAR
2
2		 GER
1
Ret		 GER
2
DNS		 RUS
1
3		 RUS
2
11		 POR
1
9		 POR
2
2		 ARG
1
3		 ARG
2
5		 JPN
1
5		 JPN
2
1		 CHN
1
3		 CHN
2
2		 QAT
1
4		 QAT
2
6		2nd257
2017 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 MAR
1 		MAR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		ARG
1 		ARG
2 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		QAT
1
6		 QAT
2
7		15th16

† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2018 M Racing - YMR Hyundai i30 N TCR MAR
1
11		 MAR
2
9		 MAR
3
2		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
3		 HUN
3
3		 GER
1
1		 GER
2
4		 GER
3
3		 NED
1
Ret		 NED
2
24†		 NED
3
Ret		 POR
1
1		 POR
2
2		 POR
3
11		 SVK
1
12		 SVK
2
3		 SVK
3
Ret		 CHN
1
7		 CHN
2
1		 CHN
3
Ret		 WUH
1
15		 WUH
2
9		 WUH
3
Ret		 JPN
1
3		 JPN
2
10		 JPN
3
21		 MAC
1
2		 MAC
2
3		 MAC
3
4		2nd303
2019 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR MAR
1
18		 MAR
2
7		 MAR
3
Ret		 HUN
1
2		 HUN
2
6		 HUN
3
Ret		 SVK
1
11		 SVK
2
11		 SVK
3
14		 NED
1
2		 NED
2
9		 NED
3
5		 GER
1
Ret		 GER
2
15		 GER
3
10		 POR
1
9		 POR
2
6		 POR
3
2		 CHN
1
1		 CHN
2
3		 CHN
3
1		 JPN
1
11		 JPN
2
14		 JPN
3
13		 MAC
1
1		 MAC
2
1		 MAC
3
6		 MAL
1
6		 MAL
2
6		 MAL
3
11		3rd331
2020 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR BEL
1
8		 BEL
2
2		 GER
1
2		 GER
2
7		 SVK
1
14		 SVK
2
8		 SVK
3
13		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
2		 HUN
3
9		 ESP
1
7		 ESP
2
2		 ESP
3
14		 ARA
1
7		 ARA
2
1		 ARA
3
4		2nd195
2021 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR GER
1
2		 GER
2
7		 POR
1
2		 POR
2
9		 ESP
1
11		 ESP
2
10		 HUN
1
15		 HUN
2
6		 CZE
1
4		 CZE
2
6		 FRA
1
Ret		 FRA
2
2		 ITA
1
5		 ITA
2
4		 RUS
1
8		 RUS
2
Ret		4th169
2022 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR FRA
1
3		 FRA
2
6		 GER
1
C		 GER
2
C		 HUN
1
10		 HUN
2
9		 ESP
1
7		 ESP
2
7		 POR
1
14		 POR
2
4		 ITA
1
DNS		 ITA
2
DNS		 ALS
1
WD		 ALS
2
WD		 BHR
1 		BHR
2 		SAU
1 		SAU
2 		14th78

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

WTCC statistics

SeasonSeriesTeamStartsWinsPodiumsPolesFastest lapsPointsPlace
2006 WTCC SEAT Sport France 201702624th
2007 WTCC SEAT Sport 202411812nd
2008 WTCC SEAT Sport 2439311141st
2009 WTCC SEAT Sport 24411121232nd
2010 WTCC Chevrolet 22314213311st
2011 WTCC Chevrolet 24819484331st
2012 WTCC Chevrolet 24914383933rd
2013 WTCC RML 24715774311st
2014 WTCC Citroën Total WTCC 23413433362nd
2015 WTCC Citroën Total WTCC 24613343572nd
2016 WTCC Citroën Total WTCC 2119112572nd
2017 WTCC Polestar Cyan Racing 200001615th
Overall2524812829382934

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1993 Flag of France.svg Didier Bonnet Racing Flag of France.svg Gérard Tremblay
Flag of France.svg Georges Tessier 		Debora SP93 LMP259DNFDNF
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Rocketsports Flag of Spain.svg Fermin Velez
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Evans 		Ferrari 333 SP WSC31DNFDNF

Complete World Rally Championship results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WDCPoints
2010 Petter Solberg World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN DEU JPN FRA
42		 ESP GBR NC0
2011 Yvan Muller Peugeot 207 S2000 SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN DEU AUS FRA
31		 ESP GBR NC0
2012 Yvan Muller Mini John Cooper Works WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA
14		 ITA ESP NC0

Complete V8 Supercar results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233Final posPoints
2000 Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore PHI
R1		 PHI
R2		 BAR
R3		 BAR
R4		 BAR
R5		 ADE
R6		 ADE
R7		 EAS
R8		 EAS
R9		 EAS
R10		 HID
R11		 HID
R12		 HID
R13		 CAN
R14		 CAN
R15		 CAN
R16		 QLD
R17		 QLD
R18		 QLD
R19		 WIN
R20		 WIN
R21		 WIN
R22		 ORA
R23		 ORA
R24		 ORA
R25		 CAL
R26		 CAL
R27		 CAL
R28		 QLD
R29		 SAN
R30		 SAN
R31		 SAN
R32		 BAT
R33
10		33rd120
2002 K-mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore ADE
R1		 ADE
R2		PHI
R3		PHI
R4		 EAS
R5		 EAS
R6		 EAS
R7		HID
R8		HID
R9		HID
R10		 CAN
R11		 CAN
R12		 CAN
R13		BAR
R14		BAR
R15		BAR
R16		 ORA
R17		 ORA
R18		 WIN
R19		 WIN
R20		 QLD
R21
Ret		 BAT
R22
Ret		SUR
R23		SUR
R24		PUK
R25		PUK
R26		PUK
R27		 SAN
R28		 SAN
R29		NC0
2004 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1		ADE
R2		 EAS
R3		 PUK
R4		 PUK
R5		 PUK
R6		 HID
R7		 HID
R8		 HID
R9		 BAR
R10		 BAR
R11		 BAR
R12		 QLD
R13		 WIN
R14		 ORA
R15		 ORA
R16		 SAN
R17
Ret		 BAT
R18
Ret		 SUR
R19		 SUR
R20		 SYM
R21		 SYM
R22		 SYM
R23		 EAS
R24		 EAS
R25		 EAS
R26		NC0
2005 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1		 ADE
R2		PUK
R3		PUK
R4		PUK
R5		BAR
R6		BAR
R7		BAR
R8		EAS
R9		EAS
R10		SHA
R11		SHA
R12		SHA
R13		HID
R14		HID
R15		HID
R16		QLD
R17		ORA
R18		ORA
R19		 SAN
R20
1		 BAT
R21
15		SUR
R22		SUR
R23		SUR
R24		SYM
R25		SYM
R26		SYM
R27		PHI
R28		PHI
R29		PHI
R30		38th192
2010 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1 		YMC
R2 		BHR
R3 		BHR
R4 		ADE
R5 		ADE
R6 		HAM
R7 		HAM
R8 		QLD
R9 		QLD
R10 		WIN
R11 		WIN
R12 		HID
R13 		HID
R14 		TOW
R15 		TOW
R16 		PHI
R17 		BAT
R18 		SUR
R19
13		 SUR
R20
15		 SYM
R21 		SYM
R22 		SAN
R23 		SAN
R24 		SYD
R25 		SYD
R26 		NC +0 +

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