Benoît Tréluyer

Benoît Tréluyer

Nationality	France
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2002, 2004, 2007 –
Teams	Equipe de France FFSA Pescarolo Sport Audi Sport Team Joest
Best finish	1st (2011)
Class wins	1 (2011)

Benoît Tréluyer (born 7 December 1976 in Alençon, France) is a French race car driver. He is currently competing in the Super GT racing series.

Racing career

He was the champion of the European Formula Three Cup 1999 at the Pau Circuit.

He won the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 2001, with 16 wins in 20 races.

He also won the Formula Nippon series in 2006, with 4 wins in 9 races.

Tréluyer driving the Nissan GT-R for Nismo at the 2010 Super GT Fuji 400km race.

In 2008, Tréluyer, along with Satoshi Motoyama, won the Japanese Super GT championship with the Xanavi Nismo GT-R team. Tréluyer and Motoyama won the championship with 3 wins in 9 races.

During the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, Tréluyer was involved in an accident in his Pescarolo Sport Peugeot 908 HDi FAP. Tréluyer was transported to the infield care centre at the Circuit de la Sarthe, where he was treated and released.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	GTS	52	M	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10	Equipe de France FFSA Oreca	Jonathan Cochet Jean-Philippe Belloc	326	14th	3rd
2004	LMP1	18	M	Pescarolo C60 Judd GV5 5.0L V10	Pescarolo Sport	Soheil Ayari Érik Comas	361	4th	4th
2007	LMP1	17	M	Pescarolo 01 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau	325	13th	6th
2008	LMP1	17	M	Pescarolo 01 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Pescarolo Sport	Christophe Tinseau Harold Primat	362	7th	7th
2009	LMP1	17	M	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Pescarolo Sport	Simon Pagenaud Jean-Christophe Boullion	210	DNF	DNF
2010	LMP1	8	M	Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler	396	2nd	2nd
2011	LMP1	2	M	Audi R18 TDI Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marcel Fässler André Lotterer	355	1st	1st

External links

• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alessandro Zanardi (1990 European Cup) Juan Pablo Montoya (1998 Pau)	FIA European Formula Three Cup / Pau Grand Prix winner 1999	Succeeded by Jonathan Cochet
Preceded by Sebastien Philippe	All-Japan Formula Three Champion 2001	Succeeded by Takashi Kogure
Preceded by Satoshi Motoyama	Formula Nippon Champion 2006	Succeeded by Tsugio Matsuda
Preceded by Daisuke Ito Ralph Firman	Super GT・GT500 Champion 2008 with: Satoshi Motoyama	Succeeded by Juichi Wakisaka André Lotterer
Preceded by Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011 with: André Lotterer Marcel Fässler	Succeeded by Incumbent