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Frédéric Makowiecki

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Frédéric Makowiecki
Makowiecki in 2014.
NationalityFrance French
Born (1980-11-22) 22 November 1980 (age 43)
Arras, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2012
Current teamPorsche Penske Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number5
Former teamsAston Martin Racing, Luxury Racing, Team Manthey, Porsche GT Team
Starts53
Wins6
Poles10
Fastest laps6
Best finish2nd in 2014, 2017
Previous series
2013
2010–2012
2006–09
2006, 08
2005, 07–08, 10
2003–04, 2006–2010
2000
Super GT
FIA GT1 World Championship
FIA GT3
FIA GT Championship
FFSA GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup France
French Formula Three

Frédéric Makowiecki (born 22 November 1980) is a French professional racing driver who currently competes as a factory driver for Porsche Motorsport in the Hypercar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship.[1]

Career

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After competing in karting, Arras-born Makowiecki raced in the French Formula Three Championship, finishing 4th in Class B.[2]

In 2003, Makowiecki began competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup France, finishing 3rd in points in 2004 and 2009, and 2nd in 2006 and 2007. He won the title in 2010 with 6 victories, 11 podiums, and 3 poles.

Makowiecki finished 4th in the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship while driving for Hexis Racing AMR. He continued with the team in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship, drove for Marc VDS Racing Team in 2011, and rejoined Hexis for 2012.

Makowiecki joined Luxury Racing for the final year of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in 2011. He continued with Luxury Racing for the beginning of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season, taking pole position at Le Mans in his final race with the team. He moved to Aston Martin Racing in 2013, claiming two wins for the team at the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas and the 6 Hours of Fuji. For the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season, he drives for Porsche AG Team Manthey in the GTE-Pro class.

In 2013, Makowiecki co-drove with Naoki Yamamoto for Weider Dome Racing, taking the win at the 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km at Suzuka Circuit.

Makowiecki has been a Porsche Motorsport factory driver since 2014. He won the 2018 and 2019 12 Hours of Sebring, and the 2018 and 2020 Petit Le Mans, and the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, always with a Porsche 911.

For the 2023 season, Makowiecki joined the Hypercar in the World Endurance Championship, driving a Porsche 963 alongside Dane Cameron and Michael Christensen.[3]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2000 Formula 3 France - Class B Griffith's 11 0 0 0 5 124 4th
Kanonloppet - Formula 3 Nourry Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 0 19th
2001 French GT Championship - GT Cup Nourry Compétition 12 3 1 1 4 284 2nd
2002 French GT Championship Chateau Sport 11 0 0 0 4 147 11th
2003 Porsche Carrera Cup France Tillie Compétition 4 1 1 1 2 47 9th
French GT Championship Chateau Sport 7 0 1 0 1 25 32nd
French GT Championship - GT Cup Nourry Compétition 2 0 0 1 0 2 31st
2004 Porsche Carrera Cup France Nourry Compétition 14 1 0 6 8 146 3rd
French GT Championship - GT Cup CD Sport 14 6 3 6 8 352 1st
2005 French GT Championship MTO Mirabeau Compétition 15 1 1 1 2 132 6th
2006 French GT Championship MTO Mirabeau, Racing Logistic 11 1 0 2 1 ? ?
Porsche Carrera Cup France Nourry Compétition 14 1 1 2 8 128.5 2nd
FIA GT3 European Championship Racing Logistic 6 0 0 0 0 6 21st
FIA GT Championship - GT1 Nourry Compétition 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC
2007 French GT Championship Larbre Compétition 14 2 1 2 5 160 5th
Porsche Carrera Cup France Nourry Compétition 14 2 2 2 7 155 2nd
FIA GT3 European Championship Hexis Racing 9 0 2 2 1 11 10th
2008 Porsche Carrera Cup France Larbre Compétition 13 2 2 1 5 111 4th
French GT Championship 8 1 2 0 4 118 8th
FIA GT Championship - GT1 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Le Mans Series - LMGT1 1 0 0 0 1 8 6th
FIA GT3 European Championship Hexis Racing 10 0 0 1 1 20 10th
ADAC GT Masters 2 1 0 0 2 0 NC†
2009 French GT Championship - GT3 AS Events 13 0 1 5 1 10 17th
FIA GT3 European Championship Hexis Racing AMR 12 1 3 ? 2 34 4th
FIA GT Championship - GT2 3 0 0 0 1 10 15th
International GT Open - Pro-Am Team AS Events 2 0 1 0 1 11 18th
2010 FIA GT1 World Championship Hexis AMR 20 3 0 1 5 105 3rd
FIA GT3 European Championship 10 1 1 2 2 69 5th
Porsche Carrera Cup France Luxury Racing 12 6 3 6 11 202 1st
International GT Open - GTS 6 0 2 3 2 17 16th
French GT Championship 5 1 1 1 3 37 12th
2011 FIA GT1 World Championship Marc VDS Racing Team 12 4 0 0 4 69 11th
Blancpain Endurance Series Hexis AMR 5 0 0 0 0 40.5 10th
Le Mans Series - LMGTE Pro Luxury Racing 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
American Le Mans Series - GT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Speed EuroSeries Springbox Concept 2 0 0 2 0 8 49th
2012 FIA GT1 World Championship Hexis Racing 17 5 2 3 7 144 2nd
City Challenge Baku - GT 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
Blancpain Endurance Series 1 1 1 0 1 25 15th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Luxury Racing 3 0 2 1 2 0 NC†
Speed EuroSeries Pegasus 2 1 0 0 2 29 18th

† Ineligible for points
* Season still in progress.

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2010 Hexis AMR Aston Martin ABU
QR

7
ABU
CR

Ret
SIL
QR

1
SIL
CR

2
BRN
QR

8
BRN
CR

9
PRI
QR

11
PRI
CR

9
SPA
QR

Ret
SPA
CR

5
NÜR
QR

Ret
NÜR
CR

7
ALG
QR

10
ALG
CR

6
NAV
QR

9
NAV
CR

2
INT
QR

15
INT
CR

13
SAN
QR

1
SAN
CR

1
3rd 105
2011 Marc VDS Racing Team Ford ABU
QR

1
ABU
CR

8
ZOL
QR

5
ZOL
CR

8
ALG
QR
ALG
CR
SAC
QR

1
SAC
CR

Ret
SIL
QR

NC
SIL
CR

Ret
NAV
QR
NAV
CR
PRI
QR

5
PRI
CR

6
ORD
QR

1
ORD
CR

1
BEI
QR
BEI
CR
SAN
QR
SAN
CR
11th 69
2012 Hexis Racing McLaren NOG
QR

DNS
NOG
CR

Ret
ZOL
QR

4
ZOL
CR

5
NAV
QR

1
NAV
QR

1
SVK
QR

9
SVK
CR

2
ALG
QR

4
ALG
CR

3
SVK
QR

8
SVK
CR

Ret
MOS
QR

4
MOS
CR

1
NUR
QR

Ret
NUR
CR

10
DON
QR

1
DON
CR

1
2nd 144

Complete Super GT results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2013 Dome Racing Honda HSV-010 GT GT500 OKA
5
FUJ
10
SEP
4
SUG
Ret
SUZ
1
FUJ
5
AUT
5
MOT
7
4th 56
2014 Dome Racing Honda NSX Concept-GT GT500 OKA FUJ AUT SUG
8
FUJ
1
SUZ
3
BUR
5
MOT 9th 42
2019 NDDP [ja] by B-Max Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 OKA
4‡
FUJ
6
SUZ
9
CHA
6
FUJ
11
AUT
11
SUG
1
MOT
DNS
9th 36
Source:[4]

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2011 France Luxury Racing Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Brazil Jaime Melo
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Pro
183 DNF DNF
2012 France Luxury Racing Brazil Jaime Melo
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Pro
333 18th 2nd
2013 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Brazil Bruno Senna
United Kingdom Rob Bell
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
252 DNF DNF
2014 Germany Porsche Team Manthey Germany Marco Holzer
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
337 15th 3rd
2015 Germany Porsche Team Manthey France Patrick Pilet
Germany Wolf Henzler
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
14 DNF DNF
2016 Germany Porsche Motorsport New Zealand Earl Bamber
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
140 DNF DNF
2017 Germany Porsche GT Team Austria Richard Lietz
France Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
339 20th 4th
2018 Germany Porsche GT Team Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
343 16th 2nd
2019 Germany Porsche GT Team Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
342 21st 2nd
2020 Germany Porsche GT Team Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Pro
335 31st 5th
2021 Germany Porsche GT Team Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Pro
343 23rd 4th
2022 Germany Porsche GT Team Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Pro
350 28th 1st
2023 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 963 Hypercar 325 16th 9th
2024 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 963 Hypercar 311 6th 6th
Source:[4]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2012 Luxury Racing LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SEB
Ret
SPA
3
LMS
2
SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA 54th 3.5
2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
3
SPA
2
LMS
Ret
SÃO COA
1
FUJ
1
SHA BHR 9th 73.5
2014 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
1
SPA
9
LMS
2
COA
2
FUJ
11
SHA
1
BHR
5
SÃO
2
2nd 134.5
2015 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
7
SPA
2
LMS
Ret
NÜR
2
COA
2
FUJ
2
SHA
3
BHR
1
5th 118
2017 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
3
SPA
5
LMS
3
NÜR
2
MEX
3
COA
6
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
4
2nd 145
2018–19 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SPA LMS
2
SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS
2
11th 55
2019–20 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS
9
BHR 30th 5
2021 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SPA ALG
4
MNZ LMS
3
BHR BHR
4
6th 66
2022 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB SPA LMS
1
MNZ
5
FUJ BHR 7th 60
2023 Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar Porsche 963 Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 SEB
5
ALG
10
SPA
4
LMS
7
MNZ
4
FUJ
12
BHR
7
7th 61
2024 Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar Porsche 963 Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 QAT
3
IMO
3
SPA
Ret
LMS
6
SÃO
3
COA
FUJ
BHR
4th* 71*
Source:[4]

* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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(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 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref
2014 CORE Autosport GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
SEB
LBH
LGA
WGL
MOS
IND
ELK
VIR
COA
5
PET
31st 27 [5]
2015 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
7
SEB
7
LBH
4
LGA
WGL
MOS
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
8
12th 103 [6]
2016 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
3
SEB
3
LBH
7
LGA
3
WGL
10
MOS
6
LIM
8
ELK
4
VIR
3
COA
1
PET
5
4th 313 [7]
2017 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
2
SEB
7
LBH
AUS
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
19th 50 [8]
2018 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
8
SEB
1
LBH
MOH
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
1
10th 93 [9]
2019 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
5
SEB
1
LBH
MDO
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
6
15th 86 [10]
2020 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY
3
DAY
3
SEB
6
ELK
4
VIR
3
ATL
4
MDO CLT
5
PET
1
LGA
3
SEB
1
5th 297 [11]
2021 WeatherTech Racing GTLM Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY SEB DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET
2
11th 348 [12]
2024 Wright Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY
7
MOS VIR
7th* 252* [13]
Porsche Penske Motorsport GTP Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 SEB
9
LBH LGA DET WGL
ELK IMS PET
22nd* 241*
Source:[4]

* Season still in progress.

References

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  1. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (27 November 2023). "2024 FIA WEC Entry List Revealed". Dailysportscar. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ^ http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/3950/career/ Frédéric Makowiecki career statistics at Driver Database
  3. ^ James, Richard (17 December 2022). "Porsche clarifies driver lineups for IMSA and WEC". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing Inc. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Frédéric Makowiecki". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Frédéric Makowiecki – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup France
Champion

2010
Succeeded by