1. Romain Dumas was born on 14 December 1977 and is a French racing driver and driver for Glickenhaus in the World Endurance Championship.
23 Facts About Romain Dumas
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Romain Dumas first started out in karting and single-seater before becoming an expert driver in endurance racing, GT and sport-prototype.
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Romain Dumas has won the greatest races of the discipline, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Spa, the Nurburgring 24 Hours, and the 12 Hours of Sebring.
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Romain Dumas has been one of Porsche's factory drivers since 2004.
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Romain Dumas tested a Formula 3000 car for Oreca in 1999, a Renault F1 in 2002, and in 2004 a Conquest Racing Champ Car, but he did not proceed to race in these formulas.
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Romain Dumas was a Porsche factory driver for Penske Racing, and driven in the FIA GT Championship.
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Romain Dumas started 2008 with the P2 class and overall win at the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring in the Penske Porsche RS Spyder.
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Romain Dumas was invited to test an Indycar for Team Penske at the end of the 2008 season, at Sonoma Raceway.
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Romain Dumas won the 2010 24 Hours of Spa in a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
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Romain Dumas won with partner Klaus Graf in the CytoSport Porsche RS Spyder at the ALMS event at Mosport.
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Romain Dumas developed and drove the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2014.
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In 2014, Romain Dumas won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in a Norma M20 "RD Limited" prototype developed specifically for the event.
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In 2015, Romain Dumas raced a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car in the RGT class of the WRC Monte Carlo Rally, placing second behind class winner Francois Delecour.
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Romain Dumas continued as Porsche LMP1 driver in the 2016 FIA WEC.
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Romain Dumas won the 6 Hours of Silverstone and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Romain Dumas was interviewed in his house in Geneva about training methods, which include using an old Arai helmet modified for neck weight training.
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In 2021, Romain Dumas took another Time Attack class win at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport of Champion Racing.
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In 2023, Romain Dumas drove the Ford SuperVan 4.2 at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, finishing 1st in the division and 2nd overall, with a time of 8:47.682.
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Romain Dumas set the lap record of Bathurst circuit in 2024 with the SuperVan.
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In December, 2023, Romain Dumas set the world record for land vehicle altitude, driving a Porsche 911 to the peak of the west ridge of the Ojos del Salado volcano in Chile, 6,734 metres above sea level.
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In 2024, Romain Dumas earned his fifth overall Pikes Peak International Hill Climb victory, while driving a Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck in the Pikes Peak Open class.
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Romain Dumas set a time of 8:53.563, just under seven seconds clear of second place.
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Romain Dumas raced with Alpine at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2017, and then with Rebellion Racing and Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus in the top class, with a podium-finish at the 2022 1000 Miles of Sebring and a pole position at the 2022 6 Hours of Monza in FIA World Endurance Championship.