1. Tristan Gommendy was born on 4 January 1979 and is a French professional racing driver who last competed in the European Le Mans Series with Duqueine Team.
16 Facts About Tristan Gommendy
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Tristan Gommendy won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 2002 and won the French F3 Championship that year.
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Tristan Gommendy moved to its successor the World Series by Nissan in 2004 and finished 5th and another season in 2005 he finished fourth.
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In 2006 Tristan Gommendy drove in the first five rounds GP2 Series for the iSport International team and was on front row for his first race in front of Lewis Hamilton.
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Tristan Gommendy finished 20th in points, scoring a pair of fifth places at Circuit de Catalunya.
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On 8 March 2007 it was announced that Tristan Gommendy had been signed to drive for PKV Racing in the 2007 Champ Car season as a teammate to Neel Jani.
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Later at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Tristan Gommendy won the pole and track record.
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Tristan Gommendy participated in twelve of the first thirteen races and finished 12th in points with a best finish of fourth in his final start at TT Circuit Assen.
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Tristan Gommendy continued in Superleague Formula with other teams and little success until the series shut down mid-way through the 2011 season.
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Tristan Gommendy made his first 24 Hours of Le Mans start in 2003.
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Tristan Gommendy's team finished the race for the first time in 2010, driving a Welter Racing LMP2 entry to 8th in class.
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Tristan Gommendy competed in the LMP2 class of the 2009 Le Mans Series with Welter Racing.
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In 2011 following the dissolution of Superleague Formula, Tristan Gommendy was largely out of racing until he appeared in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans for Signatech in their LMP2 Alpine A450.
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Tristan Gommendy raced at the LMP2 class 2014 European Le Mans Series for Thiriet by TDS Racing, winning at Silverstone.
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Jackie Chan DC Racing hired Tristan Gommendy to compete at the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, again in the LMP2 class.
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Tristan Gommendy finished third overall at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.