Jean-Philippe Belloc is a racecar driver from

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. He was born in

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, on 24 April 1970. Belloc started racing in single-seaters and won the French Formula Renault Championship in 1992, at his second attempt, after four wins. Moving up to the

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in 1993, he took the title the following year with five wins.FIA GT Championship - Driver Biography : Jean-Philippe Belloc
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until 1997. After a few seasons with occasional races in the French Porsche Carrera Cup, he became a full-time

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driver in 1998, when he was third in the Carrera Cup. The following year he became a Chrysler works driver, in the

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, and took third place in the

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, also racing in the

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. In 2001 he became FIA GT Champion, also winning the

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. From 2002, Belloc raced mainly in the ALMS, for Carsport America, but also took part in the

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and FIA GT Championship. In 2006 he drove occasionally in the FIA GT, ALMS and

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, where he took an LMP2 class win at the 1000 km Istanbul. For 2007 he drove an

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-R in the

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.Jean-Philippe Belloc career statistics at Driver Database
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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