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Stéphane Ortelli (born 30 March 1970 in

Hyères Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The old town lies from the sea clustered aroun ...

, Var,

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) is a Monégasque professional racing driver with three world championship titles. He has won the

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race in with Allan McNish and Laurent Aïello and the

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with Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb. He's also won the GT1 Class at the

12 Hours of Sebring The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield World War II air base in Sebring, Florida, US. The event is the second ro ...

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with

David Brabham David Brabham (born 5 September 1965) is an Australian professional racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians t ...

and

Darren Turner Darren Turner (born 13 April 1974) is a British professional racing driver and owner of Base Performance Simulators. He races for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver and also works as a high performance test driver for Aston Martin. He was ...

. Currently, he is an

Emil Frey Racing Emil Frey Racing is a Swiss racing team and racecar constructor. The team is named after the Emil Frey Gruppe, a Swiss car dealership for Jaguar, Lexus and other marques. Emil Frey Racing was founded in 2011, competing in the Blancpain GT Serie ...

driver competing and developing the Jaguar and Lexus GT racing cars in the Blancpain Endurance Series and the VLN series.

Career

*1995: Winner of Supertouring Criterium BMW/

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/ 5 victories *1998: Winner of

Porsche 911 GT1 The Porsche 911 GT1 is a car designed and developed by German automobile manufacturer Porsche AG to compete in the GT1 class of sportscar racing, which also required a street-legal version for homologation purposes. The limited-production street ...

-98 *2002: Winner of

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3 victories & 4 podiums *2002: Winner of

FIA GT World Championship The FIA GT1 World Championship was a world championship sports car racing series, developed by the SRO Group and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), that was held from 2010 to 2012. It featured multiple grand tou ...

N-GT class

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-RS / 7 victories & 1 podium *2003: Winner of

N-GT class

-RS / 3 victories & 3 podiums *2003: Winner of

Porsche 911 GT3-RS *2004: Winner of Porsche Cup / 5 victories & 7 podiums *2005: Winner of

in GT1 Class with

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. *2005:

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a s ...

with Team Oreca (

SEAT Toledo The SEAT Toledo is a small family car produced by the Spanish manufacturer SEAT, part of Volkswagen Group. The Toledo name was first introduced to the SEAT line up in May 1991 being named after a Spanish city with the same name, with the fourt ...

) *2005:

Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the f ...

with Audi PlayStation Team Oreca (

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) / 1 Win *2005:

with Audi PlayStation Team ORECA (

) / 4th Overall *2006: Le Mans Series with Team Oreca ( Saleen S7R) / 2 Victories *2007: Winner of

with Team Oreca ( Saleen S7R) *2007: FIA GT Championship GT2 class with

AF Corse AF Corse is an Italian auto racing team founded by former racing driver Amato Ferrari in 1995 in Piacenza. Strongly linked to the Maserati and Ferrari brands, AF Corse currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship, GT World Cha ...

(

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) *2012: Winner of Blancpain Endurance Series with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT ( Audi R8 LMS ultra) *2013: Winner of Blancpain Sprint Series/

2013 FIA GT Series season The 2013 FIA GT Series was the first season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The series underwent changes in 2013, retaining GT3 cars as the mainstay, but cr ...

with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT ( Audi R8 LMS ultra) *2014: 3rd overall of Blancpain Endurance Series with Saintéloc Racing ( Audi R8 LMS ultra) *2015: 3rd overall of Blancpain Endurance Series with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT ( Audi R8 LMS ultra) *2015: Winner of the Sepang 12 Hours with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT ( Audi R8 LMS)

Monza Le Mans Series 2008 crash

On 27 April 2008, during a

race at the

Monza circuit The Monza Circuit ( it, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, , National Automobile Racetrack of Monza) is a race track near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. Built in 1922, it was the world's third purpose-built motor racing circuit after ...

, a mechanic issue caused his

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car to slide and spin onto the grass. This in turn instigated a cartwheeling motion upon the vehicle, which resulted in most of the car's bodywork and all but one wheel being torn off before it came to rest on the opposite side of the track. It narrowly missed the tail of Allan McNish's Audi R10 which was in front. Ortelli sustained a broken ankle as a result.

Career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Partial Porsche Supercup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ — Not eligible for points.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

FIA GT competition results

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Complete FIA GT Series results

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

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