| Patrick Bornhauser | |||||||||
| Nationality: |  French | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1957 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Orléans, France | ||||||||
| Racing Licence: | FIA Bronze | ||||||||
| First Year: | 2012 | ||||||||
| Current Team: | Larbre Compétition | ||||||||
| Car Number: | 50 | ||||||||
| Prev Series: | Intercontinental Le Mans Cup American Le Mans Series Le Mans Series FIA GT Championship FIA GT3 European Championship FFSA GT Championship Global GT Championship Peugeot 905 Spider Cup | ||||||||
| Prev Series Years: | 2011 2011 2008, 11 2006 2006 1997–99, 2003– 1995–96 1994 | ||||||||
| Titles: | FFSA GT Championship | ||||||||
| Title Years: | 2004–05, 08, 10 | ||||||||
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Patrick Bornhauser (born 29 June 1957 in Orléans) is a French racing driver and businessman. In 2011 and 2012 he won the GTE-Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Bornhauser started competing in hillclimbing and then rallying.[1] In 1994 he started circuit racing in the Peugeot 905 Spider Cup, finishing fifth.
From 1995 he raced the VBM 400 GTC (VBM stood for Vehicles Bornhauser-Metz, started by Bornhauser and fellow driver Jean-François Metz), in BPR Global GT Series races in 1995–96 and then in French GT until 2001.
Bornhauser switched to a Porsche for 2002, and then to a Chrysler Viper GTS-R in 2004 with which he won his first French GT titles in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in a Larbre Competition Ferrari 550 Maranello. The following year he raced an Aston Martin DBR9 for Larbre.
In 2008 he won the French GT title for a third time after sharing a Larbre-run Saleen S7 with Christophe Bouchut, which they also raced at Le Mans. Bornhauser regained the French GT title in 2010 in a Larbre-run Porsche together with Laurent Groppi.
After two years away, Bornhauser returned to Le Mans in 2011 and won the GTE-Am class in a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R entered by Larbre. He repeated the feat with the same team and car in 2012.
Bornhauser is the Group CEO of French moving company Demeco.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Larbre Compétition | Jean-Luc Blanchemain Gabriele Gardel | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | GT1 | 222 | DNF | DNF | |
| 2007 | Aston Martin Racing Larbre | Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken | Aston Martin DBR9 | GT1 | 272 | 29th | 13th | |
| 2008 | Larbre Compétition | David Smet Christophe Bouchut | Saleen S7-R | GT1 | 306 | 28th | 7th | |
| 2011 | Larbre Compétition | Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Am | 302 | 20th | 1st | |
| 2012 | Larbre Compétition | Julien Canal Pedro Lamy | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Am | 329 | 20th | 1st | |
| 2013 | Larbre Compétition | Julien Canal Ricky Taylor | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Am | 302 | 29th | 5th |