Stéphane Ortelli Explained

Stéphane Ortelli
Nationality: Monégasque
Birth Date:30 March 1970
Birth Place:Hyères, Var, France
Years: –,  –, -
Teams:Larbre Compétition
New Hardware Racing/Parr Motorsport
Roock Racing
Porsche AG
Audi Sport UK
Audi Sport Team Joest
Team Bentley
Pescarolo Sport
Freisinger Motorsport
Audi PlayStation Team Oreca
Aston Martin Racing
Team Oreca Matmut
AF Corse
Luxury Racing
Best Finish:1st
Class Wins:1

Stéphane Ortelli (born 30 March 1970) is a Monégasque professional racing driver with three world championship titles. He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in with Allan McNish and Laurent Aïello and the Spa 24 Hours in 2003 with Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb. He's also won the GT1 Class at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2005 with David Brabham and Darren Turner. Currently, he is an Emil Frey Racing driver competing and developing the Jaguar and Lexus GT racing cars in the Blancpain Endurance Series and the VLN series.

Career

Monza Le Mans Series 2008 crash

On 27 April 2008, during a Le Mans Series race at the Monza circuit, a mechanic issue caused his Courage 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.[2]

Career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1995 Larbre Compétition Dominique Dupuy
Emmanuel Collard
Porsche 911 GT2 EvoGT182DNFDNF
1996 New Hardware Racing
Parr Motorsport
Andy Pilgrim
Andrew Bagnall
Porsche 911 GT2GT229917th4th
1997 Roock Racing Allan McNish
Karl Wendlinger
Porsche 911 GT1GT18DNFDNF
1998 Porsche AG Laurent Aïello
Allan McNish
Porsche 911 GT1-98GT13511st1st
1999 Audi Sport UK Ltd. Stefan Johansson
Christian Abt
Audi R8CLMGTP55DNFDNF
2000 Audi Sport Team Joest Laurent Aïello
Allan McNish
Audi R8LMP9003672nd2nd
2001 Team Bentley Martin Brundle
Guy Smith
Bentley EXP Speed 8LMGTP56DNFDNF
2002 Pescarolo Sport Éric Hélary
Ukyo Katayama
Courage C60-PeugeotLMP900144DNFDNF
2004 Freisinger Motorsport Ralf Kelleners
Romain Dumas
Porsche 911 GT3-RSRGT32113th3rd
2005 Audi PlayStation Team Oreca Franck Montagny
Jean-Marc Gounon
Audi R8LMP13624th4th
2006 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy
Stéphane Sarrazin
Aston Martin DBR9GT134210th5th
2007 Team Oreca Soheil Ayari
Nicolas Lapierre
Saleen S7-RGT131816th9th
2009 Team Oreca-Matmut AIM Bruno Senna
Tiago Monteiro
Oreca 01-AIMLMP1219DNFDNF
2011 Luxury Racing Frédéric Makowiecki
Jaime Melo
Ferrari 458 Italia GTCGTE
Pro
183DNFDNF

Partial Porsche Supercup results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112DCPoints
2002Kadach Tuning + ServicePorsche 996 GT3ITA
ESP
AUT
MON
GER
GBR
GER
HUN
BEL
ITA
USA
USA
1st164
2003Walter Lechner Racing School TeamPorsche 996 GT3ITAESPAUTMON
GERFRA
GBR
GER
HUN
ITA
USAUSANC‡0‡
2005Porsche AGPorsche 997 GT3ITAESPMON
GERUSAUSAFRAGBRGERHUNITABELNC‡0‡
† — 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 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314Pos.Points
2014G-Drive RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraProNOG
QR

NOG
CR

BRH
QR

BRH
CR

ZAN
QR

ZAN
CR

7th54
Belgian Audi Club Team WRTSVK
QR

SVK
CR

ALG
QR

ALG
CR

ZOL
QR

ZOL
CR

BAK
QR

BAK
CR

2015Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMS ultraProNOG
QR

NOG
CR

BRH
QR

BRH
CR

ZOL
QR

ZOL
CR

MOS
QR
MOS
CR
ALG
QR

ALG
CR

MIS
QR

MIS
CR

ZAN
QR

ZAN
CR

6th76
2017Emil Frey Lexus RacingLexus RC F GT3ProMIS
QR
MIS
CR
BRH
QR
BRH
CR
ZOL
QR
ZOL
CR
HUN
QR
HUN
CR
NÜR
QR

NÜR
CR

NC0
2018Emil Frey Lexus RacingLexus RC F GT3ProZOL
1

ZOL
2

BRH
1

BRH
2

MIS
1

MIS
2

HUN
1
HUN
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
19th10
2019Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMSPro-AmBRH
1

BRH
2

MIS
1

MIS
2

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

7th40.5
ProNÜR
1

NÜR
2

HUN
1

HUN
2

NC0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIA GT Championship — Driver Biography; Stephane Ortelli . FIA GT Championship . 13 January 2013 . 13 November 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071113092156/http://www.fiagt.com/driverinfo.php?drivername=Stephane+Ortelli . dead .
  2. News: Strang . Simon . 2008-04-27 . Ortelli breaks ankle in horror crash . Autosport.com . 2008-05-06 .