Marc Duez Explained

Marc Duez
Birth Date:18 April 1957
Birth Place:Verviers, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Years:1983, 19861991, 19981999, 20142015, 2021
Co-Driver: Leon Lejeune
Willy Lux
Georges Biar
Pierre Thimonier
Alain Lopes
Klaus Wicha
Gilles Thimonier
Luc Manset
Philippe Dupuy
Steven Vyncke
Jacques Castelein
Teams:Austin Rover, Prodrive, Bastos Racing Team, RAS Sport, Toyota, Team Gamma, SEAT
Races:28
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:1
Stagewins:2
Points:34
First Race:1983 Rallye de Portugal
Last Race:2021 Ypres Rally Belgium

Marc Duez (born 18 April 1957 in Verviers) is a racing and rally driver from Belgium.[1] [2]

He won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring 4 times (1992, 1995, 1998 & 1999), the 24 Hours Spa 3 times (1997, 1998 & 2001) and the 24 Hours of Zolder 2 times (2000 & 2006).

Duez also has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, scoring 4 class podiums, and the Andros Trophy.

For years now Marc Duez has been a representative for the RACB, the Royal Automobil Club of Belgium. He strongly promotes the Driver's Academy and the Belgian Racing Circuits.

Also since 2009, Marc Duez has been racing for Fun Still Exists, also known as FSE. For this team he has been racing the Legend Boucles de Spa 2010 and Ypres Historic Rally 2010, and also the Legend Boucles de Spa 2011.

Career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1983 Belga Team Joest Racing Jean-Michel Martin
Philippe Martin
Porsche 936CC9DNFDNF
1987 Ecurie Ecosse David Leslie
Ray Mallock
Ecosse C286-Ford CosworthC23088th2nd
1988 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Yoshimi Katayama
David Leslie
Mazda 767GTP33017th2nd
1989 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Yojiro Terada
Volker Weidler
Mazda 767GTP33912th3rd
1990 Obermaier Racing Jürgen Oppermann
Harald Grohs
Porsche 962CC1140DNFDNF
1993 Écurie Toison d'Or Éric Bachelart
Philip Verellen
Venturi 500LMGT26725th9th
1996 Team Bigazzi SRL
Team BMW Motorsport
Jacques Laffite
Steve Soper
McLaren F1 GTRGT131811th9th
1997 Viper Team Oreca Tommy Archer
Soheil Ayari
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGT276DNFDNF
1998 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger
Patrick Huisman
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGT228DNFDNF
1999 Viper Team Oreca Tommy Archer
Justin Bell
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGTS31812th2nd
2000 Viper Team Oreca Tommy Archer
Patrick Huisman
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGTS32412th5th
2002 DAMS Jérôme Policand
Perry McCarthy
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-SLMP90098DNFDNF

24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1977 Racing Team Debor Pierre Laffeach
André Savary
Toyota Celica RA25 2000 LBT2.5DNFDNF
1978 Luigi Racing Thierry Boutsen
Lella Lombardi
Toyota Sprinter Trueno15DNFDNF
1979 Gordon Spice Racing Dany Baele
Daniël Herregods
Ford Capri III 3.0SserT+2.5DNFDNF
1980 Belga Castrol Team Jean-Louis Dumont
Freddy "Alain Dex" Semoulin
Ford Capri III 3.0SserT+2.591DNFDNF
1981 Mazda Motul TWR Team Jeff Allam
Chuck Nicholson
Win Percy
Mazda RX-7ser.T2.54455th2nd
1982 Belgian Audi VW Club Willi Bergmeister
Manfred Trint
Audi Coupé GT5E241813th4th
1983 Michel De Deyne Michel De Deyne
Hervé Regout
Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC3DNFDNF
1984 Rover Gitanes Pete Lovett
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Rover Vitesse34377th7th
1986 Carlsson Motorsport Bruno di Gioia
Zdeněk Vojtěch
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-162DNFDNF
1987 Waterloo Motors Lease Plan Philip Verellen
Raijmond Van Hove
BMW 635 CSi34588th3rd
1988 BMW Motorsport Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Jean-Louis Schlesser
BMW 635 CSi24778th4th
1989 BMW Belgium Steve Soper
Didier Theys
BMW 635 CSi2182DNFDNF
1990 BMW M Team Schnitzer Christian Danner
Dieter Quester
BMW M3 Sport EvoDTM-Class 24672nd2nd
1991 Toyota Racing José Close
Renaud Verreydt
Toyota MR2 SW20Procar Div.2DNFDNF
1992 BMW Fina Bastos Team Johnny Cecotto
Roberto Ravaglia
BMW M3 Sport EvoDTMDNFDNF
1994 BMW Fina Bastos Team Alain Ferté
Joachim Winkelhock
BMW 318isST5162nd2nd
1995 BMW Fina Bastos Team Nelson Piquet
Roberto Ravaglia
BMW 320iST5092nd2nd
1996 BMW Fina Bastos Team Bigazzi Peter Kox
Steve Soper
BMW 320iST5012nd2nd
1997 BMW Fina Bastos Team Bigazzi Didier de Radigues
Eric Hélary
BMW 320iST4841st1st
1998 BMW Fina Bastos Team Alain Cudini
Eric van de Poele
BMW 320iSP4801st1st
1999 BMW Fina Rafanelli Didier de Radigues
Vincent Vosse
BMW 320iSP51DNFDNF
2000 BMW Fina Rafanelli Patrick Huisman
Vincent Vosse
BMW 320iSPDNFDNF
2001 Larbre CompétitionChrysler Viper GTS-RGT5281st1st
2002 Paul Belmondo Racing Fabio Babini
Boris Derichebourg
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGT4948th4th
2004 Zwaans GTR Racing Team Loïc Deman
Fanny Duchâteau
Stéphane Lemeret
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGT362DNFDNF
2005 Renstal Excelsior Eric Cayrolle
Bruno Hernandez
Jos Menten
Chevrolet Corvette C5-RGT15368th7th
2006 Ice Pol Racing Team Marc Goossens
Yves Lambert
Christian Lefort
Porsche 996 GT3-RSRGT251216th7th
2007 Selleslagh Racing Team Damien Coens
Maxime Soulet
Steve Van Bellingen
Chevrolet Corvette C5-RGT150210th8th
2008 Ice Pol Racing Team Olivier Muytjens
Ludovic Sougnez
Koen Wauters
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup SG3267DNFDNF
2010 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders
Maxime Martin
Ford GT GT3GT35128th2nd
2011 Marc VDS Racing Team Éric Bachelart
Jean-Michel Martin
Ford Mustang FR500 GT3GT3 Pro-Am44426th11th
2015 BMW Racing Against Cancer Jean-Michel Martin
Eric van de Poele
Pascal Witmeur
BMW Z4 GT3Pro-Am Cup42DNFDNF
2019 1969 Tribute Loïc Deman
Angelique Detavernier
Stéphane Lemeret
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MRINV94DNFDNF

24 Hours of Nürburgring results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1978 East Belgian Racing Team Georges Cremer
Willy Braillard
Toyota Sprinter Trueno4110DNFDNF
1987 Kamei Crew Wiesbaden Helmut Döring
Dieter Gartmann
BMW 635 CSi111DNFDNF
1988 BMW Motorsport GmbH Eddy Joosen
Eric van de Poele
BMW M3940DNFDNF
1989 BMW Fina Jean-Michel Martin
Eric van de Poele
BMW M3270DNFDNF
1992 FINA Motorsport Team Johnny Cecotto
Christian Danner
Jean-Michel Martin
BMW M312761st1st
1993 BMW Motorsport GmbH Altfrid Heger
Emanuele Pirro
Roberto Ravaglia
BMW 320i3122DNFDNF
1995 BMW Team Bigazzi Alexander Burgstaller
Roberto Ravaglia
BMW 320i11291st1st
1997 Scuderia Augustusburg Brühl Walter Haupt
Christian Menzel
Theo Martin
BMW 318 tds1479DNFDNF
1998 BMW Motorsport Andreas Bovensiepen
Christian Menzel
Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW 320d21371st1st
1999 Zakspeed Racing Klaus Ludwig
Hans-Jürgen Tiemann
Peter Zakowski
Chrysler Viper GTS-RA61431st1st
2000 Sakura 2000 Ingvar Carlsson
Armin Hahne
Honda S2000A750DNFDNF
2001 Armin Hahne
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Karl Wendlinger
Honda NSXA517DNFDNF
2003 BMW Motorsport John Nielsen
Boris Said
Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW M3 GTRE169DNFDNF
BMW Motorsport Claudia Hürtgen
Dirk Müller
Jörg Müller
BMW M3 GTRE1126DNFDNF
2005 NPO Moto-CP Hitoshi Gotoh
Yasushi Kikuchi
Kanami Takeda
Lexus RX 400hS110779th13th

24 Hours of Zolder results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1995 Philippe "Davit" Bervoets
Jean-Paul Libert
Porsche 911 Carrera RSZ10th
1996 Michel Neugarten
Patrick Snijers
Porsche 9932nd2nd
1997 Daniël Hubert
Patrick Hubert
BMW M3255424th2nd
1998 Luc Rahier Daniël Hubert
Luc Dewinter
BMW M3T1DNFDNF
1999 Stéphane Cohen
Anthony Kumpen
Porsche 993 GT2GT165811th4th
2000 Stéphane Cohen
Anthony Kumpen
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGT7561st1st
2004 PSI Motorsport Markus Palttala
Leo Van Sande
Porsche 996 BiturboGTA426DNFDNF
2005 Val Hillebrand
Bert Longin
Anthony Kumpen
Chrysler Viper GTS-RGTA134DNFDNF
2006 Selleslagh Racing Team Tom Cloet
David Hart
Maxime Soulet
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R18281st1st
2007 GPR Racing Pascal Mathieu
Tim Verbergt
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup160518th10th

WRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314Pts
1983ThingsOpel Manta GT/EMONSWEPOR
16
KEN
FRAGRC
ARGBRAFIN
ITA
CIV64th1
Marc DuezGBR
Ret
1986Austin Rover World Championship TeamMG Metro 6R4MONSWEPOR
Ret
KENFRAGRENZLARGFINCIVITA
Ret
GBR
Ret
USANC0
1987Rothmans Motul BMWBMW M3MONSWEPORKENFRA
6
GRCUSANZLARGFINCIVITAGBR35th6
1988Bastos Motul BMWBMW M3MONSWEPORKENFRA
Ret
GREUSANZLARGFINCIVITAGBRNC0
1989BMW FinaBMW M3SWEMON
8
POR
5
KENFRA
6
GRENZLARGFIN
12
AUSITA
7
CIVGBR13th21
1990Ford Fina Rally TeamFord Sierra RS CosworthMONPOR
8
KENFRA
Ret
GRENZLARGFINAUSITA
14
CIVGBR
Ret
47th3
1991Toyota Team EuropeCelica GT-Four ST165MON
11
SWEPOR
Ret
KENFRA
4
GRENZLARGFINAUSITACIVESPGBR
8
16th3
1998Team GammaMitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IVMON
20
SWEKENNC0
SEAT SportSeat Ibiza GTi 16VPOR
Ret
ESPFRAARGGRCNZLFIN
Córdoba WRCITA
16
AUS
Ret
GBR
1999Team GammaMitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VMON
10
SWEKENPORESPFRAARGGRENZLFINCHNITAAUSGBRNC0
2014Marc DuezPorsche 996 GT3MON
Ret
SWEMEXPORARGITAPOLFINGERAUSFRAESPGBRNC0
2015Marc DuezPorsche 996 GT3MON
40
SWEMEXARGPORITAPOLFINGERAUSFRAESPGBRNC0
2021Marc DuezAlpine A110 Rally RGTMONARCCROPORITAKENESTBEL
34
GREFINESPMNZNC0

FIA R-GT Cup results

Notes and References

  1. Book: Henry, Alan. Driven man : David Richards, Prodrive, and the race to win. 2005. Motorbooks International. Osceola, Wis.. 978-0-7603-2175-1. 55.
  2. News: SRT Zolder 24H race summary. https://archive.today/20130129050249/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=230568&FS=. dead. 29 January 2013. 18 January 2011. MotorSport.com. 27 August 2006.