Marc Duez

Marc Duez
Personal information
NationalityBelgium Belgian
Born (1957-04-18) 18 April 1957 (age 67)
Verviers, Belgium
World Rally Championship record
Active years1983, 1986–1991, 1998–1999, 2014–2015, 2021
Co-driverBelgium Leon Lejeune
Belgium Willy Lux
Belgium Georges Biar
France Pierre Thimonier
Belgium Alain Lopes
Germany Klaus Wicha
France Gilles Thimonier
Belgium Luc Manset
France Philippe Dupuy
Belgium Steven Vyncke
Germany Jacques Castelein
TeamsAustin Rover, Prodrive, Bastos Racing Team, RAS Sport, Toyota, Team Gamma, SEAT
Rallies28
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums1
Stage wins2
Total points34
First rally1983 Rallye de Portugal
Last rally2021 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 Archived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 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

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1983 Germany Belga Team Joest Racing Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
Belgium Philippe Martin 		Porsche 936C C 9 DNF DNF
1987 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United Kingdom David Leslie
United Kingdom Ray Mallock 		Ecosse C286-Ford Cosworth C2 308 8th 2nd
1988 Japan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Japan Yoshimi Katayama
United Kingdom David Leslie 		Mazda 767 GTP 330 17th 2nd
1989 Japan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Japan Yojiro Terada
Germany Volker Weidler 		Mazda 767 GTP 339 12th 3rd
1990 Germany Obermaier Racing Germany Jürgen Oppermann
Germany Harald Grohs 		Porsche 962C C1 140 DNF DNF
1993 France Écurie Toison d'Or Belgium Éric Bachelart
Belgium Philip Verellen 		Venturi 500LM GT 267 25th 9th
1996 Italy Team Bigazzi SRL
Germany Team BMW Motorsport 		France Jacques Laffite
United Kingdom Steve Soper 		McLaren F1 GTR GT1 318 11th 9th
1997 France Viper Team Oreca United States Tommy Archer
France Soheil Ayari 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 76 DNF DNF
1998 France Viper Team Oreca Austria Karl Wendlinger
Netherlands Patrick Huisman 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 28 DNF DNF
1999 France Viper Team Oreca United States Tommy Archer
United Kingdom Justin Bell 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 318 12th 2nd
2000 France Viper Team Oreca United States Tommy Archer
Netherlands Patrick Huisman 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 324 12th 5th
2002 France DAMS France Jérôme Policand
United Kingdom Perry McCarthy 		Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP900 98 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Spa results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1977 Belgium Racing Team Debor France Pierre Laffeach
Switzerland André Savary 		Toyota Celica RA25 2000 LB T2.5 DNF DNF
1978 Belgium Luigi Racing Belgium Thierry Boutsen
Italy Lella Lombardi 		Toyota Sprinter Trueno 1 5 DNF DNF
1979 United Kingdom Gordon Spice Racing Belgium Dany Baele
Belgium Daniël Herregods 		Ford Capri III 3.0S serT+2.5 DNF DNF
1980 Belgium Belga Castrol Team Belgium Jean-Louis Dumont
Belgium Freddy "Alain Dex" Semoulin 		Ford Capri III 3.0S serT+2.5 91 DNF DNF
1981 United Kingdom Mazda Motul TWR Team United Kingdom Jeff Allam
United Kingdom Chuck Nicholson
United Kingdom Win Percy 		Mazda RX-7 ser.T2.5 445 5th 2nd
1982 Belgium Belgian Audi VW Club Germany Willi Bergmeister
Germany Manfred Trint 		Audi Coupé GT5E 2 418 13th 4th
1983 Belgium Michel De Deyne Belgium Michel De Deyne
Belgium Hervé Regout 		Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC 3 DNF DNF
1984 United Kingdom Rover Gitanes United Kingdom Pete Lovett
France Jean-Louis Schlesser 		Rover Vitesse 3 437 7th 7th
1986 Sweden Carlsson Motorsport Belgium Bruno di Gioia
Czech Republic Zdeněk Vojtěch 		Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 2 DNF DNF
1987 Belgium Waterloo Motors Lease Plan Belgium Philip Verellen
Belgium Raijmond Van Hove 		BMW 635 CSi 3 458 8th 3rd
1988 Germany BMW Motorsport France Jean-Pierre Jabouille
France Jean-Louis Schlesser 		BMW 635 CSi 2 477 8th 4th
1989 Belgium BMW Belgium United Kingdom Steve Soper
Belgium Didier Theys 		BMW 635 CSi 2 182 DNF DNF
1990 Germany BMW M Team Schnitzer Germany Christian Danner
Austria Dieter Quester 		BMW M3 Sport Evo DTM-Class 2 467 2nd 2nd
1991 Belgium Toyota Racing Belgium José Close
Belgium Renaud Verreydt 		Toyota MR2 SW20 Procar Div.2 DNF DNF
1992 Germany BMW Fina Bastos Team Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Italy Roberto Ravaglia 		BMW M3 Sport Evo DTM DNF DNF
1994 Belgium BMW Fina Bastos Team France Alain Ferté
Germany Joachim Winkelhock 		BMW 318is ST 516 2nd 2nd
1995 Belgium BMW Fina Bastos Team Brazil Nelson Piquet
Italy Roberto Ravaglia 		BMW 320i ST 509 2nd 2nd
1996 Italy BMW Fina Bastos Team Bigazzi Netherlands Peter Kox
United Kingdom Steve Soper 		BMW 320i ST 501 2nd 2nd
1997 Italy BMW Fina Bastos Team Bigazzi Belgium Didier de Radigues
France Eric Hélary 		BMW 320i ST 484 1st 1st
1998 Belgium BMW Fina Bastos Team France Alain Cudini
Belgium Eric van de Poele
 BMW 320i SP 480 1st 1st
1999 Italy BMW Fina Rafanelli Belgium Didier de Radigues
Belgium Vincent Vosse
 BMW 320i SP 51 DNF DNF
2000 Italy BMW Fina Rafanelli Netherlands Patrick Huisman
Belgium Vincent Vosse
 BMW 320i SP DNF DNF
2001 France Larbre Compétition France Jean-Philippe Belloc
France Christophe Bouchut 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT 528 1st 1st
2002 France Paul Belmondo Racing Italy Fabio Babini
France Boris Derichebourg
 Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT 494 8th 4th
2004 Netherlands Zwaans GTR Racing Team Belgium Loïc Deman
Belgium Fanny Duchâteau
Belgium Stéphane Lemeret 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT 362 DNF DNF
2005 Belgium Renstal Excelsior France Eric Cayrolle
France Bruno Hernandez
Netherlands Jos Menten 		Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT1 536 8th 7th
2006 Belgium Ice Pol Racing Team Belgium Marc Goossens
Belgium Yves Lambert
Belgium Christian Lefort 		Porsche 996 GT3-RSR GT2 512 16th 7th
2007 Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team Belgium Damien Coens
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Belgium Steve Van Bellingen 		Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT1 502 10th 8th
2008 Belgium Ice Pol Racing Team Belgium Olivier Muytjens
Belgium Ludovic Sougnez
Belgium Koen Wauters 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S G3 267 DNF DNF
2010 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Maxime Martin
 Ford GT GT3 GT3 512 8th 2nd
2011 Belgium Marc VDS Racing Team Belgium Éric Bachelart
Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
 Ford Mustang FR500 GT3 GT3 Pro-Am 444 26th 11th
2015 Belgium BMW Racing Against Cancer Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Belgium Pascal Witmeur 		BMW Z4 GT3 Pro-Am Cup 42 DNF DNF
2019 Belgium 1969 Tribute Belgium Loïc Deman
Belgium Angelique Detavernier
Belgium Stéphane Lemeret 		Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR INV 94 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1978 Belgium East Belgian Racing Team Belgium Georges Cremer
Belgium Willy Braillard 		Toyota Sprinter Trueno 4 110 DNF DNF
1987 Germany Kamei Crew Wiesbaden Germany Helmut Döring
Germany Dieter Gartmann 		BMW 635 CSi 1 11 DNF DNF
1988 Germany BMW Motorsport GmbH Belgium Eddy Joosen
Belgium Eric van de Poele
 BMW M3 9 40 DNF DNF
1989 Belgium BMW Fina Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
Belgium Eric van de Poele
 BMW M3 2 70 DNF DNF
1992 Germany FINA Motorsport Team Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Germany Christian Danner
Belgium Jean-Michel Martin 		BMW M3 12 76 1st 1st
1993 Germany BMW Motorsport GmbH Germany Altfrid Heger
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Italy Roberto Ravaglia 		BMW 320i 3 122 DNF DNF
1995 Italy BMW Team Bigazzi Germany Alexander Burgstaller
Italy Roberto Ravaglia 		BMW 320i 1 129 1st 1st
1997 Germany Scuderia Augustusburg Brühl Germany Walter Haupt
Germany Christian Menzel
Germany Theo Martin 		BMW 318 tds 14 79 DNF DNF
1998 Germany BMW Motorsport Germany Andreas Bovensiepen
Germany Christian Menzel
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck 		BMW 320d 2 137 1st 1st
1999 Germany Zakspeed Racing Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Hans-Jürgen Tiemann
Germany Peter Zakowski 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R A6 143 1st 1st
2000 Germany Sakura 2000 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson
Germany Armin Hahne 		Honda S2000 A7 50 DNF DNF
2001 Germany Armin Hahne
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Austria Karl Wendlinger 		Honda NSX A5 17 DNF DNF
2003 Germany BMW Motorsport Denmark John Nielsen
United States Boris Said
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck 		BMW M3 GTR E1 69 DNF DNF
Germany BMW Motorsport Germany Claudia Hürtgen
Germany Dirk Müller
Germany Jörg Müller 		BMW M3 GTR E1 126 DNF DNF
2005 Japan NPO Moto-CP Japan Hitoshi Gotoh
Japan Yasushi Kikuchi
Japan Kanami Takeda 		Lexus RX 400h S1 107 79th 13th

24 Hours of Zolder results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1995 Belgium Philippe "Davit" Bervoets
Belgium Jean-Paul Libert 		Porsche 911 Carrera RS Z 10th
1996 Belgium Michel Neugarten
Belgium Patrick Snijers 		Porsche 993 2nd 2nd
1997 Belgium Daniël Hubert
Belgium Patrick Hubert 		BMW M3 2 554 24th 2nd
1998 Belgium Luc Rahier Belgium Daniël Hubert
Belgium Luc Dewinter 		BMW M3 T1 DNF DNF
1999 Belgium GLPK Racing France Stéphane Cohen
Belgium Anthony Kumpen 		Porsche 993 GT2 GT1 658 11th 4th
2000 Belgium GLPK Racing France Stéphane Cohen
Belgium Anthony Kumpen 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT 756 1st 1st
2004 Belgium PSI Motorsport Finland Markus Palttala
Belgium Leo Van Sande 		Porsche 996 Biturbo GTA 426 DNF DNF
2005 Belgium GLPK Racing Netherlands Val Hillebrand
Belgium Bert Longin
Belgium Anthony Kumpen 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTA 134 DNF DNF
2006 Belgium Selleslagh Racing Team Belgium Tom Cloet
Netherlands David Hart
Belgium Maxime Soulet
 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 1 828 1st 1st
2007 Belgium GPR Racing Belgium Pascal Mathieu
Belgium Tim Verbergt
 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 1 605 18th 10th

WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
1983 Things Opel Manta GT/E MON SWE POR
16 		KEN
 FRA GRC
 ARG BRA FIN
 ITA
 CIV 64th 1
Marc Duez GBR
Ret
1986 Austin Rover World Championship Team MG Metro 6R4 MON SWE POR
Ret 		KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		USA NC 0
1987 Rothmans Motul BMW BMW M3 MON SWE POR KEN FRA
6 		GRC USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR 35th 6
1988 Bastos Motul BMW BMW M3 MON SWE POR KEN FRA
Ret 		GRE USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR NC 0
1989 BMW Fina BMW M3 SWE MON
8 		POR
5 		KEN FRA
6 		GRE NZL ARG FIN
12 		AUS ITA
7 		CIV GBR 13th 21
1990 Ford Fina Rally Team Ford Sierra RS Cosworth MON POR
8 		KEN FRA
Ret 		GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA
14 		CIV GBR
Ret 		47th 3
1991 Toyota Team Europe Celica GT-Four ST165 MON
11 		SWE POR
Ret 		KEN FRA
4 		GRE NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV ESP GBR
8 		16th 3
1998 Team Gamma Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV MON
20 		SWE KEN NC 0
SEAT Sport Seat Ibiza GTi 16V POR
Ret 		ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN
Córdoba WRC ITA
16 		AUS
Ret 		GBR
1999 Team Gamma Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V MON
10 		SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2014 Marc Duez Porsche 996 GT3 MON
Ret 		SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2015 Marc Duez Porsche 996 GT3 MON
40 		SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2021 Marc Duez Alpine A110 Rally RGT MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL
34 		GRE FIN ESP MNZ NC 0

FIA R-GT Cup results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Pts
2015 Marc Duez Porsche 996 GT3 MON
3 		BEL
3 		GER FRA SUI 3rd 30

References

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  1. ^ Henry, Alan (2005). Driven man : David Richards, Prodrive, and the race to win. Osceola, Wis.: Motorbooks International. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7603-2175-1.
  2. ^ "SRT Zolder 24H race summary". MotorSport.com. 27 August 2006. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Race of Champions
Classic Master
1995 		Succeeded by
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