Marc Duez

Marc Duez
Personal information
Nationality 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-driver Leon Lejeune
Willy Lux
Georges Biar
Pierre Thimonier
Alain Lopes
Klaus Wicha
Gilles Thimonier
Luc Manset
Philippe Dupuy
Steven Vyncke
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.

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

24 Hours of Spa results

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

24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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

24 Hours of Zolder results

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

WRC results

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

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

  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