Fabien Giroix

Fabien Giroix
Nationality	French
Born	17 September 1960 (1960-09-17) (age 63) Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 1995 – 1996, 2011 – 2013 Teams Giroix Racing Team Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing Gulf AMR Middle East Best finish 5th (1995) Class wins 0

Fabien Giroix (born 17 September 1960) is a French racing driver from Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Paris.

Racing career

Formula cars

Giroix began his career in French Formula Renault in 1984, finishing 4th. In 1985 he drove in the French Formula Three Championship and finished 12th. In 1986 he only participated in a handful of Formula 3 races in the British and German series. In 1987 he drove in two major F3 races (Monaco and Macau) and made his World Touring Car Championship and made his DTM debut in an Alpina BMW M3. In 1988 he drove in the first five races of the International Formula 3000 season for Sport Auto Racing, starting second and finishing fourth in his first start at Circuito de Jerez. The points from that race were good enough for 17th in the championship.

Touring cars

In 1989 Giroix joined the DTM circuit full-time driving a BMW M3 for Schnitzer Motorsport, finishing 3rd in points with 10 podium finishes in 21 starts. He also drove in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and with teammates Emanuele Pirro and Roberto Ravaglia won the race in their Team Bigazzi BMW M3. In 1990 he dropped to 9th in points for the same team but won the Spa 24 Hours with teammates Johnny Cecotto and Markus Oestreich. In 1991 he made ten starts for Zakspeed in their Mercedes 190E Evo, finishing 23rd in points.

In 1992 Giroix drove in the French Supertouring Championship in a Garage du BAC BMW M3 and finished 4th in points. In 1993 he got a factory drive in a Seat Toledo for 7 races and finished 16th in points. He also finished 3rd in the Porsche Carrera Cup France. In 1993 he returned to the Seat factory team full-time in French Supertouring and finished 11th as well as finishing 6th in French Carrera Cup.

Sports cars

In 1995 Giroix moved to high-level sports car racing with his own Giroix Racing Team that campaigned a McLaren F1 GTR in the BPR Global GT Series where he finished on the podium twice in five starts and competed in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans where his team finished 5th overall and 4th in class in a race uncharacteristically dominated by GT1-class McLaren F1 GTR's. In 1996 he split his time in Global GT between his own GTR and a factory Lotus Esprit. The Giroix McLaren F1 GTR failed to finish at Le Mans in 1996. In 1997 Giroix's team became the factory-backed outfit for the Lotus Elise GT1 in the FIA GT Championship but the season was not successful. In 1998 he only made one start in a Zakspeed Porsche 911 in FIA GT. Giroix drove in a handful of sports car races throughout most of the 2000s before resurfacing in the Speedcar Series in 2008 where he competed in all 8 races and finished 10th in points. As of 2010 he remains an active driver, having made four starts in a Lamborghini Gallardo in the French GT Championship.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos.	Pts
1987	BMW Alpina	BMW M3	HOC	ZOL	NÜR	AVU	MFA	NOR	NÜR 2	WUN	DIE 1	SAL															16th	40
1989	BMW M Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Evo	ZOL 1 2	ZOL 2 2	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 4	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 2	MFA 1 8	MFA 2 Ret	AVU 1 10	AVU 2 2	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 8	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 3	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 3	DIE 1 3	DIE 2 3	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 7	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 3			3rd	265
1990	BMW M Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Sport Evo	ZOL 1 3	ZOL 2 Ret	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 8	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 2	AVU 1 7	AVU 2 3	MFA 1 Ret	MFA 2 21	WUN 1 8	WUN 2 6	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 DNS	NOR 1 7	NOR 2 7	DIE 1 3	DIE 2 18	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 DNS			9th	94
1991	Zakspeed Racing	Mercedes 190 E 2.5–16 Evo II	ZOL 1 11	ZOL 2 9	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 8	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 17	AVU 1 17	AVU 2 19	WUN 1 11	WUN 2 12	NOR 1	NOR 2	DIE 1	DIE 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ALE 1	ALE 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	DON 1	DON 2	23rd	5

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1988	Sport Auto Racing	Lola T88/50	Cosworth	JER 4	VAL 17	PAU 8	SIL Ret	MNZ Ret	PER	BRH	BIR	BUG	ZOL	DIJ	17th	3

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1995	Giroix Racing Team	Jean-Denis Délétraz Olivier Grouillard	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	290	5th	4th
1996	Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing Giroix Racing Team	Jean-Denis Délétraz Maurizio Sandro Sala	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	146	DNF	DNF
1997	GT1 Lotus Racing	Jean-Denis Délétraz Ratanakul Prutirat	Lotus Elise GT1-Chevrolet	GT1	–	DNQ	DNQ
2011	Gulf AMR Middle East	Roald Goethe Michael Wainwright	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	GTE Am	141	DNF	DNF
2012	Gulf Racing Middle East	Ludovic Badey Stefan Johansson	Lola B12/80-Nissan	LMP2	92	DNF	DNF
2013	Gulf Racing Middle East	Philippe Haezebrouck Keiko Ihara	Lola B12/80-Nissan	LMP2	22	DNF	DNF
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Complete FIA GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1997	GT1 Lotus Racing	Lotus Elise GT1	GT1	HOC Ret	SIL Ret	HEL 12	NÜR Ret	SPA 8	A1R Ret	SUZ Ret	DON Ret	MUG	SEB Ret	LAG Ret	NC	0
1998	Zakspeed Racing	Porsche 911 GT1-98	GT1	OSC	SIL	HOC	DIJ	HUN	SUZ 8	DON	A1R	HOM	LAG		NC	0
2000	First Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello	GT	VAL Ret	EST	MNZ Ret	SIL	HUN	ZOL Ret	A1R	LAU	BRN Ret	MAG Ret		NC	0

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Pts
2011	Belgian Racing	Ford	ABU QR 14	ABU CR Ret	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	SAC QR	SAC CR	SIL QR	SIL CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	PRI QR	PRI CR	ORD QR	ORD CR	BEI QR	BEI CR	SAN QR	SAN CR	41st	0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Pts
2012	Gulf Racing Middle East	LMP2	Lola B12/80	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8	SEB 22	SPA 10	LMS Ret	SIL 15	SÃO 24	BHR Ret	FUJ 13	SHA Ret	60th	3
2013	Gulf Racing Middle East	LMP2	Lola B12/80	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8	SIL	SPA 9	LMS Ret	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA		17th	16
	Delta-ADR		Oreca 03									BHR 6

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
2014	Action Express Racing	P	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	DAY 3	SEB	LBH	LAG	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ROA	COA	PET	43rd	31

External links

• Photos of Giroix's racecars from Racing Sports Cars