Stéphane Ortelli

Stéphane Ortelli (born 30 March 1970 in Hyères, Var, France) is a Monegasque professional racing driver with three world championship titles. He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1998 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.

Stéphane Ortelli

Nationality	Monegasque
Born	30 March 1970 Hyères, Var, France
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1995 – 2002, 2004 – 2007, 2009 - 2011
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 (1998)
Class wins	1 (1998)

Winning Porsche 911 GT1 #26 of the 24h of Le Mans 1998 in display at the Porsche Museum, Stuttgart.

The Audi R8 Oreca #4 at Spa in 2005

The Audi R8 #32 at Spa in 2011

Audi R8 LMS #2 at Spa in 2015

Career

• 1995: Winner of Supertouring Criterium BMW/Oreca / 5 victories[1]
• 1998: Winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche 911 GT1-98
• 2002: Winner of Porsche Supercup 3 victories & 4 podiums
• 2002: Winner of FIA GT World Championship N-GT class Porsche 911 GT3-RS / 7 victories & 1 podium
• 2003: Winner of FIA GT World Championship N-GT class Porsche 911 GT3-RS / 3 victories & 3 podiums
• 2003: Winner of Spa 24 Hours Porsche 911 GT3-RS
• 2004: Winner of Porsche Cup / 5 victories & 7 podiums
• 2005: Winner of 12 Hours of Sebring in GT1 Class with Prodrive Aston Martin DBR9.
• 2005: World Touring Car Championship with Team Oreca (SEAT Toledo)
• 2005: Le Mans Series with Audi PlayStation Team Oreca (Audi R8) / 1 Win
• 2005: 24 Hours of Le Mans with Audi PlayStation Team ORECA (Audi R8) / 4th Overall
• 2006: Le Mans Series with Team Oreca (Saleen S7R) / 2 Victories
• 2007: Winner of Le Mans Series with Team Oreca (Saleen S7R)
• 2007: FIA GT Championship GT2 class with AF Corse (Ferrari F430)
• 2012: Winner of Blancpain Endurance Series with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi R8 LMS ultra)
• 2013: Winner of Blancpain Sprint Series/2013 FIA GT Series season with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi R8 LMS ultra)
• 2014: 3rd overall of Blancpain Endurance Series with Saintéloc Racing (Audi R8 LMS ultra)
• 2015: 3rd overall of Blancpain Endurance Series with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi R8 LMS ultra)
• 2015: Winner of the Sepang 12 Hours with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi R8 LMS)

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1995	Larbre Compétition	Dominique Dupuy Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	GT1	82	DNF	DNF
1996	New Hardware Racing Parr Motorsport	Andy Pilgrim Andrew Bagnall	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	299	17th	4th
1997	Roock Racing	Allan McNish Karl Wendlinger	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	8	DNF	DNF
1998	Porsche AG	Laurent Aïello Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98	GT1	351	1st	1st
1999	Audi Sport UK Ltd.	Stefan Johansson Christian Abt	Audi R8C	LMGTP	55	DNF	DNF
2000	Audi Sport Team Joest	Laurent Aïello Allan McNish	Audi R8	LMP900	367	2nd	2nd
2001	Team Bentley	Martin Brundle Guy Smith	Bentley EXP Speed 8	LMGTP	56	DNF	DNF
2002	Pescarolo Sport	Éric Hélary Ukyo Katayama	Courage C60-Peugeot	LMP900	144	DNF	DNF
2004	Freisinger Motorsport	Ralf Kelleners Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT	321	13th	3rd
2005	Audi PlayStation Team Oreca	Franck Montagny Jean-Marc Gounon	Audi R8	LMP1	362	4th	4th
2006	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	342	10th	5th
2007	Team Oreca	Soheil Ayari Nicolas Lapierre	Saleen S7-R	GT1	318	16th	9th
2009	Team Oreca-Matmut AIM	Bruno Senna Tiago Monteiro	Oreca 01-AIM	LMP1	219	DNF	DNF
2011	Luxury Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	183	DNF	DNF

Partial Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Points
2002	Kadach Tuning + Service	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 7	ESP 1	AUT 3	MON Ret	GER 7	GBR 5	GER 1	HUN 3	BEL 1	ITA 6	USA 3	USA 8	1st	164
2003	Walter Lechner Racing School Team	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA	ESP	AUT	MON 2	GER	FRA 2	GBR 3	GER 20†	HUN 7	ITA Ret	USA	USA	NC‡	0‡
2005	Porsche AG	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA	ESP	MON 2	GER	USA	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	BEL	NC‡	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)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	Team Oreca PlayStation	SEAT Toledo Cupra	ITA 1	ITA 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	SMR 1	SMR 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	BEL 1	BEL 2	GER 1 6	GER 2 15	TUR 1 Ret	TUR 2 Ret	ESP 1 9	ESP 2 22	MAC 1	MAC 2	20th	3

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	Pos	Points
2012	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	NOG QR 1	NOG CR 1	ZOL QR 12	ZOL CR 6	NAV QR 9	NAV QR 10	SVK QR 11	SVK CR 6	ALG QR 10	ALG CR 6	SVK QR 5	SVK CR 5	MOS QR 1	MOS CR 4	NUR QR 2	NUR CR 6	DON QR	DON CR	5th	104

Complete FIA GT Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 16	NOG CR 2	ZOL QR 1	ZOL CR 2	ZAN QR 1	ZAN CR 2	SVK QR 2	SVK CR 3	NAV QR 7	NAV CR 15	BAK QR 2	BAK CR 1	1st	132

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe 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	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	G-Drive Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 4	NOG CR 2	BRH QR Ret	BRH CR 13	ZAN QR 9	ZAN CR Ret									7th	54
	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT									SVK QR 12	SVK CR Ret	ALG QR 17	ALG CR 3	ZOL QR 23	ZOL CR 10	BAK QR 3	BAK CR 4
2015	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 1	NOG CR 2	BRH QR 11	BRH CR 7	ZOL QR Ret	ZOL CR 10	MOS QR 9	MOS CR 4	ALG QR 15	ALG CR 5	MIS QR 5	MIS CR 7	ZAN QR 5	ZAN CR 5	6th	76
2017	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Pro	MIS QR	MIS CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	HUN QR	HUN CR	NÜR QR 22	NÜR CR 21					NC	0
2018	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Pro	ZOL 1 14	ZOL 2 13	BRH 1 9	BRH 2 9	MIS 1 5	MIS 2 8	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2					19th	10
2019	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Pro-Am	BRH 1 DNS	BRH 2 DNS	MIS 1 13	MIS 2 19	ZAN 1 21	ZAN 2 21									7th	40.5
			Pro							NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 11	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 17					NC	0

References

1. "FIA GT Championship — Driver Biography; Stephane Ortelli". FIA GT Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
2. Strang, Simon (2008-04-27). "Ortelli breaks ankle in horror crash". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2008-05-06.

External links

• Stéphane Ortelli on Facebook
• Stéphane Ortelli career summary at DriverDB.com