Fabien Giroix
Fabien Giroix ( born September 17, 1960) is a French racing driver.
Career
Fabien Giroix drove 1984 to 1988 in the European Touring Car Championship with the BMW models such as the 635 CSi or later the M3. In 1987, he won the French Touring Car Champion. Previously, he had the opportunity in 1986 David -Price - team to start in Formula 3 on a Reynard 863 Alfa Romeo Monoposto a career, then in 1988 in the Formula 3000 Championship Lola T88/50 Cosworth with one on the 17th overall ended.
In 1989 the range of BMW to participate in a full season of the DTM. Giroix had already achieved with a brief stint in the 1987 season there one victory in a Alpina BMW M3. After he had with his Schnitzer - BMW -M3 long led the championship and clinched a victory in the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring, he came at the end of the 1989 season in third place overall. In 1990, he took with the Schnitzer team to ninth place in the DTM and the victory in the 24 - hour race at Spa-Francorchamps. In 1991, Giroix in the DTM, the brand and the team, from BMW to Mercedes and team Snobeck. There he finished his last DTM season with the 23th place.
1992 and 1993 drove Giroix in the French Touring Car Championship in a BMW and Seat. In 1993 he founded his own team, which Giroix Racing Team (GRT ). 1994 and 1995, he used his team in the Porsche Supercup before the beginning of 1995 a McLaren F1 GTR got himself and thus started in the BPR GT series. In 1996 and 1997 he drove with Lotus Esprit V8 with the models and Elise GT in the BPR and FIA GT1 series.
2000 Giroix tried a comeback with the FIRST team and a Ferrari 550 Maranello. He got out and went jet-ski race from 2001 to 2003. 2004 he again found favor in car racing and drove sporadically with the FIRST team in the FFSA GT Championship.
In 2007 he continued his old Lotus Elise GT1 in the GT90 series. In 2008 he brought his racing team Team First Centreville in the Speedcar Series two vehicles at the start and took as a driver at all race weekends part.
In 2010, he went partially in the French GT series, as well as sporadically in the FIA GT3 European Championship and the Le Mans Series. The following winter half of the year he was with three wins third in the GT Championship in the United Arab Emirates. In 2011 he came to six out of seven races of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (once in the American Le Mans Series ) and also had single inserts in the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Le Mans Series, the Blancpain Endurance Series and the BOSS GP series.