Marc Duez
Marc Duez ( born April 18, 1957 in Verviers ) is a Belgian Walloon - car racer who has particularly made a name as a so-called all-rounder in the motorsport scene.
Marc Duez began his career in the early 1980s in the single-seater sports. He drove in the Belgian Formula Ford Championship and was the end of 1982 in the VW Castrol European Cup on a Ralt RT5 second overall. In addition to commitments in various Formula 3 race series, he played sports regularly and chariot races from 1983. Around the same time he was also active as a rally driver and won in a row, the Belgian Rally Championship of 1982, 1989 and 1990.
In 1983, Duez his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was in the Porsche 936C Joest Racing However, early in the race with technical problems from. After working with Joest Racing and Ecurie Ecosse, he was the 1988 factory driver at Mazdaspeed. 1988, in his second at the Sarthe, he piloted a factory Mazda 767 with David Leslie and Yoshimi Katayama to 17th place overall. His best result at Le Mans was the eleventh place overall in the 1996 McLaren F1. In 1999 and 2000 he reached on a Chrysler Viper GTS -R ORECA the second and the fifth class rank. His last appearance at Le Mans he had in 2002. Duez was one of the pilots of the Panoz LMP -1, which were selected for the Michel Vaillant film by Luc Besson. The Automobile Club de l' Ouest had insisted that the two vehicles were allowed to ride in the race for the film, had to be controlled by professional pilots.
Duez, who also took part in the World Rally Championship races, was able to record its main international rally successes in the Tour de Corse in 1991 and fifth place in the Rally of Portugal in 1989 with a fourth place. In the 1990s he became one of the best sports car and GT - pilots in Europe. Four times - 1992, 1995, 1998 and 1999 - he won with various partners in the 24- hour race at the Nürburgring. Three times - 1997, 1998, 2001 - he won the 24 -hour race in Spa- Francorchamps, twice - 2000 and 2006 - the 24- hour race at Zolder.
After his involvement in the V8 - Star Series 2002 Duez had in international motorsport only isolated racing commitments in the FIA GT Championship and a race at the 1000 -kilometer race Nürburgring 2006. Moreover, he takes sporadic ice racing and rallycross races in part. And also in the organization of the annual Race of Champions, one prefers to attack on the help Duez ' back.