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Marc Duez
Personal information
Nationality	Belgian
Born	18 April 1957 (age 67); Verviers, Belgium
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1983, 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
Teams	Austin Rover, Prodrive, Bastos Racing Team, RAS Sport, Toyota, Team Gamma, SEAT
Rallies	28
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	1
Stage wins	2
Total points	34
First rally	1983 Rallye de Portugal
Last rally	2021 Ypres Rally Belgium

Marc Duez (born 18 April 1957 in Verviers) is a racing and rally driver from Belgium.^[1]^[2]

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
2003	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	1	828	1st	1st
2007	GPR Racing	Pascal Mathieu Tim Verbergt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	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
1983	Marc Duez	Opel Manta GT/E												GBR Ret			64th	1
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
	SEAT Sport	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

^ 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.
^ "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 Jean-Louis Schlesser	Race of Champions Classic Master 1995	Succeeded by Walter Röhrl

[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.

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