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

Marc Duez
Personal information
NationalityBelgium Belgian
Born (1957-04-18) 18 April 1957 (age 67)
Verviers, Belgium
World Rally Championship record
Active years1983, 19861991, 19981999, 20142015, 2021
Co-driverBelgium Leon Lejeune
Belgium Willy Lux
Belgium Georges Biar
France Pierre Thimonier
Belgium Alain Lopes
Germany Klaus Wicha
France Gilles Thimonier
Belgium Luc Manset
France Philippe Dupuy
Belgium Steven Vyncke
Germany Jacques Castelein
TeamsAustin Rover, Prodrive, Bastos Racing Team, RAS Sport, Toyota, Team Gamma, SEAT
Rallies28
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums1
Stage wins2
Total points34
First rally1983 Rallye de Portugal
Last rally2021 Ypres Rally Belgium

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

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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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

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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

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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
  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

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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

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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
Marc Duez GBR
Ret
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
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

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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

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  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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Race of Champions
Classic Master

1995
Succeeded by