Patrick Bornhauser (born 29 June 1957 in

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Racing career

Bornhauser started competing in

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and then

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. In 1994 he started circuit racing in the Peugeot 905 Spider Cup, finishing fifth. From 1995 he raced the VBM 400 GTC (VBM stood for ''Vehicles Bornhauser-Metz'', started by Bornhauser and fellow driver Jean-François Metz), in

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races in 1995–96 and then in French GT until 2001. Bornhauser switched to a Porsche for 2002, and then to a

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in 2004 with which he won his first French GT titles in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he made his

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debut in a Larbre Competition

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. The following year he raced an

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for Larbre. In 2008 he won the French GT title for a third time after sharing a Larbre-run

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with

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, which they also raced at Le Mans. Bornhauser regained the French GT title in 2010 in a Larbre-run Porsche together with Laurent Groppi. After two years away, Bornhauser returned to Le Mans in 2011 and won the GTE-Am class in a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R entered by Larbre. He repeated the feat with the same team and car in 2012.

Business

Bornhauser is the Group CEO of French

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Demeco.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bornhauser, Patrick 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Orléans French racing drivers FIA GT Championship drivers European Le Mans Series drivers American Le Mans Series drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers French chief executives FIA World Endurance Championship drivers French people of German descent Aston Martin Racing drivers Larbre Compétition drivers