{{short description|French racing driver and businessman|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP one source|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Patrick Bornhauser | image = Patrick Bornhauser Driver of Larbre Competition's Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 (8667972457).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Patrick Bornhauser, 2013 | nationality = {{flagicon|FRA}} French | birth_name = Patrick Georges Bornhauser | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|6|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Orléans, France | racing_licence = 12px FIA Silver {{small|(until 2013)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.autosport.be/u/2013/24hlemans/entry-list-24-heures-du-mans-2013-17-JUN-2013-19.00.pdf|title=Entry List 24 Heures du Mans 2013|website=autosport.be|publisher=Automobile Club de l'Ouest|date=17 June 2013|access-date=3 January 2026}}</ref><br>12px FIA Bronze {{small|(2014–)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/revised-driver-ratings-categorizations-revealed/|title=Revised Driver Ratings, Categorizations Revealed|website=Sportscar365|publisher=John Dagys Media|last=Dagys|first=John|date=6 November 2013|access-date=4 March 2026}}</ref> | current_series = FIA World Endurance Championship | first_year = 2012 | current_team = Larbre Compétition | car_number = 50 | former_teams = | starts = | wins = | poles = | fastest_laps = | best_finish = | year = | prev_series = Intercontinental Le Mans Cup<br>American Le Mans Series<br>Le Mans Series<br>FIA GT Championship<br>FIA GT3 European Championship<br>FFSA GT Championship<br>Global GT Championship<br>Peugeot 905 Spider Cup | prev_series_years = 2011<br>2011<br>2008, 11<br>2006<br>2006<br>1997–99, 2003–<br>1995–96<br>1994 | titles = FFSA GT Championship | title_years = 2004–05, 08, 10 | awards = | award_years = | module1 = {{Infobox Le Mans driver|subbox=yes | years = {{24hLM|2006}}–{{24hLM|2008}}, {{24hLM|2011}}–{{24hLM|2013}} | teams = Larbre Competition | best_finish = 20th <small>({{24hLM|2011}}, {{24hLM|2012}})</small> | class_wins = 2 <small>({{24hLM|2011}}, {{24hLM|2012}})</small> }} }}
'''Patrick Georges Bornhauser''' (born 29 June 1957 in Orléans) is a French racing driver and businessman. In 2011 and 2012 he won the GTE-Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
==Racing career== Bornhauser started competing in hillclimbing and then rallying.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/palmares/Patrick_Bornhauser.pdf|title=Palmares|work=europeanlemansseries.com|publisher=ACO|date=27 December 2011|accessdate=21 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051701/http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/palmares/Patrick_Bornhauser.pdf|archivedate=5 June 2014}}</ref> In 1994, he started circuit racing in the Peugeot 905 Spider Cup, finishing fifth.
From 1995, Bornhauser raced the VBM 400 GTC (VBM stood for ''Vehicles Bornhauser-Metz'', started by Bornhauser and fellow driver Jean-François Metz), in BPR Global GT Series races in 1995–96 and then in French GT until 2001.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
Bornhauser switched to a Porsche for 2002, and then to a Chrysler Viper GTS-R in 2004 with which he won his first French GT titles in 2004 and 2005.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}} In 2006, he made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in a Larbre Competition Ferrari 550 Maranello.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}} The following year, he raced an Aston Martin DBR9 for Larbre.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
In 2008, Bornhauser won the French GT title for a third time after sharing a Larbre-run Saleen S7 with Christophe Bouchut, which they also raced at Le Mans. Bornhauser regained the French GT title in 2010 in a Larbre-run Porsche together with Laurent Groppi.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
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.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}} He repeated the feat with the same team and car in 2012.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
==Business== Bornhauser is the Group CEO of French moving company Demeco.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
==24 Hours of Le Mans results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}} |- ! 2006 |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Larbre Compétition |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Luc Blanchemain<br>{{flagicon|SUI}} Gabriele Gardel |align="left"| Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | GT1 | 222 | DNF | DNF |- ! 2007 |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Aston Martin Racing Larbre |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Roland Bervillé<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Gregor Fisken |align="left"| Aston Martin DBR9 | GT1 | 272 | 29th | 13th |- ! 2008 |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Larbre Compétition |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} David Smet<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Christophe Bouchut |align="left"| Saleen S7-R | GT1 | 306 | 28th | 7th |- ! 2011 |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Larbre Compétition |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Canal<br>{{flagicon|SUI}} Gabriele Gardel |align="left"| Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE<br>Am | 302 | 20th |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' |- ! 2012 |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Larbre Compétition |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Canal<br>{{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Lamy |align="left"| Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE<br>Am | 329 | 20th |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' |- ! 2013 |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Larbre Compétition |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Canal<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Ricky Taylor |align="left"| Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE<br>Am | 302 | 29th | 5th |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{DriverDB driver|patrick-bornhauser}}
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