Nationality | Monaco |
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Born |
Hyères, Var, France |
30 March 1970
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Participating years | 1995 – 2002, 2004 – 2007, 2009 - 2011 |
Teams |
Larbre Compétition New Hardware Racing/Parr Motorsport Roock Racing Porsche AG Audi Sport UK Audi Sport Team Joest Team Bentley Pescarolo Sport Freisinger Motorsport Audi PlayStation Team Oreca Aston Martin Racing Team Oreca Matmut AF Corse Luxury Racing |
Best finish | 1st (1998) |
Class wins | 1 (1998) |
Stéphane Ortelli (born 30 March 1970 in Hyères, Var, France) is a Monegasque professional racing driver with three world championship titles. He's won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1998 with Allan McNish and Laurent Aïello and the Spa 24 Hours in 2003 with Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb. He's also won the GT1 Class at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2005 with David Brabham and Darren Turner. Currently, he is an Emil Frey Racing driver competing and developing the Jaguar and Lexus GT racing cars in the Blancpain Endurance Series and the VLN series.
On 27 April 2008, during a Le Mans Series race at the Monza circuit, a mechanic issue caused his Courage car to slide and spin onto the grass. This in turn instigated a cartwheeling motion upon the vehicle, which resulted in most of the car's bodywork and all but one wheel being torn off before it came to rest on the opposite side of the track. It narrowly missed the tail of Allan McNish's Audi R10 which was in front. Ortelli sustained a broken ankle as a result.
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)