Yannick Dalmas

Yannick Dalmas (born 28 July 1961 in Le Beausset, Var) is a French former racing driver. He raced in multiple types of categories, including Formula One and WTCM and won the Le Mans 24 Hours 4 times during the 1990s.

Formula One

Dalmas made his Formula One debut in 1987 for Benetton alongside Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen. Dalmas scored his first points and podium with a third place in an attrition-hit British Grand Prix - before finishing sixth in the Japanese Grand Prix later on in the season. Dalmas finished sixteenth in the championship and was not retained.

After a year in the WTCM, Dalmas returned to the grid in 1989 with the Ligier team. Dalmas had suffered with a bout of Legionnaire's Disease in the off-season and as a result he - nor the woeful Ligier team were able to qualify all season. Dalmas entered the opening race of 1990 but failed to qualify once again - causing the Frenchman to retire from Formula One.

WTCM

After missing out on the Benetton drive in 1988, Dalmas took a step down to the newly-formed World Touring Car Masters with the Voeckler Renault team in 1988. Unfortunately for Dalmas he was only able to make the grid on two occasions all season.

Dalmas returned to the WTCM in 1990 after his Legionnaire's Disease ruled him out of F1 for good. Dalmas signed for the small British Hunter Autosport team who ran a pair of Vauxhall Astra E GSi 16V in the lowest division of the series. The thinking behind this is that the low pressure environment would allow him to regain an amount of his strength whilst also keeping himself "match fit". Dalmas was consistently one of the fastest drivers in his class in pre-qualifying but struggled on race day - his best results being a pair of second places in Class D.

Feeling somewhat reinvigorated ahead of 1991 - Dalmas was signed by the works Peugeot Talbot Sport team alongside fellow French Formula One driver Philippe Alliot campaigning a Peugeot 405.

Complete WTCM Results

Year	Team	Car	Class																								WDC	Pts	Class	Pts
1988	Voeckler Renault	Renault 21	C I	Template:AUS				Template:USA								Template:FRA		Template:GBR				Template:BEL					49th	3	25th	11
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				BAT DNQ	BAT DNQ	FUJ DNQ	FUJ DNQ	GLN DNQ	GLN DNQ	NOR DNQ	NOR DNQ	KYA DNQ	KYA DNQ	HOC DNQ	HOC DNQ	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ	BIR DNQ	BIR DNQ	MNZ DNQ	MNZ DNQ	SPA 16	SPA 31	NUR Ret
1990	Hunter Autosport	Vauxhall Astra E GSi 16V	D I			Template:USA				Template:GBR		Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	N/A	0	6th	144
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
										BRH DNQ	BRH DNQ	PAU Ret	PAU Ret	BRN Ret	BRN Ret	MNZ DNQ	MNZ DNQ	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ	BIR Ret	BIR 33	SPA DNQ	SPA DNQ	NUR Ret	NUR 46	BAT Ret