Fabien Giroix

Fabien Giroix (born 17 September 1960, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France) is a French former racing driver.

WTCM

Giroix made his WTCM debut in 1988 with Volker Schmidt Racing in an independent Mercedes-Benz 190E. Giroix was a steady hand all season which saw him be picked up by BMW for the following season on a two-year deal.

Giroix spent the next two years at BMW Motorsport and continued his reputation as being a reliable driver. Giroix did not score any wins in his time at BMW but he'd finish the 1990 season third in Class C.

Giroix was let go by BMW and joined Courage Compétition's two car outfit alongside 1986 Formula One World Champion Guillaume Gauthier. Giroix raced a Mazda 323F in the series but the Frenchman severely struggled in the early stages. However, following an injury to Marc Hessel at Monza, Giroix returned to BMW Team Schnitzer for the final five rounds of the season. His first race back with the team at Brands Hatch saw him take his maiden win in the series.

Later Career

In the mid-2000s Giroix moved to Dubai and became a leading figure in the Middle Eastern motorsport scene - most notably as team principal of the Gulf Racing team.

Complete WTCM Results

Year	Team	Car	Class																								WDC	Pts	Class	Pts
1988	Volker Schmidt Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C I	Template:AUS				Template:USA								Template:FRA		Template:GBR				Template:BEL					41st	8	15th	62
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				BAT 28	BAT 37†	FUJ DNQ	FUJ DNQ	GLN DNQ	GLN DNQ	NOR DNQ	NOR DNQ	KYA 21	KYA 31	HOC 16	HOC Ret	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ			MNZ DNQ	MNZ DNQ	SPA 14	SPA 20	NUR Ret
1989	BMW Motorsport	BMW E30 M3	C M			Template:USA				Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS			54th	14	9th	196
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ 20	FUJ 22	GLN 24	GLN 33	KYA Ret	KYA 26	PAU 11	PAU 19	BRN DNQ	BRN DNQ	MNZ 20	MNZ 24	CHA 15	CHA 28	BIR 19	BIR 23	SPA Ret	SPA 33	NUR 17	NUR Ret	BAT Ret
1990	BMW Motorsport	BMW E30 M3 Evolution	C M			Template:USA				Template:GBR		Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	54th	10	3rd	308
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ 24	FUJ 31	GLN Ret	GLN 28	LAG 20	LAG 27	BRH 20	BRH Ret	PAU 19	PAU 8	BRN Ret	BRN 18	MNZ 22	MNZ 22	CHA 18	CHA 27	BIR 15	BIR 27	SPA Ret	SPA 33	NUR Ret	NUR 33	BAT 20†