Christophe Tinseau

Christophe Tinseau

Nationality	French
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1998-2003, 2007-2009, 2011-
Teams	Panoz Motorsports DAMS Team Cadillac Riley & Scott Racing Pescarolo Sport Thiriet by TDS Racing
Best finish	7th (2008)
Class wins	0

Christophe Tinseau (born 18 December 1969) is a French racing driver from Orléans.

Tinseau began racing professionally in French Formula Renault in 1991. In 1992 he moved to French Formula Three and in 1993 he placed 4th in that championship with 2 wins and finished 10th in the Macau Grand Prix. In 1994 he was the championship runner-up in French F3 and in 1995 he moved up to Formula 3000 where he finished 16th with 7 race starts. In 1996 he improved to 6th in F3000, winning the season-ending race at Hockenheim. In 1997 he raced in Indy Lights but only managed an 11th place championship finish, ending up on the podium once at Circuit Trois-Rivières. After the seeming decline in his open-wheel fortnes, Tinseau moved to sports cars for 1998 driving a Panoz Esperante GTR-1 for DAMS, making his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut. In 1999, still with DAMS he piloted a Judd powered Lola B98/10 for and won two races in the Sports Racing World Cup. From 2000 to 2002 he drove the historic Cadillac Northstar LMP at Le Mans, finishing 5th in class in 2001. He competed part-time in various series from 2003 to 2005, but returned to full-time racing in 2006 when he finished 6th in Porsche Carrera Cup France. He made 6 Le Mans Series starts and finished 6th at Le Mans for Pescarolo Sport in 2007. He continued with the team in 2008 and finished 7th at Le Mans and 8th in LMS points and has continued with the team in 2009.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Panoz Motorsports Inc. DAMS	Éric Bernard Johnny O'Connell	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	GT1	236	DNF	DNF
1999	Team DAMS	Franck Montagny David Terrien	Lola B98/10-Judd	LMP	77	DNF	DNF
2000	Team DAMS	Marc Goossens Kristian Kolby	Cadillac Northstar LMP	LMP900	4	DNF	DNF
2001	DAMS	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli	Cadillac Northstar LMP01	LMP900	270	15th	5th
2002	Team Cadillac	Wayne Taylor Max Angelelli	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	LMP900	345	9th	8th
2003	Riley & Scott Racing	Jim Matthews Marc Goossens	Riley & Scott Mk III C-Ford	LMP900	214	DNF	DNF
2007	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Benoît Tréluyer	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	325	13th	6th
2008	Pescarolo Sport	Harold Primat Benoît Tréluyer	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	362	7th	7th
2009	Pescarolo Sport	Bruce Jouanny João Barbosa	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	368	8th	8th
2011	Pescarolo Team	Emmanuel Collard Julien Jousse	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	305	DNF	DNF
2012	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	353	8th	2nd

External links

• Christophe Tinseau at Driver Database
• Official WebsiteTemplate:Fr icon