# Frédéric Makowiecki

Frédéric Makowiecki (born 22 November 1980) is a French professional racing driver who currently competes as a factory driver for Porsche Motorsport in the Hypercar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

## Career

After competing in karting, Arras-born Makowiecki raced in the French Formula Three Championship, finishing 4th in Class B.
In 2003, Makowiecki began competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup France, finishing 3rd in points in 2004 and 2009, and 2nd in 2006 and 2007. He won the title in 2010 with 6 victories, 11 podiums, and 3 poles.
Makowiecki finished 4th in the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship while driving for Hexis Racing AMR. He continued with the team in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship, drove for Marc VDS Racing Team in 2011, and rejoined Hexis for 2012.
Makowiecki joined Luxury Racing for the final year of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in 2011. He continued with Luxury Racing for the beginning of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season, taking pole position at Le Mans in his final race with the team. He moved to Aston Martin Racing in 2013, claiming two wins for the team at the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas and the 6 Hours of Fuji. For the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season, he drives for Porsche AG Team Manthey in the GTE-Pro class.
In 2013, Makowiecki co-drove with Naoki Yamamoto for Weider Dome Racing, taking the win at the 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km at Suzuka Circuit.
Makowiecki has been a Porsche Motorsport factory driver since 2014. He won the 2018 and 2019 12 Hours of Sebring, and the 2018 and 2020 Petit Le Mans, and the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, always with a Porsche 911.
For the 2023 season, Makowiecki joined the Hypercar in the World Endurance Championship, driving a Porsche 963 alongside Dane Cameron and Michael Christensen.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2000 | Formula 3 France - Class B | Griffith's | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 124 | 4th |
| 2000 | Kanonloppet - Formula 3 | Nourry Compétition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th |
| 2001 | French GT Championship - GT Cup | Nourry Compétition | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 284 | 2nd |
| 2002 | French GT Championship | Chateau Sport | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 147 | 11th |
| 2003 | Porsche Carrera Cup France | Tillie Compétition | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 9th |
| 2003 | French GT Championship | Chateau Sport | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 32nd |
| 2003 | French GT Championship - GT Cup | Nourry Compétition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31st |
| 2004 | Porsche Carrera Cup France | Nourry Compétition | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 146 | 3rd |
| 2004 | French GT Championship - GT Cup | CD Sport | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 352 | 1st |
| 2005 | French GT Championship | MTO Mirabeau Compétition | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 6th |
| 2006 | French GT Championship | MTO Mirabeau, Racing Logistic | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ? | ? |
| 2006 | Porsche Carrera Cup France | Nourry Compétition | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 128.5 | 2nd |
| 2006 | FIA GT3 European Championship | Racing Logistic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21st |
| 2006 | FIA GT Championship - GT1 | Nourry Compétition | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2007 | French GT Championship | Larbre Compétition | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 160 | 5th |
| 2007 | Porsche Carrera Cup France | Nourry Compétition | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 155 | 2nd |
| 2007 | FIA GT3 European Championship | Hexis Racing | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10th |
| 2008 | Porsche Carrera Cup France | Larbre Compétition | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 111 | 4th |
| 2008 | French GT Championship | Larbre Compétition | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 8th |
| 2008 | FIA GT Championship - GT1 | Larbre Compétition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2008 | Le Mans Series - LMGT1 | Larbre Compétition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6th |
| 2008 | FIA GT3 European Championship | Hexis Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10th |
| 2008 | ADAC GT Masters | Hexis Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† |
| 2009 | French GT Championship - GT3 | AS Events | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17th |
| 2009 | FIA GT3 European Championship | Hexis Racing AMR | 12 | 1 | 3 | ? | 2 | 34 | 4th |
| 2009 | FIA GT Championship - GT2 | Hexis Racing AMR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15th |
| 2009 | International GT Open - Pro-Am | Team AS Events | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 18th |
| 2010 | FIA GT1 World Championship | Hexis AMR | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 105 | 3rd |
| 2010 | FIA GT3 European Championship | Hexis AMR | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 5th |
| 2010 | Porsche Carrera Cup France | Luxury Racing | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 202 | 1st |
| 2010 | International GT Open - GTS | Luxury Racing | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16th |
| 2010 | French GT Championship | Luxury Racing | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12th |
| 2011 | FIA GT1 World Championship | Marc VDS Racing Team | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 11th |
| 2011 | Blancpain Endurance Series | Hexis AMR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.5 | 10th |
| 2011 | Le Mans Series - LMGTE Pro | Luxury Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
| 2011 | American Le Mans Series - GT | Luxury Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2011 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | Luxury Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2011 | Speed EuroSeries | Springbox Concept | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 49th |
| 2012 | FIA GT1 World Championship | Hexis Racing | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 144 | 2nd |
| 2012 | City Challenge Baku - GT | Hexis Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2012 | Blancpain Endurance Series | Hexis Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 15th |
| 2012 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro | Luxury Racing | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | NC† |
| 2012 | Speed EuroSeries | Pegasus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 18th |
† Ineligible for points $^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete GT1 World Championship results

| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2010 | Hexis AMR | Aston Martin | ABU QR 7 | ABU CR Ret | SIL QR 1 | SIL CR 2 | BRN QR 8 | BRN CR 9 | PRI QR 11 | PRI CR 9 | SPA QR Ret | SPA CR 5 | NÜR QR Ret | NÜR CR 7 | ALG QR 10 | ALG CR 6 | NAV QR 9 | NAV CR 2 | INT QR 15 | INT CR 13 | SAN QR 1 | SAN CR 1 | 3rd | 105 |
| 2011 | Marc VDS Racing Team | Ford | ABU QR 1 | ABU CR 8 | ZOL QR 5 | ZOL CR 8 | ALG QR | ALG CR | SAC QR 1 | SAC CR Ret | SIL QR NC | SIL CR Ret | NAV QR | NAV CR | PRI QR 5 | PRI CR 6 | ORD QR 1 | ORD CR 1 | BEI QR | BEI CR | SAN QR | SAN CR | 11th | 69 |
| 2012 | Hexis Racing | McLaren | NOG QR DNS | NOG CR Ret | ZOL QR 4 | ZOL CR 5 | NAV QR 1 | NAV QR 1 | SVK QR 9 | SVK CR 2 | ALG QR 4 | ALG CR 3 | SVK QR 8 | SVK CR Ret | MOS QR 4 | MOS CR 1 | NUR QR Ret | NUR CR 10 | DON QR 1 | DON CR 1 | | | 2nd | 144 |

### Complete Super GT results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 2013 | Dome Racing | Honda HSV-010 GT | GT500 | OKA 5 | FUJ 10 | SEP 4 | SUG Ret | SUZ 1 | FUJ 5 | AUT 5 | MOT 7 | 4th | 56 |
| 2014 | Dome Racing | Honda NSX Concept-GT | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | AUT | SUG 8 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 3 | BUR 5 | MOT | 9th | 42 |
| 2019 | NDDP [ja] by B-Max Racing | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 4‡ | FUJ 6 | SUZ 9 | CHA 6 | FUJ 11 | AUT 11 | SUG 1 | MOT DNS | 9th | 36 |
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$^‡$ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2011 | Luxury Racing | Stéphane Ortelli Jaime Melo | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Pro | 183 | DNF | DNF |
| 2012 | Luxury Racing | Jaime Melo Dominik Farnbacher | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Pro | 333 | 18th | 2nd |
| 2013 | Aston Martin Racing | Bruno Senna Rob Bell | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 252 | DNF | DNF |
| 2014 | Porsche Team Manthey | Marco Holzer Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro | 337 | 15th | 3rd |
| 2015 | Porsche Team Manthey | Patrick Pilet Wolf Henzler | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro | 14 | DNF | DNF |
| 2016 | Porsche Motorsport | Earl Bamber Jörg Bergmeister | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro | 140 | DNF | DNF |
| 2017 | Porsche GT Team | Richard Lietz Patrick Pilet | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro | 339 | 20th | 4th |
| 2018 | Porsche GT Team | Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro | 343 | 16th | 2nd |
| 2019 | Porsche GT Team | Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro | 342 | 21st | 2nd |
| 2020 | Porsche GT Team | Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Pro | 335 | 31st | 5th |
| 2021 | Porsche GT Team | Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Pro | 343 | 23rd | 4th |
| 2022 | Porsche GT Team | Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Pro | 350 | 28th | 1st |
| 2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Dane Cameron Michael Christensen | Porsche 963 | Hypercar | 325 | 16th | 9th |
| 2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Matt Campbell Michael Christensen | Porsche 963 | Hypercar | 311 | 6th | 6th |
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### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
| 2012 | Luxury Racing | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SEB Ret | SPA 3 | LMS 2 | SIL | SÃO | BHR | FUJ | SHA | | 54th | 3.5 |
| 2013 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 | SPA 2 | LMS Ret | SÃO | COA 1 | FUJ 1 | SHA | BHR | | 9th | 73.5 |
| 2014 | Porsche Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 1 | SPA 9 | LMS 2 | COA 2 | FUJ 11 | SHA 1 | BHR 5 | SÃO 2 | | 2nd | 134.5 |
| 2015 | Porsche Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 7 | SPA 2 | LMS Ret | NÜR 2 | COA 2 | FUJ 2 | SHA 3 | BHR 1 | | 5th | 118 |
| 2017 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 3 | SPA 5 | LMS 3 | NÜR 2 | MEX 3 | COA 6 | FUJ 2 | SHA 2 | BHR 4 | 2nd | 145 |
| 2018–19 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SPA | LMS 2 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS 2 | | 11th | 55 |
| 2019–20 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COA | SPA | LMS 9 | BHR | | 30th | 5 |
| 2021 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SPA | ALG 4 | MNZ | LMS 3 | BHR | BHR 4 | | | | 6th | 66 |
| 2022 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SEB | SPA | LMS 1 | MNZ 5 | FUJ | BHR | | | | 7th | 60 |
| 2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Hypercar | Porsche 963 | Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 | SEB 5 | ALG 10 | SPA 4 | LMS 7 | MNZ 4 | FUJ 12 | BHR 7 | | | 7th | 61 |
| 2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Hypercar | Porsche 963 | Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 | QAT 3 | IMO 3 | SPA Ret | LMS 6 | SÃO 3 | COA 7 | FUJ Ret | BHR 2 | | 5th | 104 |
| 2025 | Alpine Endurance Team | Hypercar | Alpine A424 | Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6 | QAT 13 | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | | 13th* | 0* |
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$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | CORE Autosport | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | IND | ELK | VIR | COA 5 | PET | 31st | 27 |
| 2015 | Porsche North America | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 7 | SEB 7 | LBH 4 | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | AUS | PET 8 | | 12th | 103 |
| 2016 | Porsche North America | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 3 | SEB 3 | LBH 7 | LGA 3 | WGL 10 | MOS 6 | LIM 8 | ELK 4 | VIR 3 | COA 1 | PET 5 | 4th | 313 |
| 2017 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 2 | SEB 7 | LBH | AUS | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 19th | 50 |
| 2018 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 8 | SEB 1 | LBH | MOH | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 1 | 10th | 93 |
| 2019 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 5 | SEB 1 | LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 6 | 15th | 86 |
| 2020 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 3 | DAY 3 | SEB 6 | ELK 4 | VIR 3 | ATL 4 | MDO | CLT 5 | PET 1 | LGA 3 | SEB 1 | 5th | 297 |
| 2021 | WeatherTech Racing | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY | SEB | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET 2 | 11th | 348 |
| 2024 | Wright Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 7 | | | | | | MOS | | VIR | | | 54th | 252 |
| 2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | GTP | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | | SEB 9 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | | ELK | | IMS | PET | 35th | 241 |
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