# Tristan Gommendy

Tristan Gommendy (born 4 January 1979) is a French professional racing driver who last competed in the European Le Mans Series with Duqueine Team.

## Racing career
### Early career

Born in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, Gommendy began his professional career in French Formula Three in 2000. He won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 2002 and also won the French F3 Championship that year. In 2003 he drove in Eurocup Formula Renault V6 and finished third. He moved to its successor the World Series by Nissan in 2004 and finished 5th and another season in 2005 he finished fourth.

### GP2, Champ Car, and Superleague Formula

In 2006 Gommendy drove in the first five rounds GP2 Series for the iSport International team and was on front row for his first race in front of Lewis Hamilton. He finished 20th in points, scoring a pair of fifth places at Circuit de Catalunya
On 8 March 2007 it was announced that Gommendy had been signed to drive for PKV Racing in the 2007 Champ Car season as a teammate to Neel Jani. At Houston and Long Beach, he led several laps before breaking down with few laps to go. Later at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Gommendy won the pole and track record. He participated in twelve of the first thirteen races and finished 12th in points with a best finish of fourth in his final start at TT Circuit Assen.
With Champ Car merging with IndyCar the following year, resulting in fewer available race seats, Gommendy joined Superleague Formula driving for F.C. Porto, winning a race at ACI Vallelunga Circuit in 2008 and Donington Park in 2009. Gommendy continued in Superleague Formula with other teams and little success until the series shut down mid-way through the 2011 season.

### Sports cars

Gommendy made his first 24 Hours of Le Mans start in 2003. His team finished the race for the first time in 2010, driving a Welter Racing LMP2 entry to 8th in class. He competed in the LMP2 class of the 2009 Le Mans Series with Welter Racing.
In 2011 following the dissolution of Superleague Formula, Gommendy was largely out of racing until he appeared in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans for Signatech in their LMP2 Alpine A450. The team finished 14th overall and 8th in class. He raced at the LMP2 class 2014 European Le Mans Series for Thiriet by TDS Racing, winning at Silverstone. The Frenchman remained at the team for the 2015 European Le Mans Series, claiming a win at Imola and a second place at Red Bull Ring. For the 2016 European Le Mans Series, the driver switched to Eurasia Motorsport, finishing second at Red Bull Ring.
Jackie Chan DC Racing hired Gommendy to compete at the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, again in the LMP2 class. He finished third overall at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.

### Return to IndyCar

On September 11, 2017, it was announced that Gommendy would return to American open-wheel racing, making his Indianapolis 500 debut at the 2018 Indianapolis 500, driving for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in a partnership with former Larrousse F1 team boss Didier Calmels. However, that deal has since fallen through.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 1999 | French Formula Renault | Mygale | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 5th |
| 2000 | French Formula Three | ASM Elf | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 11th |
| 2000 | British Formula 3 Championship | ASM Elf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2000 | European Formula 3 Cup | ASM Elf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2000 | Masters of Formula 3 | ASM Elf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 29th |
| 2001 | French Formula Three | ASM Elf | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 6th |
| 2001 | European Formula 3 Cup | ASM Elf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2001 | Macau Grand Prix | ASM Elf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 14th |
| 2001 | Masters of Formula 3 | ASM Elf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 16th |
| 2001 | Korea Super Prix | ASM Elf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th |
| 2002 | French Formula Three | ASM Formule 3 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 202 | 1st |
| 2002 | European Formula 3 Cup | ASM Formule 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2002 | Macau Grand Prix | ASM Formule 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2002 | Masters of Formula 3 | ASM Formule 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2002 | Korea Super Prix | ASM Formule 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 17th |
| 2003 | Formula Renault V6 Eurocup | ARTA-Signature | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 286 | 4th |
| 2003 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP900 | Racing for Holland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2004 | World Series by Nissan | Saulnier Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 5th |
| 2004 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Gerard Welter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2005 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | KTR | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 97 | 4th |
| 2006 | GP2 Series | iSport International | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20th |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Pons Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 19th |
| 2007 | Champ Car World Series | PKV Racing | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 12th |
| 2008 | Superleague Formula | F.C. Porto | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 277 | 7th |
| 2008 | Le Mans Series - LMP2 | WR Salini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2009 | Superleague Formula | F.C. Porto | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 302 | 5th |
| 2009 | Le Mans Series - LMP2 | WR Salini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15th |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | Galatasaray S.K. | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 358 | 13th |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | Olympique Lyonnais | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 235 | 18th |
| 2010 | Le Mans Series - LMP2 | WR Salini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2010 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Gerard Welter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th |
| 2011 | Superleague Formula | France - Girondins de Bordeaux | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 13th |
| 2013 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Signatech-Alpine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th |
| 2014 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 8th |
| 2014 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd |
| 2014 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T | Philippe Salini | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2015 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 4th |
| 2015 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2015–16 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Eurasia Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9th |
| 2016 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Eurasia Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9th |
| 2016 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Eurasia Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th |
| 2017 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 11th |
| 2017 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd |
| 2018 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Graff | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14th |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Graff-SO24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd |
| 2019 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Graff | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 3rd |
| 2020 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Duqueine Engineering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 7th |
| 2021 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Duqueine Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 7th |
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† Ineligible for points.

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2003 | Racing for Holland | Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani | Dome S101-Judd | LMP900 | 316 | DNF | DNF |
| 2004 | Gerard Welter | Jean-Bernard Bouvet Bastien Brière | WR LM2004-Peugeot | LMP2 | 137 | DNF | DNF |
| 2010 | Gerard Welter | Philippe Salini Stéphane Salini | WR LMP2008-Zytek | LMP2 | 308 | 23rd | 8th |
| 2013 | Signatech-Alpine | Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici | Alpine A450-Nissan | LMP2 | 317 | 14th | 8th |
| 2014 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 355 | 6th | 2nd |
| 2015 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey | Oreca 05-Nissan | LMP2 | 204 | DNF | DNF |
| 2016 | Eurasia Motorsport | Nick de Bruijn Pu Jun Jin | Oreca 05-Nissan | LMP2 | 348 | 9th | 5th |
| 2017 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | David Cheng Alex Brundle | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 363 | 3rd | 2nd |
| 2018 | Graff-SO24 | Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 366 | 6th | 2nd |
| 2019 | Graff | Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 362 | 14th | 9th |
| 2020 | Duqueine Team | Konstantin Tereshchenko Jonathan Hirschi | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 100 | DNF | DNF |
| 2021 | Duqueine Team | René Binder Memo Rojas | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 357 | 14th | 9th |

### Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
| 2005 | KTR | ZOL 1 4 | ZOL 2 Ret | MON 1 4 | VAL 1 7 | VAL 2 1 | LMS 1 15 | LMS 2 16 | BIL 1 3 | BIL 2 19† | OSC 1 2 | OSC 2 2 | DON 1 NC | DON 2 4 | EST 1 3 | EST 2 Ret | MNZ 1 5 | MNZ 2 16 | 4th | 96 |
| 2006 | Pons Racing | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | MON 1 | IST 1 | IST 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | LMS 1 8 | LMS 2 2 | CAT 1 NC | CAT 2 Ret | 19th | 16 |
$^†$ Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

### Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
| 2006 | iSport International | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 11 | IMO FEA Ret | IMO SPR 17 | NÜR FEA 13 | NÜR SPR 12 | CAT FEA 5 | CAT SPR 5 | MON FEA Ret | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 20th | 6 |

### American Open-Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

#### Champ Car

| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2007 | PKV Racing | 22 | Panoz DP01 | Cosworth XFE V8 t | LVS 5 | LBH 11 | HOU 13 | POR 7 | CLE 13 | MTT 12 | TOR 15 | EDM | SJO 8 | ROA 7 | ZOL 16 | ASN 4 | SRF | MXC | 12th | 140 | |

### Superleague Formula
#### 2008-2009

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | Position | Points |
| 2008 | F.C. Porto | Alan Docking Racing | DON | DON | NÜR | NÜR | ZOL | ZOL | EST | EST | VAL | VAL | JER | JER | 7th | 277 |
| 2008 | F.C. Porto | Alan Docking Racing | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | DN | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7th | 277 |
| 2009 | F.C. Porto | Hitech Junior Team | MAG | MAG | ZOL | ZOL | DON | DON | EST | EST | MOZ | MOZ | JAR | JAR | 5th | 302 |
| 2009 | F.C. Porto | Hitech Junior Team | 16 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | | | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5th | 302 |

#### 2009 Super Final Results

* Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 | F.C. Porto Hitech Junior Team | MAG DNQ | ZOL N/A | DON 5 | EST | MOZ N/A | JAR 5 |

#### 2010-2011

| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | NC | NC | NC | 12 | 12 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2010 | Galatasaray S.K. | Barazi-Epsilon | SIL | SIL | SIL | ASS | ASS | ASS | MAG | MAG | MAG | JAR | JAR | JAR | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | ZOL | ZOL | ZOL | BRH | BRH | BRH | ADR | ADR | ADR | POR | POR | POR | ORD | ORD | ORD | BEI† | BEI† | BEI† | NAV | NAV | NAV | 13th | 358 |
| 2010 | Galatasaray S.K. | Barazi-Epsilon | 14 | 14 | X | 8 | 8 | X | 14 | 9 | X | 13 | 14 | X | 9 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | X | 9 | 13 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 358 |
| 2010 | Olympique Lyonnais | Atech GP/Reid Motorsport | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | X | 4 | 11 | C | 14 | 13 | X | 18th | 235 |
| 2011 | France - Girondins de Bordeaux | Azerti Motorsport | HOL | HOL | HOL | BEL | BEL | BEL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 52 |
| 2011 | France - Girondins de Bordeaux | Azerti Motorsport | 14 | 4 | X | 14 | 11 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 52 |

### Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
| 2008 | WR / Salini | LMP2 | WR LMP2008 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | CAT | MNZ | SPA | NÜR | SIL Ret | | NC | 0 |
| 2009 | WR / Salini | LMP2 | WR LMP2008 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | CAT 9 | SPA 6 | ALG | NÜR Ret | SIL 9 | | 15th | 3 |
| 2010 | WR / Salini | LMP2 | WR LMP2008 | Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 | LEC Ret | SPA | ALG | HUN | SIL | | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 | IMO 5 | | | | | 8th | 35 |
| 2014 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | | | RBR Ret | LEC Ret | EST Ret | | 8th | 35 |
| 2015 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 | IMO 1 | RBR 2 | LEC 6 | EST | | 4th | 66 |
| 2016 | Eurasia Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL Ret | IMO 5 | RBR 2 | LEC 4 | SPA Ret | EST 5 | 7th | 50 |
| 2018 | Graff | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 10 | MNZ Ret | RBR 8 | SIL 4 | SPA 8‡ | ALG 8 | 11th | 23 |
| 2019 | Graff | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 5 | MNZ 5 | CAT 2 | SIL 3 | SPA 3 | ALG 3 | 3rd | 83 |
| 2020 | Duqueine Engineering | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC Ret | SPA 4 | LEC 9 | MNZ 7 | ALG 2 | | 7th | 38 |
| 2021 | Duqueine Team | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 6 | RBR 9 | LEC 4 | MNZ 5 | SPA 2 | ALG Ret | 7th | 52 |
$^‡$ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
| 2017 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 8 | SPA 10 | LMS 2 | NÜR 5 | MEX 6 | COA 5 | FUJ Ret | SHA 8 | BHR 8 | 11th | 77 |