Frédéric Makowiecki

Frédéric Makowiecki (born 22 November 1980) is a French professional racing driver, currently competing as a factory driver for Porsche Motorsport in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM class.

Frédéric Makowiecki
Makowiecki in 2014.
Nationality	French
Born	22 November 1980 Arras, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Porsche AG Team Manthey
Former teams	Aston Martin Racing, Luxury Racing
Starts	36
Wins	5
Poles	8
Fastest laps	6
Best finish	2nd in 2014, 2017
Previous series
2013 2010-2012 2006-09 2006, 08 2005, 07-08, 10 2003-04, 06-10 2000	Super GT FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT3 FIA GT Championship FFSA GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup France French Formula Three

Career

After competing in karting, Arras-born Makowiecki raced in the French Formula Three Championship, finishing 4th in Class B.[1]

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.

Racing record

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 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

^‡ 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

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

References

1. http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/3950/career/ Frédéric Makowiecki career statistics at Driver Database

External links

• Official website
• Frédéric Makowiecki career summary at DriverDB.com