François Duval
 |
Stobart | |
| Rallies | 84 |
|---|---|
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 14 |
| Stage wins | 55 |
| Total points | 172 |
| First rally | 2001 Rallye de Portugal |
| First win | 2005 Rally Australia |
| Last win | 2005 Rally Australia |
| Last rally | 2010 Rallye Deutschland |
| Former teams | Ecurie Bayard ASBL Marklund Motorsport |
| Starts | 7 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Best finish | 12th in 2010 (Division 1) |
François Duval (born 18 November 1980) is a
rally
driver.
Career
1999–2004
Ford Puma at the 2001 Rally Finland
Francois Duval is the son of former rally driver Rene Duval.2002 season, he progressed to become a regular driver of a Ford Focus RS WRC with the factory M-Sport-ran Ford World Rally Team. Concurrent with his World Rally Car exploits, he added a second campaign with the Puma in the junior series, taking a category win on the Monte Carlo Rally.
For the
2004 season, backing up the Estonian de facto team leader in a 1–2 early season surprise win on the first world series running of the Rally Mexico
. However, amidst increasing uncertainty as to Ford's participation in future championship seasons, both he and Martin were released from their contracts at the end of the season.
2005–2008
Duval moved to reigning world champion manufacturers
legs of the event, Duval won his first World Rally Championship event, ahead of Harri Rovanperä and Manfred Stohl
.
The immediate forecast for the Belgian's future remained clouded, however, with
Rally Catalunya in Spain. Only two other top ten finishes were achieved all year, namely on the Italian and Turkish
rounds, notwithstanding a late-season triumph in the same apparatus on his native non-world championship Condroz Rally in November.
Despite outstanding funding woes forcing him to abort a proposed campaign with the Fabia for the
2007 season, Duval's continued presence in the world series was ensured with a deal to drive a Kronos run Citroën Xsara WRC later in the season. He subsequently finished a close second to the Citroën C4-mounted defending title-holder, Loeb on the 2007 Rallye Deutschland
that August. The result marked his first podium since his one and, thus far only, World Rally victory.
In the
Ford factory team driver Mikko Hirvonen in the battle for the third place. After Stobart's Gigi Galli was injured in a crash at the event, Duval was signed by Ford as Galli's replacement also for the gravel events. For tarmac events, Ford promoted Duval to the factory team. In New Zealand, he crashed out from fifth place during the penultimate stage, but went on to continue his strong performances on tarmac, finishing fourth at the Rally Catalunya and third at the Tour de Corse
.
During the 2008 season, Duval was performing on the Japanese circuit. On stage 6 of the first day, he went off the road and crashed into a concrete barrier, seriously injuring his co-pilot, Patrick Pivato. Pivato suffered both a fractured pelvis and a fractured leg as a result of the accident.[5][6][7][8]
Duval announced his retirement from contemporary rallying, in March 2010.Stobart Ford. He crashed during SS14 Arena Panzerplatte 2 and retired from 5th position.[10]
In 2015 Duval was sentenced to 4 months in prison for his involvement in a car insurance fraud scheme.[11][12][13]
WRC victories
# Event Season Co-driver Car 1 
18th Telstra Rally Australia
2005
Sven Smeets
Citroën Xsara WRC
Racing record
Complete WRC results
Complete JWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | JWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001
|
François Duval | Ford Puma S1600
|
ESP Ret |
GRE Ret |
FIN Ret |
ITA 2 |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
7th | 6 |
2002
|
François Duval | Ford Puma S1600
|
MON 1 |
ESP 6 |
GRE Ret |
GER Ret |
ITA 6 |
GBR Ret |
6th | 12 |
Complete Intercontinental Rally Challenge results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | IRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008
|
Francois Duval | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
|
TUR |
POR Ret |
BEL |
RUS |
POR |
CZE |
ESP |
ITA |
SWI |
CHI
|
NC | 0 | |
2009
|
Francois Duval | Skoda Fabia S2000
|
MON | BRA | KEN | POR | BEL Ret |
RUS | POR | CZE | ESP
|
ITA | SCO | NC | 0 |
| Abarth & Co. SpA | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
|
MON | BRA | KEN | POR | BEL
|
RUS | POR | CZE | ESP
|
ITA Ret |
SCO |
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Division 1
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | François Duval | Ford Focus | GBR | POR | FRA | HUN | AUT | SWE | BEL 7 |
GER | POL | CZE | 24th | 10 |
| 2010 | François Duval | Ford Focus | POR | FRA | GBR 4 |
HUN | SWE | FIN | BEL 1 |
GER | POL | CZE | 12th | 33 |
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011
|
François Duval | Peugeot 207 | GBR | POR | FRA | NOR | SWE | BEL 15 |
NED | AUT | POL | CZE | 36th | 2 |
2012
|
François Duval | Peugeot 207 | GBR | FRA | AUT | HUN | NOR | SWE | BEL 12 |
NED | FIN | GER | 42nd | 5 |
2014
|
Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | GBR | NOR | BEL 8 |
GER | ITA | 24th | 9 | |||||
2015
|
Ecurie Bayard ASBL | Ford Focus | BEL 6 |
GER | NOR | BAR | ITA | 17th | 21 |
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WRX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014
|
Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | POR |
GBR |
NOR |
FIN |
SWE |
BEL 16 |
CAN |
FRA |
GER |
ITA |
TUR |
ARG |
55th | 1 | |
2015
|
Ecurie Bayard ASBL | Peugeot 208 | POR |
HOC |
BEL |
GBR |
GER |
SWE |
CAN |
NOR |
FRA 31 |
BAR |
TUR |
ITA |
ARG |
NC | 0 |
2016
|
Ecurie Bayard ASBL | Ford Fiesta | POR |
HOC |
BEL 5 |
GBR |
NOR |
SWE |
CAN |
FRA |
BAR |
LAT |
GER |
ARG |
19th | 18 | |
| 2017 | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | BAR |
POR |
HOC |
BEL 15 |
GBR |
NOR |
SWE |
CAN |
FRA |
22nd | 2 | ||||
DA Racing
|
Peugeot 208 | LAT 20 |
GER |
RSA | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Comtoyou Racing | Audi S1 | BAR |
POR |
BEL 13 |
GBR |
NOR |
SWE |
CAN |
FRA |
LAT |
USA |
GER |
RSA |
21st | 4 | |
| 2019 | ES Motorsport-Labas GAS | Škoda Fabia | UAE | ESP
|
BEL 17 |
GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | LAT | RSA | 31st | 0 |
References
- ^ https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/50496-rene-duval/
- ^ BBC News: Duval temporarily deposed by Sainz
- ^ BBC News: Citroen set for 2007 rally return
- ^ "World Rally | News | WRC | Loeb pleased with C4 test". www.wrc.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2005.
- ^ "Rally Japan 2008 Duval Crash". Retrieved 20 August 2012 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "F1 2012 | Live Formula 1 Grand Prix news | ESPN F1". Rally-live.com. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Patrick Pivato injury update". automobilsport.com. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "World Rally Championship - News - Patrick Pivato update". Wrc.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ Evans, David, ed. (1 April 2010). "Pit & Paddock: Duval calls time on his rally career". Autosport. Vol. 200, no. 1. p. 33.
- ^ "results ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2010". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Le pilote de rallye François Duval condamné à 4 mois de prison avec sursis pour complicité d'escroqueries (Vidéo)". 14 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Le pilote de rallye François Duval en correctionnelle pour fraude à l'assurance". 12 September 2015.
- ^ "François Duval dans de sales draps: Le pilote de rallye en correctionnelle pour fraude à l'assurance". 12 September 2015.
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