Stéphane Ortelli

Stéphane Ortelli
Stéphane Ortelli
Nationality	Monégasque; French
Born	30 March 1970 (age 56); Hyères, Var, France
Categorisation	FIA Platinum (until 2019); FIA Gold (2020–)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1995 – 2002, 2004 – 2007, 2009 - 2011
Teams	Larbre Compétition; New Hardware Racing/Parr Motorsport; Roock Racing; Porsche AG; Audi Sport UK; Audi Sport Team Joest; Team Bentley; Pescarolo Sport; Freisinger Motorsport; Audi PlayStation Team Oreca; Aston Martin Racing; Team Oreca Matmut; AF Corse; Luxury Racing
Best finish	1st (1998)
Class wins	1 (1998)

Stéphane Ortelli (born 30 March 1970) is a Monégasque and French professional racing driver.

As a Porsche driver, Ortelli won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1998 with Allan McNish and Laurent Aïello, and the Spa 24 Hours in 2003 with Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb. He also won Porsche Supercup in 2002, the FIA GT Championship's N-GT class in 2002 and 2003, and the Porsche Cup [de], an annual award presented by Porsche AG to recognise the world's most successful privateer Porsche driver, in 2004. Ortelli later won the GT1 class of the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2005 (in an Aston Martin DBR9) and the Le Mans Series in 2007 (in a Saleen S7-R).

As an Audi driver, Ortelli drove for both the factory Audi Sport Team Joest and the privateer Audi PlayStation Team Oreca in LMP1, placing 2nd and 4th at Le Mans in 2000 and 2005 respectively. He also won the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2012 with Christopher Mies and Christopher Haase, and the FIA GT Series in 2013 with Laurens Vanthoor. Ortelli spent the last few seasons of his career at Emil Frey Racing, with Jaguar and Lexus.

Career

1995: Winner of Supertouring Criterium BMW/Oreca / 5 victories
1998: Winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche 911 GT1-98
2002: Winner of Porsche Supercup 3 victories & 4 podiums
2002: Winner of FIA GT World Championship N-GT class Porsche 911 GT3-RS / 7 victories & 1 podium
2003: Winner of FIA GT World Championship N-GT class Porsche 911 GT3-RS / 3 victories & 3 podiums
2003: Winner of Spa 24 Hours Porsche 911 GT3-RS
2004: Winner of Porsche Cup / 5 victories & 7 podiums
2005: Winner of 12 Hours of Sebring in GT1 Class with Prodrive Aston Martin DBR9.
2005: World Touring Car Championship with Team Oreca (SEAT Toledo)
2005: Le Mans Series with Audi PlayStation Team Oreca (Audi R8) / 1 Win
2005: 24 Hours of Le Mans with Audi PlayStation Team ORECA (Audi R8) / 4th Overall
2006: Le Mans Series with Team Oreca (Saleen S7R) / 2 Victories
2007: Winner of Le Mans Series with Team Oreca (Saleen S7R)
2007: FIA GT Championship GT2 class with AF Corse (Ferrari F430)
2012: Winner of Blancpain Endurance Series with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi R8 LMS ultra)
2013: Winner of Blancpain Sprint Series/2013 FIA GT Series season with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi R8 LMS ultra)
2014: 3rd overall of Blancpain Endurance Series with Saintéloc Racing (Audi R8 LMS ultra)
2015: 3rd overall of Blancpain Endurance Series with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi R8 LMS ultra)
2015: Winner of the Sepang 12 Hours with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT (Audi R8 LMS)

Monza Le Mans Series 2008 crash

On 27 April 2008, during a Le Mans Series race at the Monza circuit, a mechanic issue caused Ortelli's Courage car to slide and spin onto the grass. This in turn instigated a cartwheeling motion upon the vehicle, which resulted in most of the car's bodywork and all but one wheel being torn off before it came to rest on the opposite side of the track. It narrowly missed the tail of Allan McNish's Audi R10 which was in front. Ortelli sustained a broken ankle as a result.

Career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1995	Larbre Compétition	Dominique Dupuy Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	GT1	82	DNF	DNF
1996	New Hardware Racing Parr Motorsport	Andy Pilgrim Andrew Bagnall	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	299	17th	4th
1997	Roock Racing	Allan McNish Karl Wendlinger	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	8	DNF	DNF
1998	Porsche AG	Laurent Aïello Allan McNish	Porsche 911 GT1-98	GT1	351	1st	1st
1999	Audi Sport UK Ltd.	Stefan Johansson Christian Abt	Audi R8C	LMGTP	55	DNF	DNF
2000	Audi Sport Team Joest	Laurent Aïello Allan McNish	Audi R8	LMP900	367	2nd	2nd
2001	Team Bentley	Martin Brundle Guy Smith	Bentley EXP Speed 8	LMGTP	56	DNF	DNF
2002	Pescarolo Sport	Éric Hélary Ukyo Katayama	Courage C60-Peugeot	LMP900	144	DNF	DNF
2004	Freisinger Motorsport	Ralf Kelleners Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT	321	13th	3rd
2005	Audi PlayStation Team Oreca	Franck Montagny Jean-Marc Gounon	Audi R8	LMP1	362	4th	4th
2006	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Stéphane Sarrazin	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	342	10th	5th
2007	Team Oreca	Soheil Ayari Nicolas Lapierre	Saleen S7-R	GT1	318	16th	9th
2009	Team Oreca-Matmut AIM	Bruno Senna Tiago Monteiro	Oreca 01-AIM	LMP1	219	DNF	DNF
2011	Luxury Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	183	DNF	DNF

Partial Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2002	Kadach Tuning + Service	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 7	ESP 1	AUT 3	MON Ret	GER 7	GBR 5	GER 1	HUN 3	BEL 1	ITA 6	USA 3	USA 8	1st	164
2003	Walter Lechner Racing School Team	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA	ESP	AUT	MON 2	GER	FRA 2	GBR 3	GER 20†	HUN 7	ITA Ret	USA	USA	NC‡	0‡
2005	Porsche AG	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA	ESP	MON 2	GER	USA	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA	BEL	NC‡	0‡

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ — Not eligible for points.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	Team Oreca PlayStation	SEAT Toledo Cupra	ITA 1	ITA 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	SMR 1	SMR 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	BEL 1	BEL 2	GER 1 6	GER 2 15	TUR 1 Ret	TUR 2 Ret	ESP 1 9	ESP 2 22	MAC 1	MAC 2	20th	3

FIA GT competition results

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	Pos	Points
2012	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	NOG QR 1	NOG CR 1	ZOL QR 12	ZOL CR 6	NAV QR 9	NAV QR 10	SVK QR 11	SVK CR 6	ALG QR 10	ALG CR 6	SVK QR 5	SVK CR 5	MOS QR 1	MOS CR 4	NUR QR 2	NUR CR 6	DON QR	DON CR	5th	104

Complete FIA GT Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 16	NOG CR 2	ZOL QR 1	ZOL CR 2	ZAN QR 1	ZAN CR 2	SVK QR 2	SVK CR 3	NAV QR 7	NAV CR 15	BAK QR 2	BAK CR 1	1st	132

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	G-Drive Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 4	NOG CR 2	BRH QR Ret	BRH CR 13	ZAN QR 9	ZAN CR Ret									7th	54
2014	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro							SVK QR 12	SVK CR Ret	ALG QR 17	ALG CR 3	ZOL QR 23	ZOL CR 10	BAK QR 3	BAK CR 4	7th	54
2015	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 1	NOG CR 2	BRH QR 11	BRH CR 7	ZOL QR Ret	ZOL CR 10	MOS QR 9	MOS CR 4	ALG QR 15	ALG CR 5	MIS QR 5	MIS CR 7	ZAN QR 5	ZAN CR 5	6th	76
2017	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Pro	MIS QR	MIS CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	HUN QR	HUN CR	NÜR QR 22	NÜR CR 21					NC	0
2018	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Pro	ZOL 1 14	ZOL 2 13	BRH 1 9	BRH 2 9	MIS 1 5	MIS 2 8	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2					19th	10
2019	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Pro-Am	BRH 1 DNS	BRH 2 DNS	MIS 1 13	MIS 2 19	ZAN 1 21	ZAN 2 21									7th	40.5
2019	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Pro							NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 11	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 17					NC	0

References

↑ Goodwin, Graham (19 November 2019). "2020 FIA Driver Categorisation List Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
↑ "Porsche Cup". Porsche Motorsport. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
↑ "In Profile: Stephane Ortelli's Life Behind the Wheel". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
↑ "FIA GT Championship — Driver Biography; Stephane Ortelli". FIA GT Championship. Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
↑ Strang, Simon (27 April 2008). "Ortelli breaks ankle in horror crash". Autosport.com. Retrieved 6 May 2008.

External links

Stéphane Ortelli on Facebook
Stéphane Ortelli career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Michele Alboreto
Stefan Johansson
Tom Kristensen

Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1998
With: Laurent Aïello & Allan McNish

Succeeded by

Pierluigi Martini
Yannick Dalmas
Joachim Winkelhock

Preceded by

Jörg Bergmeister

Porsche Supercup
Champion
2002

Succeeded by

Frank Stippler

Preceded by

Greg Franchi

Blancpain Endurance Series
Champion
2012
With: Christopher Mies & Christopher Haase

Succeeded by

Maximilian Buhk

Preceded by

None

FIA GT Series
2013
With: Laurens Vanthoor

Succeeded by

Maximilian Götz
(Blancpain Sprint Series)

[1] Goodwin, Graham (19 November 2019). "2020 FIA Driver Categorisation List Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

[2] "Porsche Cup". Porsche Motorsport. Retrieved 30 June 2026.

[3] "In Profile: Stephane Ortelli's Life Behind the Wheel". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2026.

[4] "FIA GT Championship — Driver Biography; Stephane Ortelli". FIA GT Championship. Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[autosportmonza-5] Strang, Simon (27 April 2008). "Ortelli breaks ankle in horror crash". Autosport.com. Retrieved 6 May 2008.

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Four-time	Sébastien Buemi Yannick Dalmas Olivier Gendebien Henri Pescarolo
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Years active	1996–2007
Personnel	Eddie Cheever
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Stéphane Ortelli

Nationality	Monégasque French
Born	(1970-03-30) 30 March 1970 (age 56) Hyères, Var, France
Categorisation	FIA Platinum (until 2019) FIA Gold (2020–)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1995 – 2002, 2004 – 2007, 2009 - 2011
Teams	Larbre Compétition New Hardware Racing/Parr Motorsport Roock Racing Porsche AG Audi Sport UK Audi Sport Team Joest Team Bentley Pescarolo Sport Freisinger Motorsport Audi PlayStation Team Oreca Aston Martin Racing Team Oreca Matmut AF Corse Luxury Racing
Best finish	1st (1998)
Class wins	1 (1998)