Benoît Jean-Marie Tréluyer (; born 7 December 1976) is a French professional racing driver. Tréluyer won the 2007 Formula Nippon title and the 2008 Super GT Series with NISMO, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in 2011, 2012 and 2014 for Audi.

Early career Beginning his motorsport career in motocross and karting, Alençon-born Tréluyer switched to single-seaters in Formula Renault Campus for 1995. He was a race winner in the French Formula Renault championship in 1996, finishing sixth overall in 1997 before moving up to domestic F3 for 1998. He would go on to finish ninth overall in his rookie season and third the following year, and also claimed the European Formula Three Cup at the Pau Circuit in 1999.

Formula Nippon and Super GT Tréluyer relocated to Asia to contest the Japanese F3 category in 2000, a title he would win in 2001 with 15 wins and 13 pole positions from 19 races. He also finished second in the blue riband Macau GP and third in the F3 World Cup in Korea.

In 2002, Tréluyer graduated from F3 to Formula Nippon, only racing in five rounds. He finished second overall the following season and finally claiming the title in 2006 with four wins from nine races. He would take two more runner-up finishes in the championship (2007 and 2009) before calling time on his single-seater career to focus on sportscar competition.

Throughout his time in Nippon, Tréluyer also competed in Japan's GT category having debuted in the series during the 2001 season aboard a Dome Project Honda NSX. From the next year, he drove for Nissan-backed teams for ten years. He would win the title in 2008 alongside co-driver Satoshi Motoyama and also finished as runner-up in 2011, his final year in Japan before making the factory Audi squad his sole racing priority.

Endurance racing and Le Mans Tréluyer made his Le Mans 24 Hours debut in 2002, claiming a GT class podium in the Chrysler Viper he shared with fellow countrymen Jonathan Cochet and Jean-Philippe Belloc. He would return to the race in 2004 to contest the premier LMP1 class with legendary French outfit Pescarolo Sport, taking a best finish of fourth overall. During the 2009 race Tréluyer was involved in a frightening accident that saw him transported to the infield care centre at the Circuit de la Sarthe. He was treated and released without serious injury.

In 2010, Tréluyer joined the factory Audi squad alongside André Lotterer and Marcel Fässler. The trio took second position in their maiden 24 Hours together before triumphing in the 2011 race, holding off the charging Peugeot cars as their fellow Audis both exited in terrifying accidents. They would retain their crown in 2012 piloting the first hybrid-powered car to claim victory at La Sarthe. Tréluyer fell ill on the morning of the race, forcing him to swap shifts with Fässler, but recovered to play his part in the triumph.

Further wins in Great Britain and Bahrain, as well as podiums in Brazil, Japan and China, saw the trio go on to claim the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship drivers' title, becoming the first recipients of an officially sanctioned world sportscar title in two decades. Afterwards Tréluyer revealed that he was "very proud to finish ahead of Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish who are fantastic drivers."

In March 2013, Tréluyer, along with Audi team-mates Fässler and Oliver Jarvis, took victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring. He also continued to run in the FIA World Endurance Championship that year, once again driving alongside regular partners Lotterer and Fässler.

Career highlights 3-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours (2011, 2012, 2014) FIA World Endurance Champion (2012) Winner of 8 other FIA World Endurance races from 2012 to 2015. 12 Hours of Sebring winner (2013) Japanese Super GT Champion (2008) Formula Nippon Champion (2006) Japanese Formula Three Champion (2001) Pau Grand Prix winner (1999)

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DC Pts 2000 Inging ToyotaSUZTSUFUJMINTAISUZSUGMOTSENSUZ 5th 24 2001 Mugen x Dome Project MugenSUZ1SUZ2TSU1TSU2FUJ1FUJ2MIN1MIN2MOT1MOT2SUZSUG1SUG2SEN1SEN2TAI1TAI2MOT1MOT2 1st 260

Complete JGTC/Super GT 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 DC Pts Ref 2001 Dome x Mugen Project Honda NSX GT500TAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZMIN18th12 2002 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500TAIFUJSUGSEPFUJMOTMINSUZ28th1 2003 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500TAIFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTSUZ4th64 2004 Impul Nissan Z GT500TAISUGSEPTOKMOTAUTSUZ11th35 2005 Impul Nissan Z GT500OKAFUJSEPSUGMOTFUJAUTSUZ11th35 2006 Impul Nissan Z GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ8th67 2007 Impul Nissan Z GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ13th30 2008 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ1st76 2009 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500OKASUZFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT4th73 2010 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJMOT7th48 2011 NISMO Nissan GT-R GT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT2nd79

Complete Formula Nippon results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 2002 COSMO OIL CERUMO SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ MOTSUGFUJMINMOTSUZ 14th 1 2003 IMPUL SUZ FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG FUJ MIN MOT SUZ 2nd 35 2004 mobilecast IMPUL SUZ SUG MOT SUZ SUG MIN SEP MOT SUZ 4th 30 2005 mobilecast IMPUL MOT SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ MIN FUJ MOT SUZ 6th 14 2006 mobilecast IMPUL FUJ SUZ MOT SUZ AUT FUJ SUG MOT SUZ 1st 51 2007 mobilecast IMPUL FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ FUJ SUG MOT SUZ 2nd 45 2008 LAWSON IMPUL FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ SUZ MOT MOT FUJ FUJ SUG 8th 27 2009 LAWSON IMPUL FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT AUT SUG 2nd 40

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Equipe de France FFSA Oreca Jonathan Cochet Jean-Philippe Belloc Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 326 14th 3rd Pescarolo Sport Soheil Ayari Érik Comas Pescarolo C60-Judd LMP1 361 4th 4th Pescarolo Sport Harold Primat Christophe Tinseau Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 325 13th 6th Pescarolo Sport Christophe Tinseau Harold Primat Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 362 7th 7th Pescarolo Sport Simon Pagenaud Jean-Christophe Boullion Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 210 DNF DNF Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi R15 TDI plus LMP1 396 2nd 2nd Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi R18 TDI LMP1 355 1st 1st Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 378 1st 1st Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 338 5th 5th Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1-H 379 1st 1st Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 393 3rd 3rd Audi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Audi R18 LMP1 367 4th 4th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2012 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) SEB SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA 1st 172.5 2013 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 2nd 149.25 2014 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 2nd 127 2015 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 2nd 161 2016 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6(Hybrid) SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 6th 70

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