About Benoît Tréluyer
Benoît Jean-Marie Tréluyer (French pronunciation: [bənwa tʁelyje]; born 7 December 1976) is a French professional racing driver. Tréluyer won the 2007 Formula Nippon title and the 2008 Super GT season with NISMO, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times between 2011 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.
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