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Eric van de Poele
Born (1961-09-30) 30 September 1961 (age 62)
Verviers, Liège, Belgium
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBelgien Belgian
Active years1991 – 1992
TeamsModena, Brabham, Fondmetal
Entries29 (5 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1991 United States Grand Prix
Last entry1992 Italian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1992, 1994, 1996 – 1998, 2000 – 2002, 2008 – 2010
TeamsClayton Cunninghman Racing, Racing for Belgium/Team Scandia, Nissan Motorsports/TWR, Doyle-Risi Racing, Team Cadillac, Team Bentley, Krohn Racing
Best finish3rd (2001)
Class wins3 (1998, 2001, 2002)

Eric van de Poele (born 30 September 1961 in Verviers) is a Belgian racing driver and former Formula One driver. He participated in 29 Grands Prix, debuting on 10 March 1991. He scored no championship points and failed to make the grid 24 times.

After a difficult 1984 season in French Formula Three, van de Poele then won the Belgian and Benelux Formula Ford titles, also racing in the Belgian Touring Car Championship.[1] He subsequently raced in German Touring Cars Championships, winning the 1987 championship despite not winning a race all season.[2] He also won the 1987 Spa 24 Hours, sharing a car with Didier Theys and Jean-Michel Martin.[2] He also dabbled in British Formula 3. For 1989, he moved up to Formula 3000, finishing fourth, and then runner-up in 1990.

After this, he signed for the Modena Formula One team for 1991, driving their Lamborghini cars thanks to backing from long-time sponsors Lease Plan. He was unsuccessful in the first two races, failing to pre-qualify, but made it onto the grid for the 1991 San Marino Grand Prix. There he impressed in the rain, running fifth in the last lap before the car ran out of fuel, dropping him to ninth. The team, in financial difficulties, failed to build on this success, and van de Poele would not race again that year.

He then signed for Brabham in 1992, but the team were low on money. The Belgian qualified for the opening South African Grand Prix, finishing 13th, but then failed to qualify the outdated car again. He frequently matched team-mate Damon Hill in the other Brabham, however. For the Hungarian Grand Prix he switched to the promising Fondmetal team. He qualified the car at the first attempt, only to spin out. He then started an excellent 15th for the Belgian Grand Prix, finishing 10th, and qualified again for the Italian Grand Prix, only for the clutch to break. After this, Fondmetal also hit money troubles and withdrew, leaving van de Poele without a drive.

Aside from a largely unused capacity as test driver for Tyrrell in 1993, van de Poele has since found considerable success in Touring Cars and sports cars, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1995 and 1996 and the Petit Le Mans in 1998. He has also added to his 1987 win in the Spa 24 Hours with four more wins in 1998, 2005, 2006 and 2008, giving him the record of five wins in the event.[3]

In 2008, van de Poele competed in the Rolex Sports Car Series.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 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 21 22 23 24 Pos. Pts
1987 Zakspeed BMW Team BMW M3 HOC
2 		ZOL
10 		NÜR
4 		AVU
4 		MFA
8 		NOR
6 		NÜR
8 		WUN
3 		DIE
2 		SAL
10 		1st 127
1988 BMW M Team Linder BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		BRN
1 		BRN
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		WUN
1 		WUN
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
Ret 		34th 13
1989 BMW Faltz Essen BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1
15 		NOR
2
DNS 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		39th 4
1990 BMW M Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		WUN
1 		WUN
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HOC
1
15 		HOC
2
10 		32nd 1

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1989 Players/GA Motorsports/Colt Racing Lola T89/50 Cosworth SIL
6 		VAL
3 		PAU
Ret 		JER
4 		PER
Ret 		BRH
Ret 		BIR
14 		SPA
4 		BUG
2 		DIJ
5 		5th 19
1990 GA Motorsport Reynard 90D Cosworth DON
6 		SIL
5 		PAU
1 		JER
9 		MNZ
9 		PER
Ret 		HOC
Ret 		BRH
Ret 		BIR
1 		BUG
10 		NOG
1 		2nd 30

Complete Formula One results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Pts
1991 Modena Team SpA Lambo 291 Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12 USA
DNPQ 		BRA
DNPQ 		SMR
9 		MON
DNPQ 		CAN
DNPQ 		MEX
DNPQ 		FRA
DNPQ 		GBR
DNPQ 		GER
DNQ 		HUN
DNQ 		BEL
DNQ 		ITA
DNQ 		POR
DNQ 		ESP
DNQ 		JPN
DNQ 		AUS
DNQ 		NC 0
1992 Motor Racing Developments Brabham BT60B Judd GV 3.5 V10 RSA
13 		MEX
DNQ 		BRA
DNQ 		ESP
DNQ 		SMR
DNQ 		MON
DNQ 		CAN
DNQ 		FRA
DNQ 		GBR
DNQ 		GER
DNQ 		NC 0
Fondmetal Fondmetal GR02 Ford HBA5 3.5 V8 HUN
Ret 		BEL
10 		ITA
Ret 		POR JPN AUS

Complete British 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 21 Pos. Pts
1994 Old Spice Nissan Racing Nissan Primera eGT THR
1
13 		BRH
1
DNS 		BRH
2
DNS 		SNE
1
9 		SIL
1
13 		SIL
2
12 		OUL
1
14 		DON
1
17 		DON
2
13 		BRH
1
14 		BRH
2
12 		SIL
1
DNS 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		OUL
1 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		22nd 2

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1992 Frankreich Peugeot Talbot Sport Österreich Karl Wendlinger
Frankreich Alain Ferté 		Peugeot 905 Evo 1B C1 208 DNF DNF
1994 Vereinigte Staaten Clayton Cunningham Racing Vereinigte Staaten Paul Gentilozzi
Japan Shunji Kasuya 		Nissan 300ZX Turbo IMSA
GTS 		25 DNF DNF
1995 Frankreich Courage Compétition Monaco Olivier Beretta
Slowenien Matiaz Tomlje 		Courage C41-Chevrolet WSC - DNQ DNQ
1996 Belgien Racing for Belgium
Belgien Team Scandia 		Belgien Marc Goossens
Belgien Éric Bachelart 		Ferrari 333 SP WSC 208 DNF DNF
1997 Japan Nissan Motorsport
Vereinigtes Königreich TWR 		Italien Riccardo Patrese
Japan Aguri Suzuki 		Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 121 DNF DNF
1998 Vereinigte Staaten Doyle-Risi Racing Südafrika Wayne Taylor
Spanien Fermín Vélez 		Ferrari 333 SP LMP1 332 8th 1st
1999 Japan Nissan Motorsport Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan Aguri Suzuki 		Nissan R391 LMP - DNS DNS
2000 Vereinigte Staaten Team Cadillac Südafrika Wayne Taylor
Italien Max Angelelli 		Cadillac Northstar LMP LMP900 287 22nd 12th
2001 Vereinigtes Königreich Team Bentley Vereinigtes Königreich Andy Wallace
Vereinigte Staaten Butch Leitzinger 		Bentley EXP Speed 8 LMGTP 306 3rd 1st
2002 Vereinigtes Königreich Team Bentley Vereinigtes Königreich Andy Wallace
Vereinigte Staaten Butch Leitzinger 		Bentley EXP Speed 8 LMGTP 362 4th 1st
2008 Vereinigte Staaten Risi Competizione
Vereinigte Staaten Krohn Racing 		Vereinigte Staaten Tracy Krohn
Schweden Niclas Jönsson 		Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 12 DNF DNF
2009 Vereinigte Staaten Risi Competizione
Vereinigte Staaten Krohn Racing 		Vereinigte Staaten Tracy Krohn
Schweden Niclas Jönsson 		Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 323 22nd 3rd
2010 Vereinigte Staaten Risi Competizione
Vereinigte Staaten Krohn Racing 		Vereinigte Staaten Tracy Krohn
Schweden Niclas Jönsson 		Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 197 DNF DNF
Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Eric van de Poele: Career summary". F1 Rejects. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Eric van de Poele: Full biography". F1 Rejects. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ Cotton, Andrew (4 August 2008). "Eric Van de Poele makes it a record breaking fifth victory". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  4. ^ "All Results of Eric van de Poele". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
Sporting positions
Preceded by German Touring Car Champion
1987 		Succeeded by
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