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World Championship is his long-term aim
Alain Menu is one of the most successful touring car drivers in the world and is also a record winner of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), having stood on the top of the podium an incredible 36 times. He has taken the championship twice (1997 and 2000) in a very strong field.
The 43-year old Swiss driver, who lives with wife and three children in Oxford, began his racing career in traditional fashion in British junior classes (Formula Ford, Formula 3000), and also scored successes in long-distances races like the Le Mans 24-hours and the German Touring Car Championship (DTM).
Menu was the man who scored Chevrolet’s first ever FIA World Championship win at Brands Hatch and another podium in Brno.
Highlights of BTTC career include 36 race victories and two championships
Alain Menu was born August 9, 1963 in Geneva, Switzerland. Together with his wife, Caroline, and their three children Menu lives near Oxford in England.
| 2006 |
WTCC* (Chevrolet Lacetti) one win and another podium |
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| 2005 |
WTCC* (Chevrolet Nubira) |
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| 2004 |
24h Le Mans (Ferrari 550), second in BTCC** Masters Race (Seat Cupra) |
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| 2003 |
DTM*** (Opel Astra V8) ; winning the GTS Class at the 1,000 mile Petit Le Mans event at Road Atlanta (Ferrari 550) |
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| 2002 |
DTM (Opel Astra V8); Raced in Sebring and Le Mans (Ferrari 550) |
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| 2001 |
DTM (Opel Astra V8; winner in Jarama in the FIA GT Championship (Ferrari 550) |
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| 2000 |
BTCC - Champion with 6 wins (Ford Mondeo). |
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| 1999 |
BTCC - 1 win, 11th in points (Ford Mondeo) |
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| 1998 |
BTCC - 3 wins, 4th in points (Renault Laguna) |
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| 1997 |
BTCC - Champion with 12 wins (Renault Laguna) |
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| 1996 |
BTCC - 2nd in points with 4 wins (Renault Laguna). |
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| 1995 |
BTCC - 2nd in points with 7 wins (Renault Laguna |
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| 1994 |
BTCC - 2nd in points with 2 wins (Renault Laguna) |
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| 1993 |
BTCC - 10th in points with 1 win (Renault 19) |
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| 1992 |
BTCC - did a half season in a BMW 318is before being injured in a quad bike accident at Knockhill. |
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| 1991 |
International Formula 3000 |
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| 1990 |
British Formula 3000 Championship - 2nd in points |
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| 1989 |
British Formula 3 Championship |
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| 1988 |
British Formula 3 Championship |
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| 1987 |
British Formula Ford 1600 Championship - 2nd in points, 2nd in FF1600 Festival |
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| 1985 |
French FF1600 4 th in the Championship |
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| 1984 |
Started racing at the Elf Winfield School in France |
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* World Touring Car Championship
** British Touring Car Championship
*** Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
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