Jean-Michel Martin

Jean-Michel Martin (born 19 June 1953) is a Belgian racing driver.^[1] He won the 24 Hours of Spa four times, including twice with his younger brother Philippe in 1979 and 1980. His son Maxime also won the race in 2016. He was on the winning team of 1992 24 Hours Nürburgring.^[2]

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1974	Astree Shagrila RT	Roland de Jamblinne	Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV	Div.2	252	22nd	5th
1976	Opel Gosset Team	Tony Gillet Dany Wauters	Opel Commodore GS/E	Div.3	272	8th	2nd
1977	Gordon Spice Group	Roland de Jamblinne	Ford Capri II 3.0S	T +2,5		DNF	DNF
1978	Belca Castrol Team	René Tricot	Ford Capri III 3.0S	T +2,5		DNF	DNF
1979	Gordon Spice Racing	Philippe Martin	Ford Capri III 3.0S	T +2,5	444	1st	1st
1980	Belga Castrol Team	Philippe Martin	Ford Capri III 3.0S	T +2,5	425	1st	1st
1981	Belga Castrol Team	Philippe Martin	Ford Capri III 3.0S	T +2,5	416	13th	9th
1983	Ford Belga Team CC Racing	Philippe Martin Vince Woodman	Ford Mustang	Div.3		DNF	DNF
1984	IMC Toyota	Philippe Martin Gordon Spice	Toyota Celica Supra	Div.3	443	4th	4th
1985	BMW Belgium	Philippe Martin Gordon Spice	BMW 635 CSi	Div.3	53	DNF	DNF
1986	CiBiEmme Sport	Eric van de Poele Pascal Witmeur	BMW 635 CSi	Div.3	489	DNF	DNF
1987	Waterloo Motors	Didier Theys Eric van de Poele	BMW M3	Div.2	481	1st	1st
1988	Bigazzi M Team	Olivier Grouillard Jacques Lafitte	BMW M3 Evo	Div.2	504	3rd	2nd
1989	Bastos Castrol Racing Team Bigazzi	Olivier Grouillard Jacques Lafitte	BMW M3 Evo	Div.2	158	DNF	DNF
1990	Team Bigazzi	Armin Hahne Steve Soper	BMW M3 Evo	DTM-Class 2	461	4th	3rd
1991	CiBiEmme Sport	Bernard Béguin Eddy Joosen	BMW M3 Evo	Div.2		DNF	DNF
1992	BMW Fina Bastos Team Bigazzi	Christian Danner Steve Soper	BMW M3 Evo	DTM2.5	513	1st	1st
1994	BMW Fina Bastos Team	Altfrid Heger Patrick Slaus	BMW 318is	ST	507	3rd	3rd
1996	Castrol Juma Racing	Stéphane De Groodt Marc Goossens	BMW 325i	EcoTech		DQ	DQ
1998	Ecurie Toison d'Or	Thierry Boutsen Frédéric Moreau	BMW 320i	SP	458	12th	11th
1999	Ecurie Toison d'Or	Patrick Huisman Nicolas Kropp	BMW 320i	SP	46	DNF	DNF
2000	Duller Motorsport	Frédéric Moreau Thierry Tassin	BMW M3	N	478	2nd	1st
2001	Team Carsport Holland	Michael Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT	75	DNF	DNF
2002	PSI Motorsport	Frédéric Bouvy Nicolas Kropp	Porsche 996 GT3-R	GTN	83	DNF	DNF
2006	JMB Racing	Iradj Alexander Stéphane Daoudi Tim Sugden	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	133	DNF	DNF
2011	Marc VDS Racing Team	Éric Bachelart Marc Duez	Ford Mustang FR500 GT3	GT3 Pro-Am	444	26th	11th
2015	BMW Racing Against Cancer	Marc Duez Eric van de Poele Pascal Witmeur	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro-Am Cup	42	DNF	DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1980	Jean Rondeau	Philippe Martin Gordon Spice	Rondeau M379	GTP	330	3rd	1st
1981	Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet Philippe Martin	De Cadenet-Lola LM Ford-Cosworth	S +2.0	210	DNF	DNF
1982	Belga Team Joest Racing	Philippe Martin Bob Wollek	Porsche 936C	C	320	DNF	DNF
1983	Belga Team Joest Racing	Marc Duez Philippe Martin	Porsche 936C	C	9	DNF	DNF
1984	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	David Kennedy Philippe Martin	Mazda 727C	C2	291	15th	4th
1985	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	David Kennedy Philippe Martin	Mazda 737C	C2	283	19th	3rd
1986	Spice Engineering	Ray Bellm Gordon Spice	Spice SE86C	C2	257	15th	6th

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1979	Gordon Spice Racing	Philippe Martin Gordon Spice	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gr.1 3.0	137	2nd	1st
1989	BMW Fina	Marc Duez Eric van de Poele	BMW M3	2	70	DNF	DNF
1990	Linder M Team	Norbert Haug Ellen Lohr Kris Nissen	BMW M3	137	70	2nd	2nd
1992	FINA Motorsport Team	Johnny Cecotto Christian Danner Marc Duez	BMW M3	12	76	1st	1st
1994	Lautner Motorsport	Gherardo Cazzago Andreas Lautner	BMW 325i	8	80	DNF	DNF