Tristan Emmanuel Benoît Gommendy (born 4 January 1979) is a French professional racing driver.
In single-seater racing, Gommendy won the 2002 Macau Grand Prix and French F3, and was a front-runner in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He spent a season in Champ Car in 2007, and won twice in Superleague Formula between 2008 and 2011.
Gommendy dedicated the peak of his career to endurance racing, competing in the European Le Mans Series between 2014 and 2021. He finished third overall at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 car, and topped qualifying twice—in 2014 with TDS, and in 2019 with Graff. Gommendy retired from the sport in 2022 after two seasons with Duqueine.
Gommendy currently works for Prema Racing as sporting director.
Racing career
Early career Born in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, Gommendy began his professional career in French Formula Three in 2000. He won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 2002 with a late pass on Heikki Kovalainen, and also won the French F3 Championship that year. In 2003, he drove in Eurocup Formula Renault V6 and finished third. He moved to its parent series, the World Series by Nissan, in 2004 and finished fifth, and another season in 2005 he finished fourth.
GP2, Champ Car, and Superleague Formula
In 2006, Gommendy drove in the first five rounds GP2 Series for the iSport International team and was on front row for his first race in front of Lewis Hamilton. He finished 20th in points, scoring a pair of fifth places at Circuit de Catalunya.
On 8 March 2007, it was announced that Gommendy had been signed to drive for PKV Racing in the 2007 Champ Car season as a teammate to Neel Jani. At Houston and Long Beach, he led several laps before breaking down with few laps to go. Later at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Gommendy won the pole and track record. He participated in twelve of the first thirteen races and finished 12th in points with a best finish of fourth in his final start at TT Circuit Assen.
With Champ Car merging with IndyCar the following year, resulting in fewer available race seats, Gommendy joined Superleague Formula driving for F.C. Porto, winning a race at ACI Vallelunga Circuit in 2008 and Donington Park in 2009. Gommendy continued in Superleague Formula with other teams and little success until the series shut down mid-way through the 2011 season.
Sports cars Gommendy made his first 24 Hours of Le Mans start in 2003. His team finished the race for the first time in 2010, driving a Welter Racing LMP2 entry to eighth in class. He competed in the LMP2 class of the 2009 Le Mans Series with Welter Racing.
In 2011, following the dissolution of Superleague Formula, Gommendy was largely out of racing until he appeared in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans for Signatech in their LMP2 Alpine A450. The team finished 14th overall and eighth in class. He raced at the LMP2 class 2014 European Le Mans Series for Thiriet by TDS Racing, winning at Silverstone. He remained at the team for the 2015 European Le Mans Series, claiming a win at Imola and a second place at Red Bull Ring. For the 2016 European Le Mans Series, he switched to Eurasia Motorsport, finishing second at Red Bull Ring.
Jackie Chan DC Racing hired Gommendy to compete at the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, again in the LMP2 class. He finished third overall at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Return to IndyCar On 11 September 2017, it was announced that Gommendy would return to American open-wheel racing, making his Indianapolis 500 debut at the 2018 Indianapolis 500, driving for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in a partnership with former Larrousse F1 team boss Didier Calmels. However, the deal eventually fell through.
Management Since his retirement from the sport, Gommendy has worked as a director and team manager at ART Grand Prix (2023–2024) and Prema Racing (2025–present).
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1999 French Formula Renault Mygale 21 0 0 0 3 116 5th 2000 French Formula Three ASM Elf 11 0 0 0 0 54 11th British Formula 3 Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 29th 2001 French Formula Three ASM Elf 11 0 1 0 2 94 6th European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th 2002 French Formula Three ASM Formule 3 14 5 10 7 10 202 1st European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Macau Grand Prix 1 1 0 1 1 N/A 1st Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 17th 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup ARTA-Signature 18 1 3 3 8 286 4th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP900 Racing for Holland 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2004 World Series by Nissan Saulnier Racing 16 0 0 0 5 96 5th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Gerard Welter 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series KTR 17 1 1 3 5 97 4th 2006 GP2 Series iSport International 9 0 0 0 0 6 20th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 4 0 1 0 1 16 19th 2007 Champ Car World Series PKV Racing 11 0 1 0 0 140 12th 2008 Superleague Formula F.C. Porto 11 1 0 0 2 277 7th Le Mans Series - LMP2 WR Salini 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2009 Superleague Formula F.C. Porto 12 1 0 2 1 302 5th Le Mans Series - LMP2 WR Salini 4 0 0 0 0 3 15th 2010 Superleague Formula Galatasaray S.K. 18 0 0 0 2 358 13th Olympique Lyonnais 9 0 0 1 1 235 18th Le Mans Series - LMP2 WR Salini 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Gerard Welter 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th 2011 Superleague Formula France - Girondins de Bordeaux 4 0 1 1 0 52 13th 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Signatech-Alpine 1 0 0 0 0 0 8th 2014 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Thiriet by TDS Racing 5 1 0 0 1 35 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T Philippe Salini10??0N/ADNF 2015 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Thiriet by TDS Racing 4 1 0 1 3 66 4th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 18 9th 2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1 10 9th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 9 0 0 0 1 77 11th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd 2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 6 0 0 0 0 23 14th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Graff-SO24 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd 2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 6 0 0 0 4 83 3rd 2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Engineering 5 0 0 0 1 38 7th 2021 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Team 6 0 0 0 1 52 7th † Ineligible for points.
Complete French Formula Three Championship 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 DC Points 2000 ASM Dallara F399 Renault NOG1 NOG2 LÉD1 LÉD2 PAU VDV1 VDV2 SPA1 SPA2 ALB LMS NIM 11th 54 2001 ASM Dallara F399 Renault NOG1 NOG2 LÉD MAG VDV SPA1 SPA2 CRT ALB LMS MAG 6th 94 2002 ASM Dallara F302 Renault NOG1 NOG2 LÉD1 LÉD2 DIJ1 DIJ2 CRT1 CRT2 ALB1 ALB2 LMS1 LMS2 MAG1 MAG2 1st 202
Complete Formula Renault V6 Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2003 ARTA-SignatureCAT1CAT2MAG1MAG2MONDON1DON2SPA1SPA21SPA22AND1AND2OSC1OSC2EST1EST2MNZ1MNZ2 4th 286
Complete World Series by Nissan/Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2004 Saulnier RacingJAR1JAR2ZOL1ZOL2MAG1MAG2VAL1VAL2LAU1LAU2EST1EST2CAT1CAT2VAL1VAL2JER1JER2 5th 101 2005 KTR ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 4th 96 2006 Pons Racing ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 19th 16 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2006 iSport International VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 20th 6
American Open-Wheel (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Champ Car Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2007 PKV Racing 22 Panoz DP01 Cosworth XFE V8 t LVS LBH HOU POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SJO ROA ZOL ASN SRF MXC 12th 140
Complete Superleague Formula results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 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 Pts2008F.C. PortoDON1DON2NÜR1NÜR2ZOL1ZOL2EST1EST2 7th 277F.C. PortoVLL1VLL2JER1JER22009F.C. Porto MAG1 MAG2 ZOL1 ZOL2 DON1 DON2EST1EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JAR1 JAR2 5th 3022010Galatasaray S.K. SIL1 SIL2 ASS1 ASS2 MAG1 MAG2 JAR1 JAR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 BRH1 BRH2 ADR1 ADR2 13th 358 Olympique Lyonnais POR1 POR2 ORD1 ORD2 BEI1 BEI2 NAV1 NAV2 18th 2352011France - Girondins de Bordeaux ASS1 ASS2 ZOL1 ZOL2 13th 52
Super Final Results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 122009F.C. PortoHitech Junior Team MAGZOL DONESTMOZ JAR2010Galatasaray S.K.Barazi-Epsilon SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADROlympique LyonnaisAtech GP/Reid Motorsport POR ORD BEI NAV2011France - Girondins de BordeauxAzerti Motorsport ASS ZOL
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2003 Racing for Holland Felipe Ortiz Beppe Gabbiani Dome S101-Judd LMP900 316 DNF DNF 2004 Gerard Welter Jean-Bernard Bouvet Bastien Brière WR LM2004-Peugeot LMP2 137 DNF DNF 2010 Gerard Welter Philippe Salini Stéphane Salini WR LMP2008-Zytek LMP2 308 23rd 8th 2013 Signatech-Alpine Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Alpine A450-Nissan LMP2 317 14th 8th 2014 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 355 6th 2nd 2015 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 204 DNF DNF 2016 Eurasia Motorsport Nick de Bruijn Pu Jun Jin Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 348 9th 5th 2017 Jackie Chan DC Racing David Cheng Alex Brundle Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 3rd 2nd 2018 Graff-SO24 Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 6th 2nd 2019 Graff Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 362 14th 9th 2020 Duqueine Team Konstantin Tereshchenko Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 100 DNF DNF 2021 Duqueine Team René Binder Memo Rojas Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 357 14th 9th
Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 2008 WR / Salini LMP2 WR LMP2008 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 CAT MNZ SPA NÜR SIL NC 0 2009 WR / Salini LMP2 WR LMP2008 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 CAT SPA ALG NÜR SIL 15th 3 2010 WR / Salini LMP2 WR LMP2008 Zytek ZG348 3.4 L V8 LEC SPA ALG HUN SIL NC 0 2014 Thiriet by TDS Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO 8th 35 Ligier JS P2 RBR LEC EST 2015 Thiriet by TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST 4th 66 2016 Eurasia Motorsport LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 7th 50 2018 Graff LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 11th 23 2019 Graff LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 3rd 83 2020 Duqueine Engineering LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 7th 38 2021 Duqueine Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA ALG 7th 52 ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results