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Place of Birth: Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France
About Christophe Tinseau
- Christophe Tinseau (born 18 December 1969) is a French racing driver from Orléans. Tinseau began racing professionally in French Formula Renault in 1991.
- In 1992 he moved to French Formula Three and in 1993 he placed 4th in that championship with 2 wins and finished 10th in the Macau Grand Prix.
- In 1994 he was the championship runner-up in French F3 and in 1995 he moved up to Formula 3000 where he finished 16th with 7 race starts.
- In 1996 he improved to 6th in F3000, winning the season-ending race at Hockenheim.
- In 1997 he raced in Indy Lights but only managed an 11th place championship finish, ending up on the podium once at Circuit Trois-Rivières.
- After the seeming decline in his open-wheel fortunes, Tinseau moved to sports cars for 1998 driving a Panoz Esperante GTR-1 for DAMS, making his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut.
- In 1999, still with DAMS he piloted a Judd powered Lola B98/10 for and won two races in the Sports Racing World Cup.
- From 2000 to 2002 he drove the historic Cadillac Northstar LMP at Le Mans, finishing 5th in class in 2001.
- He competed part-time in various series from 2003 to 2005, but returned to full-time racing in 2006 when he finished 6th in Porsche Carrera Cup France.
- He made 6 Le Mans Series starts and finished 6th at Le Mans for Pescarolo Sport in 2007.
- He continued with the team in 2008 and finished 7th at Le Mans and 8th in LMS points and continued with the team in 2009, finishing second in Le Mans Series.
- In 2010 he competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, finishing eighth with one win.
- In 2011 he returned to Le Mans Series with Pescarolo and finished fourth in the championship.
- In 2012 he competed in a handful of major endurance races, and since then has been largely retired.
- He has founded a racing school for ice racing.
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