Alain Menu
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Menu at the Donington round of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.
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| Nationality | Swiss |
| Born |
9 August 1963 Geneva (Switzerland) |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 1992 |
| Current team | Team BMR RCIB Insurance |
| Car no. | 9 |
| Former teams |
VX Racing Ford Team Mondeo Blend 37 Williams Renault Renault Dealer Racing |
| Starts | 229 |
| Wins | 36 |
| Poles | 28 |
| Fastest laps | 20 |
| Best finish | 1st in 1997, 2000 |
| Previous series | |
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2013 2008–11 2005–12 2004–06 2004 2003 2001–03 2000, 2004–05 1995 1991 1990–91 1990 1987–90 |
Porsche Supercup TC2000 WTCC TC2000 Porsche Carrera Cup GB American Le Mans Series Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters V8 Supercars Italian Super Touring Cars DTM International Formula 3000 British Formula 3000 British Formula 3 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 1997, 2000 | British Touring Car Championship |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 2002, 2004 |
| Teams | Prodrive Racing |
| Best finish | 11th (2004) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Alain Menu (born 9 August 1963 in Geneva) is a Swiss racing driver who is currently working for Team BMR as a driving coach. He was one of the most successful touring car drivers of the 1990s, winning the prestigious British Touring Car Championship twice (the only driver during the series' 1991–2000 Super Touring era to do so). He drove for Chevrolet in the World Touring Car Championship between 2005 and 2012 with a best finish of second in 2012.
He is the son of a farmer. Like many drivers who eventually build a career in touring cars, Menu began his career in single-seater racing, reaching the International Formula 3000 championship in 1991 after two years in the British Formula 3 Championship and one year in the British Formula 3000 Championship, in which he finished runner-up in 1990. However, for the next year he returned to Great Britain to race a BMW 3 Series in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), showing promise before being injured mid-season in a quadbike accident at Knockhill; despite only participating in half of the season, he still managed to finish 9th in the final championship standings. As a result of this accident, he was unable to jog for exercise again – he instead took up cycling as his main exercise.
In 1993 Menu began a six-year association with Renault in the BTCC, who had just entered the series with the GB Motorsport run Renault 19. He finished second in a very wet round two at Donington Park behind team mate Tim Harvey. At the next round at Oulton Park he crashed out of fifth place late on in the race. Menu collided with Nissan Primera of Tiff Needell on the final lap of round eight at Silverstone, dropping Menu for seventh to eighth and forcing Needell into the pits. The Renault team missed the double header at Knockhill and returned to the grid for round ten at Oulton Park. The car had been revised and Menu was sixth after the first few corners having started eighth; he went on to finish fourth behind John Cleland. The first year of their partnership was not particularly successful, with the 19 little better than a midfield runner in the hands of Menu and reigning champion Tim Harvey. However, Menu did manage to win one race at a rain-soaked Donington Park late in the season.
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