Beaune. David Hallyday, guest of the Prestige Auto 2025 show, an accomplished racing driver

David Hallyday is a passionate man. While he has devoted a large part of his life to music, notably with his Requiem pour un fou tour, he has also managed to find time to develop his automotive career. His place as guest of honor at the Prestige Auto 2025 show in Beaune is therefore more than legitimate.

It was his uncle Eddie Vartan who introduced him to motor racing. But it was after a driving course offered by a friend that he decided to take the plunge. In 1989, he took to the road professionally in Formula 3 at the 1990 Pau Grand Prix. In 2001, he was crowned French FFSA GT champion, one of the main car racing championships in France.

In the early 2000s, the son of Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday set up a program with Audi France and ORECA. He races in GT3 with Monegasque driver Stéphane Ortelli, who has significantly helped him improve. Now 58, he heats up the asphalt with Visiom's Ferrari 488 GT3 in GT endurance racing, which he shares with Jean-Paul Pagny and Jean-Bernard Bouvet. This fine team also won the first qualifying rounds of the Kennol GT Endurance Cup in 2022.

He also has eight participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, three of which were classified: ^42nd in 2003 , ^41st in 2011 and ^31st in 2014. He is also crowned 2024 GT Endurance champion of the Ultimate Cup European Series. Despite his tour of more than 25 dates, he hopes to be able to participate in a few races with Visiom. Whether at the microphone or behind the wheel, David Hallyday is not ready to stop.