David Hallyday

David Hallyday

Nationality	French
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2003, 2007, 2011
Teams	Courage Compétition PSI Experience Oreca Matmut (LMP2)
Best finish	28th (2007)
Class wins	0

David Hallyday (born David Michael Benjamin Smet on 14 August 1966) is a French singer/songwriter and amateur sports car racer. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt and is the son of the French singers Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday.

He married Estelle Lefébure in 1989 and got divorced in 2001. They have two children, Emma and llona. He married Alexandra Pastor in 2004 and their son Cameron was born on 8 October 2004.

David Hallyday is a first cousin of actor Michael Vartan.

Discography

• True Cool (1988, American album, including the hit single "High")
• Rock'n'Heart (1990, American album)
• On the road LIVE (1992, American album)
• 2000 BBF (1994, American album with Blind Fish - Erik Godal, Bo Gravino, Greg V)
• Novacaine (1997, American album with Erik Godal as Novacaine)
• Un paradis/Un enfer (1999, French album, including the hit single "Tu ne m'as pas laissé le temps")
• Révélation (June 2002) (Un homme libre, title song of La planète au trésor, single)
• Satellite (2004)
• David Hallyday (2007)
• Un Nouveau Monde (2010)

Most famously David writes music for others including a collaboration with his father on the 1999 album Sang pour sang by Johnny Hallyday. He also appeared in the teenage comedy He's My Girl (1987).

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	LMP675	31	M	Courage C65 JPX 3.4L V6	Courage Compétition	Philippe Alliot Carl Rosenblad	41	DNF	DNF
2007	GT1	70	P	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	PSI Experience	Claude-Yves Gosselin Philipp Peter	289	28th	12th
2008	GT1	50	M	Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0 L V8	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bouchut Patrick Bornhauser	306	28th	7th
2011	LMP2	48	M	Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	Team Oreca-Matmut	Alexandre Prémat Dominik Kraihamer	200	DNF	DNF

External links

• Official David Hallyday Website
• David Hallyday at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Hallyday, David
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Date of birth	14 August 1966
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