Éric Bachelart
Éric Bachelart | |||||||
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Nationality | Belgium | ||||||
Born |
Brussels | 28 February 1961||||||
Champ Car career | |||||||
24 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Years active | 1992, 1995 | ||||||
Team(s) | Payton/Coyne Racing | ||||||
Best finish | 18th (1992) | ||||||
First race | 1992 Daikyo Indy Car Grand Prix (Surfers Paradise) | ||||||
Last race | 1995 Miller Genuine Draft 200 (Mid-Ohio | ||||||
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Éric Bachelart (born 28 February 1961) is a former race car driver and Conquest Racing team owner.[1][2]
Racing career
Bachelart started his racing career in Belgium and ended in the United States. He was a star in the Belgian Procar, a national touring car championship, driving for Audi and Peugeot. He did not qualify in European single-seater attempts in the 1988 F3000 season.
In 1991, he became the inaugural Indy Lights champion. He then entered a near-full CART season with the tail-enders team of Dale Coyne, simultaneously racing in the Belgian Procar series. His highest CART finish was seventh. He failed to qualify for the 1993 Indianapolis 500. After the 1995 CART season, again only racing when his Belgian Procar schedule allowed it, he ended his single-seater career.
In 1996, he entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans marathon racing for Belgium in a Ferrari 333SP. He also raced in the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with the Peugeot 806 multi-purpose vehicle). After this season, he concluded his racing career, with the exception of the 1998 and 2000 races of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
Team ownership
Bachelart founded the Conquest Racing team in 1997, initially running in the Indy Lights championship. The team raced Laurent Rédon in the 2002 Indy Racing League (IRL). The team switched to Champ Car, a cheaper series after Honda and Toyota switched to the IRL. Mario Haberfeld raced for the team in 2003. Future F1 driver Tiago Monteiro raced in a satellite team ran by Emerson Fittipaldi.
England's Justin Wilson joined for 2004, ran from mid-season by Nelson Philippe. For 2005, they ran Philippe and Andrew Ranger, one of the youngest teams in the championship's history. Ranger was partnered by Dutchman Charles Zwolsman for 2006. In 2007, Bachelart signed young New Zealander Matt Halliday to his Champ Car entry for four races. Halliday was then replaced by Jan Heylen. The team moved to the IRL as a result of open-wheel unification.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 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 | DC | Points |
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1988 | Spirit/TOM's Racing | JER |
VAL |
PAU |
SIL |
MNZ |
PER |
BRH |
BIR |
BUG DNQ |
ZOL DNQ |
DIJ |
NC | 0 |
American Open Wheel
(key)
CART
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
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1992 | Coyne | SRF Ret |
PHX 13 |
LBH 8 |
INDY Ret |
DET 7 |
POR 16 |
MIL 13 |
NHM |
TOR Ret |
MIS Ret |
CLE 17 |
ROA Ret |
VAN DNS |
MDO Ret |
NZR DNQ |
LS Ret |
18th | 11 | |
1993 | Coyne | SRF |
PHX |
LBH |
INDY DNQ |
MIL |
DET |
POR |
CLE |
TOR |
MIS |
NHM |
ROA |
VAN |
MDO |
NZR |
LS |
NC | 0 | |
1995 | Payton/Coyne | MIA Ret |
SRF Ret |
PHX 18 |
LBH 7 |
NZR |
INDY Ret |
MIL |
DET Ret |
POR 19 |
ROA 11 |
TOR Ret |
CLE Ret |
MIS |
MDO 16 |
NHM |
VAN |
LS |
23rd | 8 |
References
- ↑ Un nouveau châssis, ça coûte cher 2007 "Éric Bachelart, copropriétaire de Conquest Racing, explique à Radio-Canada Sports ce que représente l'arrivée du nouveau châssis Panoz pour son équipe."
- ↑ IRL: A much closer field for 2009 1-20-2009 by Luc Fradette "Conquest Racing team boss Éric Bachelart is one of those who are optimistic and he truly believes the field will be much closer in 2009, now that teams such as his are fully up to speed."
External links
- Éric Bachelart driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Eric Bachelart Biography
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Paul Tracy |
Indy Lights Champion 1991 |
Succeeded by Robbie Buhl |