Patrick Pilet

Patrick Pilet
Nationality	French
Born	October 8, 1981 Auch, France
Super GT career
Current team	Team Art Taste
Car no.	15
Previous series
2010	International GT Open
24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2009 - Teams IMSA Performance Best finish 16th (2013) Class wins 0

Patrick Pilet (born October 8, 1981) is a French professional racing driver. He has competed in major sports car endurance races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Spa, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans.

Born in Auch, Gers, Pilet won the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2004 and competed at the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2005 he switched to Formula Renault 3.5 Series, finishing 11th having missed three rounds. He drove full-time in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2006, but he finished 21st.

Plet switched to sports car racing in 2007, and was crowned Porsche Carrera Cup France champion with IMSA Performance.

In 2009 and 2010 he raced full-time for IMSA Performance at the International GT Open together with Raymond Narac in a Super GT class Porsche 911. He finished 5th in 2009 with 6 wins in 16 races and 7th in 2010 with 4 wins in 16 races. He finished second at the 24 Hours of Spa, also in an IMSA Performance Porsche with Narac, Patrick Long and Richard Lietz.

He will be driving in Team Art Taste, a new Japanese Super GT team using Porsche 911 GT3R, in 2011 Super GT season.^[1] Also, he raced full-time for IMSA Performance at the Le Mans Series, again with Porsche with Wolf Henzler as partner, collecting one podium.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Poles	FLaps	Wins	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	French Formula Renault 2000								1st
	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Graff Racing	9	0	1	1	1	102	9th
2005	Formula Renault 3.5	Jenzer Motorsport / GD Racing	11	0	0	0	1	43	11th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5	GD Racing / Tech 1 Racing	15	0	0	0	0	14	21st
2007	Porsche Carrera Cup France	IMSA Performance							1st
2009	International GT Open (Super GT)	IMSA Performance	11			5	10	91	3rd
2010	International GT Open (Super GT)	IMSA Performance	16			4	8	78	7th
2011	Super GT	IMSA Performance	5					27	6th
2012	World Endurance Championship (LMGTE)	Felbermayr-Proton / Flying Lizard	3			1	2	133	3rd
2013	World Endurance Championship (LMGTE Pro)	Porsche AG Team Manthey	8			0	5	99.5	6th
2014	World Endurance Championship (LMGTE Pro)	Porsche AG Team Manthey	8			1	5	108.5	4th
2015	World Endurance Championship (LMGTE Pro)	Porsche AG Team Manthey	7			1	5	100	6th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2005	Jenzer Motorsport	ZOL 1 10	ZOL 2 7	MON 1 13	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 7	LMS 1 8	LMS 2 10	BIL 1	BIL 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	DON 1	DON 2					11th	43
	GD Racing														EST 1 7	EST 2 8	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 3
2006	GD Racing	ZOL 1 21†	ZOL 2 Ret	MON 1 13	IST 1 Ret	IST 2 7	MIS 1 15	MIS 2 12	SPA 1 21†	SPA 2 14	NÜR 1	NÜR 2							21st	14
	Tech 1 Racing												DON 1 13	DON 2 14	LMS 1 5	LMS 2 7	CAT 1 14	CAT 2 19†

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	265	DNF	DNF
2010	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	321	17th	5th
2011	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	311	17th	5th
2012	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Seth Neiman Spencer Pumpelly	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	311	27th	4th
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	16th	2nd
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	Nick Tandy Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	309	36th	7th
2015	Porsche Team Manthey	Frédéric Makowiecki Wolf Henzler	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	14	DNF	DNF
2016	Porsche Motorsport	Kévin Estre Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Pro	135	DNF	DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	Team Felbermayr-Proton	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SEB 2	SPA 1							3rd†	133†
	Flying Lizard Motorsports	LMGTE Am					LMS 4	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	FUJ	NC	0
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 7	SPA Ret	LMS 2	SÃO 3	COA 9	FUJ 3	SHA 3	BHR 2	6th	99.5
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 2	SPA 2	LMS 11	COA 2	FUJ 11	SHA 1	BHR 5	SÃO 2	4th	108.5
2015	Porsche Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 7	SPA	LMS Ret	NÜR 2	COA 2	FUJ 2	SHA 3	BHR 1	6th	100

^† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates rank in the LMGTE Pro Trophy.

References

1. "アートテイスト、ポルシェドライバーのピレを起用". as-web.jp(AUTOSPORT web). i-dea. 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-02-25.

External links

• Official website
• Patrick Pilet career summary at DriverDB.com