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| Patrick Pilet | |||||||||||
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 Patrick Pilet, Le Mans drivers parade 2011 | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  French | ||||||||||
| Born | (1981-10-08)October 8, 1981 (age 44) | ||||||||||
| Super GT career | |||||||||||
| Current team | Team Art Taste | ||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum | ||||||||||
| Car number | 15 | ||||||||||
| Previous series | |||||||||||
| 2010 | International GT Open | ||||||||||
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Patrick Grégory Yoan Pilet[1] (born October 8, 1981) is a French professional racing driver. He has competed in major sports car endurance races like the24 Hours of Le Mans,24 Hours of Daytona,24 Hours of Spa,12 Hours of Sebring andPetit Le Mans.
Born inAuch,Gers, Pilet won theChampionnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2004 and competed at theFormula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2005 he switched toFormula 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.
Pilet switched to sports car racing in 2007, and was crownedPorsche Carrera Cup France champion withIMSA Performance.
In 2009 and 2010 he raced full-time for IMSA Performance at theInternational 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 andRichard Lietz.
He drove for Team Art Taste, a new JapaneseSuper GT team using Porsche 911 GT3R, in2011 Super GT season.[2] Also, he raced full-time for IMSA Performance at theLe Mans Series, again with Porsche withWolf Henzler as partner, collecting one podium.
In 2020 Patrick was due to drive for the factory Porsche GT Team from America, but due to theCOVID-19 pandemic the team decided not to travel to Le Mans. Because of a crash of the IDEC car ofDwight Merriman which caused an injury, the team needed a new driver. Because Patrick was a reserve driver for Porsche he was already in the mandatory bubble, he stepped in to drive the IDEC Oreca 07.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | [3] | ||||
| 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 | [4] | ||||||
| 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.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SEB 2 | SPA 1 | NC | 0 | |||||||
| Flying Lizard Motorsports | LMGTE Am | LMS 4 | SIL | SÃO | BHR | FUJ | SHA | ||||||||
| 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 | |
| 2017 | Porsche GT Team | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | SPA | LMS 3 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 15th | 30 |
| Sources:[5][7] | |||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | IMSA Performance Matmut | GT2 | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | CAT Ret | SPA 6 | ALG 2 | NÜR 5 | SIL 3 | 8th | 19 | |
| 2010 | IMSA Performance Matmut | GT2 | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | LEC 7 | SPA 5 | ALG 10 | HUN 3 | SIL 6 | 5th | 47 | |
| 2011 | IMSA Performance Matmut | GTE Pro | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | LEC Ret | SPA Ret | IMO 5 | SIL 7 | EST 3 | 6th | 27 | |
| 2021 | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 8 | RBR 6 | LEC | MNZ 9 | SPA 6 | ALG 7 | 10th | 30 |
| 2022 | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 4 | IMO 5 | MNZ 1 | CAT 13 | SPA Ret | ALG 7 | 6th | 53 |
| 2024 | Vector Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG 12 | ALG | 27th | 0 |
| Source:[5] | ||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
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| Preceded by | Championnat de France Formule Renault 2.0 Champion 2004 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 2007 | Succeeded by |
