Franck Montagny
Nation: | France | ||||||||
Formula 1 world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 2006 European Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 2006 French Grand Prix | ||||||||
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2006 Super Aguri | |||||||||
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World Cup balance: | WM-27. ( 2006 ) | ||||||||
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Franck Montagny (born January 5, 1978 in Feurs ) is a French automobile racing driver . He is a two-time champion of the World Series by Nissan (2001, 2003). In 2006 he competed in seven Formula 1 races. He competed twelve times in the Le Mans 24 Hours . In 2006 and 2009 he achieved his best overall ranking there with second place. In 2014/15 he competed in the FIA Formula E Championship .
Career
Formula Renault and Formula 3 (1994–1998)
Montagny began his motorsport career in formula racing in 1994 in the French Formula Renault Campus. He immediately won the championship title in this series. In 1995 Montagny switched to French Formula Renault and started for La Filière . With one win he finished fourth overall. In 1996 he contested another season in the French Formula Renault and this time finished the drivers' championship in sixth place, while his team-mate Sébastien Enjolras won the title.
In 1997, Montagny stayed with La Filière and received a cockpit in the French Formula 3 championship . He won four races and was on the podium five times. He finished his debut season in fourth place. In addition, Montagny contested a race in the British Formula 3 championship for La Filière and took part in the Formula 3 races in Zandvoort and Macau . In 1998, Montagny won ten of the 22 races in the French Formula 3 championship for La Filière. At the end of the season he lost 226 to 229 points to David Saelens , who had won the other twelve races, and was runner-up. Montagny also went back to a race in the British championship and the individual races in Zandvoort and Macau. In addition, Montagny made his debut in 1998 for Courage Compétition at the 24 Hours of Le Mans .
Formula 3000 (1999-2000)
In 1999 Montagny moved to DAMS and received a cockpit in the international Formula 3000 championship . With a third place on the Hungaroring , he was once on the podium. He finished his debut season in twelfth place overall and prevailed with 6 to 0 points internally against his teammate David Terrien . In 1999 Montagny also drove two endurance races for DAMS. On the one hand the 24-hour race of Le Mans , on the other hand a race of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS).
In 2000 Montagny stayed with DAMS in Formula 3000. With Kristian Kolby he got a new team-mate. A fourth place was his best result and he reached 15th place overall. Internally, he prevailed against Kolby with 5 to 2 points. For DAMS he also drove again in the 24-hour race of Le Mans and an ALMS race.
World Series by Nissan (2001-2003)
In 2001 , Montagny moved to Epsilon by Graff in the Open Telefónica by Nissan (World Series by Nissan). With eight wins, he won half of all races. He prevailed against Tomas Scheckter with 221 to 196 points and won the championship title. In addition, he completed for ORECA the 24-hour race at Le Mans .
In 2002 , Montagny stayed in the World Series by Nissan. He started for Racing Engineering , won four out of 18 races and was on the podium a total of ten times. With 222 to 294 points he was defeated by Ricardo Zonta and finished second overall. Within the team, he prevailed against Justin Wilson , who finished fourth with 173 points. He also completed two sports car and endurance races for ORECA. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans , he finished sixth in the top 10 for the first time. He was once on the podium in the FIA Sports Car Championship .
In 2003 , Montagny played his third season in the World Series by Nissan. Montagny started for Gabord Competición . He won nine out of 18 races and won the championship again. With 241 to 134 he won the title ahead of his teammate Heikki Kovalainen , who finished second. Montagny also took part in a Formula 1 training session for Renault for the first time as the third driver at the French Grand Prix .
Formula 1 (2004-2007)
In 2004 , Montagny became a test driver at Renault, who were not allowed to use a third driver in training this year. In 2005 , Montagny remained a test driver at Renault, who became constructors' world champions that year. He was the third driver on a Grand Prix weekend for Jordan at the European Grand Prix . In 2005 , Montagny competed in the Le Mans 24-hour race for ORECA.
In 2006 , Montagny became a substitute driver for Super Aguri for the first races , but did not take part as the third driver in training because Super Aguri did not have a third ready-to-use car. Montagny then planned to switch to the Champ Car series at Rocketsports Racing . However, the team opted for other drivers. At the fifth Formula 1 race, the European Grand Prix , Montagny was to take part in training as the third driver for Super Aguri. However, regular driver Yūji Ide was temporarily withdrawn from the super license one day before the race due to poor performance in the first races , so that Montagny was used. He retired on his Formula 1 debut. After Ide's super license had been completely revoked, Montagny was initially confirmed as a driver alongside Takuma Satō for two more races . In the second of these races in Monaco , he managed to retract through a solid performance in the race in 16th place and beat Satō in the team's internal duel. As a result, his contract as a driver was extended by four races. After the French Grand Prix , Montagny was replaced by Sakon Yamamoto and took over the position of test and reserve driver again. He was used as the third driver in training at five other Grands Prix. In addition, Montagny drove for Pescarolo Sport in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006 and achieved a podium finish for the first time together with Eric Hélary and Sébastien Loeb in second place.
In 2007 Montagny moved to Toyota as a Formula 1 test driver . In addition, he did test drives for Force India with a view to a cockpit for the 2008 Formula 1 season . However, there was no engagement.
Endurance race (2008–2012)
In 2008 Montagny planned to move to North America for the Champ Car series. For Forsythe / Pettit Racing he completed two test days before the season and always achieved the best time of the day. However, there was no engagement in the series because the series ceased racing. The last Champ Car race was held as part of the IndyCar Series 2008 . In this race , Montagny finished second. However, since he did not take part in any other race, he received no points for it. During this time of year, Montagny completed four A1GP races for the French team . A fifth place was his best result. Then Montagny was active in endurance sports. For Andretti Green Racing he drove seven ALMS races. He won the LMP2 classification twice and finished this class in seventh place. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans he was given a factory cockpit at Peugeot Sport Total and came third together with Christian Klien and Ricardo Zonta .
In 2009, Montagny received a Peugeot factory cockpit for selected endurance races. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans , he finished second with Sébastien Bourdais and Stéphane Sarrazin . In the ALMS he completed two races and won one of them together with Sarrazin. In addition, Montagny took part in an IndyCar race in Sonoma for Andretti Green Racing in 2009 . In 2010, Montagny drove a race for Peugeot in the Le Mans Series , two races in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) and the 24-hour race in Le Mans . He won both ILMC races together with Sarrazin. When they won, they were also supported by Pedro Lamy . In formula racing , Montagny was active in 2010 in the Superleague Formula . He competed in twelve races for the Girondins Bordeaux team, which was managed by Barazi-Epsilon , and won a race in Jarama .
In 2011 , Montagny contested all ILMC races for Peugeot. Together with Sarrazin and Alexander Wurz , he scored a victory. Montagny was on the podium in six of seven races. Among other things, he finished third in the Le Mans 24-hour race together with Nicolas Minassian and Sarrazin . After the end of the season, Peugeot withdrew from endurance racing, so that Montagny lost his cockpit.
In 2012, Montagny won the LMP2 classification in an ALMS race for Level 5 Motorsports . He then received a short-term injury substitute for Guillaume Moreau in a cockpit at OAK Racing for the Le Mans 24-hour race , which was part of the newly founded FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). After these two races, he entered a V8 Supercars race towards the end of the year .
Formula E (2014)
After Montagny was not active in any racing series in 2013, he returned to the Andretti racing team in 2014 , which now started as Andretti Autosport . First he received a cockpit for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis in the IndyCar Series. He retired from this race. He then stayed with Andretti Autosport, but was not used in any other IndyCar races. He was signed for the newly founded FIA Formula E Championship and was to contest the full 2014/15 season for Andretti. In the first race, Beijing ePrix 2014 , he achieved a podium finish with second place. No more competed for the third race. Montagny gave health reasons for this break. A little later it became known that Montagny had tested positive for cocaine in the second race, the Putrajaya ePrix, in the doping test . Montagny was banned and decided not to test the B sample. On March 28, 2015, Montagny was subsequently disqualified and banned from the FIA Anti-Doping Committee for two years.
statistics
Career stations
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Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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2006 | Super Aguri Formula 1 | Super Aguri SA05 | Honda 2.4 V8 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27. |
total | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th |
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DNF | DNF | 16 | 18th | DNF | DNF | 16 |
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Individual results in the IndyCar Series
year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | Points | rank |
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2008 | Forsythe / Pettit Racing | HMS | STP | MOT | LBH | KAN | INDY | Mil | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | NSH | MDO | EDM | KTY | SNM | DET | CHI | SRF | 0 | 40. |
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2009 | Andretti Green Racing | STP | LBH | KAN | INDY | Mil | TXS | IOW | RIR | WGL | GOAL | EDM | KTY | MDO | SNM | CHI | MOT | HMS | 12 | 38. | ||
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2014 | Andretti Autosport | STP | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | TXS | HOU | POC | IOW | GOAL | MDO | Mil | SNM | HAIRDRYER | 8th | 36. | ||||
22nd |
( Legend ) Notes
- ↑ Took place on the same day as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
- ↑ Took place on the same day as the Indy Japan 300.
- ↑ No points were awarded.
Individual results in the FIA Formula E Championship
year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | rank |
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2014/15 | Andretti Autosport | AT | PUT | PUN | BUE | MIA | LBH | MON | BER | MOS | LON | 18th | 16. | |
2 | DSQ | EX | EX | EX | EX | EX | EX | EX | EX | EX |
( Legend )
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1998 | Courage Compétition | Courage C36 | Olivier Grouillard | Henri Pescarolo | Rank 15 | |
1999 | Team DAMS | Lola B98 / 10 | David Terrien | Christophe Tinseau | failure | Engine failure |
2000 | Team DAMS | Cadillac Northstar LMP | Eric Bernard | Emmanuel Collard | Rank 19 | |
2001 | Viper Team ORECA | Chrysler LMP | Yannick Dalmas | Stéphane Sarrazin | failure | Engine failure |
2002 | PlayStation Team ORECA | Dallara SP1 | Nicolas Minassian | Stéphane Sarrazin | Rank 6 | |
2005 | Audi Playstation ORECA | Audi R8 | Jean-Marc Gounon | Stéphane Ortelli | Rank 4 | |
2006 | Pescarolo sport | Pescarolo C60 | Eric Helary | Sébastien Loeb | Rank 2 | |
2008 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Christian Klien | Ricardo Zonta | Rank 3 | |
2009 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Sébastien Bourdais | Stéphane Sarrazin | Rank 2 | |
2010 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Nicolas Minassian | Stéphane Sarrazin | failure | Engine failure |
2011 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 | Nicolas Minassian | Stéphane Sarrazin | Rank 3 | |
2012 | OAK Racing | OAK Pescarolo | Bertrand baguette | Dominik Kraihamer | failure |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2009 | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | Stéphane Sarrazin | Sébastien Bourdais | Rank 2 | |
2011 | Peugeot Sport Total | Peugeot 908 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Pedro Lamy | Rank 3 |
Web links
- Career statistics from Franck Montagny (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephan Heublein: "Super Aguri is looking for a third man: Montagny, Rossiter or Glock?" Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 25, 2006, accessed on September 14, 2014 .
- ^ Stephan Heublein: "Overpopulation in Force India". Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 28, 2007, accessed September 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Sebring: Montagny fastest on the first day of testing". Motorsport-Total.com, February 3, 2008, accessed September 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: “Sebring: Montagny outclasses the ChampCar aces!” Motorsport-Total.com, February 4, 2008, accessed on September 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Indy: Montagny drives for Andretti". Motorsport-Total.com, April 24, 2014, accessed May 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "First Andretti pilot is certain: Montagny will be there". Motorsport-Total.com, May 29, 2014, accessed May 29, 2014 .
- ↑ Philipp Schajer: "Formula E - Brabham replaces Montagny at Andretti". Health reasons. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 12, 2014, accessed December 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Philipp Schajer: "Formula E - Scandal: Montagny convicted of cocaine consumption". Career over? Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 1, 2015, accessed January 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Erich Hirsch: FIA condemns Montagny, a cocaine sinner. (No longer available online.) E-Formel.de, March 28, 2015, archived from the original on October 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Montagny, Franck |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th January 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Feurs , France |