Patrick Lemarié

Patrick Lemarié (born February 6, 1968 in Paris ) is a former French racing driver .

Career

Lemarié began his motorsport career in karting in 1986 and was active in this sport until 1987. In 1989 he switched to French Formula Ford for three years . He came second twice (1989 and 1991) and third once (1990). In 1992, the French competed in the French Formula 3 championship and finished 16th. Over the next two years, he competed in a number of races in the American Atlantic Championship . In 1993 he was 13th and in 1994 22nd in the championship.

After a one year break, he returned in 1996 back into motorsport and advocated Pacific Racing in the international Formula 3000 Championship at. For the most part he could not keep up with his teammate Cristiano da Matta and ended the season in 15th place overall. In 1997 he only took part in seven out of ten Formula 3000 races for different teams. He finished the season in 16th place. His best result in Formula 3000 was fourth.

In 1999 he became a test driver for the new Formula 1 team British American Racing (BAR). He held this position until 2002 . During this period he took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race twice ( 2000 and 2001 ) . In 2001 he also took part in the European Le Mans Series , which he finished in fourth place, and the American Le Mans Series , in which he was 16th.

In 2003 , Lemarié switched to the CART series for PK Racing , which, like BAR , was looked after by its manager Craig Pollock . After the first six races, the Frenchman was replaced by Bryan Herta . At the end of the season he finished 21st overall.

Lemarié has not participated in any racing series since the end of the 2003 season.

statistics

Career stations

• 1986–1987: karting
• 1989: French Formula Ford (2nd place)
• 1990: French Formula Ford (3rd place)
• 1991: French Formula Ford (2nd place)
• 1992: French Formula 3 Championship (16th place)
• 1993: Atlantic Championship (13th place)
• 1994: Atlantic Championship (22nd place)
• 1996 : International Formula 3000 Championship (15th place)
• 1997 : International Formula 3000 Championship (16th place)
• 1999 : Formula 1 (test driver)
• 2000 : Formula 1 (test driver)
• 2001 : Formula 1 (test driver); European Le Mans Series (4th place); American Le Mans Series (16th place)
• 2002 : Formula 1 (test driver)
• 2003 : CART (21st place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2000	Didier Bonnet	Debora LMP200	Jean-François Yvon	Yann Goudy	failure	Oil leak
2001	Johansson Motorsport	Audi R8	Tom Coronel	Stefan Johansson	failure	Electrics

Web links

• Career Stats Patrick Lemarié (English)