Pierre Thiriet
Pierre Thiriet (born April 20, 1989 in Épinal ) is a French racing driver . He will start in the European Le Mans Series in 2012 .
Career
Thiriet began his motorsport career in touring car racing in 2009 in the Mégane Trophy Eurocup . Starting for TDS Racing , he achieved two podium finishes and was fifth in the drivers' championship. In 2010 he stayed with TDS Racing in the Mégane Trophy Eurocup. Together with his team mate Nicky Catsburg , Thiriet drove for the championship title. He won two races and achieved nine podium finishes. He finally lost to Catsburg with 134 to 161 points and ended the season in second place.
In 2011 Thiriet switched to endurance racing. He started for TDS Racing in the LMP2 class of the Le Mans Series . Together with his teammates Mathias Beche and Jody Firth , he won the LMP2 classification twice. Thiriet finished the season together with his teammates in fourth place in the LMP2 classification. He also made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race that year . For Luxury Racing he started in the LMGTE Pro category. His team dropped out. In 2012 , Thiriet stayed with his team, which this season will compete as Thiriet by TDS Racing . The racing series has since been renamed the European Le Mans Series . He won the first race at Le Castellet together with his team-mate Beche. After this race, they both led the LMP2 classification, which is the highest category this season. He will also compete in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans for Thiriet by TDS Racing.
statistics
Career stations
- 2009: Mégane Trophy Eurocup (5th place)
- 2010: Mégane Trophy Eurocup (2nd place)
- 2011 : Le Mans Series , LMP2 (4th place)
- 2012 : ELMS, LMP2
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2011 | Luxury racing | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | Anthony Beltoise | François Jakubowski | failure | |
2012 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 03 | Mathias Beche | Christophe Tinseau | Rank 8 | |
2013 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 03 | Ludovic Badey | Maxime Martin | failure | accident |
2014 | TDS Racing | Ligier JS P2 | Ludovic Badey | Tristan Gommendy | Rank 6 | |
2015 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 05 | Ludovic Badey | Tristan Gommendy | failure | accident |
2016 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | Oreca 05 | Mathias Beche | Ryō Hirakawa | failure | |
2017 | G-Drive Racing | Oreca 07 | Roman Rusinov | Alex Lynn | failure | accident |
2018 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Alpine A470 | André Negrao | Nicolas Lapierre | 5th place and class win | |
2019 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | Alpine A470 | André Negrao | Nicolas Lapierre | Rank 6 and class win |
Web links
- Career statistics from Pierre Thiriet at driverdb.com (English)
- Career statistics from Pierre Thiriet at speedsport-magazine.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "European Le Mans Series: Team Thiriet by TDS Racing wants to fight for the title" (Motorsport-Server.de on March 29, 2012)
- ↑ "ELMS: TDS wins, Loeb team in second place" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 1, 2012)
- ↑ “LIST OF THE COMPETITORS AND CARS INVITED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKINGS AND SCRUTINEERING - SUNDAY 10th and MONDAY 11th JUNE 2012” ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (lemans.org on March 26, 2012; PDF; 306 kB)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thiriet, Pierre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Épinal , France |