Alexandre Prémat

Karting & French Formula Renault Campus

Prémat was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne.

In 1999, Prémat won the Coupe du Monde de Karting 125cc ICC. That same year, he finished as vice-champion in the Formule France de Karting ICC, clinching six victories. His success continued in 2000, when Prémat captured the Champion de France FC 125cc title.

Prémat continued karting until 2000, when he moved up to French Formula Campus. He finished the season in second place, securing two victories.^{[citation needed]}

Formula Renault

Prémat quickly moved up to French Formula Renault for the 2001 season, with his teammate being Simon Pagenaud. In his first season, Prémat finished ninth in the points standings. The following year, in 2002, he won the Formula Renault French title. Also during this year, he raced in part of the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup.^{[citation needed]}

Formula Three

With the merger of several national Formula Three championships in 2003, Prémat moved to the Formula 3 Euroseries, joining the ASM team alongside Olivier Pla. That season, he finished the year 7th in the points standings. In 2004, Prémat finished second in the points standings with six wins. He also won in the Marlboro Masters non-championship races and Macau Grand Prix.

GP2 Series

In 2005, Prémat joined ART Grand Prix to compete in the 2005 GP2 Series, the sister team to his former Formula 3 squad, ASM. Despite two wins that season, Prémat finished 4th in the championship, with his teammate Nico Rosberg claiming the title. The following year, Prémat finished third in the standings despite winning one race. Meanwhile, his new teammate, Lewis Hamilton, went on to dominate the season and win the championship.

A1 Grand Prix

Prémat also drove the A1 Team France car in A1 Grand Prix in the 2005–06 season, he and team-mate Nicolas Lapierre winning the title for their nation. Prémat did not return to the series for the following season, and the French team's form dropped noticeably.

Formula One

Prémat drove the third Spyker MF1 Racing car at the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix.^[1] He also had an off-season test with Champ Car team Mi-Jack Conquest Racing. Prémat had the quickest time in several sessions and stated that he was targeting a ride in Champ Car for 2007.^[2] Another possibility was to drive in Formula One with Spyker, as one of their test drivers, but it did not work out.^[3]

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and Le Mans Series

Eventually, Prémat drove for Audi in the 2007 DTM series and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also with Audi. In 2008, Prémat again raced in DTM, and also the Le Mans Series with Audi. In 2009, he remained in this series and also participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was fired by Audi before the final race of the 2010 season for running in the New York Marathon instead of recovering from a heavy crash at the previous round.^[4] In 2011, he won his class of the Nürburgring 24 Hour race in a Peugeot RCZ.^{[citation needed]}

Supercars Championship

In 2012, Prémat joined the Australia's leading touring car series, then known as V8 Supercars, driving a Holden VE Commodore for Garry Rogers Motorsport.^[5][6] After a disappointing first half of the season, where he struggled to adapt to the championship, he was rested for the 2012 Armor All Gold Coast 600, with Greg Ritter taking his place. He returned to racing at the following round in Abu Dhabi,^[7] and went on to finish the season with a best result of thirteenth place at Symmons Plains Raceway. Prémat remained with the team in 2013, starting the season with fourth place in the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide. Despite showing front-running pace, particularly at the start of the season, he failed to achieve consistent results due to poor qualifying and incidents during the races.

In January 2014, Prémat announced he was leaving the team in a full-time capacity,^[8] however he would return to the team, which were now competing in a Volvo S60, for the endurance events,^[9] placing 5th in the Enduro Cup with full-time driver Scott McLaughlin. Prémat once again joined McLaughlin in the 2015 Enduro Cup, with a best result of fifth at the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

For 2016, Triple Eight Race Engineering poached Prémat to partner with Shane van Gisbergen in the Enduro Cup. The pairing went on to win the 2016 Enduro Cup, including three second-place finishes and Prémat's first race victory in the championship at the 2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600.^[10]

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup results

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Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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Complete GP2 Series results

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Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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Complete Formula One participations

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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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Complete Le Mans Series results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2007	Audi Sport Team Joest	Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	23	DNF	DNF
2008	Audi Sport Team Joest	Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	374	4th	4th
2009	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Audi R15 TDI	LMP1	333	17th	13th
2011	Team Oreca-Matmut	David Hallyday Dominik Kraihamer	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	200	DNF	DNF

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Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

More information Year, Team ...

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2012	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Jack Perkins	16th	161
2013	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VF	Greg Ritter	23rd	154
2014	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	Scott McLaughlin	17th	150
2015	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	Scott McLaughlin	5th	161
2016	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore VF	Shane van Gisbergen	2nd	161
2017	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	Scott McLaughlin	DNF	74
2018	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	Scott McLaughlin	3rd	161
2019	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT	Scott McLaughlin	1st	161

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