Pierre-Henri Raphanel

Pierre-Henri Raphanel (born 27 May 1961)^[1] is a French former racing driver.

Born (1961-05-27) 27 May 1961 (age 65)
Algiers, Algeria

Nationality French

Activeyears1988–1989

TeamsLarrousse, Coloni, Rial

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Pierre-Henri Raphanel

Raphanel driving for Coloni at the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix
Born	(1961-05-27) 27 May 1961 (age 65) Algiers, Algeria
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1988–1989
Teams	Larrousse, Coloni, Rial
Entries	17 (1 start)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1988 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	1989 Australian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1986-2000
Teams	Courage, Porsche, Toyota, Peugeot, McLaren, Panoz
Best finish	2nd (1992), (1997)
Class wins	1 (1997)
Championship titles
1985	French Formula Three Championship

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He participated in 17 Formula One Grands Prix for Larrousse, Coloni and Rial, debuting on 13 November 1988. He only qualified for one race, the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix, making him the only driver in F1 history whose only race was in the principality.^[2]

Following his F1 career, Raphanel became a factory driver for Toyota, competing in Japan for series such as JTCC and JGTC, for the latter until 2000. After 2006, Raphanel worked as the lead test driver and product specialist for Bugatti^[3] and is usually seen demonstrating the Veyron.

Raphanel is also the uncle of the French-Algerian driver Julien Gerbi and of the young go-kart driver Arthur Raphanel.

Raphanel drove the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to its maximum speed (431.072 km/h) in Ehra-Lessien in July 2010.