Pierre Ragues
French racing driver
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Pierre René Gilbert Ragues (born 10 January 1984 in Caen) is a French racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
| Pierre Ragues | |||||||||
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Ragues at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. | |||||||||
| Nationality |  French | ||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1984 Caen, France | ||||||||
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |||||||||
| Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||
| Current team | Signatech-Nissan | ||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold (until 2012) FIA Silver (2013–)[1] | ||||||||
| Car number | 26 | ||||||||
| Previous series | |||||||||
| 2011 2011 2007 2006, 08–11 2004–2005 2004–05 2003 2003 | Intercontinental Le Mans Cup American Le Mans Series International Formula Master Le Mans Series Eurocup Formula Renault French Formula Renault FIA GT Championship Formula Renault Campus | ||||||||
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Career
Karting
Debuting in karting in 1994, Ragues was second in the Monaco Kart Cup in Formula A in 2001, and third in the French Elite Championship. Since starting to race cars, Ragues has continued to compete in karts.[2]
Single-seaters
Ragues started racing cars in 2003 when he took part in Formula Renault Campus in France, finishing runner-up to dominant champion Laurent Groppi and scoring one race win. He also took part in the 2003 Spa 24 Hours in a Paul Belmondo Racing-run Chrysler Viper GTS-R. For the following years, he raced in French Formula Renault, finishing 12th and 15th overall in the two seasons.
After racing sportscars in 2006, Ragues took part in International Formula Master in 2007, finishing 14th overall with one podium finish.
Sportscars
In 2006, Ragues started in sports car racing, contesting the LMP2 class of the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans for Paul Belmondo Racing. After his brief return to single-seaters, in 2008, he raced for Saulnier Racing and finished fifth in the Le Mans Series LMP2 drivers' standings and third in class at Le Mans.
2009 saw Ragues start his relationship with the Signature team. They finished 11th overall and tenth in LMP1 at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans and seventh in the Le Mans Series. Signature switched to a Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 for 2010, and the team finished second in the LMS teams' championship with their drivers in fourth place.
In 2011, Ragues switched back to the Saulnier team, now operating as OAK Racing, before returning to Signature in 2012, now racing as Signatech-Nissan. He finished tenth overall and fourth in LMP2 at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Racing record
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Le Mans Series/European Le Mans Series results
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
† As Ragues was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Signatech-Nissan | LMP2 | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SEB | SPA 12 |
LMS 4 |
SIL 3 |
SÃO 7 |
BHR 4 |
FUJ EX |
SHA 7 |
6th† | 60† |
| 2013 | Signatech-Alpine | LMP2 | Alpine A450 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS 8 |
SÃO | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Larbre Compétition | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS 9 |
COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | NC | 0 |
| 2015 | Team SARD Morand | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2 Evo | SARD (Judd) 3.6 L V8 | SIL | SPA 2 |
LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 5th* | 18* |
| 2019–20 | Signatech Alpine Elf | LMP2 | Alpine A470 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 2 |
FUJ 6 |
SHA 4 |
BHR 4 |
COA 6 |
SPA Ret |
LMS 3 |
BHR 5 |
8th | 109 |
* Season still in progress.
† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates rank in the LMP2 Trophy.