Alexandre Cougnaud

Alexandre Cougnaud
Born	(1991-12-05) December 5, 1991 Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2002–present
Known for	Competing in European Le Mans Series

Alexandre Cougnaud (born on 5 December 1991) is a French professional racing driver currently active in the European Le Mans Series representing Graff Racing.

Early years

Hailing from Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, Cougnaud initiated his motorsport journey in karting in 2002, predominantly participating in competitions within France. After achieving sixth place in the 2008 Formula Kart France championship, he advanced to the Formul'Academy Euro Series in 2009 with Signatech, where he concluded the season 14th overall. In 2010, he took part in four rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse championship driving for ARTA Engineering, earning one podium and finishing ninth in the standings. The following year, 2011, saw him competing in a single round of the Championnat VdeV with AB Sport Auto, fourteen rounds of Formula Renault 2.0 Alps again with ARTA Engineering, and three races in the Formula Ford EuroCup with Cliff Dempsey Racing, ending up tenth and seventeenth respectively in those series.

European F3 Open

In 2012, Cougnaud raced in the "Copa/Cup Class" category of the European F3 Open Championship for Top F3, piloting a Dallara F308 chassis. He secured third place overall within the Cup class, accumulating eight podium finishes.

The next year, 2013, he joined Italian outfit RP Motorsport, competing alongside Santiago Urrutia, Alexander Toril, and Sandy Stuvik in a Dallara F312. Despite facing initial difficulties related to car setup and receiving penalties—such as a 30-second penalty at Silverstone that dropped him from fifth—he showed consistent progress throughout the season.

Highlights included achieving fourth and third places at Jerez, and at Monza he attained pole position along with second place and fastest lap in race two, narrowly missing victory to teammate Sandy Stuvik. He wrapped up the season with a strong performance at Barcelona by finishing third and subsequently claiming his maiden Formula 3 win.

Porsche Carrera Cup France

Between 2014 and 2015, Alexandre Cougnaud competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup France, finishing tenth in his debut year followed by twelfth place in his sophomore season.

European Le Mans Series

Cougnaud entered the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) in 2016, a leading endurance racing championship managed by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). During his first ELMS campaign driving for Yvan Muller Racing, he achieved two victories: triumphing at the prestigious Road To Le Mans event and winning the final round of the 2016 season held at Estoril.

He extended his partnership with Yvan Muller Racing for the 2017 season. After completing two rounds, he was positioned second in the LMP3 category standings, including a runner-up finish at Monza.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formul'Academy Euro Series	Auto Sport Academy	14	0	0	0	0	8	14th
2010	Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship	ARTA Engineering	4	0	0	0	1	38	9th
2011	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series	ARTA Engineering	14	0	0	0	0	79	17th
	Formula Ford EuroCup	Cliff Dempsey Racing	3	0	0	0	0		N/A
	V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne - Proto	AB Sport Auto	1	0	0	0	0	8	10th
2012	European F3 Open	Top F3	16	0	0	0	0	14	15th
	European F3 Open - Copa F308/300		16	0	1	2	8	70	3rd
	European F3 Open Winter Series		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2013	European F3 Open Winter Series	RP Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	2013 European F3 Open Championship		16	1	1	1	4	139	6th
2014	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Racing Technology	13	0	0	0	1	59	12th
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Alméras Frères / Martinet Team Pro GT	12	0	0	0	1	83	10th
2016	2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP3	align=left M.Racing - Yvan Muller (YMR)	6	1	0	0	1	36	8th
	align=left Road To Le Mans - LMP3 (with DC Racing)	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	bgcolor="#FFFFBF" 1st
2017	_European Le Mans Series - LMP3_	_M.Racing - YMR_	_6_	_0_	_0_	_0_	_4_	_81_	_bgcolor="#DFDFDF" 2nd_
	_Le Mans Cup - LMP3_	_2_	_0_	_0_	_0_	_1_	_12_	_19th_
2018	_European Le Mans Series - LMP2_	_Graff Racing_	_6_	_0_	_0_	_0_	_0_	_23_	_14th_
2019	_European Le Mans Series - LMP2_	_Graff Racing_	_6_	_0_	_0_	_0_	_4_	_83_	_bgcolor="#FFDF9F" 3rd_
	_24H GT Series - A6_	_GPX Racing__
2020	_European Le Mans Series - LMP2__	_Graff Racing__	_5__	_0__	_0__	_0__	_2__	_43__	_6th__
2021	_GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup__	_Saintéloc Racing__	_5__	_0__	_0__	_0__	_0__	_0__	_NC__
2022	_French GT4 Cup - Silver__	_CSA Racing__	_10__	_0__	_0__	_0__	_1__	_67__	_7th__
	_24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2__	_DKR Engineering__						_18th__
2023	_GT4 European Series - Silver__	CSA Racing_| _8_| _0_| _0_| _0_| _0_| _30_| _22nd_|
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup_| _1_| _0_| _0_| _0_| _0_| _0_| _NC_|
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2_| _Graff Racing_| _colspan=7_| Reserve driver
_2024	_Le Mans Cup - LMP3	_M Racing	_7	_0	_00	_00	_01	_23.5	_10th
_2025	_European Endurance Prototype Cup	_Graff Racing	_	_	_	_	_	_	_

Full Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions; those in italics represent fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Position	Points
2011	ARTA Engineering	MNZ 1 16	MNZ 2 10	IMO 1 15	IMO 2 Ret	PAU 1 10	PAU 2 8	RBR 1 16	RBR 2 12	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 19	LEC 1 12	LEC 2 13	SPA 1 10	SPA 2 11	17th	79

Full FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Bold denotes pole position; italics indicates fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Category	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final Standing	Points Scored
2022	DKR Engineering	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB	SPA	LMS 18	MNZ	FUJ	BHR	-*	_*

Full 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Vehicle	Class Category	Number of Laps Completed	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Template:Country data LUXTemplate:Namespace detect showall DKR Engineering	Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	362	22nd	18th