Nicolas Minassian

Nicolas Minassian
Nicolas Minassian
Born	February 28, 1973 (age 53); Marseille, France
Occupation	Racing driver
Known for	Professional racing career including Formula 3000, CART, and endurance racing

Nicolas Minassian (Armenian: ; born 28 February 1973) is a French racing professional with Armenian heritage.

Originating from Marseille, Minassian secured second place in the 1993 Formula Renault Eurocup before moving up to the French Formula Three Championship, where he finished as runner-up in 1995. He spent the following two seasons competing in the British Formula 3 Championship with Promatecme and Renault UK teams, achieving fourth position in 1996 and improving to second in 1997.

In 1998, Minassian stepped into Formula 3000 with West Competition, although he was surpassed by teammate Nick Heidfeld. The subsequent year, driving for Kid Jensen Racing, he earned significant wins, including a dominant lights-to-flag victory at Silverstone. His career advanced further in 2000 when he joined the elite Super Nova Racing squad, finishing second overall in the championship.

Unable to secure a place in Formula One, Minassian transitioned to CART in 2001, racing for Target Chip Ganassi Racing alongside Bruno Junqueira and participating in the 2001 Indianapolis 500 before being released from the team. In 2002, he claimed the oval championship title in the ASCAR Racing Series with RML Group and resumed endurance racing with outfits such as Creation Autosportif and Pescarolo Sport.

Starting in 2007, Minassian served as a factory driver for the diesel-powered Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Le Mans prototype within the European Le Mans Series, including appearances at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans event.

Outside racing

In 2019, Minassian partnered with former teammate Jamie Campbell-Walter and María Catarineu to establish Bullet Sports Management. This agency manages drivers competing in premier categories such as FIA WEC and ELMS, representing talents like Ferdinand Habsburg (FIA WEC and ELMS), Franco Colapinto (ELMS and Formula One), Oliver Goethe (Formula 2), Benjamin Goethe (GT World Challenge Europe), along with Rui Andrade and Diego Menchaca (both ELMS competitors).

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1994	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Roland Bassaler	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Patrick Bourdais Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Couvreur	Alpa LM-Ford Cosworth	LMP1 C90	64	DNF	DNF
2000	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Mopar Team Oreca	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Yannick Dalmas Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Belloc	Reynard 2KQ-LM-Mopar	LMP900	1	DNF	DNF
2002	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall PlayStation Team Oreca	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Franck Montagny	Dallara SP1-Judd	LMP900	359	6th	5th
2003	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pescarolo Sport	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Éric Hélary Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Soheil Ayari	Courage C60-Peugeot	LMP900	352	9th	7th
2004	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pescarolo Sport	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Sébastien Bourdais Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Emmanuel Collard	Pescarolo C60-Judd	LMP1	282	DNF	DNF
2005	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Creation Autosportif Ltd.	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jamie Campbell-Walter Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Andy Wallace	DBA 03S-Judd	LMP1	322	14th	7th
2006	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pescarolo Sport	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Emmanuel Collard Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Érik Comas	Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd	LMP1	352	5th	4th
2007	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Peugeot Sport Total	Canada Jacques Villeneuve Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	338	DNF	DNF
2008	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Peugeot Sport Total	Canada Jacques Villeneuve Template:Country data ESP Template:Namespace detect showall Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	381	2nd	2nd

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	-	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Peugeot Sport Total \| Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall Pedro Lamy Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Christian Klien \| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP \| LMP1 \| 369 \| 6th \| 6th \|-	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Peugeot Sport Total \| Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Franck Montagny \| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP \| LMP1 \| 264 \| DNF \| DNF \|-	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Peugeot Sport Total \| Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stéphane Sarrazin Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Franck Montagny \| Peugeot 908 \| LMP1 \| 353 \|style=background:#FFDF9F;3rd \|style=background:#FFDF9F;3rd \|-	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pescarolo Team \| Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Sébastien Bourdais Template:Country data JPN Template:Namespace detect showall Seiji Ara \| Dome S102.5-Judd \| LMP1 \| 203 \| NC \| NC \|-	Template:Country data ARG Template:Namespace detect showall AF Corse PeCom Racing \| Template:Country data ARG Template:Namespace detect showall Luís Pérez Companc Germany Pierre Kaffer \| Oreca 03-Nissan \| LMP2 \|325 \|'10th' \|'4th' \|-	'{{flagicon RUS }}' 'AF Corse SMP Racing' \|'{{flagicon RUS }}' Kirill Ladygin '{{flagicon ITA }}' Maurizio Mediani \|'Oreca 03'R-Nissan' \|'LMP2' \|'9' \|'DNF' \|'DNF' \|-	'{{flagicon RUS }} SMP Racing' \|'{{flagicon RUS }} David Markozov 'Template:Flagicon ITA Maurizio Mediani' \|'BR Engineering BR01-Nissan' \|'LMP2' \|'340' \|'14th' \|'6th' \|-	2016 'SMP Racing' 'Mikhail Aleshin Maurizio Mediani ' 'BR Engineering BR01-Nissan' 'LMP2' '347' '11th' '7th'

Full British Formula 3 Championship Results

(key) (Events highlighted in bold denote pole position; events in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine Manufacturer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final Standing	Points Scored
1996	Promatecme UK	Renault	SIL 1	SIL 2	THR	DON	BRH 1	BRH 2	OUL	DON	SIL	THR	SNE 1	SNE 2	PEM 1	PEM 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	SIL	4th	139
1997	Promatecme UK	Renault	DON	SIL	THR	BRH	SIL	CRO	OUL	'Silverstone Circuit/SIL 3	Pembrey Circuit/PEM/1 < br/> Ret	Pembrey Circuit/PEM/2 < br/> 1	Donington Park/DON < br/> 1	Snetterton Circuit/SNE/1 < br/> 4	Snetterton Circuit/SNE/2' ' < br/> 1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps/SPA < br/> 6	Silverstone Circuit/SIL' ' < br/> 1	Thruxton Circuit/THR < br/> 1		2nd	183

Full International Formula 3000 Championship Results

(key) (Events in bold signify pole position; events in italics denote fastest lap.)

American Open-Wheel Racing Results

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CART Series

Year	Team Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final Classification	Total Points
1998	West Competition	OSC "Retired"	IML "19th"	CAT "Retired"	SIL "7th"	MON "9th"	PAU "7th"	A1R "5th"	HOC	HUN	SPA	PER

Year	Team Name	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Race 11	Race 12	Race 13	Race 14	Race 15	Race 16	Race 17	Race 18	Race 19	Race 20	Race 21	Final Ranking	Points Accumulated
(2001) CART Season	Chip Ganassi Racing	style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MTY "11th"	style="background:#CFEAFF;"\| LBH "8th"	TXS NH	style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| NZR "18th"	style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MOT "15th"	style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MIL "19th"	style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| DET "17th"	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LS	SRF	FON	style="background:#CFCFFF;" 27th	7

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	Chassis	Car Number	Engine	Race One	Race Two	Race Three	Race Four	Race Five	Race Six	Race Seven	Race Eight	Race Nine	Race Ten	Race Eleven	Race Twelve	Final Position	Points Total
(2001)	Chip Ganassi Racing	(G-Force)	49 \| (Oldsmobile)	(PHX)	(HOM)	(ATL)	style="background:#EFCFFF;"	29th at the (Indy) "29"	(TEX)	(PIK)	(RIR)	(KAN)	(NSH)	(KTY)	(GAT)	(CHI)	(TEX) - second event?	47th place finish	1 point earned

Indianapolis 500 Performance

Year	Chassis Used	Engine Type	Starting Position	Finishing Position	Team Affiliation
(2001)	Panoz chassis by G-Force Technologies (Panoz)	Oldsmobile engine (Oldsmobile)	align=center \|22nd start position	align=center style= "background:#EFCFFF;"	29th place finish	Ganassi Racing team (Chip Ganassi Racing)

Complete V8 Supercar Championship Results

Detailed Bathurst1000 Results

Year	Team	Vehicle Model	Round_01	Round_02	Round_03	Round_04	Round_05	Round_06	Round_07	Round_08	Round_09	Round_10	Round_11	Round_12	Round_13	Round_14	Round_15	Round_16	Round_17	Round_18	Round_19	Round_20	Round_21	Round_22	Round_23	Round_24	Round_25	Round_26	Round_27	Round_28	Round_29	Round_30	Round_31	Final Ranking	Total Points

! Year	! Team	! Car Model	! Co-Driver	! Finishing Position	! Laps Completed

Complete American Le Mans Series Performance

! Year	! Team Entrant	! Competition Class	! Chassis Model	! Engine Type	! Tyre Manufacturer	! Event One	! Event Two	! Event Three	! Event Four	! Event Five	! Event Six	! Event Seven	! Event Eight	! Event Nine	! Event Ten	! Final Ranking	! Points Earned

Full Le Mans Series Results

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Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Records

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