Patrick Pilet

Patrick Pilet
Born	(1981-10-08) October 8, 1981 Auch, Gers, France
Occupation	Racing driver
Known for	Endurance sports car racing, including 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Spa, 12 Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans

Patrick Grégory Yoan Pilet (born October 8, 1981) is a French professional racing driver who focuses on endurance competitions in sports car racing, including prestigious events like the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Spa, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Petit Le Mans.

Originating from Auch, Gers, Pilet secured the title in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2004 and also participated in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In 2005, he progressed to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, where he finished 11th despite missing three race weekends, then competed full-time in 2006, ending the season in 21st place.

Pilet shifted his focus to sports car racing in 2007, capturing the championship in the Porsche Carrera Cup France with IMSA Performance. During 2009 and 2010, he competed full seasons for IMSA Performance in the International GT Open alongside Raymond Narac, piloting a Super GT Porsche 911. In 2009, they achieved sixth victories out of sixteen races and finished fifth overall; in 2010, they earned four wins and placed seventh. Additionally, Pilet earned a runner-up finish at the 24 Hours of Spa with IMSA Performance teammates Narac, Patrick Long, and Richard Lietz.

In 2011, Pilet became part of Team Art Taste, a newly established Japanese squad competing in the Super GT series with Porsche 911 GT3Rs. Simultaneously, he raced full-time in the European Le Mans Series for IMSA Performance alongside teammate Wolf Henzler, securing one podium finish during that campaign.

Pilet was scheduled to represent the factory Porsche GT Team at Le Mans in 2020; however, due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the team did not attend. When Dwight Merriman suffered injuries from an accident involving IDEC's vehicle, Pilet—already designated as a reserve driver within Porsche’s controlled environment—was called upon to drive the IDEC Oreca 07.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	French Formula Renault 2000								1st
	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Graff Racing	9	1	0	1	1	102	9th
2005	Formula Renault 3.5	Jenzer Motorsport / GD Racing	11	0	0	0	1	43	11th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5	GD Racing / Tech 1 Racing	15	0	0	0	0	14	21st
2007	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Graff Racing	14	4	2	0	9	181	1st
2008	American Le Mans Series	Flying Lizard Motorsports	11	0	0	2	5	139	3rd
2009	"International GT Open" (Super GT)	"IMSA Performance"	"11"	"5"	"3"	"4"	"10"	"91"	"3rd"
2010	"International GT Open" (Super GT)	"IMSA Performance"	"16"	"4"	"1"	"5"	"8"	"78"	"7th"
2011	"Super GT"	"IMSA Performance"	"5"					"27"	"6th"
2012	"World Endurance Championship" (LMGTE)	"Felbermayr-Proton / Flying Lizard"	"3"	"1"	"0"	"0"	"2"	"133"	"3rd"
2013	"World Endurance Championship" (LMGTE Pro)	"Porsche AG Team Manthey"	"8"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"5"	"109.5"	"4th"
2014	"World Endurance Championship" (LMGTE Pro)	"Porsche AG Team Manthey"	"8"	"1"	"0"	"0"	"5"	"108.5"	"4th"
2015	"World Endurance Championship" (LMGTE Pro)	"Porsche AG Team Manthey"	"7"	"1"	"0"	"0"	"5"	"100"	"6th"

Formula Renault 3.5 Series Complete Results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position; those in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final Position	Points
2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series	"Jenzer Motorsport"	ZOL 1 10	ZOL 2 7	MON 1 13	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 7	LMS 1 8	LMS 2 10										11th	43
"GD Racing"													EST 1 7	EST 2 8	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 3
2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series	"GD Racing"	ZOL 1 21†	ZOL 2 Ret	MON 1 13	IST 1 Ret	IST 2 7	MIS 1 15	MIS 2 12	SPA 1 21†	SPA 2 14									21st	14
"Tech 1 Racing"												DON 1 13	DON 2 14	LMS 1 5	LMS 2 7	CAT 1 14

^† Classified despite not finishing, having completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Results for the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Laps Completed	Overall Position	Class Position
2009	IMSA Performance Matmut (FRA)	Raymond Narac (FRA) Patrick Long (USA)	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	265	DNF	DNF
2010	IMSA Performance Matmut (FRA)	Raymond Narac (FRA) Patrick Long (USA)	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	321	17th	5th
2011	IMSA Performance Matmut (FRA)	Raymond Narac (FRA) Nicolas Armindo (FRA)	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	311	17th	5th
2012	Flying Lizard Motorsports (USA)	Seth Neiman (USA) Spencer Pumpelly (USA)	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	311	27th	4th
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey (DEU)	Timo Bernhard (DEU) Jörg Bergmeister (DEU)	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	16th	2nd
2014	Porsche Team Manthey (DEU)	Nick Tandy (GBR) Jörg Bergmeister (DEU)	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	309	36th	7th
2015	Porsche Team Manthey (DEU)	Frédéric Makowiecki (FRA) Wolf Henzler (DEU)	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	14	DNF	DNF
2016	Porsche Motorsport (DEU)	Kévin Estre (FRA) Nick Tandy (GBR)	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	135	DNF	DNF
2017	Porsche GT Team Manthey Racing (DEU)	align="left" nowrap= "nowrap" > Richard Lietz (AUT) Frédéric Makowiecki (FRA)	"Porsche 911 RSR (2017)"	"GTE Pro"	"339"	"20th"	"4th"
2018	"CORE Autosport Porsche GT Team" (USA)	"Nick Tandy" (GBR) "Earl Bamber" (NZL)	"Porsche 911 RSR (2017)"	"GTE Pro"	"334"	"27th"	"10th"
2019	"CORE Autosport Porsche GT Team" (USA)	"Nick Tandy" (GBR) "Earl Bamber" (NZL)	"Porsche 911 RSR (2017)"	"GTE Pro"	"342"	"22nd"	" style=\"background:#FFDF9F;\" "3rd"
2020	"IDEC Sport Racing" (FRA)	"Jonathan Kennard" (GBR) "Kyle Tilley" (GBR)	"Oreca_07-Gibson"	"LMP2"	"363"	"15th"	"11th"
2021	"IDEC Sport Racing" (FRA)	"Paul Lafargue" (FRA) Paul-Loup Chatin (FRA)	"Oreca_07-Gibson"	"LMP2"	"359"	"11th"	"6th"
2022	"IDEC Sport Racing" (FRA)	"Paul Lafargue" (FRA) Paul-Loup Chatin (FRA)	"Oreca_07-Gibson"	"LMP2"	"366"	"12th"	"8th"
2023	"Graff Racing" (FRA) rowspan= "2"	"Giedo van der Garde" (NLD) "Roberto Lacorte"(ITA) rowspan= "2"	"Oreca_07-Gibson" rowspan= "2"	"LMP2"	"303"	"37th"	"16th"
		"LMP2 Pro-Am"				"4th"
2024	"Vector Sport"(GBR)	"Ryan Cullen"(IRL) "Stéphane Richelmi"(MON)	"Oreca_07-Gibson"	"LMP2"	"297"	"19th"	"5th"
2025	"RLR MSport"(GBR/IRL/DNK) rowspan= "2"	"Ryan Cullen"(IRL) "Michael Jensen"(DNK) rowspan= "2"	"Oreca_07-Gibson" rowspan= "2"	"LMP2"	"362"

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Category	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Position	Points
2012	Team Felbermayr-Proton	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SEB 2	SPA 1								NC	0
	Flying Lizard Motorsports	LMGTE Am					LMS 4	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 7	SPA Ret	LMS 2	SÃO 3	COA 9	FUJ 3	SHA 3	BHR 2		6th	99.5
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 2	SPA 2	LMS 11	COA 2	FUJ 11	SHA 1	BHR 5	SÃO 2		4th	108.5
2015	Porsche Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 7	SPA	LMS Ret	NÜR 2	COA 2	FUJ 2	SHA 3	BHR 1		6th	100
2017	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR (2017)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6			2017 24 Hours of Le Mans "3"							15th	30
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Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Events highlighted in bold denote pole position; results shown in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2009	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	CAT Retired	SPA 6th	ALG 2nd	NÜR 5th	SIL 3rd		8th place	19 points
2010	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 7th	SPA 5th	ALG 10th	HUN 3rd	SIL 6th		Finished 5th	Total 47 points
2011	IMSA Performance Matmut	GTE Pro	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC Retired	SPA Retired	IMO 5th	SIL 7th	EST 3rd		Ranked 6th overall	Accumulated 27 points
2021	IDEC Sport Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 8th	RBR 6th	LEC	MNZ 9th	SPA 6th	ALG 7th	Finished in 10th place	Scored 30 points
2022	IDEC Sport Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 4th	IMO 5th	MNZ 1st	CAT 13th	SPA Retired	ALG 7th	Placed 6th in championship	Earned 53 points

Full WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Results

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

Year	Team	Category	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points	Ref
2014	Porsche North America	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 1st	SEB 9th	LBH	LGA	WGL 5th	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR		PET 5th	16th	140
	CORE Autosport													COA 5th
2015	Porsche North America	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 5th	SEB 5th	LBH 4th	LGA 3rd	WGL 6th	MOS 1st	ELK 1st	VIR 1st	COA 3rd	PET 1st		1st	315

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Engine Type	Summary of Results	Final Position	Points Earned
CORE Autosport	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Varied outcomes with a victory at LBH and frequent top-10 finishes	8th	285
CORE Autosport	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR (2017)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Included a win at LIM alongside several top-8 placements	5th	295
CORE Autosport	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR (2017)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Secured victories at SEB and PET, plus multiple podium finishes	7th	299
CORE Autosport	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR (2017)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Achieved several wins including SEB, WGL, VIR; finished second overall	2nd	317
Pfaff Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Limited achievements, best result was 13th at DAY	35th	44
KC Motorgroup (KCMG)	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6	Podium finish at DAY (3rd place); generally mid-field placements	24th	321
Pfaff Motorsports	GTD Pro	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	Victory at SEB along with multiple podiums including MOS and PET; currently ranked fourth in the championship	4th	3578