Nelson Philippe

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Nelson Philippe

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Champ Car World Series Record
Nationality France French
Car # 4
Current team CTE Racing - HVM
Race starts 37
Series Championships 0
Wins 1
Podium finishes 3
Pole positions 0
First Champ Car race 2004 Grand Prix of Long Beach
First win 2006 Lexmark Indy 300
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Nelson Philippe (born July 23, 1986 in Valence, Drôme, France) is a driver in the Champ Car World Series.

Philippe raced go-karts from 1998-2002. In 2003, he raced in the Barber Dodge Pro Series, finishing the season with one podium, and four top five finishes.

With just one year of experience in cars, Philippe tested with two Champ Car teams, before signing with Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports Racing team. At 17, he became the youngest driver to ever race in Champ Car.

Through the first five races of the 2004 season, Philippe generally stayed out of trouble but usually ran at the back of the pack. Philippe was abruptly dropped from the Rocketsports team before the Molson Indy Toronto. After sitting out several races, Philippe rejoined the series later in the year for Mi-Jack Conquest Racing. In 2005, he continued to race for the Conquest team alongside fellow teenager Andrew Ranger. Although he struggled with consistency, Phillippe often qualified and ran mid-pack, outpacing the more highly regarded Ranger towards the end of the year. For his efforts, he was awarded most improved driver in 2005.

For the 2006 season, Philippe moved to CTE-HVM Racing and earned his first podium finishes at Milwaukee and Montreal before claiming his first victory at Surfers Paradise. With his victory at Surfers Paradise, Philippe became the youngest winner in Champ Car World Series history, and again being awarded most improved driver in 2006.

Philippe’s younger brother, Richard Philippe, races in the Champ Car Atlantic series.

[edit] Complete Champ Car results

(key)

Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Team Rank Points
2004 Rocketsports LBH
13
MOT
10
MIL
14
POR
15
CLE
10
TOR
DNP
VAN
DNP
ROA
DNP
DEN
13
MON
Ret
LAG
Ret
LAS
9
SUR
10
MEX
16
Conquest 16th 89
2005 Conquest LBH
18
MOT
Ret
MIL
12
POR
12
CLE
13
TOR
10
EDM
9
SAN
Ret
DEN
9
MON
15
LAS
Ret
SUR
Ret
MEX
7
  Conquest 13th 117
2006 CTE-HVM LBH
Ret
HST
4
MOT
Ret
MIL
3
POR
8
CLE
10
TOR
Ret
EDM
Ret
SAN
4
DEN
5
MON
3
ROA
14
SUR
1
MEX
7
CTE-HVM 4th 231


2006 Champ Car World Series
Newman/Haas Forsythe CTE-HVM Australia PKV Rocketsports RuSPORT Coyne Conquest
Bourdais
Junqueira
Tracy
Rice
Philippe
14 Clarke
Power
15 Tagliani
Servia
20 Legge
Dominguez
18 Pizzonia
Wilson
10 Briscoe
11 Heylen
19 Wirth
27 Ranger
34 Zwolsman
Long Beach - Houston - Monterrey - Milwaukee - Portland - Cleveland - Toronto - Edmonton - San Jose - Denver - Montreal - Road America - Surfers Paradise - Mexico City
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