Nelson Philippe
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| Nationality |  French |
| Car # | 4 |
| Current team | Minardi Team USA |
| 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
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| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Team | Rank | Points |
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| 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 |
| 2007 Champ Car World Series | |||||||||
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| Newman/Haas | Forsythe | Minardi | Australia | PKV | RSPORTS | Coyne | Conquest | PCM | |
| 1 Bourdais 2 Rahal |
3 Tracy 7 Dominguez |
4 Clarke 14 Doornbos |
5 Power 15 Pagenaud |
6 Gommendy 21 Jani |
8 Tagliani 9 Wilson |
11 TBA 19 TBA |
27 TBA | 28 Dalziel 29 Figge |
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| Las Vegas - Long Beach - Houston - Portland - Cleveland - Mont-Tremblant - Toronto - Edmonton - San Jose - Road America - Assen - Zolder - Surfers Paradise - Zhuhai - Mexico City - Phoenix | |||||||||
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