Alexandre Prémat

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Alexandre Prémat
In 2008, as a DTM driver.
Nationality	French
Date of Birth	April 5, 1982 (1982-04-05) (age 26)
Place of Birth	Juvisy-sur-Orge (France)
2008 Le Mans Series (LMP1)
Debut season	2008
Current team	Audi Sport Team Joest
Previous series
2008 2007- 2007 2005-06 2005-2006 2003-2004 2002 2001-2002 2000	Le Mans Series (LMP1) DTM 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP1) A1 Grand Prix GP2 Series Formula 3 Euroseries Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup French Formula Renault 2000 Formula Campus France
Championship titles
2005-06 2002	A1 Grand Prix French Formula Renault 2000

Alexandre Prémat (born April 5, 1982) is a race car driver born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.

Contents 1 Career 2 Racing record 2.1 GP2 Series record 2.2 Complete Formula One participations 2.3 Complete career results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Prémat started his motorsport career in karting at the age of 10. He continued karting until 2000 when he moved up to French Formula Campus, a common starting point for Formula drivers from France. He quickly moved up to French Formula Renault in 2001, and after familiarising himself with the series, won the title in 2002. In 2002 he also raced in part of the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup.

With the merger of several national Formula 3 championships in 2003, Prémat moved to the resultant Formula Three Euroseries, driving for the ASM team with Olivier Pla, another driver who raced in the inaugural GP2 season. He stayed there for the 2004 season, also winning the prestigious Macau Grand Prix and Marlboro Masters non-championship races.

This earned him a drive in the 2005 GP2 Series, for ART Grand Prix, the team ran by Nicolas Todt. He was behind team-mate Nico Rosberg, but was the highest-place second driver in the championship. Alex remained, alongside the young British driver Lewis Hamilton for 2006, though he was overshadowed, as he finished third whilst Hamilton took the honours.

Prémat also drove the A1 Team France car in A1 Grand Prix in the 2005-06 season, he and team-mate Nicolas Lapierre winning the title for their nation. Alex did not return to the series for the following season, and the French team's form dropped noticeably.

Prémat drove the third Spyker MF1 Racing car at the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix.^[1] He also had an off-season test with Champ Car team Mi-Jack Conquest Racing. Prémat had the quickest time in several sessions and stated that he was targeting a ride in Champ Cars for 2007.^[2] Another possibility was to drive in Formula One with Spyker, as one of their test drivers, but it did not work out.^[3]

Eventually he drove for Audi in the 2007 European DTM series and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also with Audi. In 2008 Prémat is again racing DTM, and also the Le Mans Series with Audi.

[edit] Racing record

[edit] GP2 Series record

Season	Team Name	No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2005	ART Grand Prix	10	23	1	2	67	4th
2006	ART Grand Prix	01	21	0	1	66	3rd

[edit] Complete Formula One participations

(key)

Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Points
2006	Spyker MF1 Team	Midland M16	Toyota V8	BHR	MAL	AUS	SMR	EUR	ESP	MON	GBR	CAN	USA	FRA	GER	HUN	TUR	ITA	CHN TD	JPN	BRA	-	-

[edit] Complete career results

Season	Series	Team	Races	wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	Pos.
2008	Le Mans Series (LMP1)	Audi Sport Team Joest	series in progress
2008	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	series in progress
2007	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	9	0	0	0	13	11th
2007	24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP1)	Audi Sport Team Joest	-	no	no	no	-	NC
2006	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	21	1	0	1	66	3rd
2005-06	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	11	7	2	3	91	1st
2005	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	23	2	1	3	67	4th
2004	Formula 3 Euroseries	ASM Formule 3	20	3	5	3	88	2nd
2003	Formula 3 Euroseries	ASM Formule 3	20	1	2	2	50	7th
2002	French Formula Renault 2000	ASM		3	2		113	1st
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	ASM	4	0	0		36	10th
2001	French Formula Renault 2000				1		58	9th
2000	Formula Campus France			2	2		396	2nd

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website alexandrepremat.com
• Career statistic driverdb.com
• A1GP Driver Statistics results.a1gp.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christian Klien	Formula Three Masters winner 2004	Succeeded by Lewis Hamilton
Preceded by Nicolas Lapierre	Macau GP winner 2004	Succeeded by Lucas Di Grassi