Laurent Aïello
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| Laurent Aïello | |
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| BTCC record | |
| Nationality |  |
| Teams | Nissan |
| Drivers championships | 1 |
| Wins | 10 |
| Podium finishes | 15 |
| Poles | 10 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| Debut season | 1999 |
| First win | 1999 |
| Best championship position | 1st |
| Final season (1999) position | 1st (244 points) |
Laurent Aïello (born May 23, 1969 in Fontenay, France) is a retired race car driver.
He has won four touring car championships during his career – French Supertouring Championship in 1994, German Super Tourenwagen Cup in 1997, the British Touring Car Championship in 1999 and DTM in 2002. In 1998 he also won the Le Mans 24 Hours race in a Porsche 911 GT1, and in 1990 he won the Monaco Formula Three Grand Prix. His two seasons in International Formula 3000 were not successful however, and though he won the French Formula 3 series in 1992 he switched to tin-tops the next year, never racing a single seater again. 2005 was his final competitive season.
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Frank Biela |
French Touring Car Champion 1994 |
Succeeded by Yvan Muller |
| Preceded by Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson Tom Kristensen |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1998 with: Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli |
Succeeded by Pierluigi Martini Yannick Dalmas Joachim Winkelhock |
| Preceded by Rickard Rydell |
British Touring Car Champion 1999 |
Succeeded by Alain Menu |
| Preceded by Bernd Schneider |
German Touring Car Champion 2002 |
Succeeded by Bernd Schneider |
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