Nicolas Minassian

Nicolas Minassian
Nationality	French
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1994, 2000, 2002 - 2007
Teams	Roland Bassaler, Team Oreca, Pescarolo Sport, Creation Autosportif, Peugeot
Best finish	5th (2006)
Class wins	0

Nicolas Minassian (born February 28, 1973 in Marseille) is a French race driver of Armenian decent. After finishing second in the 2000 Formula 3000 season, he drove in 2001 for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in CART and the Indianapolis 500 before being released by the team. In 2002 Minassian won the ASCAR oval racing series for RML (Ray Mallock Ltd) before returning to endurance racing including the 24 Hours of Le Mans for such teams as Creation Autosportif and Pescarolo Sport.

For 2007 he is a factory driver for the Peugeot 908 diesel Le Mans prototype in the European Le Mans Series.

For 2008 he will be driving the Peugeot 908 diesel Le Mans prototype in the European Le Mans Series. As well as competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Peugeot 908

[edit] Racing record

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1998	West	Lola T96/50	Zytek-Judd V8	A	OSC Ret	IML 19	CAT Ret	SIL 7	MON 9	PAU 7	A1 5	HOC Ret	HUN 4	SPA 19	PER 19	NÜR	13th	5
1999	Jensen	Lola B99/50	Zytek V8	A	SMR 13	MON Ret	ESP 8	FRA 14	GBR 1	AUT 3	GER Ret	HUN 5	BEL 3	EUR Ret			6th	20
2000	Super Nova	Lola B99/50	Zytek V8	A	SMR 1	GBR 11	ESP 2	EUR Ret	MON 5	FRA 1	AUT 1	GER 7	HUN 4	BEL 3			2nd	45
2003	Brand	Lola B02/50	Zytek-Judd KV	A	SMR 11	ESP	AUT	MON	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	ITA			NC	0