24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Participating years | 2004, 2008 - |
Teams | Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx, Farnbacher Racing, Risi Competizione, PeCom Racing |
Best finish | 5th (2004) |
Class wins | 1 (2009) |
Pierre Kaffer (born 7 November 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race driver from Germany, currently living in Switzerland.
In, 1990 Kaffer started in Karting, moving in 1994 to Formula Ford, later Formula Opel and then from 1997 to 2001 in the German Formula 3 Championship.
His biggest success was in 2004, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring in an Audi R8.
For 2005 and 2006 he competed for Audi Sport Team Joest in the DTM series.
In 2009 Kaffer will pilot a Ferrari F430GT for Risi Competizione in the American Le Mans Series.
Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2004 | LMP1 | 8 | M | Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx | Allan McNish Frank Biela |
350 | 5th | 5th |
2008 | GT2 | 90 | D | Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8 |
Farnbacher Racing | Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen |
317 | 23rd | 3rd |
2009 | GT2 | 82 | M | Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8 |
Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo Mika Salo |
329 | 18th | 1st |
2010 | GT2 | 82 | M | Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8 |
Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni |
116 | DNF | DNF |
2011 | LMP2 | 39 | M | Lola B11/40 Judd-BMW HK 3.6L V8 |
PeCom Racing | Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo |
139 | DNF | DNF |
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler |
International GT Open champion 2010 with Álvaro Barba |
Succeeded by Incumbent |