Alexandre Prémat
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Alexandre Prémat (born 5 April 1982) is a French professional racing driver.
Career
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Karting & French Formula Renault Campus
Born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, Prémat started his motorsport career in karting at the age of 10. In 1998 the French driver became champion in «Ile-de-France». In 2000 he finished as runner-up in 125cc ICC European Championship.
He continued karting until 2000 when he moved up to French Formula Campus, a common starting point for Formula drivers from France.
Formula Renault
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.
Formula Three
With the merger of several national Formula Three 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.
GP2 Series
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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.
A1 Grand Prix
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.
Formula One
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]
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and Le Mans Series
Eventually he drove for Audi in the 2007 DTM series and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also with Audi. In 2008 Prémat again raced in DTM, and also the Le Mans Series with Audi. In 2009 French driver remained in this series and also participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was fired by Audi before the final race of the 2010 season for running in the New York Marathon instead of recovering from a heavy crash at the previous round.[4] In 2011 he won his class of the Nürburgring 24 Hour race in a Peugeot RCZ.
V8 Supercars
In 2012, Prémat joined the Australian V8 Supercar series, driving for Garry Rogers Motorsport.[5][6] after a disappointing first half of the season, where he struggled to adapt to the championship, he was rested for the Gold Coast 600, with Greg Ritter taking his place. He returned racing at the following round in Abu Dhabi,[7] and went on to finish the season with a best result of thirteenth place at Symmons Plains Raceway.
Prémat remained with the team in 2013, starting the season with fourth place in the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide and showing frontrunning pace in the races at the start of the season but without results due to problems in races and poor qualifying.
On 6 January 2014 Prémat announced he was leaving the team,[8] however he would return for the endurance events,[9] placing 5th in the Endurance Cup with full-time driver Scott McLaughlin.
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2000 | Formula Renault Campus France | Formula Campus | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 396 | 2nd |
2001 | Championnat de France Formule Renault 2000 | ASM | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 9th |
2002 | Championnat de France FFSA de Formule Renault | ASM | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 120 | 1st |
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 10th | ||
2003 | Formula Three Euroseries | ASM | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 7th |
Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | ||
2004 | Formula Three Euroseries | ASM Formule 3 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 88 | 2nd |
Bahrain F3 Superprix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | ||
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
2005 | GP2 Series | ART Grand Prix | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 4th |
2005–06 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team France | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 172 | 1st |
2006 | GP2 Series | ART Grand Prix | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 66 | 3rd |
Formula One | Spyker F1 | Test driver | |||||||
2007 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11th |
24 Hours of Le Mans | Audi Sport Team Joest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
2008 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10th |
Le Mans Series | Audi Sport Team Joest | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 1st | |
24 Hours of Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
2009 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13th |
24 Hours of Le Mans | Audi Sport Team Joest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 17th | |
2010 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11th |
2011 | Intercontinental Le Mans Cup | OAK Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 6th |
24 Hours of Le Mans | Team Oreca-Matmut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
24 Hours of Nurburgring | Peugeot | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |
2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 942 | 27th |
2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376 | 19th |
2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 522 | 30th |
Complete Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup results
(key)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
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2002 | ASM | MAG 3 |
SIL Ret |
JAR 4 |
AND | OSC | SPA Ret |
IMO | DON | EST | 10th | 36 |
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
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2003 | ASM | Dallara F303/015 | HWA-Mercedes | HOC 1 DSQ |
HOC 2 24 |
ADR 1 7 |
ADR 2 5 |
PAU 1 22 |
PAU 2 Ret |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 1 |
LMS 1 5 |
LMS 2 23 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 11 |
A1R 1 2 |
A1R 2 2 |
ZAN 1 Ret |
ZAN 2 5 |
HOC 1 9 |
HOC 2 Ret |
MAG 1 Ret |
MAG 2 5 |
7th | 50 |
2004 | ASM | Dallara F303/015 | HWA-Mercedes | HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 3 |
EST 1 1 |
EST 2 8 |
ADR 1 8 |
ADR 1 Ret |
PAU 1 DSQ |
PAU 2 DSQ |
NOR 1 18 |
NOR 1 Ret |
MAG 1 1 |
MAG 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 6 |
NÜR 2 5 |
ZAN 1 5 |
ZAN 2 3 |
BRN 1 2 |
BRN 2 2 |
HOC 1 18 |
HOC 2 4 |
2nd | 88 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2005–06 | France | GBR SPR 2 |
GBR FEA DNS |
GER SPR |
GER FEA |
POR SPR 1 |
POR FEA 1 |
AUS SPR |
AUS FEA |
MYS SPR 1 |
MYS FEA 1 |
UAE SPR |
UAE FEA |
RSA SPR 1 |
RSA FEA 8 |
IDN SPR |
IDN FEA |
MEX SPR 1 |
MEX FEA 1 |
USA SPR |
USA FEA |
CHN SPR 7 |
CHN FEA |
1st | 172 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
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2005 | ART Grand Prix | SMR FEA 7 |
SMR SPR 2 |
ESP FEA 10 |
ESP SPR Ret |
MON FEA Ret |
EUR FEA 4 |
EUR SPR Ret |
FRA FEA 9 |
FRA SPR Ret |
GBR FEA 3 |
GBR SPR 5 |
GER FEA 2 |
GER SPR 9 |
HUN FEA 4 |
HUN SPR 1 |
TUR FEA 1 |
TUR SPR 14 |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR 18 |
BEL FEA Ret |
BEL SPR 12 |
BHR FEA 2 |
BHR SPR 3 |
4th | 67 |
2006 | ART Grand Prix | VAL FEA 9 |
VAL SPR Ret |
SMR FEA 4 |
SMR SPR Ret |
EUR FEA 2 |
EUR SPR 17 |
ESP FEA 1 |
ESP SPR 3 |
MON FEA 3 |
GBR FEA 6 |
GBR SPR Ret |
FRA FEA 2 |
FRA SPR 3 |
GER FEA 19 |
GER SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 6 |
HUN SPR 3 |
TUR FEA 3 |
TUR SPR 7 |
ITA FEA 5 |
ITA SPR Ret |
3rd | 66 |
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 |
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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 | – | – |
Complete DTM results
(key)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
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2007 | Audi | HOC Ret |
OSC | LAU Ret |
BRH 7 |
NOR 8 |
MUG 7 |
ZAN 2 |
NÜR 9 |
CAT 10 |
HOC 16 |
11th | 13 | |
2008 | Audi | HOC 11 |
OSC 9 |
MUG 8 |
LAU DSQ |
NOR 14 |
ZAN Ret |
NÜR 14 |
BRH 10 |
CAT 6 |
BUG 3 |
HOC 13 |
10th | 10 |
2009 | Audi | HOC Ret |
LAU Ret |
NOR Ret |
ZAN DSQ |
OSC Ret |
NÜR Ret |
BRH 11 |
CAT 8 |
DIJ 11 |
HOC 4 |
13th | 6 | |
2010 | Audi | HOC 10 |
VAL 3 |
LAU Ret |
NOR 7 |
NÜR Ret |
ZAN 11 |
BRH 8 |
OSC 6 |
HOC Ret |
ADR Ret |
SHA | 11th | 12 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2007 | ![]() |
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Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 23 | DNF | DNF |
2008 | ![]() |
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Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 374 | 4th | 4th |
2009 | ![]() |
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Audi R15 TDI | LMP1 | 333 | 17th | 13th |
2011 | ![]() |
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Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 200 | DNF | DNF |
Complete V8 Supercar results
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | Final Pos | Points |
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2012 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 17 |
ADE R2 18 |
SYM R3 17 |
SYM R4 13 |
HAM R5 Ret |
HAM R6 24 |
BAR R7 17 |
BAR R8 28 |
BAR R9 24 |
PHI R10 Ret |
PHI R11 22 |
HID R12 22 |
HID R13 20 |
TOW R14 Ret |
TOW R15 16 |
QLD R16 19 |
QLD R17 23 |
SMP R18 28 |
SMP R19 27 |
SAN Q 23 |
SAN R20 19 |
BAT R21 16 |
SUR R22 |
SUR R23 |
YAS R24 20 |
YAS R25 25 |
YAS R26 14 |
WIN R27 18 |
WIN R28 21 |
SYD R29 Ret |
SYD R30 DNS |
27th | 942 | |||||||
2013 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 4 |
ADE R2 Ret |
SYM R3 21 |
SYM R4 21 |
SYM R5 14 |
PUK R6 Ret |
PUK R7 8 |
PUK R8 21 |
PUK R9 12 |
BAR R10 6 |
BAR R11 19 |
BAR R12 11 |
COTA R13 17 |
COTA R14 12 |
COTA R15 28 |
COTA R16 11 |
HID R17 21 |
HID R18 15 |
HID R19 Ret |
TOW R20 13 |
TOW R21 19 |
QLD R22 20 |
QLD R23 14 |
QLD R24 26 |
WIN R25 17 |
WIN R26 Ret |
WIN R27 11 |
SAN R28 10 |
BAT R29 23 |
SUR R30 14 |
SUR R31 14 |
PHI R32 Ret |
PHI R33 DNS |
PHI R34 DNS |
SYD R35 13 |
SYD R36 16 |
19th | 1376 | ||
2014 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Volvo S60 | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
ADE R3 |
SYM R4 |
SYM R5 |
SYM R6 |
WIN R7 |
WIN R8 |
WIN R9 |
PUK R10 |
PUK R11 |
PUK R12 |
PUK R13 |
BAR R14 |
BAR R15 |
BAR R16 |
HID R17 |
HID R18 |
HID R19 |
TOW R20 |
TOW R21 |
TOW R22 |
QLD R23 |
QLD R24 |
QLD R25 |
SMP R26 |
SMP R27 |
SMP R28 |
SAN R29 8 |
BAT R30 17 |
SUR R31 7 |
SUR R32 2 |
PHI R33 |
PHI R34 |
PHI R35 |
SYD R36 |
SYD R37 |
SYD R38 |
30th | 522 |
References
- ↑ "Premat gets Spyker in China". Grandprix.com. 2006-09-19. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ↑ RACER Staff (2006-11-29). "CHAMP CAR: Premat Eyes Full-Time Ride in '07". Houston, Texas: SPEEDtv.com. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ↑ "Spyker announces four test drivers". GPUpdate.net. 2007-02-01. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
- ↑ "Premat chasing BMW drive". autosport.com. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ↑ Phelps, James (2 February 2012). "Garry Rogers signs Frenchman Alexandre Premat for 2012 season". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "V8 Supercar team GRM signs French DTM star Alexandre Premat for 2012". EFTM. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "Greg Ritter replaces Alex Premat for Gold Coast". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ↑ "V8 Supercar driver Alex Premat announces he is leaving Garry Rogers Motorsport". Fox Sports. Fox Sports Australia. 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (7 February 2014). "Premat to rejoin GRM for enduro cup". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandre Prémat. |
- Interview on SBS radio alexandre premat on SBS Radio
- Official website alexandrepremat.com
- Career statistic driverdb.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Eric Salignon |
Championnat de France Formule Renault 2000 Champion 2002 |
Succeeded by Loïc Duval |
Preceded by Christian Klien |
Formula Three Masters Winner 2004 |
Succeeded by Lewis Hamilton |
Preceded by Nicolas Lapierre |
Macau Grand Prix Winner 2004 |
Succeeded by Lucas di Grassi |
Preceded by None |
A1 Grand Prix Champion 2005–06 With Nicolas Lapierre (Team France) |
Succeeded by Nico Hülkenberg Christian Vietoris (Team Germany) |
Preceded by Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy |
Le Mans Series Champion 2008 With Mike Rockenfeller |
Succeeded by Tomáš Enge Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke |
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