Patrick Pilet
Patrick Grégory Yoan Pilet is a French professional racing driver. He has competed in major sports car endurance races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Spa, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans.
Born in Auch, Gers, Pilet won the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2004 and competed at the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2005 he switched to Formula Renault 3.5 Series, finishing 11th having missed three rounds. He drove full-time in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2006, but he finished 21st.
Pilet switched to sports car racing in 2007, and was crowned Porsche [Carrera Cup France] champion with IMSA Performance.
In 2009 and 2010 he raced full-time for IMSA Performance at the International GT Open together with Raymond Narac in a Super GT class Porsche 911. He finished 5th in 2009 with 6 wins in 16 races and 7th in 2010 with 4 wins in 16 races. He finished second at the 24 Hours of Spa, also in an IMSA Performance Porsche with Narac, Patrick Long and Richard Lietz.
He drove for Team Art Taste, a new Japanese Super GT team using Porsche 911 GT3R, in 2011 Super GT season. Also, he raced full-time for IMSA Performance at the European [Le Mans Series|Le Mans Series], again with Porsche with Wolf Henzler as partner, collecting one podium.
In 2020 Patrick was due to drive for the factory Porsche GT Team from America, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the team decided not to travel to Le Mans. Because of a crash of the IDEC car of Dwight Merriman which caused an injury, the team needed a new driver. Because Patrick was a reserve driver for Porsche he was already in the mandatory bubble, he stepped in to drive the IDEC Oreca 07.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points | Ref |
| 2005 | Jenzer Motorsport | ZOL 1 10 | ZOL 2 7 | MON 1 13 | VAL 1 6 | VAL 2 7 | LMS 1 8 | LMS 2 10 | BIL 1 | BIL 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | 11th | 43 | |||||
| 2005 | GD Racing | EST 1 7 | EST 2 8 | MNZ 1 4 | MNZ 2 3 | 11th | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | GD Racing | ZOL 1 21† | ZOL 2 Ret | MON 1 13 | IST 1 Ret | IST 2 7 | MIS 1 15 | MIS 2 12 | SPA 1 21† | SPA 2 14 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | 21st | 14 | |||||||
| 2006 | Tech 1 Racing | DON 1 13 | DON 2 14 | LMS 1 5 | LMS 2 7 | CAT 1 14 | CAT 2 19† | 21st | 14 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.