Alexandre Cougnaud

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Alexandre Cougnaud
Alexandre Cougnaud - 2017 ELMS LMP3 Driver.jpg
NationalityFlag of France.svg  French
Born (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 33)
Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
European F3 Open Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team RP Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number18
Former teamsTop F3
Starts106
Wins3
Podiums18
Poles3
Fastest laps3
Best finish1st in 2013
Previous series
2011
2010
2009
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Formula Renault 2.0 MEC
Formul'Academy Euro Series

Alexandre Cougnaud (born 5 December 1991) is a French racing driver who competes in the European Le Mans Series with Graff Racing. [1]

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Career

Early career

Cougnaud, born in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, began karting in 2002 and raced primarily in his native France country. Having finished sixth in the Formula Kart France series in 2008, he entered the Formul'Academy Euro Series the following year, driving for Signatech; he finished 14th in the championship, with eight points. [1]
In 2010, he entered four rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse for ARTA Engineering; he took a single podium, and finished ninth in the championship, with 57 points. [1]
In 2011, he entered a single round of the Championnat VdeV with AB Sport Auto, in addition to fourteen rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps with ARTA Engineering, and three races of the Formula Ford EuroCup with Cliff Dempsey Racing; he was classified tenth in the Championnat VdeV, and 17th in the Formula Renault Alps. [1]

European F3 Open

In 2012, Cougnaud decided to race in "Copa/Cup Class" of the European F3 Open Championship for the Dallara F308 cars with Top F3 French team. He had a successful season, finishing 3rd in the overall classification of the Cup class with eight podiums.

In 2013, Cougnaud joined the Italian team RP Motorsport to drive a Dallara F312 car. [2] He and Santiago Urrutia were originally the two drivers chosen to drive a F312 car for Fabio Pampado's team; [3] and they have been joined by Alexander Toril [4] and Sandy Stuvik to compete in the European F3 Open with a Dallara Formula 3 F312 as well.

Cougnaud at Jerez driving for RP Motorsport, his first podium of the 2013 season (F3). Cougnaud 2013 Jerez.jpg
Cougnaud at Jerez driving for RP Motorsport, his first podium of the 2013 season (F3).
Cougnaud at Spa getting out of the box for Q2 session (F3). Alexandre Cougnaud Spa 2013.JPG
Cougnaud at Spa getting out of the box for Q2 session (F3).

Cougnaud had some difficulties with the set-up of his car at the beginning of the season, especially in bad weather conditions and he also incurred several penalties, like at Silverstone, where he finished fifth in the second race but got a 30-second penalty after the race, so fifth place was for Stern. [5]

He had a good result at Jerez where he finished fourth in the first race, and third in the second one.

At Monza, in October, he did his best performance of the season in the second race : pole position, P2 and fastest lap. He could not resist to his teammate Sandy Stuvik in the last lap. [6]

Cougnaud had a great finish of the season at Barcelona finishing in third position for the first race and winning the second one (his first victory in Formula 3). [7]

Porsche Carrera Cup France

In both 2014 and 2015 Alexandre Cougnaud raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup France championship. He finished in 10th position the first year and in 12th position the second year.

European Le Mans Series

In 2016, Alexandre joined the famous European Le Mans Series (ELMS), a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). For his first year in ELMS, Alexandre won two races for the Yvan Muller Racing team. The first one being the prestigious Road To Le Mans race and the second one, the last leg of the 2016 championship in Estoril.

In 2017, Alexandre extended his contract with the Yvan Muller racing team for one year. After two legs he is in second position of the LMP3 classification with one podium (2nd position) in Monza.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2009 Formul'Academy Euro Series Auto Sport Academy 140000814th
2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship ARTA Engineering40001389th
2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series ARTA Engineering1400007917th
Formula Ford EuroCup Cliff Dempsey Racing30000N/A
V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne - ProtoAB Sport Auto10000810th
2012 European F3 Open Top F31600001415th
European F3 Open - Copa F308/300 160128703rd
European F3 Open Winter Series200000NC
2013European F3 Open Winter Series RP Motorsport 100000NC
European F3 Open 1611141396th
2014Porsche Carrera Cup FranceRacing Technology1300015912th
2015Porsche Carrera Cup France Martinet Team Pro GT 1200018310th
2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M.Racing - YMR 61001368th
Road To Le Mans - LMP3 DC Racing 11001N/A1st
2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M.Racing - YMR 60004812nd
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 200011219th
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 600002314th
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 60004833rd
24H GT Series - A6 GPX Racing
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 50002436th
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Saintéloc Racing 500000NC
2022French GT4 Cup - SilverCSA Racing100001677th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 DKR Engineering 10000N/A18th
2023 GT4 European Series - Silver CSA Racing800003022nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 100000NC
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Graff Racing Reserve driver
2024 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 M Racing7000123.510th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314PosPoints
2011 ARTA Engineering MNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

10
IMO
1

15
IMO
2

Ret
PAU
1

10
PAU
2

8
RBR
1

16
RBR
2

12
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

19
LEC
1

12
LEC
2

13
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

11
17th79

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2022 DKR Engineering LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS
18
MNZ
FUJ
BHR
-*_*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2022 Flag of Luxembourg.svg DKR Engineering Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean Glorieux
Flag of Germany.svg Laurents Hörr
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP236222nd18th

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