Laurent Cazenave

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Laurent Cazenave
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1978-04-25) April 25, 1978 (age 45)
Pau (France)
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2008
Current team Wiechers-Sport
Car number33
Starts4
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish33rd in 2008
Previous series
2008
2004
2002–08
2001
1999–2000
1997
1995
1994
MitJet Series
French Supertouring
French GT Championship
FIA GT Championship
French Super Production
French Formula Ford Championship
French Formula Campus
Volant Elf Magny-Cours

Laurent Cazenave (born 25 April 1978, in Pau) is a French auto racing driver. In 1997 he finished third in Class B of the French Formula Ford Championship. From there he switched to saloon car racing in 1999, with two years in the French Super Production Championship. He finished third in his second year with two race wins, driving a Peugeot 306. Since then he has competed regularly in the French GT Championship, driving cars such as a Porsche 996, a Chrysler Viper, and most recently a Corvette C5 in 2008. In 2001 he drove in six rounds of the FIA GT Championship in a Porsche 911 for Haberthur Racing. [1] The team got just three points in the N-GT Class. [2] He made a brief return to touring cars in 2008, entering two rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at his home town of Pau. He drove for the Wiechers-Sport Team finishing sixteenth in race one, and retiring in race two. He did this again at the 2009 round at Pau, with a fourteenth and a retirement, scoring six points towards the independents championship.

Contents

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2002 Flag of France.svg Auto Palace Flag of France.svg Guillaume Gomez
Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Fukuda
Ferrari 360 Modena GTGT119DNFDNF

Complete WTCC results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112PositionPoints
2008 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si CUR Flag of Brazil.svg PUE Flag of Mexico.svg VAL Flag of Spain.svg PAU Flag of France.svg BRN Flag of the Czech Republic.svg EST Flag of Portugal.svg BRA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg OSC Flag of Germany.svg IMO Flag of Italy.svg MON Flag of Italy.svg OKA Flag of Japan.svg MAC Flag of Macau.svg -0
16Ret
2009 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si CUR Flag of Brazil.svg PUE Flag of Mexico.svg MAR Flag of Morocco.svg PAU Flag of France.svg VAL Flag of Spain.svg BRN Flag of the Czech Republic.svg POR Flag of Portugal.svg BRA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg OSC Flag of Germany.svg IMO Flag of Italy.svg OKA Flag of Japan.svg MAC Flag of Macau.svg 31st0
Ret14

Complete GT1 World Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2010 Mad-Croc Racing Corvette ABU
QR
ABU
CR
SIL
QR
SIL
CR
BRN
QR
BRN
CR
PRI
QR
PRI
CR
SPA
QR
SPA
CR
NÜR
QR
NÜR
CR
ALG
QR

17
ALG
CR

16
NAV
QR
NAV
CR
INT
QR
INT
CR
SAN
QR
SAN
CR
56th0

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References

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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)