Pierre Kaffer

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Pierre Kaffer
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Nationality Flag of Germany.svg German
Born (1976-11-07) 7 November 1976 (age 47)
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, West Germany
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2004, 20082017
Teams Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx, Farnbacher Racing, Risi Competizione, PeCom Racing
Best finish5th (2004)
Class wins1 (2009)

Pierre Kaffer (born 7 November 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race car driver from Germany, currently living in Switzerland.

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Career

Kaffer driving for Audi (Team Phoenix) in the 2006 DTM season. Pierre Kaffer 2006 DTM.jpg
Kaffer driving for Audi (Team Phoenix) in the 2006 DTM season.

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 piloted a Ferrari F430GT for Risi Competizione in the American Le Mans Series.

For 2012, Kaffer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series in a Pecom Racing Oreca 03-Nissan.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Audi R8 LMP13505th5th
2008 Flag of Germany.svg Farnbacher Racing Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars-Erik Nielsen
Ferrari F430 GT2GT231723rd3rd
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Ferrari F430 GT2GT232918th1st
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430 GT2GT2116DNFDNF
2011 Flag of Argentina.svg PeCom Racing Flag of Argentina.svg Luís Pérez Companc
Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Russo
Lola B11/40-Judd LMP2139DNFDNF
2012 Flag of Argentina.svg PeCom Racing Flag of Argentina.svg Luís Pérez Companc
Flag of France.svg Soheil Ayari
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP23529th3rd
2013 Flag of Argentina.svg PeCom Racing Flag of Argentina.svg Luís Pérez Companc
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP232510th4th
2014 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Ferrari 458 Italia GTCGTE
Pro
28DNFDNF
2015 Flag of Austria.svg Team ByKolles Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer
Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro
CLM P1/01-AER LMP1260EXEX
2016 Flag of Austria.svg Team ByKolles Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
CLM P1/01-AER LMP1206DNFDNF
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander
Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Pro
72DNFDNF

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112DCPts
2002 Team HP-Phoenix - PZK Porsche 996 GT3 ITA ESP AUT MON GER
Ret
GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA USA NC‡0‡
2003 Infineon Team Farnbacher PZM Porsche 996 GT3 ITA
1
ESP
1
AUT
2
MON
Ret
GER
5
FRA
4
GBR
5
GER
4
HUN
2
ITA
2
USA
Ret
USA
DSQ
3rd154

‡ Not eligible for points for being a guest driver.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345Pos.Pts
2004 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx LMP1 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 MNZ
2
NÜR
1
SIL
1
SPA
Ret
2nd28
2008 Farnbacher RacingGT2 Ferrari F430GT Ferrari 4.0 L V8 CAT
4
MNZ
2
SPA
Ret
NÜR
10
SIL
3
4th19
2009 Hankook Farnbacher RacingGT2 Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 CAT SPA
Ret
ALG
5
NÜR
4
SIL
5
7th14
2010 CRS Racing GT2 Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 LEC
4
SPA
15
ALG
11
HUN SIL
13
13th30
2011 Pecom Racing LMP2 Lola B11/40 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 LEC
2
SPA
Ret
IMO
4
SIL
Ret
EST
Ret
10th22
2012 Pecom Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 LEC
7
DON
5
PET 9th16
2014 AT RacingGTE Ferrari F458 Italia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
IMO
4
RBR
4
LEC
2
EST
6
5th62

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011Pos.Pts
2005 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi A4 DTM 2004 HOC
13†
LAU
5
SPA
14
BRN
12
OSC
17
NOR
8
NÜR
18
ZAN
11
LAU
Ret
IST
Ret
HOC
10
15th5
2006 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC
Ret
LAU
10
OSC
10
BRH
9
NOR
8
NÜR
14
ZAN
9
CAT
Ret
BUG
12
HOC
NC
16th1

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

(key)

YearTeamCar123456789DCPts
2007 Schnabl Engineering Porsche 997 GT3 HOC
12
OSC
11
LAU
1

12
LAU
2

9
NOR
Ret
ZAN
20
NÜR
5
CAT
9
HOC
10
12th48

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456789Pos.Pts
2012 PeCom Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8 SEB
3
SPA
6
LMS
2
SIL
3
SÃO
2
BHR
1
FUJ
4
SHA
4
16th34.5
2013 PeCom Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8 SIL
3
SPA
1
LMS
4
SÃO
3
COA
2
FUJ
5
SHA
Ret
BHR
7
4th110
2014 Lotus LMP1 CLM P1/01 AER P60 V6 t SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ
Ret
SHA
14
BHR
Ret
SÃO
Ret
26th0.5
2015 Team ByKolles LMP1 CLM P1/01 AER P60 2.4 V6 t SIL SPA LMS
EX
NÜR
15
COA
8
FUJ
8
SHA
8
BHR
12
15th13
2016 ByKolles Racing Team LMP1 CLM P1/01 AER P60 2.4 V6 t SIL SPA LMS
Ret
NÜR
Ret
MEX
14
COA FUJ
Ret
SHA
7
BHR
8
22nd10.5


Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.Points
2014 Starworks Motorsport PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
6
SEB
17
38th26
Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5L V8 LBH
LGA
3
WGL
7
MOS
10
IMS
2
ROA
1
VIR
1
COA
4
PET
11
14th233
2015 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY
9
SEB
2
LBH
2
LGA
4
WGL
5
MOS
6
ROA
3
VIR
3
COA
2
PET
5
4th293
2016 Flying Lizard Motorsports GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2 V10 DAY
19†
SEB
15
LAG DET WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR COA PET 57th18
2017 Alex Job Racing GTD Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 DAY
6
SEB
LBH COT DET WGL
MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
60th25
2020 Team HardpointGTD Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB
5
44th26

Kaffer did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.


Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

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

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Pts
2018 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro ZOL
1

Ret
ZOL
2

14
BRH
1

6
BRH
2

12
MIS
1

Ret
MIS
2

12
HUN
1

12
HUN
2

17
NÜR
1

8
NÜR
2

12
21st6.5
Sporting positions
Preceded by International GT Open champion
2010
with Álvaro Barba
Succeeded by

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