Pierre Kaffer

Pierre Kaffer
Nationality	German
Born	(1976-11-07) 7 November 1976 (age 48) Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, West Germany
Racing licence	FIA Gold
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2004, 2008–2017
Teams	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx, Farnbacher Racing, Risi Competizione, PeCom Racing
Best finish	5th (2004)
Class wins	1 (2009)

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

Career

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Allan McNish Frank Biela	Audi R8	LMP1	350	5th	5th
2008	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	317	23rd	3rd
2009	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	329	18th	1st
2010	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	116	DNF	DNF
2011	PeCom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Lola B11/40-Judd	LMP2	139	DNF	DNF
2012	PeCom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Soheil Ayari	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	352	9th	3rd
2013	PeCom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	325	10th	4th
2014	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	28	DNF	DNF
2015	Team ByKolles	Simon Trummer Tiago Monteiro	CLM P1/01-AER	LMP1	260	EX	EX
2016	Team ByKolles	Simon Trummer Oliver Webb	CLM P1/01-AER	LMP1	206	DNF	DNF
2017	Risi Competizione	Toni Vilander Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	72	DNF	DNF
Sources: [1] [2]

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Pts
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	3rd	154

‡ 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)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Pts
2004	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	LMP1	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	MNZ 2	NÜR 1	SIL 1	SPA Ret		2nd	28
2008	Farnbacher Racing	GT2	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	CAT 4	MNZ 2	SPA Ret	NÜR 10	SIL 3	4th	19
2009	Hankook Farnbacher Racing	GT2	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	CAT	SPA Ret	ALG 5	NÜR 4	SIL 5	7th	14
2010	CRS Racing	GT2	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	LEC 4	SPA 15	ALG 11	HUN	SIL 13	13th	30
2011	Pecom Racing	LMP2	Lola B11/40	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	LEC 2	SPA Ret	IMO 4	SIL Ret	EST Ret	10th	22
2012	Pecom Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	LEC 7	DON 5	PET			9th	16
2014	AT Racing	GTE	Ferrari F458 Italia	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL 4	IMO 4	RBR 4	LEC 2	EST 6	5th	62
Source: [1]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	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	15th	5
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		16th	1
Sources: [1] [3] [4]

• † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
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	12th	48

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	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		16th	34.5
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		4th	110
2014	Lotus	LMP1	CLM P1/01	AER P60 V6 t	SIL	SPA	LMS	COA	FUJ Ret	SHA 14	BHR Ret	SÃO Ret		26th	0.5
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		15th	13
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	22nd	10.5
Sources: [1] [5]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2014	Starworks Motorsport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 6	SEB 17											38th	26	[6]
	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		14th	233
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			4th	293	[7]
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		57th	18	[8]
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	60th	25	[9]
2020	Team Hardpoint	GTD	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB 5		44th	26	[10]
Source: [1]

^† 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)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	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	21st	6.5

Complete Le Mans Cup results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2024	Racing Spirit of Léman	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	CAT	LEC	LMS 1 34	LMS 2 31	SPA	MUG	ALG	NC†	0†
2025	M Racing	LMP3 Pro-Am	Ligier JS P325	CAT 10	LEC 13	LMS 1 18	LMS 2 15	SPA 10	SIL 12	ALG	27th*	3*

^† As Kaffer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.
^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Pierre Kaffer Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
2. "Pierre Kaffer". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
3. "Pierre Kaffer". Motor Sport . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
4. "Pierre Kaffer race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
5. "Pierre Kaffer". FIA World Endurance Championship . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
6. "Pierre Kaffer – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
7. "Pierre Kaffer – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
8. "Pierre Kaffer – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
9. "Pierre Kaffer – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
10. "Pierre Kaffer – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

External links

• Pierre Kaffer's website
• Sports car racing’s Iron Man Archived 2014-06-28 at the Wayback Machine - Racer, Gary Watkins, 26 June 2014

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler	International GT Open champion 2010 with Álvaro Barba	Succeeded by Soheil Ayari