Soheil Ayari

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Soheil Ayari
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Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1970-04-05) 5 April 1970 (age 53)
Aix-les-Baines, Savoie
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 1997, 1999, 20032005, 20072012, 2014
Teams Viper Team Oreca, Pescarolo Sport, Pecom Racing
Best finish4th (2004, 2010)
Class wins0

Soheil Ayari (born 5 April 1970) is a French-Iranian race car driver born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, from an Iranian father and a French mother. He won the French Formula Ford championship of 1994, Formula Three championship of 1996 and the Macau Grand Prix of 1997. From 1997 until 2000, he competed in Formula 3000 where he won two races before moving on to the French Supertouring Championship in 2001 where he became champion in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

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In 2006 and 2007, he drove in GT Championship, in GT1 for Team Oreca (on a Saleen S7-R). He became French champion in 2006 & 2007 and won the European Le Mans séries championship in 2007 with Stephane Ortelli. In 2008 & 2009, he drove a Corvette GT 1 in French GT 3 championship before joining the Audi ORECA Team in 2010. In 2011, he raced and won 2 Championships : ILMC LMP2 (Signatech Nissan) and International Open GT with JMB Ferrari F458 GT2

Ayari driving the Oreca 01 during the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. 11 Oreca AIM.jpg
Ayari driving the Oreca 01 during the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Soheil Ayari is also a famous 24 Hours of Le Mans driver with 11 starts in GT 1, LMP1 & LMP2. Best results over all were 4th in 2004 ((Pescarolo)) & 2010 (ORECA 01)), 5th in 2009 ((ORECA)) and 2nd LMP2 (Signatech Nissan) in 2011.

In 2014, he was in the European Le Mans Series, and in 2015, was in the French GT Championship in which he remained in 2016. In 2017, he switched to the GT4 European Southern Cup and in 2018, moved into French GT's again. Ayari also works as a journalist specialising in track tests and races in historic events. [1]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
1997 Team Astromega SIL
Ret
PAU
6
HEL
1
NÜR
19
PER
Ret
HOC
Ret
A1R
10
SPA
Ret
MUG
6
JER
Ret
8th12
1998 Durango Formula OSC
Ret
IMO
Ret
CAT
5
SIL
Ret
MON
DNQ
PAU
Ret
A1R
1
HOC
Ret
HUN
Ret
SPA
3
PER
3
NÜR
Ret
5th20
1999 Cica Team Oreca IMO
Ret
MON
Ret
CAT
10
MAG
8
SIL
4
A1R
2
HOC
12
HUN
4
SPA
Ret
NÜR
4
7th15
2000 Coloni Motorsport IMO
14
SIL
6
CAT
Ret
NÜR
Ret
MON
Ret
MAG
22
A1R
Ret
HOC 24th1
WRT Racing HUN
13
SPA
14

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
2000 Brian Stewart Racing LBH
16
MIL DET POR MIS CHI MDO VAN LS STL HOU FON 21st0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1997 Flag of France.svg Viper Team Oreca Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Archer
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Duez
Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT276DNFDNF
1999 Flag of France.svg Viper Team Oreca Flag of the United States.svg David Donohue
Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Belloc
Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS271DNFDNF
2003 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Sport Flag of France.svg Éric Hélary
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Courage C60-Peugeot LMP9003529th7th
2004 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Sport Flag of France.svg Érik Comas
Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer
Pescarolo C60-Judd LMP13614th4th
2005 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Sport Flag of France.svg Éric Hélary
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd LMP1288DNFDNF
2007 Flag of France.svg Team Oreca Flag of Monaco.svg Stéphane Ortelli
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Saleen S7-RGT131816th9th
2008 Flag of France.svg Team Oreca-Matmut Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval
Flag of France.svg Laurent Groppi
Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd LMP13578th8th
2009 Flag of France.svg Team Oreca-Matmut AIM Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 01-AIMLMP13705th5th
2010 Flag of France.svg AIM Team Oreca-Matmut Flag of France.svg Didier André
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Meyrick
Oreca 01-AIMLMP13694th4th
2011 Flag of France.svg Signatech Nissan Flag of France.svg Franck Mailleux
Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Ordoñez
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP23209th2nd
2012 Flag of Argentina.svg PeCom Racing Flag of Argentina.svg Luís Pérez Companc
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP23529th3rd
2014 Flag of France.svg Team Sofrev ASP Flag of France.svg Anthony Pons
Flag of France.svg Fabien Barthez
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am
32529th9th

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2005 Peugeot Sport Denmark Peugeot 407 ITA
1
ITA
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
SMR
1
SMR
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
BEL
1

23
BEL
2

Ret
GER
1
GER
2
TUR
1
TUR
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC0

FIA GT Series results

YearClassTeamCar123456789101112Pos.Points
2013 Pro-AmSOFREV Auto Sport Promotion Ferrari NOG
QR

Ret
NOG
CR

19
ZOL
QR
ZOL
CR
ZAN
QR
ZAN
QR
SVK
QR
SVK
CR
NAV
QR
NAV
CR
BAK
QR
BAK
CR
20th4

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References

  1. "Soheil Ayari".
Sporting positions
Preceded by French Formula Three
Champion

1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by French Touring Car Champion
2002
Succeeded by
Preceded by French Touring Car Champion
2004-2005
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by FFSA GT Champion
2006 with:
(Bruno Hernandez)
Succeeded by
Soheil Ayari
Raymond Narac
Preceded by
Soheil Ayari
Bruno Hernandez
FFSA GT Champion
2007 with:
(Raymond Narac)
Succeeded by
Preceded by International GT Open champion
2011
Succeeded by