Yann Clairay | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Laval, Mayenne, France | 2 December 1983
Le Mans Series career | |
Current team | Luc Alphand Aventures |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 72 |
Yann Clairay (born 2 December 1983 in Laval, Mayenne) is a French racing driver. He has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Formula Three Euroseries. Clairay won the GT1 class of the 2009 Le Mans Series along with Patrice Goueslard.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2006 | Paul Belmondo Racing | Patrice Roussel Didier André | Courage C65-Ford | LMP2 | 48 | DNF | DNF |
2009 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Xavier Maassen Julien Jousse | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GT1 | 336 | 16th | 2nd |
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
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2010 | Hexis AMR | Aston Martin | ABU QR | ABU CR | SIL QR | SIL CR | BRN QR | BRN CR | PRI QR | PRI CR | SPA QR | SPA CR | NÜR QR Ret | NÜR CR 7 | ALG QR 10 | ALG CR 6 | NAV QR 9 | NAV CR 2 | INT QR 15 | INT CR 13 | SAN QR 1 | SAN CR 1 | 10th | 65 |
2011 | Marc VDS Racing Team | Ford | ABU QR | ABU CR | ZOL QR | ZOL CR | ALG QR 6 | ALG CR Ret | SAN QR 15 | SAN CR 11 | 32nd | 2 | ||||||||||||
Belgian Racing | SAC QR 13 | SAC CR 10 | SIL QR | SIL CR | NAV QR Ret | NAV CR Ret | PRI QR Ret | PRI CR Ret | ORD QR 13 | ORD CR 11 | BEI QR Ret | BEI CR Ret | ||||||||||||
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