Pierre-Henri Raphanel (born 27 May 1961)[1] is a French former racing driver.

Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Born (1961-05-27) 27 May 1961 (age 63)
Algiers, Algeria
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrance French
Active years19881989
TeamsLarrousse, Coloni, Rial
Entries17 (1 start)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1988 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry1989 Australian Grand Prix

He participated in 17 Formula One Grands Prix for Larrousse, Coloni and Rial, debuting on 13 November 1988. He only qualified for one race, the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix, making him the only driver in F1 history whose only race was in the principality.[2]

Following his F1 career, he became a factory driver for Toyota, competing in Japan for series such as JTCC and JGTC, for the latter until 2000. After 2006 Raphanel worked as the lead test driver and product specialist for Bugatti[3] and is usually seen demonstrating the Veyron.

Pierre-Henri Raphanel is also the uncle of the French-Algerian driver Julien Gerbi and of the young go-kart driver Arthur Raphanel.

He drove the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to its maximum speed (431.072 km/h) in Ehra-Lessien in July 2010.

Racing record

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Complete Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Chassis/Engine Qualifying Race1 Race2 Overall ranking Ref
1985   Oreca MartiniAlfa Romeo 24th 13 DNF 16th [4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Raphanel driving for Coloni at the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix.
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1986   Primagaz Team Cougar   Yves Courage
  Alain de Cadenet
Cougar C12-Porsche C1 267 18th 11th
1987   Primagaz Competition   Yves Courage
  Hervé Regout
Courage C20-Porsche C1 332 3rd 3rd
1988   Primagaz Competition   Michel Ferté Cougar C20B-Porsche C1 120 DNF DNF
1989   Joest Racing   Frank Jelinski
  Louis Krages
Porsche 962C C1 124 DNF DNF
1990   Toyota Team SARD   Roland Ratzenberger
  Naoki Nagasaka
Toyota 90C-V C1 241 DNF DNF
1991   Peugeot Talbot Sport   Keke Rosberg
  Yannick Dalmas
Peugeot 905 C1 68 DNF DNF
1992   Toyota Team Tom's   Masanori Sekiya
  Kenny Acheson
Toyota TS010 C1 346 2nd 2nd
1993   Toyota Team Tom's   Kenny Acheson
  Andy Wallace
Toyota TS010 C1 212 DNF DNF
1994   Courage Compétition   Lionel Robert
  Pascal Fabre
Courage C32LM-Porsche LMP1
/C90
107 DNF DNF
1995   GTC Gulf Racing   Philippe Alliot
  Lindsay Owen-Jones
McLaren F1 GTR GT1 77 DNF DNF
1996   Gulf Racing
  GTC Racing
  Lindsay Owen-Jones
  David Brabham
McLaren F1 GTR GT1 335 5th 4th
1997   Gulf Team Davidoff
  GTC Racing
  Jean-Marc Gounon
  Anders Olofsson
McLaren F1 GTR GT1 360 2nd 1st
1998   Porsche AG
  Joest Racing
  David Murry
  James Weaver
Porsche LMP1-98 LMP1 218 DNF DNF
2000   Panoz Motorsports   Johnny O'Connell
  Hiroki Katoh
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP900 342 5th 5th
Sources:[4][5]

Complete Formula One results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1988 Larrousse Calmels Lola LC88 Cosworth V8 BRA SMR MON MEX CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS
DNQ
NC 0
1989 Coloni SpA Coloni FC188B Cosworth V8 BRA
DNPQ
SMR
DNPQ
MON
Ret
MEX
DNPQ
USA
DNPQ
NC 0
Coloni C3 CAN
DNPQ
FRA
DNPQ
GBR
DNPQ
GER
DNPQ
HUN
DNPQ
Rial Racing Rial ARC2 BEL
DNQ
ITA
DNQ
POR
DNQ
ESP
DNQ
JPN
DNQ
AUS
DNQ
Sources:[6][7]

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts
1997 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren F1 GTR GT1 HOC
2
SIL
4
HEL
4
NÜR
5
SPA
Ret
A1R
5
SUZ
3
DON
6
MUG
6
SEB
5
LAG
4
7th 27

Complete JGTC results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Pts Ref
1998 Inging Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
Ret
FUJ SEN
Ret
FUJ
13
MOT
Ret
MIN
6
SUG
DNQ
18th 6 [8]
1999 Matsumotokiyoshi Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500 SUZ
13
FUJ
Ret
SUG
2
MIN
14
FUJ
13
TAI
6
MOT
6
16th 27 [9]
2000 MatsumotoKiyoshi Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500 MOT
12
FUJ
Ret
SUG
3
FUJ
13
TAI
9
MIN
Ret
SUZ
7
14th 18 [10]
Source:[11]

References

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  1. ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Pierre-Henri Raphanel: Biography". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  3. ^ Exclusively Bugatti | The San Diego Union-Tribune
  4. ^ a b "Pierre-Henri Raphanel Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Pierre-Henri Raphanel". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Pierre-Henri Raphanel". Motor Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  7. ^ Small, Steve (2000). "Raphanel, Pierre-Henri". Grand Prix Who's Who (Third ed.). Reading, Berkshire: Travel Publishing. p. 461. ISBN 978-1-902007-46-5. Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ "Series Ranking 1998". Super GT. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Series Ranking 1999". Super GT. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  10. ^ "2000 Autobacs Cup All Japan GT Championship Point Ranking". Super GT. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  11. ^ "All Results of Pierre-Henri Raphanel". Racing Sports Cars. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Monaco Formula Three
Race Winner

1985
Succeeded by
Preceded by French Formula Three
Champion

1985
Succeeded by