Nicolas Lapierre

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Nicolas Lapierre
Nationality	French
Date of Birth	April 2, 1984 (1984-04-02) (age 24)
Place of Birth	Thonon-les-Bains (France)
Previous series
2007 2005-2007 2005-06-2007-08 2004 2003-2004 2002 2001-2002 2000-2002	24 Hours of Le Mans (GT1) GP2 Series A1 Grand Prix British Formula 3 Formula 3 Euroseries French Formula 3 French Formula Renault 2000 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Championship titles
2005-06	A1 Grand Prix

Nicolas Lapierre (born April 2, 1984) is a French race car driver born in Thonon-les-Bains, France. He is racing in the 2007 GP2 Series for the DAMS team.

Contents 1 Career history 1.1 Early career 1.2 GP2 & A1GP 2 Career results 2.1 GP2 Series Record 3 Source 4 External links

[edit] Career history

[edit] Early career

Lapierre started his career in 1993 in karting, finishing 3rd in the French championship in 1996, 6th in the European Championships in 1997 and reaching the finals of the European Junior Championship in 1998 before moving to French Formula Renault in 1999. He stayed there for 2000 and 2001, 2001 also seeing two races in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. He again raced in French Formula Renault in 2002, also driving a full season of 2000 Eurocup and some races of French Formula Three (most of them being in the main class, although he drove two races in the B-Class also).

2003 saw Lapierre's real break, though, with a move to Formula Three Euroseries with the Signature team, but more notably a win in the Macau Grand Prix. He stayed in the Euroseries for 2004, also driving two races of British Formula Three.

With his reputuation increasing and his talent proven, Lapierre was rewarded for his Euroseries performances with a drive in GP2 Series for current champions Arden Motorsport. He partnered with Heikki Kovalainen.

[edit] GP2 & A1GP

During 2005 Lapierre drove for A1 Team France in the A1 Grand Prix series helping the team win the championship and therefore the World Cup of Motorsport. Nicolas won both the sprint and main race events in Germany and Australia, the main race in Dubai and the sprint in Indonesia.

During 2006 he continued with the Arden team in GP2, however his season was interrupted by a spectacular first corner crash in Monaco in which he was a victim of someone else's accident. Nicolas received two compressed vertebrae in the crash and missed the British round of the series. Despite this, his points score was higher than the previous season's tally.

Lapierre was dropped at the end of 2006 and has since signed to participate in a 3rd season of GP2 for the DAMS team, which finished 10th overall in the constructors' standings and runs the French A1 GP team, which won the first season of A1 Grand Prix.

[edit] Career results

Season	Series	Team	Races	wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	Pos.
2008	Le Mans Series (LMP1)	Team Oreca	series in progress
2007-08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	2	0	0	0	11	4th
2007	GP2 Series	DAMS	20	2	1	2	23	12th
2007	24 Hours of Le Mans (GT1)	Team Oreca	-	no	no	no	-	9th
2006-07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	10	0	0	0	32	4th
2006	GP2 Series	Arden International	17	0	0	1	32	9th
2005-06	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	10	6	2	2	76	1st
2005	GP2 Series	Arden International	23	0	1	1	21	11th
2004	Formula 3 Euroseries	Signature Plus	20	3	2	2	85	3rd
2004	British Formula 3	Signature Plus	2	0	0	0	0	NC
2003	Formula 3 Euroseries	Signature Plus	20	0	1	0	33	11th
2002	French Formula 3	Signature Plus	4	0	0		15	13th
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Graff Racing	8	0	1		120	3rd
2002	French Formula Renault 2000						24	9th
2001	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Tech 1 Racing	2	0	0		4	26th
2001	French Formula Renault 2000						65	8th
2000	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup						12	20th

[edit] GP2 Series Record

Season	Team Name	No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2005	Arden International	23	22	1	0	21	11th
2006	Arden International	04	17	0	0	32	9th
2007	DAMS	23	19	1	2	23	11th (cur)

[edit] Source

• Biography page nicolaslapierre.com
• Career statistic driverdb.com

[edit] External links

• Official website nicolaslapierre.com
• Career statistic driverdb.com
• A1GP Driver Statistics results.a1gp.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tristan Gommendy	Macau GP winner 2003	Succeeded by Alexandre Prémat
Preceded by None	A1 Grand Prix Championship Winner 2006-07 With: Alexandre Prémat	Succeeded by Michael Ammermüller Marco Holzer Nicolas Hülkenberg