Nicolas Minassian
{{short description|French racing driver}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox Le Mans driver
| Name = Nicolas Minassian
| Image = Nicolas Minassian 2012 WEC Fuji.jpg
| Caption= Minassian at the 2012 6 Hours of Fuji
| Nationality = {{flagicon|FRA}} French
{{flagicon|ARM}} Armenian
via dual nationality
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|2|28}}
| birth_place = Marseille, France
| Years = 1994, 2000, 2002–2016
| Team(s) = Roland Bassaler, Team Oreca, Pescarolo Sport, Creation Autosportif, Peugeot, SMP Racing.
| Best Finish = 2nd (2008)
| Class Wins = 0
}}
Nicolas Minassian (Armenian: {{lang|hy|Նիքոլա Մինասեան}}; born 28 February 1973) is a French professional racing driver of Armenian descent.
After finishing 2nd place in the 1993 Formula Renault Eurocup, Marseille-born Minassian graduated to the French Formula Three Championship where he finished runner-up to countryman Laurent Redon at his second attempt in 1995. He then moved to the British series for another two years in a successful partnership with Promatecme and Renault UK that yielded a 4th place in 1996 and 2nd place the following year.
He graduated to Formula 3000 with West Competition for 1998, but failed to impress whilst his teammate Nick Heidfeld mounted a strong challenge for overall honours. The following year, he moved to Kid Jensen Racing where he enjoyed more success, including an emphatic lights-to-flag triumph at Silverstone. He signed for the illustrious Super Nova Racing team in 2000 where he came a strong 2nd in the championship.
Unable to secure a Formula One drive, Minassian drove in 2001 for Target Chip Ganassi Racing with F3000 title adversary Bruno Junqueira in CART and competed in the Indianapolis 500 before being released by the team. In 2002 Minassian won the ASCAR Racing Series oval racing series for RML Group before returning to endurance racing including the 24 Hours of Le Mans for such teams as Creation Autosportif and Pescarolo Sport.
In 2007 he became a factory driver for the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP diesel Le Mans prototype in the European Le Mans Series.
In 2008 he drove the Peugeot 908 diesel Le Mans prototype in the European Le Mans Series. He competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Peugeot 908.
Outside racing
In 2019 Nicolas Minassian founded a management company together with his former team-mate Jamie Campbell-Walter and María Catarineu, Bullet Sports Management,{{cite web|url=https://bulletsportsmanagement.com/team |publisher=Bullet Sports Management|title=TEAM}} which represents drivers including FIA WEC and ELMS driver Ferdinand Habsburg, ELMS and Formula One driver Franco Colapinto, Formula 2 driver Oliver Goethe, GT World Challenge Europe driver Benjamin Goethe, and ELMS drivers Rui Andrade and Diego Menchaca.
Racing record
=24 Hours of Le Mans results=
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Year
! Team ! Co-drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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1994
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Roland Bassaler |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Bourdais |align="left"| Alpa LM-Ford Cosworth | LMP1 | 64 | DNF | DNF |
2000
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mopar Team Oreca |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Yannick Dalmas |align="left"| Reynard 2KQ-LM-Mopar | LMP900 | 1 | DNF | DNF |
2002
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} PlayStation Team Oreca |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Sarrazin |align="left"| Dallara SP1-Judd | LMP900 | 359 | 6th | 5th |
2003
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pescarolo Sport |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Éric Hélary |align="left"| Courage C60-Peugeot | LMP900 | 352 | 9th | 7th |
2004
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pescarolo Sport |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais |align="left"| Pescarolo C60-Judd | LMP1 | 282 | DNF | DNF |
2005
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Creation Autosportif Ltd. |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter | LMP1 | 322 | 14th | 7th |
2006
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pescarolo Sport |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Collard |align="left"| Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd | LMP1 | 352 | 5th | 4th |
2007
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Team Peugeot Total |align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} Jacques Villeneuve |align="left"| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 338 | DNF | DNF |
2008
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Team Peugeot Total |align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} Jacques Villeneuve |align="left"| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 381 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
2009
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Team Peugeot Total |align="left"| {{flagicon|PRT}} Pedro Lamy |align="left"| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 369 | 6th | 6th |
2010
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Team Peugeot Total |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Sarrazin |align="left"| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 264 | DNF | DNF |
2011
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Peugeot Sport Total |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Sarrazin |align="left"| Peugeot 908 | LMP1 | 353 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |
2012
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pescarolo Team |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais |align="left"| Dome S102.5-Judd | LMP1 | 203 | NC | NC |
2013
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} PeCom Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} Luís Pérez Companc |align="left"| Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 325 | 10th | 4th |
2014
|align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} SMP Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Ladygin |align="left"| Oreca 03R-Nissan | LMP2 | 9 | DNF | DNF |
2015
|align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} SMP Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} David Markozov |align="left"| BR Engineering BR01-Nissan | LMP2 | 340 | 14th | 6th |
2016
|align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} SMP Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Aleshin |align="left"| BR Engineering BR01-Nissan | LMP2 | 347 | 11th | 7th |
=Complete British Formula 3 results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Entrant ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! DC ! Pts |
1996
! Renault |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRH |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PEM |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PEM |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ZAN |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ZAN |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL ! 4th ! 139 |
1997
! Renault | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | DON |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| THR | BRH | SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CRO |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PEM |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PEM |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| THR | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 183 |
=Complete International Formula 3000 results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! DC ! Points |
1998
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IML |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PAU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| A1 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PER | NUR ! 13th ! 5 |
1999
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| A1R |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NUR | | ! 6th ! 20 |
2000
|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| IMO |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NUR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| MAG |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| A1R |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 45 |
2003
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO | CAT | A1R | MON | NUR | MAG | SIL | HOC | HUN | MNZ | | ! NC ! 0 |
=American Open-Wheel=
(key)
==CART==
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! Rank ! Points ! Ref |
2001
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MTY |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|LBH |TXS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|NZR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MOT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DET |POR |CLE |TOR |MIS |CHI |MDO |ROA |VAN |LAU |ROC |HOU |LS |SRF |FON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 27th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7 |
==IRL IndyCar Series==
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! Chassis ! No. ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! Rank ! Points ! Ref |
rowspan=1| 2001
! G-Force ! 49 !rowspan=1| Oldsmobile | PHX | HOM | ATL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY | TEX | PIK | RIR | KAN | NSH | KTY | GAT | CHI | TEX !rowspan=1 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 47th !rowspan=1 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 1 |
==Indy 500 results==
=Complete V8 Supercar results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! 26 ! 27 ! 28 ! 29 ! 30 ! 31 ! Final pos ! Points |
2003
|ADL |PHI |ECK |WIN |PTH |HDV |QLD |ORP |style="background:#dfffdf;"|SAN |style="background:#dfffdf;"|BAT |SUR |PUK |ECK ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 44th ! 152 |
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2012
| ADE | ADE | SYM | SYM | HAM | HAM | PER | PER | PER | PHI | PHI | HDV | HDV | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | SMP | SMP | SAN | SAN | BAT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SUR |style="background:#cfcfff;"|SUR | YMC | YMC | YMC | WIN | WIN | SYD | SYD ! NC ! 0 + |
+ Not Eligible for points
;Bathurst 1000 results
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Year
! Team ! Car ! Co-driver ! Position ! Laps |
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2003
| {{flagicon|DEN}} Jan Magnussen | align="center" | 11th | 158 |
=Complete American Le Mans Series results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Entrant ! Class ! Chassis ! Engine ! Tyres ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Rank ! Points |
2004
| LMP1 | DBA 03S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | {{Dunlop}} | SEB | MID | LIM | SON | POR | MOS | AME |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PET |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON | | ! NC ! 0 |
2006
| LMP1 | Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10 | {{Michelin}} | SEB | TEX | MID | LIM | UTA | POR | AME | MOS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PET |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON | ! 19th ! 16 |
2008
| LMP1 | Peugeot HDi 5.5 L V12 | {{Michelin}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEB | STP | LNB | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | DET |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PET | MON ! 9th ! 46 |
2009
| LMP1 | Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 | {{Michelin}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEB | STP | LNB | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PET | MON | ! 15th ! 46 |
2010
| LMP1 | Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 | {{Michelin}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SEB | LNB | MON | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | PET | | ! NC ! 0 |
=Complete Le Mans Series results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Entrant ! Class ! Chassis ! Engine ! Tyres ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! Rank ! Points |
2004
| LMP1 | DBA 03S | Zytek 3.4 L V8 | {{Dunlop}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4th |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |
2005
| LMP1 | DBA 03S | Zytek 3.4 L V8 | {{Michelin}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IST | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5th |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 25 |
2006
| LMP1 | Judd 2.5 L V10 | {{Michelin}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST | SPA | NÜR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JAR | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10th |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 14 |
2007
| LMP1 | Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | {{Michelin}} |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| MON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Val |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| MIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4th |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 33 |
2008
| LMP1 | Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | {{Michelin}} |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| CAT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 32 |
2009
| LMP1 | Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | {{Michelin}} | CAT |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SPA | ALG | NÜR | SIL | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19th |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |
2010
| LMP1 | Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | {{Michelin}} | CAS | SPA | ALG | HUN |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SIL | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 22nd |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 15 |
2011
| LMP1 | Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 | {{Michelin}} | CAS |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA | IMO | SIL | EST | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 0 |
2012
| LMP2 | Oreca 03 | {{Dunlop}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON | PET | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6th |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 30 |
=Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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! Year ! Entrant ! Class ! Make ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! Rank ! Points |
rowspan=2| 2016
! rowspan=2| P ! rowspan=2| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY | | | | | | | | | ! rowspan=2| 24th ! rowspan=2| 52 |
DragonSpeed
! Oreca 05 | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET |
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100516021014/http://www.nicolasminassian.com/ Official Website]
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