Pierre Ragues

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Pierre Ragues

| image = Pierre Ragues - Le Mans 2012.JPG

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| caption = Ragues at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.

| nationality = {{flagicon|FRA}} French

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|1|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Caen, France

| racing licence = 12px FIA Silver

| current series = FIA World Endurance Championship

| first year = 2012

| current team = Signatech-Nissan

| car number = 26

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| prev series = Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
American Le Mans Series
International Formula Master
Le Mans Series
Eurocup Formula Renault
French Formula Renault
FIA GT Championship
Formula Renault Campus

| prev series years = 2011
2011
2007
2006, 08–11
2004–2005
2004–05
2003
2003

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{{Infobox Le Mans driver|subbox=yes

| Years = {{24hLM|2006}}, {{24hLM|2008}}–{{24hLM|2020}}

| Team(s) = Paul Belmondo Racing, Saulnier Racing, Signature Team, OAK Racing

| Best Finish = 4th overall / 3rd in class ({{24hLM|2017}})

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File:Saulnier Pescarolo 35.jpg at the 2008 1000km of Silverstone.]]

Pierre Ragues (born 10 January 1984 in Caen) is a French racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Career

=Karting=

Debuting in karting in 1994, Ragues was second in the Monaco Kart Cup in Formula A in 2001, and third in the French Elite Championship. Since starting to race cars, Ragues has continued to compete in karts.{{cite web|url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/pierre-ragues/career/|title=Pierre Ragues career statistics|work=driverdb.com|publisher=Driver Database|access-date=19 June 2012}}

=Single-seaters=

Ragues started racing cars in 2003 when he took part in Formula Renault Campus in France, finishing runner-up to dominant champion Laurent Groppi and scoring one race win. He also took part in the 2003 Spa 24 Hours in a Paul Belmondo Racing-run Chrysler Viper GTS-R. For the following years he raced in French Formula Renault, finishing 12th and 15th overall in the two seasons.

After racing sportscars in 2006, Ragues took part in International Formula Master in 2007, finishing 14th overall with one podium finish.

=Sportscars=

In 2006 Ragues started in sports car racing, contesting the LMP2 class of the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans for Paul Belmondo Racing. After his brief return to single-seaters, in 2008 he raced for Saulnier Racing and finished fifth in the Le Mans Series LMP2 drivers' standings and third in class at Le Mans.

2009 saw him start his relationship with the Signature team. They finished 11th overall and tenth in LMP1 at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans and seventh in the Le Mans Series. Signature switched to a Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 for 2010, and the team finished second in the LMS teams' championship with their drivers in fourth place.

In 2011 Ragues switched back to the Saulnier team, now operating as OAK Racing, before returning to Signature in 2012, now racing as Signatech-Nissan. He finished tenth overall and fourth in LMP2 at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

=Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results=

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

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! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! DC

! Points

2005

! nowrap| Epsilon Sport

|style="background:#;"| ZOL
1
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|style="background:#;"| ZOL
2
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|style="background:#efcfff;"| VAL
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| VAL
2
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| LMS
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LMS
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#;"| BIL
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BIL
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| OSC
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| OSC
2
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#;"| DON
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| DON
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| EST
1
{{small|33}}

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| EST
2
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#;"| MNZ
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| MNZ
2
{{small|}}

! 31st

! 2

=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=

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Year ! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip\|Class Pos.\|Class Position}}
2006 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Paul Belmondo Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Claude-Yves Gosselin {{flagicon\|KSA}} Karim Ojjeh \|align="left"\| Courage C65-Ford \| LMP2 \| 84 \| DNF \| DNF
2008 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Saulnier Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Cheng Congfu {{flagicon\|FRA}} Matthieu Lahaye \|align="left"\| Pescarolo 01-Judd \| LMP2 \| 333 \| 18th \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| 3rd
2009 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Signature-Plus \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Franck Mailleux {{flagicon\|FRA}} Didier André \|align="left"\| Courage-Oreca LC70E-Judd \| LMP1 \| 344 \| 11th \| 10th
2010 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Signature-Plus \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Franck Mailleux {{flagicon\|BEL}} Vanina Ickx \|align="left"\| Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 \| LMP1 \| 302 \| DNF \| DNF
2011 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} OAK Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Guillaume Moreau {{flagicon\|POR}} Tiago Monteiro \|align="left"\| OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd \| LMP1 \| 80 \| DNF \| DNF
2012 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Signatech-Nissan \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Nelson Panciatici {{flagicon\|RUS}} Roman Rusinov \|align="left"\| Oreca 03-Nissan \| LMP2 \| 351 \| 10th \| 4th
2013 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Signatech-Alpine \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Nelson Panciatici {{flagicon\|FRA}} Tristan Gommendy \|align="left"\| Alpine A450-Nissan \| LMP2 \| 317 \| 14th \| 8th
2014 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Larbre Compétition \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Keiko Ihara {{flagicon\|USA}} Ricky Taylor \|align="left"\| Morgan LMP2-Judd \| LMP2 \| 341 \| 14th \| 9th
2015 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|CHE}} Team SARD-Morand \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Oliver Webb {{flagicon\|CHE}} Zoël Amberg \|align="left"\| Morgan LMP2 Evo-SARD \| LMP2 \| 162 \| DNF \| DNF
2016 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Larbre Compétition \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Jean-Philippe Belloc {{flagicon\|JPN}} Yutaka Yamagishi \|align="left"\| Chevrolet Corvette C7.R \| GTE Am \| 316 \| 37th \| 8th
2017 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Signatech Alpine Matmut \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Nelson Panciatici {{flagicon\|BRA}} André Negrão \|align="left"\| Alpine A470-Gibson \| LMP2 \| 362 \| 4th \|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3rd
2019 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Duqueine Engineering \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Nico Jamin {{flagicon\|FRA}} Romain Dumas \|align="left"\| Oreca 07-Gibson \| LMP2 \| 363 \| 12th \| 7th
2020 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} Signatech Alpine Elf \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} André Negrão {{flagicon\|FRA}} Thomas Laurent \|align="left"\| Alpine A470-Gibson \| LMP2 \| 367 \| 8th \| 4th

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Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

2006

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Paul Belmondo Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Claude-Yves Gosselin
{{flagicon|KSA}} Karim Ojjeh