Alexandre Prémat

Alexandre Prémat (born 5 November 1982) is a French racing driver. He won the Pirtek Enduro Cup for Triple Eight Race Engineering alongside Shane van Gisbergen in 2016. He also won the 2019 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with Scott McLaughlin, driving for DJR Team Penske.

Career Prémat in the cockpit of an Audi R10 TDI en route to winning the 2008 Le Mans Series Drivers Championship.

Karting & French Formula Renault Campus Prémat was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne.

In 1999, Prémat won the Coupe du Monde de Karting 125cc ICC. That same year, he finished as vice-champion in the Formule France de Karting ICC, clinching six victories. His success continued in 2000, when Prémat captured the Champion de France FC 125cc title.

Prémat continued karting until 2000, when he moved up to French Formula Campus. He finished the season in second place, securing two victories.

Formula Renault Prémat quickly moved up to French Formula Renault for the 2001 season, with his teammate being Simon Pagenaud. In his first season, Prémat finished ninth in the points standings. The following year, in 2002, he won the Formula Renault French title. Also during this year, he raced in part of the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup.

Formula Three With the merger of several national Formula Three championships in 2003, Prémat moved to the Formula 3 Euroseries, joining the ASM team alongside Olivier Pla. That season, he finished the year seventh in the points standings. In 2004, Prémat finished second in the points standings with six wins. He also won in the Marlboro Masters non-championship races and Macau Grand Prix.

GP2 Series In 2005, Prémat joined ART Grand Prix to compete in the 2005 GP2 Series, the sister team to his former Formula 3 squad, ASM. Despite two wins that season, Prémat finished fourth in the championship, with his teammate Nico Rosberg claiming the title. The following year, Prémat finished third in the standings despite winning one race. Meanwhile, his new teammate, Lewis Hamilton, went on to dominate the season and win the championship.

A1 Grand Prix Prémat also drove the A1 Team France car in A1 Grand Prix in the 2005–06 season, he and team-mate Nicolas Lapierre winning the title for their nation. Prémat did not return to the series for the following season, and the French team's form dropped noticeably.

Formula One Prémat drove the third Spyker MF1 Racing car at the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix. He also had an off-season test with Champ Car team Mi-Jack Conquest Racing. Prémat had the quickest time in several sessions and stated that he was targeting a ride in Champ Car for 2007. Another possibility was to drive in Formula One with Spyker, as one of their test drivers, but it did not work out.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and Le Mans Series Eventually, Prémat drove for Audi in the 2007 DTM series and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also with Audi. In 2008, Prémat again raced in DTM, and also the Le Mans Series with Audi. In 2009, he remained in this series and also participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was fired by Audi before the final race of the 2010 season for running in the New York Marathon instead of recovering from a heavy crash at the previous round. In 2011, he won his class of the Nürburgring 24 Hour race in a Peugeot RCZ.

Supercars Championship

In 2012, Prémat joined the Australia's leading touring car series, then known as V8 Supercars, driving a Holden VE Commodore for Garry Rogers Motorsport. After a disappointing first half of the season, where he struggled to adapt to the championship, he was rested for the 2012 Armor All Gold Coast 600, with Greg Ritter taking his place. He returned to racing at the following round in Abu Dhabi, and went on to finish the season with a best result of thirteenth place at Symmons Plains Raceway. Prémat remained with the team in 2013, starting the season with fourth place in the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide. Despite showing front-running pace, particularly at the start of the season, he failed to achieve consistent results due to poor qualifying and incidents during the races.

In January 2014, Prémat announced he was leaving the team in a full-time capacity, however he would return to the team, which were now competing in a Volvo S60, for the endurance events, placing fifth in the Enduro Cup with full-time driver Scott McLaughlin. Prémat once again joined McLaughlin in the 2015 Enduro Cup, with a best result of fifth at the 2015 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

For 2016, Triple Eight Race Engineering poached Prémat to partner with Shane van Gisbergen in the Enduro Cup. The pairing went on to win the 2016 Enduro Cup, including three second-place finishes and Prémat's first race victory in the championship at the 2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2002 ASMMAGSILJARANDOSCSPAIMODONEST 10th 36

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key)

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points 2005 ART Grand Prix IMOFEA IMOSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 4th 67 2006 ART Grand Prix VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 3rd 66

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2005–06 France GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 1st 172

Complete Formula One participations (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points 2006 Spyker MF1 Racing Spyker M16 Toyota V8 BHR MAL AUS SMR EUR ESP MON GBR CAN USA FRA GER HUN TUR ITA CHN JPN BRA – –

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts 2007 Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2006 HOC OSC LAU BRH NOR MUG ZAN NÜR CAT HOC 11th 13 2008 Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2007 HOC OSC MUG LAU NOR ZAN NÜR BRH CAT BUG HOC 10th 10 2009 Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC 13th 6 2010 Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC VAL LAU NOR NÜR ZAN BRH OSC HOC ADR SHA 11th 12

Complete Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2008 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R10 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12(Diesel) CAT MON SPA NÜR SIL 1st 27

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Audi Sport Team Joest Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr Audi R10 TDI LMP1 23 DNF DNF 2008 Audi Sport Team Joest Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr Audi R10 TDI LMP1 374 4th 4th 2009 Audi Sport Team Joest Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Audi R15 TDI LMP1 333 17th 13th 2011 Team Oreca-Matmut David Hallyday Dominik Kraihamer Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 200 DNF DNF

Supercars Championship results Supercars results Year Team No. 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 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points 2012 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQ SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 YMCR24 YMCR25 YMCR26 WINR27 WINR28 SYDR29 SYDR30 27th 942 2013 34 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 PUKR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 COAR13 COAR14 COAR15 COAR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 QLDR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 WINR25 WINR26 WINR27 SANQ SANR28 BATR29 SURR30 SURR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 19th 1376 2014 33 Volvo S60 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 PUKR10 PUKR11 PUKR12 PUKR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 TOWR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 QLDR25 SMPR26 SMPR27 SMPR28 SANQ SANR29 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 PHIR35 SYDR36 SYDR37 SYDR38 30th 522 2015 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 WINR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 SMPR22 SMPR23 SANQ SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 PUKR30 PHIR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 SYDR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 35th 492 2016 Triple Eight Race Engineering 97 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PHIR6 PHIR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQ SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 PUKR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SYDR28 SYDR29 26th 840 2017 DJR Team Penske 17 Ford FG X Falcon ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 SANQR SANR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 NEWR25 NEWR26 34th 495 2018 ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANQR SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 NEWR30 NEWR31 28th 609 2019 Ford Mustang S550 ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 BENR21 BENR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SANQR SANR28 NEWR29 NEWR30 30th 603

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2012 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Jack Perkins 16th 161 2013 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Greg Ritter 23rd 154 2014 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 Scott McLaughlin 17th 150 2015 Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 Scott McLaughlin 5th 161 2016 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Shane van Gisbergen 2nd 161 2017 DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X Scott McLaughlin DNF 74 2018 DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X Scott McLaughlin 3rd 161 2019 DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT Scott McLaughlin 1st 161