Emmanuel Collard
French racing driver, Porsche Junioren team member, 2008 12 Hours of Sebring winner
About Emmanuel Collard
Born 1971. Emmanuel Collard is a French racing automobile driver.
Emmanuel Collard (born 3 April 1971) is a French professional racing driver. He is a former member of the Porsche Junioren factory team, but also drives for other marques.
Collard driving in the Porsche Supercup in 1995. His car's livery reflects his role as the Benetton Formula One team's test driver.
Born in Arpajon, Essonne, Collard is the winner of the Le Mans Series for Pescarolo Sport in 2005 and 2006 with Jean-Christophe Boullion and in 2011 with Julien Jousse. He also won the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring overall in Penske Racing's Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 alongside Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas.
Collard also was the Formula One test driver for Prost Grand Prix in , Benetton in the late 1990s, and Ligier-Ford in .
Collard starred for Pescarolo in LMP1, winning three Le Mans Series titles, two Le Mans 24h podiums and pole in 2005. Collard won the 2008 Sebring 12h overall in the Penske Porsche LMP2. Collard at the wheel of his AF Corse Ferrari 488 at Silverstone in 2019.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 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 DC Points 1991 Apomatox VAL PAU JER MUG PER HOC BRH SPA BUG NOG NC 0 1992 Apomatox SIL PAU CAT PER HOC NÜR SPA ALB NOG MAG 8th 13 1993 Apomatox DON SIL PAU PER HOC NÜR SPA MAG NOG 12th 4
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Larbre Compétition Dominique Dupuy Stéphane Ortelli Porsche 911 GT2 Evo GT1 82 DNF DNF La Filière Elf Henri Pescarolo Franck Lagorce Courage C36-Porsche LMP1 327 7th 2nd Porsche AG Ralf Kelleners Yannick Dalmas Porsche 911 GT1 GT1 327 DNF DNF Toyota Motorsports Toyota Team Europe Martin Brundle Éric Hélary Toyota GT-One GT1 191 DNF DNF Toyota Motorsports Toyota Team Europe Martin Brundle Vincenzo Sospiri Toyota GT-One LMGTP 90 DNF DNF Team DAMS Éric Bernard Franck Montagny Cadillac Northstar LMP LMP900 300 19th 9th DAMS Éric Bernard Marc Goossens Cadillac Northstar LMP01 LMP900 56 DNF DNF Team Cadillac Éric Bernard JJ Lehto Cadillac Northstar LMP02 LMP900 334 12th 10th Alex Job Racing Petersen Motorsports Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 320 14th 1st Pescarolo Sport Sébastien Bourdais Nicolas Minassian Pescarolo C60-Judd LMP1 282 DNF DNF Pescarolo Sport Jean-Christophe Boullion Érik Comas Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd LMP1 368 2nd 2nd Pescarolo Sport Érik Comas Nicolas Minassian Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd LMP1 352 5th 4th Pescarolo Sport Jean-Christophe Boullion Romain Dumas Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 358 3rd 3rd Pescarolo Sport Jean-Christophe Boullion Romain Dumas Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 238 DNF DNF Team Essex Casper Elgaard Kristian Poulsen Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 357 10th 1st Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2 255 DNF DNF Pescarolo Team Christophe Tinseau Julien Jousse Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 305 DNF DNF Pescarolo Team Stuart Hall Pescarolo 03-Judd LMP1 20 DNF DNF Prospeed Competition François Perrodo Sébastien Crubilé Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTEAm 298 36th 9th Prospeed Competition François Perrodo Markus Palttala Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTEAm 194 DNF DNF AF Corse Rui Águas François Perrodo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEAm 330 26th 4th AF Corse Rui Águas François Perrodo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEAm 331 27th 2nd TDS Racing François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 213 DNF DNF AF Corse Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEAm 339 26th 3rd Team Penske Dane Cameron Felipe Nasr Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 368 9th 5th
Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.
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Who is Emmanuel Collard?
French racing driver, Porsche Junioren team member, 2008 12 Hours of Sebring winner
When was Emmanuel Collard born?
Emmanuel Collard was born on 3 April 1971 in Arpajon.
What is Emmanuel Collard's occupation?
Emmanuel Collard is a racing automobile driver.
What nationality is Emmanuel Collard?
Emmanuel Collard is French.
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