Patrick Pilet

Patrick Grégory Yoan Pilet (born 8 October 1981) is a French professional racing driver. A long-serving Porsche works driver, he has won major sports car endurance races such as Nürburgring, Daytona, Sebring and Petit Le Mans, and finished on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Born in Auch, Gers, Pilet won the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2004 and competed at the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2005 he switched to Formula Renault 3.5 Series, finishing 11th having missed three rounds. He drove full-time in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2006, but he finished 21st.

Pilet switched to sports car racing in 2007, and was crowned Porsche Carrera Cup France champion with IMSA Performance.

In 2009 and 2010, Pilet raced full-time for IMSA Performance at the International GT Open together with Raymond Narac in a Super GT class Porsche 911. He finished fifth in 2009 with six wins in 16 races and seventh in 2010 with four wins in 16 races. He finished second at the 24 Hours of Spa, also in an IMSA Performance Porsche with Narac, Patrick Long and Richard Lietz.

Pilet drove for Team Art Taste, a new Japanese Super GT team using Porsche 911 GT3R, in 2011 Super GT season. Also, he raced full-time for IMSA Performance at the Le Mans Series, again with Porsche with Wolf Henzler as partner, collecting one podium.

In 2020, Pilet was due to drive for the factory Porsche GT Team from America, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team decided not to travel to Le Mans. Because of a crash of the IDEC car of Dwight Merriman which caused an injury, the team needed a new driver. Because Pilet was a reserve driver for Porsche, he was already in the mandatory bubble, and he stepped in to drive the IDEC Oreca 07.

Racing record

Career summary Pilet's factory Porsche 911 RSR at the 2016 12 Hours of Sebring. Pilet racing for RLR MSport in LMP2 at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 DC PointsRef 2005 Jenzer Motorsport ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 11th 43 GD Racing EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 2006 GD Racing ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 21st 14 Tech 1 Racing DON1 DON2 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2009 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 265 DNF DNF 2010 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 321 17th 5th 2011 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Nicolas Armindo Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 311 17th 5th 2012 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEAm 311 27th 4th 2013 Porsche AG Team Manthey Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 315 16th 2nd 2014 Porsche Team Manthey Nick Tandy Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 309 36th 7th 2015 Porsche Team Manthey Frédéric Makowiecki Wolf Henzler Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 14 DNF DNF 2016 Porsche Motorsport Kévin Estre Nick Tandy Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 135 DNF DNF 2017 Porsche GT Team Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 339 20th 4th 2018 Porsche GT Team Nick Tandy Earl Bamber Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 334 27th 10th 2019 Porsche GT Team Nick Tandy Earl Bamber Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 342 22nd 3rd2020 IDEC Sport Jonathan Kennard Kyle Tilley Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 15th 11th 2021 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 359 11th 6th 2022 IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 12th 8th 2023 Graff Racing Giedo van der Garde Roberto Lacorte Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 303 37th 16th LMP2 Pro-Am 4th 2024 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Stéphane Richelmi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 297 19th 5th 2025 RLR MSport Ryan Cullen Michael Jensen Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 362 29th 12th LMP2 Pro-Am 7thSources:

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 2009 IMSA Performance Matmut GT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 CAT SPA ALG NÜR SIL 8th 19 2010 IMSA Performance Matmut GT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC SPA ALG HUN SIL 5th 47 2011 IMSA Performance Matmut GTE Pro Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC SPA IMO SIL EST 6th 27 2021 IDEC Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA ALG 10th 30 2022 IDEC Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA ALG 6th 53 2024 Vector Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 27th 0Source:

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 PointsRef 2014 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR PET 16th 140 CORE Autosport COA 2015 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR COA PET 1st 315 2016 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 8th 285 2017 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 5th 295 2018 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 7th 299 2019 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 2nd 317 2020 Pfaff Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB 35th 44 2022 KCMG GTD Pro Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 24th 321 2023 Pfaff Motorsports GTD Pro Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH MON WGL MOSLIM ELKVIR3 IMS4PET2 4th 3578 Source: