Richard Philippe

Richard Philippe (January 10, 1990 in Valence, Drôme – 22 November 2018) was a French racecar driver who resided in Miami, Florida. He was the younger brother of Nelson Philippe.

After moving up from the go-kart ranks in 2005, at fifteen years old Philippe won the Formula BMW USA championship in his rookie season, and on June 19, 2005 he became the youngest driver ever to win a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 2006, he competed in the Champ Car Atlantic series with Forsythe Championship Racing. In 2007, he competed in the World Series by Renault. In 2009, Philippe ran for Genoa Racing in the Firestone Indy Lights Series until a crash on the high speed Kansas Speedway oval sidelined him for three races. He returned to the series with Team PBIR and competed in seven more races. He finished second twice, at Long Beach with Genoa and at Edmonton with PBIR, and finished 13th in points despite missing four races (he withdrew from the final race due to an ill-handling car in practice).

Phillippe died in a helicopter crash in the Dominican Republic on 22 November 2018.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Car No. Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2005 Formula BMW USA Team Autotecnica 14 3 6 5 7 151 1st 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Forsythe Racing 33 12 0 0 0 1 86 15th 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsport 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 33rd 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series Carlin Motorsport 21 14 0 0 0 0 0 28th SG Formula 21 6 0 0 0 0 Masters of Formula 3 Carlin Motorsport 39 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2009 Indy Lights Genoa Racing 36 4 0 0 0 1 254 13th Team PBIR 37 7 0 0 0 1

American open–wheel racing results (key)

Atlantic Championship

Indy Lights

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key)

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key)