Alexandre Prémat

Alexandre Prémat ( born April 5, 1982 in Juvisy -sur -Orge, France ) is a French racing driver. He was from 2005 to 2006 in the GP2 series active and won three races in this series. In 2006 he won with the French team and Nicolas Lapierre the champion of the A1 Grand Prix. In 2008 he was with Mike Rockenfeller master of Le Mans Series. From 2007 to 2010 he competed for Team Phoenix in the DTM.

Career

Prémat began his motorsport career in 1992 at the age of ten years in karting, where he was active until 2000. He also gave his debut in the 2000 Formula racing and immediately became vice-champion of the French Formula Renault Campus. 2001 racers competed in the French Formula Renault and ended his first season in ninth place. 2002 remained Prémat in the French Formula Renault and went for ASM at the start. He chose three races for themselves and won the league title before Eric salignon. In addition, he participated in four races of the Formula Renault 2.0 Euro some cups and tenth.

In 2003 he moved to the newly founded Formula 3 Euro Series, in which he took for ASM. Prémat won a race and finished seventh in the championship. 2004 denied the Frenchman his second season in the Formula 3 Euro Series for ASM. He chose three races for themselves and had to finish the season only his teammate Jamie Green defeated and was runner-up. He also won the prestigious Formula 3 race at Zandvoort and Macau.

2005 moved Prémat in the new GP2 Series and entered for ART Grand Prix, the GP2 team of ASM on. While the Frenchman opted for two races and fourth in the overall standings, was his team -mate Nico Rosberg won the championship title in the GP2 series. He then joined in the season 2005/2006 in the A1 Grand Prix for the French team. He shared the cockpit with Nicolas Lapierre and denied 11 of 22 races. Prémat won seven races and was the pilot with the most victories. At the end of the season Lapierre and Prémat won the league title for the French team. 2006 returned the racer back in the GP2 Series and stayed again at ART Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton became his new teammate. Prémat Hamilton was inferior from the start and finished the season with a victory in third place. Hamilton became champion. At the end of the season left the Frenchman ART Grand Prix. He also participated in the 2006 season, participated in a Formula 1 weekend as a Friday driver and drove for the Spyker MF1 Team in Training for the Grand Prix of China. In addition, he also participated in test drives of the American Champ Car series and scored on both test days, the fastest time.

After 2007 found no cockpit in a formula series, he joined the touring car racing in the DTM. When Team Phoenix, he received a one year old Audi A4 DTM and was team-mate Christian Abt Already in the first race at the Hockenheimring, the Frenchman was involved in a serious accident. He collided at high speed with the runaway Audi of Tom Kristensen and pulled to a crack in the lumbar vertebrae. Then he had to pause a race. After his return he could score points in some races and stood at Zandvoort in second for the first time on the podium, where he led the race and the victorious Martin Tomczyk had only down the stretch for an alleged team orders pass through. The season he finished ahead of his teammate abbot in eleventh place in the drivers' standings. He also made ​​his debut for the Audi Sport Team Joest at the 24 - hour race at Le Mans. His team did not reach the target.

In 2008 he stayed with the team Phoenix and was with Oliver Jarvis a new teammates. At his home race in Le Mans he scored another podium placing third. In the overall standings, he won against Jarvis and finished tenth overall. He also began again in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished fourth. In addition, he took for Joest Racing participated in the 2008 season, the Le Mans Series and won with Mike Rockenfeller the champion of the LMP1 class.

2009 Prémat lost in the DTM, the team-internal duel against Jarvis and was charged with a fourth place as best result 13th in the championship. At the 24 - hour race in Le Mans he came in 17th place finish. 2010 graduated Prémat his fourth season in the DTM for Team Phoenix. After Jarvis had left the team, Rockenfeller was his new teammate. In the second race in Valencia, the Frenchman as a third party was again on the podium. For headlines Prémat this season in addition by a serious accident at the Adria International Raceway. After contact with Maro Engel he crashed into the barriers and rolled over four times. He could leave the destroyed down to the driver's cell car immediately without assistance. Except for strong bruises and a concussion, he was uninjured. For the last race weekend, he was nevertheless replaced by Darryl O'Young. After a total of incidents, the team opted for a premature separation. At the end of the season, he finished eleventh overall.

In 2011 he played after a year of absence, the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as for OAK Racing three more races in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

2012 Prémat will ride in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship.

Personal

Prémat lives since 2009 in the Swiss canton of Thurgau in Ermatingen.

Statistics

Career stations

Le Mans results

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