Patrick Pilet

Patrick Grégory Yoan Pilet (born October 8, 1981) is a French professional racing driver. He has competed in major sports car endurance races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Spa, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit 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.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.