Pierre-Henri Raphanel Explained

Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Nationality:	French
Birth Date:	27 May 1961
Birth Place:	Algiers, Algeria
Years:	–
Team(S):	Larrousse, Coloni, Rial
Races:	17 (1 start)
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Points:	0
Poles:	0
Fastest Laps:	0
First Race:	1988 Australian Grand Prix
Last Race:	1989 Australian Grand Prix

Pierre-Henri Raphanel (born 27 May 1961)^[1] is a French former racing driver.

He participated in 17 Formula One Grands Prix for Larrousse, Coloni and Rial, debuting on 13 November 1988. He only qualified for one race, the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix, making him the only driver in F1 history whose only race was in the principality.^[2]

Following his F1 career, he became a factory driver for Toyota, competing in Japan for series such as JTCC and JGTC, for the latter until 2000. After 2006 Raphanel worked as the lead test driver and product specialist for Bugatti^[3] and is usually seen demonstrating the Veyron.

Pierre-Henri Raphanel is also the uncle of the French-Algerian driver Julien Gerbi and of the young go-kart driver Arthur Raphanel.

He drove the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to its maximum speed (431.072 km/h) in Ehra-Lessien in July 2010.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
	Primagaz Team Cougar	Yves Courage Alain de Cadenet	Cougar C12-Porsche	C1	267	18th	11th
	Primagaz Competition	Yves Courage Hervé Regout	Courage C20-Porsche	C1	332	3rd	3rd
	Primagaz Competition	Michel Ferté	Cougar C20B-Porsche	C1	120	DNF	DNF
	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Louis Krages	Porsche 962C	C1	124	DNF	DNF
	Toyota Team SARD	Roland Ratzenberger Naoki Nagasaka	Toyota 90C-V	C1	241	DNF	DNF
	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas	Peugeot 905	C1	68	DNF	DNF
	Toyota Team Tom's	Masanori Sekiya Kenny Acheson	Toyota TS010	C1	346	2nd	2nd
	Toyota Team Tom's	Kenny Acheson Andy Wallace	Toyota TS010	C1	212	DNF	DNF
	Courage Compétition	Lionel Robert Pascal Fabre	Courage C32LM-Porsche	LMP1 /C90	107	DNF	DNF
	GTC Gulf Racing	Philippe Alliot Lindsay Owen-Jones	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	77	DNF	DNF
	Gulf Racing GTC Racing	Lindsay Owen-Jones David Brabham	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	335	5th	4th
	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	360	2nd	1st
	Porsche AG Joest Racing	David Murry James Weaver	Porsche LMP1-98	LMP1	218	DNF	DNF
	Panoz Motorsports	Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katoh	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	LMP900	342	5th	5th

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC88	Cosworth V8	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	NC	0
	Coloni SpA	Coloni FC188B	Cosworth V8	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA												NC	0
		Coloni C3							CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN
	Rial Racing	Rial ARC2												BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS

Complete JGTC results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	DC	Pts	Ref
1998	Inging	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUG	18th	6	^[5]
1999	Matsumotokiyoshi Team Tom's	Toyota Supra	GT500	SUZ	FUJ	SUG	MIN	FUJ	TAI	MOT	16th	27	^[6]
2000	MatsumotoKiyoshi Team Tom's	Toyota Supra	GT500	MOT	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	TAI	MIN	SUZ	14th	18	^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? . 2007-07-29 . Jenkins . Richard . OldRacingCars.com.
2. Web site: Pierre-Henri Raphanel: Biography . 22 May 2008 . 27 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227083404/http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/raphanel/biography.html . dead .
3. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060204/news_lz1dd4bugatti.html Exclusively Bugatti | The San Diego Union-Tribune
4. Web site: Pierre-Henri Raphanel Results. Motorsport Stats. 7 August 2023.
5. Web site: Series Ranking 1998. Super GT. 7 August 2023.
6. Web site: Series Ranking 1999. Super GT. 7 August 2023.
7. Web site: 2000 Autobacs Cup All Japan GT Championship Point Ranking. Super GT. 7 August 2023.