Louis Prette Jr. (born 31 July 1998 in

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) is a Monégasque-

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racing driver. He currently competes in the

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championship.

Biography

Given his father's unprecedented success in

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Asia-Pacific, Prette's career began in Asia with the

Asian Formula Renault Series The Formula Renault AsiaCup (formerly known as the Asian Formula Renault Challenge and AFR Series) is a Formula Renault 2.0 championship held in Asia. The series debuted in 2002 and also held the ''China Formula Renault Challenge''. The series i ...

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. Having taken third in the championship the following year, he graduated to Asian Formula 3 where he finished ninth in the standings before moving into GT racing – returning to Europe and following in his father's footsteps by contesting the European Ferrari Challenge, winning the championship by 3 points. He progressed to GT3 competition the following year, entering the

series with

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. Outside of racing he is the Global Head of Retail for his grand mother Ariane's fashion company

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, based in

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Racing record

Career summary

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

* Profile a
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