Pierre-Henri Raphanel (born 27 May 1961)
is a French former
racing driver
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.
He participated in 17
Formula One
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Grands Prix for
Larrousse
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,
Coloni and
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, 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.
Following his F1 career, he became a factory driver for Toyota, competing in Japan for series such as
JTCC and
JGTC
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, for the latter until 2000. After 2006 Raphanel worked as the lead test driver and product specialist for
Bugatti
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Exclusively Bugatti , The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Pierre-Henri Raphanel is also the uncle of the French-Algerian driver Julien Gerbi
Julien Gerbi (born October 3, 1985) is a French-Algerian racing car driver.
Career
Debut
Gerbi started driving in karting in 1992, but didn't choose to race, competing only once in Monaco where he won his first competition. He trained many y ...
and of the young go-kart driver Arthur Raphanel
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.
He drove the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport
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to its maximum speed (431.072 km/h) in Ehra-Lessien
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Volkswagen Group test track
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in July 2010.
Racing record
Complete Macau Grand Prix results
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Formula One results
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Complete JGTC results
(key
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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French racing drivers
French Formula One drivers
Larrousse Formula One drivers
Coloni Formula One drivers
Rial Formula One drivers
French Formula Three Championship drivers
International Formula 3000 drivers
Sportspeople from Algiers
Japanese Touring Car Championship drivers
1961 births
Living people
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Bugatti people
World Sportscar Championship drivers
21st-century Algerian people
Long Distance Series drivers
Oreca drivers
TOM'S drivers
Team Joest drivers
Peugeot Sport drivers
Porsche Motorsports drivers