Pierre Kaffer (born 7 November 1976 in

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler () is a spa town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district. The A61 motorway connects the town with cities like Cologne and Mainz. Formed by the merging of the ...

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) is a race car driver from

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, currently living in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Career

In 1990, Kaffer started in

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, moving in 1994 to Formula Ford, later

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and then from 1997 to 2001 in the German

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Championship. His biggest success was in 2004, winning the

12 Hours of Sebring The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield World War II air base in Sebring, Florida, US. The event is the second rou ...

in an Audi R8. For 2005 and 2006 he competed for

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in the DTM series. In 2009 Kaffer piloted a Ferrari F430GT for Risi Competizione in the

American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The American Le Mans' h ...

. For 2012, Kaffer competed in the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...

and

European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the ...

in a Pecom Racing Oreca 03-Nissan.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Porsche Supercup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ‡ Not eligible for points for being a guest driver.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) *† — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Kaffer did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

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

External links

Pierre Kaffer's websiteSports car racing’s Iron Man
- Racer, Gary Watkins, 26 June 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaffer, Pierre 1976 births Living people People from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler German racing drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers American Le Mans Series drivers European Le Mans Series drivers EFDA Nations Cup drivers Racing drivers from Rhineland-Palatinate Porsche Supercup drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers International GT Open drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers 12 Hours of Sebring drivers 24H Series drivers Audi Sport drivers AF Corse drivers Kolles Racing drivers Phoenix Racing drivers CRS Racing drivers Team Joest drivers Opel Team BSR drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Walter Lechner Racing drivers ISR Racing drivers Starworks Motorsport drivers DragonSpeed drivers Team Rosberg drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers W Racing Team drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Le Mans Cup drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland