Alexandre Prémat

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Alexandre Prémat
In 2008, as a DTM driver.
Nationality	French
Date of birth	April 5, 1982 (1982-04-05) (age 27)
Place of birth	Juvisy-sur-Orge (France)
2009 DTM
Debut season	2007
Current team	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Car no.	14
Starts	30
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	10th in 2008
Previous series
2008 2007 2005–06 2005–06 2003–04 2002 2001–02 2000	Le Mans Series (LMP1) 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP1) A1 Grand Prix GP2 Series Formula Three Euroseries FR2000 Eurocup French Formula Renault 2000 Formula Campus France
Championship titles
2005–06 2002	A1 Grand Prix French Formula Renault 2000

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2007 -
Teams	Audi Sport Team Joest
Best finish	4th (2008)
Class wins	0

Alexandre Prémat (born April 5, 1982 in Juvisy-sur-Orge) is a French race car driver.

Contents 1 Career 2 Racing record 2.1 Complete A1 Grand Prix results 2.2 Complete GP2 Series results 2.3 Complete Formula One participations 2.4 Complete career results 2.5 Complete DTM results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Prémat started his motorsport career in karting at the age of 10. He continued karting until 2000 when he moved up to French Formula Campus, a common starting point for Formula drivers from France. He quickly moved up to French Formula Renault in 2001, and after familiarising himself with the series, won the title in 2002. In 2002 he also raced in part of the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup.

With the merger of several national Formula Three championships in 2003, Prémat moved to the resultant Formula Three Euroseries, driving for the ASM team with Olivier Pla, another driver who raced in the inaugural GP2 season. He stayed there for the 2004 season, also winning the prestigious Macau Grand Prix and Marlboro Masters non-championship races.

This earned him a drive in the 2005 GP2 Series, for ART Grand Prix, the team ran by Nicolas Todt. He was behind team-mate Nico Rosberg, but was the highest-place second driver in the championship. Alex remained, alongside the young British driver Lewis Hamilton for 2006, though he was overshadowed, as he finished third whilst Hamilton took the honours.

Prémat also drove the A1 Team France car in A1 Grand Prix in the 2005–06 season, he and team-mate Nicolas Lapierre winning the title for their nation. Alex did not return to the series for the following season, and the French team's form dropped noticeably.

Prémat drove the third Spyker MF1 Racing car at the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix.^[1] He also had an off-season test with Champ Car team Mi-Jack Conquest Racing. Prémat had the quickest time in several sessions and stated that he was targeting a ride in Champ Cars for 2007.^[2] Another possibility was to drive in Formula One with Spyker, as one of their test drivers, but it did not work out.^[3]

Eventually he drove for Audi in the 2007 DTM series and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also with Audi. In 2008 Prémat is again racing DTM, and also the Le Mans Series with Audi.

Prémat driving for Audi (Phoenix) at the Hockenheimring during the 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

Prémat in the cockpit of an Audi R10 TDI en route to winning the 2008 Le Mans Series Drivers Championship

[edit] Racing record

[edit] Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2005–06	France	GBR SPR 2	GBR FEA DNS	GER SPR	GER FEA	POR SPR 1	POR FEA 1	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	MYS SPR 1	MYS FEA 1	UAE SPR	UAE FEA	RSA SPR 1	RSA FEA 8	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	MEX SPR 1	MEX FEA 1	USA SPR	USA FEA	CHN SPR 7	CHN FEA	1st	172

[edit] Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	DC	Points
2005	ART Grand Prix	SMR FEA 7	SMR SPR 2	ESP FEA 10	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA Ret	EUR FEA 4	EUR SPR Ret	FRA FEA 9	FRA SPR Ret	GBR FEA 3	GBR SPR 5	GER FEA 2	GER SPR 9	HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR 1	TUR FEA 1	TUR SPR 14	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 18	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 12	BHR FEA 2	BHR SPR 3	4th	67
2006	ART Grand Prix	VAL FEA 9	VAL SPR Ret	SMR FEA 4	SMR SPR Ret	EUR FEA 2	EUR SPR 17	ESP FEA 1	ESP SPR 3	MON FEA 3	GBR FEA 6	GBR SPR Ret	FRA FEA 2	FRA SPR 3	GER FEA 19	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 3	TUR FEA 3	TUR SPR 7	ITA FEA 5	ITA SPR Ret			3rd	66

[edit] Complete Formula One participations

(key)

Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Points
2006	Spyker MF1 Team	Midland M16	Toyota V8	BHR	MAL	AUS	SMR	EUR	ESP	MON	GBR	CAN	USA	FRA	GER	HUN	TUR	ITA	CHN TD	JPN	BRA	-	-

[edit] Complete career results

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	Pos.
2009	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	10	0	0	0	6	13th
2008	Le Mans Series (LMP1)	Audi Sport Team Joest	5	0	0	0	35	1st
2008	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	11	0	0	0	10	10th
2008	24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP1)	Audi Sport Team Joest	1	-	-	-	-	4th
2007	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	9	0	0	0	13	11th
2007	24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP1)	Audi Sport Team Joest	1	-	-	-	-	NC
2006	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	21	1	0	1	66	3rd
2005–06	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	11	7	2	3	91	1st
2005	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	23	2	1	3	67	4th
2004	Formula Three Euroseries	ASM Formule 3	20	3	5	3	88	2nd
2003	Formula Three Euroseries	ASM Formule 3	20	1	2	2	50	7th
2002	French Formula Renault 2000	ASM		3	2		113	1st
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	ASM	4	0	0		36	10th
2001	French Formula Renault 2000				1		58	9th
2000	Formula Campus France			2	2		396	2nd

[edit] Complete DTM results

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2007	Audi	HOC1 Ret	OSC	LAU Ret	BRH 7	NOR 8	MUG 7	ZAN 2	NÜR 9	CAT 10	HOC2 16		11th	13
2008	Audi	HOC1 11	OSC 9	MUG 8	LAU DSQ	NOR 14	ZAN Ret	NÜR 14	BRH 10	CAT 6	BUG 3	HOC2 13	10th	10
2009	Audi	HOC1 Ret	LAU Ret	NOR Ret	ZAN DSQ	OSC 16	NÜR Ret	BRH 11	CAT 8	DIJ 11	HOC2 4		13th	6

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alexandre Prémat

• Official website alexandrepremat.com
• Career statistic driverdb.com
• A1GP Driver Statistics results.a1gp.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Eric Salignon	Championnat de France Formule Renault 2000 Champion 2002	Succeeded by Loic Duval
Preceded by Christian Klien	Formula Three Masters Winner 2004	Succeeded by Lewis Hamilton
Preceded by Nicolas Lapierre	Macau Grand Prix Winner 2004	Succeeded by Lucas Di Grassi
Preceded by None	A1 Grand Prix Champion 2005–06 With Nicolas Lapierre (Team France)	Succeeded by Nico Hülkenberg Christian Vietoris (Team Germany)
Preceded by Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Le Mans Series Champion 2008 With Mike Rockenfeller	Succeeded by Tomáš Enge Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke

v • d • e 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season Audi Abt Sportsline Team Rosberg Team Phoenix Kolles-Futurecom Abt Lady Power 1 Scheider 2 Kristensen 5 Ekström 6 Tomczyk 11 Rockenfeller 12 Winkelhock 14 Prémat 15 Jarvis 18 Bakkerud 19 Seidlitz 20 Kostka 21 Legge Mercedes-Benz AMG Mercedes Persson Motorsport Mücke Motorsport 3 di Resta 4 Schumacher 9 Spengler 10 Paffett 7 Green 8 Stoddart 16 Engel 17 Lauda