Laurent Aïello

Laurent Aïello

BTCC record
Nationality
Teams	Nissan
Drivers championships	1
Wins	10
Podium finishes	15
Poles	10
Fastest laps	5
Debut season	1999
First win	1999
Best championship position	1st
Final season (1999) position	1st (244 points)

Laurent Aïello (born 23 May 1969 in Fontenay-aux-Roses) is a French race car driver.

In 1990 Aïello won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race. His two seasons in International Formula 3000 were not successful however, and though he won the French Formula Three Championship. 2005 was his final competitive season. In 1992 he switched to tin-tops the next year, never racing a single seater again.

He has won four touring car championships during his career – French Supertouring Championship in 1994, followed by the German Super Tourenwagen Cup in 1997. In his debut and only year in the British Touring Car Championship in 1999, he won the championship in a works Nissan Primera. He won his fourth title in 2002, in Germany's premier touring car event, the DTM. In 1998 he also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in a Porsche 911 GT1.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
1991	DAMS	VAL Ret	PAU DNS	JER 7	MUG Ret	PER Ret	HOC 7	BRH 9	SPA 3	BUG Ret	NOG Ret	15th	4
1992	Pacific Racing	SIL Ret	PAU Ret	CAT 15	PER 11	HOC 10	NÜR 5	SPA 6	ALB 15	NOG 7	MAG Ret	15th	3

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	GT1	26	M	Porsche 911 GT1-98 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Porsche AG	Allan McNish Stephane Ortelli	351	1st	1st
1999	LMP	7	M	Audi R8R Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	Audi Sport Team Joest	Michele Alboreto Rinaldo Capello	346	4th	3rd
2000	LMP900	9	M	Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Stephane Ortelli	367	2nd	2nd
2001	LMP900	2	M	Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Christian Pescatori	320	2nd	2nd

Complete BTCC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point given)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Position	Points
1999	Vodafone Nissan Racing	Nissan Primera GT	DON 1 11	DON 2 Ret	SIL 1 1	SIL 2 6	THR 1 1	THR 2 1*	BHI 1 3	BHI 2 1*	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 1*	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 2	CRO 1 5	CRO 2 3	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 7	THR 1 1	THR 2 5*	KNO 1 1	KNO 2 DSQ	BHI 1 2	BHI 2 1*	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 2	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 Ret	1st	244

Complete DTM results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2000	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 DNS	OSC 1	OSC 2	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 DNS	SAC 1 12	SAC 2 14	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 14	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 11	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 7	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	16th	14
2001	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC1 7	NÜR1 1	OSC 5	SAC	NOR 12	LAU 12	NÜR2 1	A1R 2	ZAN Ret	HOC2							5th	75
2002	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC1 1	ZOL 1	DON DSQ	SAC 1	NOR 1	LAU 4	NÜR 2	A1R 5	ZAN 6	HOC2 6							1st	70
2003	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC1 3	ADR 3	NÜR1 3	LAU 8	NOR 6	DON Ret	NÜR2 1	A1R 4	ZAN 9	HOC2 5							6th	41
2004	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	HOC1 9	EST 8	ADR 6	LAU 4	NOR Ret	SHA1	NÜR 9	OSC 6	ZAN Ret	BRN 15	HOC2 Ret						10th	12
2005	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	HOC1 Ret	LAU1 10	SPA 7	BRN 16	OSC 7	NOR Ret	NÜR 9	ZAN 14	LAU2 4	IST 6	HOC2 9						11th	12

¹ - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Rickard Rydell	Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year 1999	Succeeded by Antônio Pizzonia
Sporting positions
Preceded by Antonio Tamburini	Monaco Formula Three Race Winner 1990	Succeeded by Jörg Müller
Preceded by Frank Biela	French Touring Car Champion 1994	Succeeded by Yvan Muller
Preceded by Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson Tom Kristensen	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1998 with: Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli	Succeeded by Pierluigi Martini Yannick Dalmas Joachim Winkelhock
Preceded by Rickard Rydell	British Touring Car Champion 1999	Succeeded by Alain Menu
Preceded by Bernd Schneider	German Touring Car Champion 2002	Succeeded by Bernd Schneider