Pierre-Henri Raphanel (born 27 May 1961) is a French former racing driver.
He participated in 17 Formula One Grands Prix for Larrousse, Coloni and Rial, 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, Raphanel became a factory driver for Toyota, competing in Japan for series such as JTCC and JGTC, for the latter until 2000. After 2006, Raphanel worked as the lead test driver and product specialist for BugattiExclusively Bugatti | The San Diego Union-Tribune and is usually seen demonstrating the Veyron.
Raphanel is also the uncle of the French-Algerian driver Julien Gerbi and of the young go-kart driver Arthur Raphanel.
Raphanel drove the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to its maximum speed (431.072 km/h) in Ehra-Lessien in July 2010.
Racing record
Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Chassis/Engine Qualifying Race1 Race2 Overall ranking Ref 1985 Oreca Martini・Alfa Romeo24th13DNF16th
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Primagaz Team Cougar Yves Courage Alain de Cadenet Cougar C12-Porsche C1 267 18th 11th Primagaz Competition Yves Courage Hervé Regout Courage C20-Porsche C1 332 3rd 3rd Primagaz Competition Michel Ferté Cougar C20B-Porsche C1 120 DNF DNF Joest Racing Frank Jelinski Louis Krages Porsche 962C C1 124 DNF DNF Toyota Team SARD Roland Ratzenberger Naoki Nagasaka Toyota 90C-V C1 241 DNF DNF Peugeot Talbot Sport Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas Peugeot 905 C1 68 DNF DNF Toyota Team Tom's Masanori Sekiya Kenny Acheson Toyota TS010 C1 346 2nd 2nd Toyota Team Tom's Kenny Acheson Andy Wallace Toyota TS010 C1 212 DNF DNF Courage Compétition Lionel Robert Pascal Fabre Courage C32LM-Porsche LMP1/C90 107 DNF DNF GTC Gulf Racing Philippe Alliot Lindsay Owen-Jones McLaren F1 GTR GT1 77 DNF DNF Gulf Racing GTC Racing Lindsay Owen-Jones David Brabham McLaren F1 GTR GT1 335 5th 4th Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing Jean-Marc Gounon Anders Olofsson McLaren F1 GTR GT1 360 2nd 1st Porsche AG Joest Racing David Murry James Weaver Porsche LMP1-98 LMP1 218 DNF DNF Panoz Motorsports Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katoh Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP900 342 5th 5th
Complete International Formula 3000 Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 WDC Points 1986 Oreca Motorsport March 86B Cosworth SIL VLL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST BIR BUG JAR 12th 5 1987 Onyx Racing March 87B Cosworth SIL VLL SPA PAU DON PER BRH BIR IMO BUG JAR 13th 7 1988 Oreca Motorsport March 88B Cosworth JER VLL 14th 8 Reynard 88D PAU SIL MNZ PER BRH BIR BUG ZOL DIJ
Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points Larrousse Calmels Lola LC88 Cosworth V8 BRA SMR MON MEX CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS NC 0 Coloni SpA Coloni FC188B Cosworth V8 BRA SMR MON MEX USA NC 0 Coloni C3 CAN FRA GBR GER HUN Rial Racing Rial ARC2 BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS
Complete FIA GT Championship results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts 1997 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren F1 GTR GT1 HOC SIL HEL NÜR SPAA1RSUZDON MUG SEBLAG 7th 27
Complete JGTC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Pts Ref 1998 Inging Toyota Supra GT500SUZFUJSENFUJMOTMINSUG 18th 6 1999 Matsumotokiyoshi Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500SUZFUJSUGMINFUJTAIMOT 16th 27 2000 MatsumotoKiyoshi Team Tom's Toyota Supra GT500MOTFUJSUGFUJTAIMINSUZ 14th 18
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