{{short description|French racing driver}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Alexandre Cougnaud | image = Alexandre Cougnaud - 2017 ELMS LMP3 Driver (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Cougnaud in 2017 | nationality = {{flag|FRA|name=French}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|12|05|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Les Sables-d'Olonne]], [[France]] | racing_licence = [[File:FIA Silver Driver.png|12px]] FIA Silver | current_series = [[European F3 Open Championship]] | first_year = [[2012 European F3 Open season|2012]] | current_team = [[RP Motorsport]] | car_number = 18 | former_teams = Top F3 | starts = 106 | wins = 3 | podiums = 18 | poles = 3 | fastest_laps = 3 | best_finish = 1st | year = 2013 | prev_series = [[Formula Renault 2.0 Alps]]<br>[[Formula Renault 2.0 Alps|Formula Renault 2.0 MEC]]<br>[[French F4 Championship|Formul'Academy Euro Series]] | prev_series_years = [[2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season|2011]]<br>[[2010 Formula Renault seasons#2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship season|2010]]<br>[[2009 Formul'Academy Euro Series season|2009]] }} '''Alexandre Cougnaud''' (born 5 December 1991) is a French [[Auto racing|racing driver]] who competes in the [[European Le Mans Series]] with [[Graff Racing]].<ref name="driverdb">{{cite web |title=Alexandre Cougnaud career statistics | publisher= Driver Database | url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/alexandre-cougnaud/career | accessdate = 2013-07-30 }}</ref>
==Career== {{update section|date=December 2025}} ===Early career=== Cougnaud, born in [[Les Sables-d'Olonne]], France, began [[karting]] in 2002 and raced primarily in his native France country. Having finished sixth in the Formula Kart France series in 2008, he entered the [[Formul'Academy Euro Series]] the following year, driving for Signatech; he finished 14th in the championship, with eight points.<ref name="driverdb"/>
In 2010, Cougnaud entered four rounds of the [[Formula Renault 2.0 Alps|Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse]] for ARTA Engineering; he took a single podium, and finished ninth in the championship, with 57 points.<ref name="driverdb"/>
In 2011, Cougnaud entered a single round of the Championnat VdeV with AB Sport Auto, in addition to fourteen rounds of the [[Formula Renault 2.0 Alps]] with ARTA Engineering, and three races of the [[Formula Ford EuroCup]] with Cliff Dempsey Racing; he was classified tenth in the Championnat VdeV, and 17th in the Formula Renault Alps.<ref name="driverdb"/>
===European F3 Open=== In [[2012 European F3 Open season|2012]], Cougnaud decided to race in "Copa/Cup Class" of the [[European F3 Open Championship]] for the [[Dallara]] F308 cars with Top F3 French team. He had a successful season, finishing third in the overall classification of the Cup class with eight podiums.
In [[2013 European F3 Open season|2013]], Cougnaud joined the Italian team [[RP Motorsport]] to drive a [[Dallara]] F312 car.<ref>{{cite web | title = RP Motorsport 2013 F3 drivers | date=5 February 2013 | url=http://www.paddockscout.com/f3-open-frontrunners-rp-motorsport-announce-2013-lineup/ | accessdate = 2013-07-30 }}</ref> He and [[Santiago Urrutia (driver)|Santiago Urrutia]] were originally the two drivers chosen to drive a F312 car for Fabio Pampado's team;<ref>{{cite web | title = RP Motorsport confirms its driver line-up for 2013 | url = http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=233 | accessdate = 2013-07-30 | archive-date = 29 October 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211204/http://f3open.net/article.php?cont=233 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and they have been joined by Alexander Toril <ref>{{cite web | title = Finally Alex Toril with a RP´s Dallara F312 car | url = http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=271 | accessdate = 2013-07-30 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091016/http://f3open.net/article.php?cont=271 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and Sandy Stuvik to compete in the European F3 Open with a Dallara Formula 3 F312 as well.
[[File:Cougnaud 2013 Jerez.jpg|thumb|Cougnaud at Jerez driving for [[RP Motorsport]], his first F3 podium of 2013.]] [[File:Alexandre Cougnaud Spa 2013.JPG|thumb|Cougnaud at Spa getting out of the box for Q2 session (F3).]]
Cougnaud had some difficulties with the set-up of his car at the beginning of the season, especially in bad weather conditions and he also incurred several penalties, like at Silverstone, where he finished fifth in the second race but got a 30-second penalty after the race, so fifth place was for Stern.<ref>{{cite web | title = F3 Open: Urrutia Leads RP Motorsport One-Two at Silverstone | url = http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=12689 | accessdate = 2013-07-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131021072533/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=12689 | archive-date = 21 October 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Cougnaud had a good result at [[Circuito de Jerez|Jerez]] where he finished fourth in the first race, and third in the second one.
At [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], in October, Cougnaud did his best performance of the season in the second race : pole position, a second-place finish and fastest lap. He could not resist to his teammate [[Sandy Stuvik]] in the last lap.<ref> {{cite web | title = Sandy Stuvik wins Monza Formula 3 test | url = http://www.pattayapeople.com/Sports-News/SANDY-STUVIK-WINS-MONZA-FORMULA-3-TEST | accessdate = 2013-10-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131016114520/http://www.pattayapeople.com/Sports-News/SANDY-STUVIK-WINS-MONZA-FORMULA-3-TEST | archive-date = 16 October 2013 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }} </ref>
Cougnaud had a great finish of the season at Barcelona finishing in third position for the first race and winning the second one (his first victory in Formula 3).<ref>{{cite web | title = Ed Jones crowned as new F3 Open champion | url = http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=452 | accessdate = 2013-11-10 | archive-date = 10 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131110213823/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=452 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
===Porsche Carrera Cup France=== In both 2014 and 2015, Cougnaud raced in the [[Porsche Carrera Cup France]] championship. He finished in tenth position the first year and in 12th position the second year.
===European Le Mans Series=== [[File:DC Racing - LIGIER JS P3 - Nissan (27701416102).jpg|thumb|Cougnaud en route to winning the 2016 [[Road to Le Mans]] in LMP3.]] [[File:Oreca 07 - Laurents Horr, Jean Glorieux & Alexandre Cougnaud at Tertre Rouge at the 2022 Le Mans (54279348608).jpg|thumb|Cougnaud aboard [[DKR Engineering]]'s LMP2 at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.]] In 2016, Cougnaud joined the famous [[European Le Mans Series]] (ELMS), a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). For his first year in ELMS, he won two races for the Yvan Muller Racing team. The first one being the prestigious Road To Le Mans race and the second one, the last leg of the 2016 championship in Estoril.
In 2017, Cougnaud extended his contract with the Yvan Muller racing team for one year. After two legs, he was in second position of the LMP3 classification with one podium (2nd position) in Monza.
==Racing record== ===Career summary=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center !Season !Series !Team !Races !Wins !Poles !F/Laps !Podiums !Points !Position |- ! 2009 | align="left" | [[2009 Formul'Academy Euro Series|Formul'Academy Euro Series]] |align=left| [[Auto Sport Academy]] |14 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8 |14th |- ! 2010 | align="left" | [[2010 Formula Renault seasons#2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship season|Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship]] |align=left| ARTA Engineering |4 |0 |0 |0 |1 |38 |9th |- ! rowspan="4" | 2011 | align="left" | [[2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series|Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series]] |align=left| ARTA Engineering |14 |0 |0 |0 |0 |79 |17th |- |align=left| [[2011 Formula Ford EuroCup season|Formula Ford EuroCup]] | rowspan="2" align="left" | Cliff Dempsey Racing |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |N/A |- | align="left" |[[2011 British Formula Ford Championship|British Formula Ford Championship]] |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC† |- |align=left| V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne - Proto |align=left| AB Sport Auto |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8 |10th |- ! rowspan="3" | 2012 | align="left" | [[2012 European F3 Open Championship|European F3 Open]] | rowspan="3" align=left| Top F3 |16 |0 |0 |0 |0 |14 |15th |- |align=left| [[2012 European F3 Open Championship|European F3 Open - Copa F308/300]] |16 |0 |1 |2 |8 |70 |bgcolor="FFDF9F"| '''3rd''' |- |align=left| European F3 Open Winter Series |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |- ! rowspan="2" | 2013 | align="left" | European F3 Open Winter Series | rowspan="2" align=left| [[RP Motorsport]] |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |- |align=left| [[2013 European F3 Open Championship|European F3 Open]] |16 |1 |1 |1 |4 |139 |6th |- ! 2014 | align="left" | Porsche Carrera Cup France |align=left| Racing Technology |13 |0 |0 |0 |1 |59 |12th |- ! 2015 | align="left" | Porsche Carrera Cup France |align=left| [[Alméras Frères|Martinet Team Pro GT]] |12 |0 |0 |0 |1 |83 |10th |- ! rowspan="2" | 2016 | align="left" | [[2016 European Le Mans Series|European Le Mans Series - LMP3]] |align=left| M.Racing - [[Yvan Muller|YMR]] |6 |1 |0 |0 |1 |36 |8th |- |align=left| [[2016 Road to Le Mans|Road To Le Mans - LMP3]] |align=left| [[Signature Team|DC Racing]] |1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |N/A |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| '''1st''' |- ! rowspan="2" | 2017 | align="left" | [[2017 European Le Mans Series|European Le Mans Series - LMP3]] | rowspan="2" align=left| M.Racing - [[Yvan Muller|YMR]] |6 |0 |0 |0 |4 |81 |bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|'''2nd''' |- |align=left| [[2017 Le Mans Cup|Le Mans Cup - LMP3]] |2 |0 |0 |0 |1 |12 |19th |- ! 2018 |align=left| [[2018 European Le Mans Series|European Le Mans Series - LMP2]] |align=left| [[Graff Racing|Graff]] |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |23 |14th |- ! rowspan="2" | 2019 |align=left| [[2019 European Le Mans Series|European Le Mans Series - LMP2]] |align=left| [[Graff Racing|Graff]] |6 |0 |0 |0 |4 |83 |bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|'''3rd''' |- |align=left| [[2019 24H GT Series|24H GT Series - A6]] |align=left| GPX Racing | | | | | | | |- ! 2020 |align=left| [[2020 European Le Mans Series|European Le Mans Series - LMP2]] |align=left| [[Graff Racing|Graff]] |5 |0 |0 |0 |2 |43 |6th |- ! 2021 |align=left| [[2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup|GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup]] |align=left| [[Saintéloc Racing]] |5 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |- ! rowspan="2" | 2022 |align=left| French GT4 Cup - Silver |align=left| CSA Racing |10 |0 |0 |0 |1 |67 |7th |- |align=left| [[2022 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2]] |align=left| [[DKR Engineering]] |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |18th |- ! rowspan="3" | 2023 |align=left| [[2023 GT4 European Series|GT4 European Series - Silver]] | rowspan="2" align="left" | CSA Racing |8 |0 |0 |0 |0 |30 |22nd |- |align=left| [[2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup|GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup]] |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |- |align=left| [[2023 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2]] |align=left| [[Graff Racing]] |colspan=7| Reserve driver |- !2024 |align=left| [[2024 Le Mans Cup|Le Mans Cup - LMP3]] |align=left| M Racing |7 |0 |0 |0 |1 |23.5 |10th |- !2025 |align=left| [[2025 Ultimate Cup Series|European Endurance Prototype Cup]] |align=left| [[Graff Racing]] | | | | | | | |}
===Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results=== ([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! Pos ! Points |- | [[2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series|2011]] !nowrap| ARTA Engineering |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|MNZ<br />1]]<br />{{small|16}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|MNZ<br />2]]<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Imola Circuit|IMO<br />1]]<br />{{small|15}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Imola Circuit|IMO<br />2]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Pau Circuit|PAU<br />1]]<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Pau Circuit|PAU<br />2]]<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Red Bull Ring|RBR<br />1]]<br />{{small|16}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Red Bull Ring|RBR<br />2]]<br />{{small|12}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Hungaroring|HUN<br />1]]<br />{{small|11}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Hungaroring|HUN<br />2]]<br />{{small|19}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Circuit Paul Ricard|LEC<br />1]]<br />{{small|12}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Circuit Paul Ricard|LEC<br />2]]<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|SPA<br />1]]<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|SPA<br />2]]<br />{{small|11}} ! 17th ! 79 |}
===Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results=== ([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Class ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! Rank ! Points |- | [[2022 FIA World Endurance Championship|2022]] ! [[DKR Engineering]] ! LMP2 ! [[Oreca 07]] ! [[Gibson Technology|Gibson]] GK428 4.2 L V8 | [[2022 1000 Miles of Sebring|SEB]] | [[2022 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]] | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2022 24 Hours of Le Mans|LMS]]<br />{{small|18}} | [[2022 6 Hours of Monza|MNZ]] | [[2022 6 Hours of Fuji|FUJ]] | [[2022 8 Hours of Bahrain|BHR]] ! -* ! _* |}
===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Team ! Co-drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}} |- ! [[2022 24 Hours of Le Mans|2022]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} [[DKR Engineering]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jean Glorieux<br />{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Laurents Hörr]] |align="left"| [[Oreca 07]]-[[Gibson Technology|Gibson]] | LMP2 | 362 | 22nd | 18th |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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