# Alexandre Cougnaud

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French racing driver

Alexandre Cougnaud Cougnaud in 2017 Nationality French Born (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 34) Les Sables-d'Olonne, France European F3 Open Championship career Debut season 2012 Current team RP Motorsport Categorisation FIA Silver Car number 18 Former teams Top F3 Starts 106 Wins 3 Podiums 18 Poles 3 Fastest laps 3 Best finish 1st in 2013 Previous series 2011 2010 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 MEC Formul'Academy Euro Series

**Alexandre Cougnaud** (born 5 December 1991) is a French [racing driver](/source/Auto_racing) who competes in the [European Le Mans Series](/source/European_Le_Mans_Series) with [Graff Racing](/source/Graff_Racing).[1]

## Career

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### Early career

Cougnaud, born in [Les Sables-d'Olonne](/source/Les_Sables-d'Olonne), France, began [karting](/source/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](/source/Formul'Academy_Euro_Series) the following year, driving for Signatech; he finished 14th in the championship, with eight points.[1]

In 2010, Cougnaud entered four rounds of the [Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse](/source/Formula_Renault_2.0_Alps) for ARTA Engineering; he took a single podium, and finished ninth in the championship, with 57 points.[1]

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](/source/Formula_Renault_2.0_Alps) with ARTA Engineering, and three races of the [Formula Ford EuroCup](/source/Formula_Ford_EuroCup) with Cliff Dempsey Racing; he was classified tenth in the Championnat VdeV, and 17th in the Formula Renault Alps.[1]

### European F3 Open

In [2012](/source/2012_European_F3_Open_season), Cougnaud decided to race in "Copa/Cup Class" of the [European F3 Open Championship](/source/European_F3_Open_Championship) for the [Dallara](/source/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](/source/2013_European_F3_Open_season), Cougnaud joined the Italian team [RP Motorsport](/source/RP_Motorsport) to drive a [Dallara](/source/Dallara) F312 car.[2] He and [Santiago Urrutia](/source/Santiago_Urrutia_(driver)) were originally the two drivers chosen to drive a F312 car for Fabio Pampado's team;[3] and they have been joined by Alexander Toril [4] and Sandy Stuvik to compete in the European F3 Open with a Dallara Formula 3 F312 as well.

Cougnaud at Jerez driving for [RP Motorsport](/source/RP_Motorsport), his first F3 podium of 2013.

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.[5]

Cougnaud had a good result at [Jerez](/source/Circuito_de_Jerez) where he finished fourth in the first race, and third in the second one.

At [Monza](/source/Autodromo_Nazionale_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](/source/Sandy_Stuvik) in the last lap.[6]

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).[7]

### Porsche Carrera Cup France

In both 2014 and 2015, Cougnaud raced in the [Porsche Carrera Cup France](/source/Porsche_Carrera_Cup_France) championship. He finished in tenth position the first year and in 12th position the second year.

### European Le Mans Series

Cougnaud en route to winning the 2016 [Road to Le Mans](/source/Road_to_Le_Mans) in LMP3.

Cougnaud aboard [DKR Engineering](/source/DKR_Engineering)'s LMP2 at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2016, Cougnaud joined the famous [European Le Mans Series](/source/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

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2009 Formul'Academy Euro Series Auto Sport Academy 14 0 0 0 0 8 14th 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship ARTA Engineering 4 0 0 0 1 38 9th 2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series ARTA Engineering 14 0 0 0 0 79 17th Formula Ford EuroCup Cliff Dempsey Racing 3 0 0 0 0 N/A British Formula Ford Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC† V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne - Proto AB Sport Auto 1 0 0 0 0 8 10th 2012 European F3 Open Top F3 16 0 0 0 0 14 15th European F3 Open - Copa F308/300 16 0 1 2 8 70 3rd European F3 Open Winter Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2013 European F3 Open Winter Series RP Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC European F3 Open 16 1 1 1 4 139 6th 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup France Racing Technology 13 0 0 0 1 59 12th 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup France Martinet Team Pro GT 12 0 0 0 1 83 10th 2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M.Racing - YMR 6 1 0 0 1 36 8th Road To Le Mans - LMP3 DC Racing 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st 2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M.Racing - YMR 6 0 0 0 4 81 2nd Le Mans Cup - LMP3 2 0 0 0 1 12 19th 2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 6 0 0 0 0 23 14th 2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 6 0 0 0 4 83 3rd 24H GT Series - A6 GPX Racing 2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 5 0 0 0 2 43 6th 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Saintéloc Racing 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2022 French GT4 Cup - Silver CSA Racing 10 0 0 0 1 67 7th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 DKR Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 18th 2023 GT4 European Series - Silver CSA Racing 8 0 0 0 0 30 22nd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Graff Racing Reserve driver 2024 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 M Racing 7 0 0 0 1 23.5 10th 2025 European Endurance Prototype Cup Graff Racing

### Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position; races in *italics* indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 2011 ARTA Engineering MNZ 1 16 MNZ 2 10 IMO 1 15 IMO 2 Ret PAU 1 10 PAU 2 8 RBR 1 16 RBR 2 12 HUN 1 11 HUN 2 19 LEC 1 12 LEC 2 13 SPA 1 10 SPA 2 11 17th 79

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position; races in *italics* indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2022 DKR Engineering LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS 18 MNZ FUJ BHR -* _*

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class Pos. 2022 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 362 22nd 18th

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-driverdb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-driverdb_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-driverdb_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-driverdb_1-3) ["Alexandre Cougnaud career statistics"](http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/alexandre-cougnaud/career). Driver Database. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["RP Motorsport 2013 F3 drivers"](http://www.paddockscout.com/f3-open-frontrunners-rp-motorsport-announce-2013-lineup/). 5 February 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["RP Motorsport confirms its driver line-up for 2013"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211204/http://f3open.net/article.php?cont=233). Archived from [the original](http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=233) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Finally Alex Toril with a RP´s Dallara F312 car"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091016/http://f3open.net/article.php?cont=271). Archived from [the original](http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=271) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["F3 Open: Urrutia Leads RP Motorsport One-Two at Silverstone"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131021072533/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=12689). Archived from [the original](http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=12689) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Sandy Stuvik wins Monza Formula 3 test"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131016114520/http://www.pattayapeople.com/Sports-News/SANDY-STUVIK-WINS-MONZA-FORMULA-3-TEST). Archived from [the original](http://www.pattayapeople.com/Sports-News/SANDY-STUVIK-WINS-MONZA-FORMULA-3-TEST) on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Ed Jones crowned as new F3 Open champion"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131110213823/http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=452). Archived from [the original](http://www.f3open.net/article.php?cont=452) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.alexandrecougnaud.com)

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