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French-Iranian race car driver From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soheil Ayari (born 5 April 1970) is a French-Iranian race car driver born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, from an Iranian father and a French mother. He won the French Formula Ford championship of 1994, Formula Three championship of 1996 and the Macau Grand Prix of 1997. From 1997 until 2000, he competed in Formula 3000 where he won two races before moving on to the French Supertouring Championship in 2001 where he became champion in 2002, 2004 and 2005.
Nationality | French |
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Born | Aix-les-Baines, Savoie | 5 April 1970
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 1997, 1999, 2003–2005, 2007–2012, 2014 |
Teams | Viper Team Oreca, Pescarolo Sport, Pecom Racing |
Best finish | 4th (2004, 2010) |
Class wins | 0 |
In 2006 and 2007, he drove in GT Championship, in GT1 for Team Oreca (on a Saleen S7-R). He became French champion in 2006 & 2007 and won the European Le Mans séries championship in 2007 with Stephane Ortelli. In 2008 & 2009, he drove a Corvette GT 1 in French GT 3 championship before joining the Audi ORECA Team in 2010. In 2011, he raced and won 2 Championships : ILMC LMP2 (Signatech Nissan) and International Open GT with JMB Ferrari F458 GT2
Soheil Ayari is also a famous 24 Hours of Le Mans driver with 11 starts in GT 1, LMP1 & LMP2. Best results over all were 4th in 2004 ((Pescarolo)) & 2010 (ORECA 01)), 5th in 2009 ((ORECA)) and 2nd LMP2 (Signatech Nissan) in 2011.
In 2014, he was in the European Le Mans Series, and in 2015, was in the French GT Championship in which he remained in 2016. In 2017, he switched to the GT4 European Southern Cup and in 2018, moved into French GT's again. Ayari also works as a journalist specialising in track tests and races in historic events.[1]
(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 | DC | Points |
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1997 | Team Astromega | SIL Ret |
PAU 6 |
HEL 1 |
NÜR 19 |
PER Ret |
HOC Ret |
A1R 10 |
SPA Ret |
MUG 6 |
JER Ret |
8th | 12 | ||
1998 | Durango Formula | OSC Ret |
IMO Ret |
CAT 5 |
SIL Ret |
MON DNQ |
PAU Ret |
A1R 1 |
HOC Ret |
HUN Ret |
SPA 3 |
PER 3 |
NÜR Ret |
5th | 20 |
1999 | Cica Team Oreca | IMO Ret |
MON Ret |
CAT 10 |
MAG 8 |
SIL 4 |
A1R 2 |
HOC 12 |
HUN 4 |
SPA Ret |
NÜR 4 |
7th | 15 | ||
2000 | Coloni Motorsport | IMO 14 |
SIL 6 |
CAT Ret |
NÜR Ret |
MON Ret |
MAG 22 |
A1R Ret |
HOC | 24th | 1 | ||||
WRT Racing | HUN 13 |
SPA 14 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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