Nelson Panciatici

Nelson Hugo Douchan Panciatici (born 26 September 1988) is a French professional racing driver.

Nelson Panciatici
Nelson Panciatici at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
Nationality	French
Born	(1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 (age 36) Reims (France)
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Lotus Racing Junior Team
Racing licence	FIA Platinum (until 2019) FIA Gold (2020–2023) FIA Silver (2024–)
Car number	10
Starts	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009 2009 2008 2008 2006–07 2005–07	GP2 Series Superleague Formula Formula Three Euroseries Spanish Formula Three Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 French Formula Renault
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2012–2016
Teams	Signatech-Nissan
Best finish	7th (2014)
Class wins	0

Career

Karting

Born in Reims, Panciatici started his karting career in 1998 and continued until 2004.^[1] His best championship position was 2nd place in 2004 in the French Championship Elite.^[2]

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2005 he participated in the Formula Renault 2.0 France championship for the first time with the team Epsilon Sport. He finished 13th overall and was 2nd rookie.^[1]

In 2006 he raced in both the Formula Renault 2.0 French and Eurocup championships placing 5th in the French championship with 1 win. Since he only raced in 2 of the Eurocup races he was not classified that season.^[1]

In 2007 Panciatici was selected to be a part of the Renault Driver Development and continued to race in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and French championships. He was very quick in the pre-season testing, but he had a tough season in both the French championship and the Eurocup with only 3 podiums. At the end of the season he switched from the team SG Formula to the team Boutsen-Energy Racing and had some better results there.^[3]

Spanish Formula Three

In 2008 he raced in the Spanish Formula Three Championship with the Q8 Oils Hache Team. He was the runner-up in the overall championship and runner-up in the Spanish Cup (Copa de España), despite scoring more points than champion Natacha Gachnang.^[4] He also forayed into the Formula Three Euroseries, appearing at Le Mans, for RC Motorsport. He finished the races in fifteenth and eighteenth places.

GP2 Series

Panciatici driving for Durango at the Catalunya round of the 2009 GP2 Series season.

For 2009, Panciatici moved up into the GP2 Series, having been announced as the Durango team's second driver on 21 March 2009. Panciatici partnered veteran of the series Davide Valsecchi and Stefano Coletti as Durango failed to improve on their 11th-place finish in 2008.^[5]

Formula Renault 3.5

Panciatici will move into the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the 2010 season, partnering Daniil Move at the newly renamed Lotus Racing Junior Team.^[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 France	Epsilon Sport	16	0	0	0	0	19	13th
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 France	Epsilon Sport	13	1	1	5	5	61	5th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	Epsilon Euskadi	4	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2007	Formula Renault 2.0 France	SG Formula	6	0	0	0	0	19	13th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup		14	0	0	0	3	44	10th
2008	Formula 3 Euroseries	RC Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship	Hache International	17	0	0	1	6	84	2nd
2009	GP2 Series	Durango	16	0	0	0	0	0	24th
	Superleague Formula	Olympique Lyonnais	12	0	0	0	0	160	17th
2010	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Junior Lotus Racing	17	0	0	0	0	44	12th
2011	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	KMP Racing	16	0	0	0	1	55	9th
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship	Signatech-Nissan	7	0	0	1	1	11.5	25th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2013	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Signatech Alpine	5	1	0	0	3	85	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2014	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Signatech Alpine	5	1	0	0	3	78	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	1	1	N/A	3rd
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Signatech Alpine	8	1	1	0	2	86	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	FFSA GT Championship	Team Duqueine	9	0	0	0	1	55	15th
	Renault Sport Trophy - Elite	Monlau Competición	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Renault Sport Trophy - Endurance		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	6	0	0	0	0	26	23rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Renault Sport Trophy - Pro	Duqueine Engineering	3	0	0	0	1	29	14th
	Renault Sport Trophy - Endurance		2	0	0	0	0	5	28th
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Signatech Alpine Matmut	3	0	0	0	1	38	20th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	V de V Endurance Series - LMP3	Duqueine Engineering	7	3	2	2	4	201.5	3rd
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Duqueine Engineering	6	0	1	0	1	34	11th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype	JDC-Miller MotorSports	2	0	0	0	0	45	39th
2019	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	M Racing	14	0	0	2	1	205	5th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	CMR	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		8	0	0	1	1	22.5	13th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	ARC Bratislava	1	0	0	0	0	1	31st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	CMR
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		8	0	0	0	0	3	29th
2022	Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro	Scuderia Baldini 27	4	0	0	0	2	38	4th
	Trophée MitJet 2L France	MitJet International	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2024	GT4 European Series - Silver	Code Racing Development
	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	2 Seas Motorsport
2025	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am	Chazel Technologie Course

† - Panciatici was ineligible to score points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2006	Epsilon Euskadi	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	DON 1	DON 2	LMS 1 4	LMS 2 3	CAT 1 18	CAT 2 13	NC†	0
2007	SG Formula	ZOL 1 3	ZOL 2 Ret	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 14	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 3	DON 1 8	DON 2 3	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 7	EST 1 10	EST 2 11	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 Ret	10th	44

† As Panciatici was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete GP2 Series 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	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2009	Durango	CAT FEA 12	CAT SPR 18	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 15	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR Ret	SIL FEA 18	SIL SPR Ret	NÜR FEA 19†	NÜR SPR 13	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 20	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 15	SPA FEA 11	SPA SPR 13	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	ALG FEA	ALG SPR	24th	0

Superleague Formula

2009

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

Year	Team	Operator	1		2		3		4		5		6		Position	Points
2009	Olympique Lyonnais	Barazi-Epsilon	MAG		ZOL		DON		EST		MOZ		JAR		17th	160
			13	13	14	10	14	9	12	15	13	15	9	11

2009 Super Final Results

• Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	Olympique Lyonnais Barazi-Epsilon	MAG DNQ	ZOL N/A	DON DNQ	EST DNQ	MOZ N/A	JAR DNQ

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (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	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2010	Junior Lotus Racing	ALC 1 5	ALC 2 9	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 Ret	MON 1 9	BRN 1 13	BRN 2 8	MAG 1 4	MAG 2 9	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 12	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 12	SIL 1 4	SIL 2 9	CAT 1 16	CAT 2 6	12th	44
2011	KMP Racing	ALC 1 3	ALC 2 Ret	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 10	MNZ 1 DNS	MNZ 2 7	MON 1 5	NÜR 1 18	NÜR 2 15	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 17	SIL 1 20†	SIL 2 17	LEC 1 10	LEC 2 11	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 Ret	9th	55

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	Signatech-Nissan	Pierre Ragues Roman Rusinov	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	351	10th	4th
2013	Signatech-Alpine	Pierre Ragues Tristan Gommendy	Alpine A450-Nissan	LMP2	317	14th	8th
2014	Signatech-Alpine	Paul-Loup Chatin Oliver Webb	Alpine A450b-Nissan	LMP2	355	7th	3rd
2015	Signatech-Alpine	Paul-Loup Chatin Vincent Capillaire	Alpine A450b-Nissan	LMP2	110	DNF	DNF
2016	Baxi DC Racing Alpine	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung	Alpine A460-Nissan	LMP2	234	DNF	DNF
2017	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Pierre Ragues André Negrão	Alpine A470-Gibson	LMP2	362	4th	3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2012	Signatech-Nissan	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SEB	SPA 25	LMS 8	SIL 10	SÃO 14	BHR 10	FUJ EX	SHA 13		25th	11.5
2015	Signatech-Alpine	LMP2	Alpine A450b	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL Ret	SPA 4	LMS Ret	NÜR 5	COA 6	FUJ 2	SHA 1	BHR 4		4th	86
2016	Baxi DC Racing-Alpine	LMP2	Alpine A650	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 7	SPA Ret	LMS Ret	NÜR 7	MEX 5	COA 8	FUJ	SHA	BHR	23rd	26
2017	Signatech Alpine Matmut	LMP2	Alpine A470	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL	SPA 6	LMS 3	NÜR Ret	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	20th	38
2021	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ	LMS	BHR	BHR 11				31st	1

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2013	Signatech Alpine	LMP2	Alpine A450	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 4	IMO 2	RBR 2	HUN 1	LEC 4		1st	85
2014	Signatech Alpine	LMP2	Alpine (Oreca 03)	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 5	IMO 3	RBR 1	LEC 2	EST 5		1st	78
2018	Duqueine Engineering	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 3	MNZ 6	RBR DSQ	SIL 7	SPA 5‡	ALG Ret	11th	35

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2012	Nelson Panciatici	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON 35	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP	NC	0
2013	Nelson Panciatici	Renault Twingo R2	MON Ret	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	NC	0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2018	JDC-Miller MotorSports	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB 9	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL 8	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET	39th	45

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series 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	DC	Points
2019	M Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 5	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 Ret	SPA 1 16	SPA 2 Ret	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 4	OSC 1 10	OSC 2 8	CAT 1 5	CAT 2 6	MNZ 1 10	MNZ 2 Ret	5th	205

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 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	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2020	CMR	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MIS 1 3	MIS 2 8	MIS 3 18	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 10	ZAN 1 5	ZAN 2 6	CAT 1 21	CAT 2 DNS	CAT 3 DNS	13th	22.5
2021	CMR	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MAG 1	MAG 2	ZAN 1 20	ZAN 2 14	MIS 1 17	MIS 2 20	BRH 1 20	BRH 2 23	VAL 1 7	VAL 2 Ret	29th	3