- Nicolas Minassian
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Nicolas Minassian Nationality French
24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 1994, 2000, 2002– Teams Roland Bassaler, Team Oreca, Pescarolo Sport, Creation Autosportif, Peugeot Best finish 2nd (2008) Class wins 0 Nicolas Minassian (born 28 February 1973 in Marseille) is a French race driver of Armenian descent.
After spending finishing 2nd place in the 1993 Formula Renault Eurocup, he graduated to the French Formula Three Championship where he finished runner-up to countryman Laurent Redon at his second attempt in 1995. He then moved to the British series for another two years in a successful partnership with Promatecme and Renault UK that yielded a 4th place in 1996 and 2nd place the following year.
He graduated to Formula 3000 with West Competition for 1998, but failed to impress whilst his teammate Nick Heidfeld mounted a strong challenge for overall honours. The following year, he moved to Kid Jensen Racing where he enjoyed more success, including an emphatic lights-to-flag triumph at Silverstone. He signed for the illustrious Super Nova Racing team in 2000 where he came a strong 2nd in the championship.
Unable to secure a Formula One drive, Minassian drove in 2001 for Target Chip Ganassi Racing with F3000 title adversary Bruno Junqueira in CART and competed in the Indianapolis 500 before being released by the team. In 2002 Minassian won the ASCAR oval racing series for RML (Ray Mallock Ltd) before returning to endurance racing including the 24 Hours of Le Mans for such teams as Creation Autosportif and Pescarolo Sport.
For 2007 he is a factory driver for the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP diesel Le Mans prototype in the European Le Mans Series.
For 2008 he will be driving the Peugeot 908 diesel Le Mans prototype in the European Le Mans Series. As well as competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Peugeot 908.
Contents
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 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 DC Points 1998 West Competition OSC
RetIML
19CAT
RetSIL
7MON
9PAU
7A1
5HOC
RetHUN
4SPA
19PER
19NUR 13th 5 1999 Kid Jensen Racing IMO
13MON
RetCAT
8MAG
14SIL
1A1R
3HOC
RetHUN
5SPA
3NUR
Ret6th 20 2000 D2 Playlife Super Nova IMO
1SIL
11CAT
2NUR
RetMON
5MAG
1A1R
1HOC
7HUN
4SPA
32nd 45 2003 Brand Motorsport IMO
11CAT A1R MON NUR MAG SIL HOC HUN MNZ NC 0 American Open-Wheel
(key)
CART
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points 2001 Chip Ganassi Racing
MTY
11
LBH
8
TXS
NH
NZR
18
MOT
Ret
MIL
Ret
DET
Ret
POR
CLE
TOR
MIS
CHI
MDO
ROA
VAN
LAU
ROC
HOU
LS
SRF
FON27th 7 Indy 500 results
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2001 G-Force Oldsmobile 22 29 Ganassi Complete American Le Mans Series Results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine Tyres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2004 Creation Autosportif LMP1 DBA 03S Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 D SEB MID LIM SON POR MOS AME PET
ovr:Ret
cls:RetMON
ovr:Ret
cls:RetNC 0 2006 Creation Autosportif LMP1 Creation CA06/H Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10 M SEB TEX MID LIM UTA POR AME MOS PET
ovr:4
cls:4MON
ovr:3
cls:319th 16 2008 Peugeot Sport Total LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDi 5.5 L V12
(Diesel)M SEB
ovr:11
cls:4STP LNB UTA LIM MID AME MOS DET PET
ovr:2
cls:2MON 9th 46 2009 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)M SEB
ovr:5
cls:4STP LNB UTA LIM MID AME MOS PET
ovr:2
cls:2MON 15th 46 2010 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)M SEB
ovr:2
cls:2LNB MON UTA LIM MID AME MOS PET NC 0 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.1994 LMP1
/C908 G Alpa LM
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.5L V8Roland Bassaler
Patrick Bourdais
Olivier Couvreur
64 DNF DNF 2000 LMP900 5 M Reynard 2KQ-LM
Chrysler (Mopar) 6.0L V8Mopar Team Oreca
Yannick Dalmas
Jean-Philippe Belloc
1 DNF DNF 2002 LMP900 14 M Dallara SP1
Judd GV4 4.0L V10PlayStation Team Oreca
Stéphane Sarrazin
Franck Montagny
359 6th 5th 2003 LMP900 18 M Courage C60
Peugeot 3.2L Turbo V6Pescarolo Sport
Eric Hélary
Soheil Ayari
352 9th 7th 2004 LMP1 17 M Pescarolo C60
Judd GV5 5.0L V10Pescarolo Sport
Sébastien Bourdais
Emmanuel Collard
282 DNF DNF 2005 LMP1 7 M DBA 03S
Judd GV4 4.0L V10Creation Autosportif Ltd.
Jamie Campbell-Walter
Andy Wallace
322 14th 7th 2006 LMP1 16 M Pescarolo C60 Hybrid
Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10Pescarolo Sport
Emmanuel Collard
Érik Comas
352 5th 4th 2007 LMP1 7 M Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)Team Peugeot Total
Jacques Villeneuve
Marc Gené
338 DNF DNF 2008 LMP1 7 M Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)Team Peugeot Total
Marc Gené
Jacques Villeneuve
381 2nd 2nd 2009 LMP1 7 M Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)Team Peugeot Total
Pedro Lamy
Christian Klien
369 6th 6th 2010 LMP1 2 M Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
Peugeot HDi 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)Team Peugeot Total
Stéphane Sarrazin
Franck Montagny
264 DNF DNF 2011 LMP1 8 M Peugeot 908
Peugeot HDi 3.7L Turbo V8
(Diesel)Peugeot Sport Total
Stéphane Sarrazin
Franck Montagny
353 3rd 3rd Sporting achievements Preceded by
John MickelASCAR Champion
2002Succeeded by
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