Pierre Kaffer

Nationality	German
Born	November 7, 1976 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, West Germany
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2004, 2008–
Teams	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx, Farnbacher Racing, Risi Competizione, PeCom Racing
Best finish	5th (2004)
Class wins	1 (2009)

Pierre Kaffer (born 7 November 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race driver from Germany, currently living in Switzerland.

Career

Kaffer driving for Audi (Team Phoenix) in the 2006 DTM season.

In, 1990 Kaffer started in Karting, moving in 1994 to Formula Ford, later Formula Opel and then from 1997 to 2001 in the German Formula 3 Championship.

His biggest success was in 2004, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring in an Audi R8.

For 2005 and 2006 he competed for Audi Sport Team Joest in the DTM series.

In 2009 Kaffer will pilot a Ferrari F430GT for Risi Competizione in the American Le Mans Series.

For 2012, Kaffer will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series in a Pecom Racing Oreca 03-Nissan.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Allan McNish Frank Biela	Audi R8	LMP1	350	5th	5th
2008	Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	317	23rd	3rd
2009	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Mika Salo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	329	18th	1st
2010	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	116	DNF	DNF
2011	PeCom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Lola B11/40-Judd	LMP2	139	DNF	DNF
2012	PeCom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Soheil Ayari	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	352	9th	3rd
2013	Pecom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	325	10th	4th
2014	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	28	DNF	DNF
2015	Team ByKolles	Simon Trummer Tiago Monteiro	CLM P1/01-AER	LMP1	260	EX	EX

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Points
2002	Team HP-Phoenix - PZK	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA	ESP	AUT	MON	GER Ret	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	USA	NC‡	0‡
2003	Infineon Team Farnbacher PZM	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 1	ESP 1	AUT 2	MON Ret	GER 5	FRA 4	GBR 5	GER 4	HUN 2	ITA 2	USA Ret	USA DSQ	3rd	154

‡ Not eligible for points for being a guest driver.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	DC	Points
2005	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi A4 DTM 2004	HOC 13†	LAU 5	SPA 14	BRN 12	OSC 17	NOR 8	NÜR 18	ZAN 11	LAU Ret	IST Ret	HOC 10	15th	5
2006	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2005	HOC Ret	LAU 10	OSC 10	BRH 9	NOR 8	NÜR 14	ZAN 9	CAT Ret	BUG 12	HOC NC		16th	1

• † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2007	Schnabl Engineering	Porsche 997 GT3	HOC 12	OSC 11	LAU 1 12	LAU 2 9	NOR Ret	ZAN 20	NÜR 5	CAT 9	HOC 10	12th	48

External links

• Pierre Kaffer's website
• Sports car racing’s Iron Man - Racer, Gary Watkins, 26 June 2014