Pierre Thiriet

Pierre Thiriet
Thiriet in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy at Brno in 2010.
Nationality	French
Born	20 April 1989 Épinal
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Thiriet by TDS Racing
Car no.	46
Starts	8
Wins	4
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	Champion in 2012
Previous series
2009–2010	Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Championship titles
2012	Euro Le Mans Series LMP2 Class

Pierre Thiriet (born 20 April 1989 in Épinal) is a French racing driver. He finished eighth overall and second in the LMP2 class of the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans and won the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class in 2012.

Career

After competing in karting in 2003–04,^[1] Thiriet began racing in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy in 2009. Driving for TDS Racing, he finished fifth in the standings. Remaining with TDS for the 2010 season, Thiriet finished second in the standings behind teammate Nick Catsburg with two race wins.

Thiriet followed TDS into sportscar racing in 2011, contesting the Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class in an Oreca 03 shared with Mathias Beche and Jody Firth. The trio won the rounds at Spa and Estoril and finished fourth in the final drivers' standings. Thiriet also contested the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Luxury Racing Ferrari 430, but the car failed to finish.

For 2012, LMP2 became the top class of the renamed European Le Mans Series. Partnering Beche, Thiriet and TDS won the opening round of the season at Paul Ricard and the season finale at Road Atlanta, securing his first major championship victory. For the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans they were joined by Christophe Tinseau and the car finished eighth overall and second in LMP2.

Thiriet is the son of Claude Thiriet, the founder of the French frozen food company Thiriet.^[1]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2011	Luxury Racing	Anthony Beltoise François Jakubowski	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	136	DNF	DNF
2012	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Mathias Beche Christophe Tinseau	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	353	8th	2nd
2013	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ludovic Badey Maxime Martin	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	310	DNF	DNF
2014	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	355	6th	2nd
2015	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	204	DNF	DNF

References

1. "Palmares" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. ACO. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

External links

• Pierre Thiriet career summary at DriverDB.com