Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Franck montagny the champ car and indy car online stats. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. Andretti autosport picks franck montagny as first formula. The andretti formula e team welcomes former f1 pilot franck montagny. Mario andretti feels that disgraced driver franck montagny should be. He entered indycar racing in 2008, and competed in the fia gt world championship between 2009 and. For last weekends round 4 in buenos aires, michaels son, indycar.
Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for franck montagny on. The 34yearold french ace is renowned as one of the fastest lmp1 sports car drivers, having racked up four outright podium finishes at le mans over the past five years, as well as boasting formula 1 and indycar experience. Extended consecutive indy car race start streak to 300 streak began at cart portland race in 2001. Le mans, france franck montagny will return to the 24 hours of le mans to replace injured driver guillaume moreau at oak racing. Ironman of indy car racing with record 317 consecutive starts heading into 2020 his second season driving for racing legend a. Andretti autosport indycar, formula e driver franck. Formula e driver franck montagny suspended for cocaine use. Franck montagny confirmed for gold coast 600 speedcafe. It competes in the verizon indycar series, firestone indy lights, star mazda championship, and the fia formula e championship. The sometime super aguri formula 1 driver was given a.
Photo by xpb images on september 26th, 2011 at brazilian gp. Montagny most recently competed in the first two races of the 201415 fia formula e season for andretti autosport, which is run by marios son and. Franck montagny has been confirmed as a co driver for this years armor all gold coast 600. Franck montagny will return to indycar after an extended absence next month to drive a fifth andretti autosport entry for the indianapolis road course race. Nearly all users with old reddit css flairs have been converted to redesign templates, only those without a comparable template already created have remained with a css flair. Andretti formula e announces teams first fia formula e driver. Roadcourse specialist franck montagny to join andretti. Based on the information entered so far in our database. Many legendary indycar drivers competed and won the detroit grand prix including. The frenchman becomes the first driver announced for michael andrettis new adventure in the fullyelectric fia formula e championship. Browse through our highres professional motorsports photography.
French sportscar star and former f1 driver franck montagny is to return to the verizon indycar series next month with andretti autosport. Montagny brings a value bag of experience with him. Indianapolis may 29, 2014 andretti formula e, the fia formula e division of race team andretti autosport, will welcome frenchnative franck montagny to the teams stable of fulltime drivers. One of the most exciting talents to join f1 from champ car, juan pablo montoya, is among the names in todays installment of the cart drivers who raced in f1 series. Was a longtime test driver in f1, but after a brief spell with super aguri, moved on to appear in champ car, a1 gp and the american le mans series. The 36yearold racer, a former renault and jordan test. As it is under constant update, the results of this athlete may be incomplete.
Montoya led a total of 45 laps, and assumed the lead for the final time with three laps to go. Franck montagny is a racing driver who competes internationally for france. He had previously served as a test driver for renault in 2003 and jordan in 2005. This familyfriendly event includes driver autograph sessions and the chance to walk on the legendary yard of. Indianapolis franck montagny is the first fulltime driver announced by andretti autosport for its twocar effort in formula e, the innovative electric car. However four races in 2006 montagny got a break when super aguri driver yuji ides superlicence was revoked and the team found itself in need of a driver. Franck montagny born january 5, 1978 is a french former f1 driver who raced for the super aguri team in 2006, replacing yuji ide who lost his super license after the 2006 san marino grand prix. Montagny joins andretti formula e squad speed sport.
Driver franck montagny 2014 verizon indycar series results. Franck montagny has been given a twoyear ban from motorsport after failing a drug test following the putrajaya formula e race last november. Fill in the drivers who competed in indycar from 2010 to 2019. His last result is the 22th place for the indianapolis grand prix 2014. Early racing career successful in karting, montagny graduated to cars in 1994 and immediately won the french formula campus series. However, a positive test for a banned substance placed his immediate racing career in jeopardy. Andretti autosport is an auto racing team owned by former indycar driver michael andretti. In 2009, he had a few irl oneoffs as well as a sportscar programme elms, and for some years, he continued with that. However, his career stalled in 2015 after testing positive for a derivative of cocaine at a formula e event. Former formula one driver franck montagny failed a drug test at a recent formula e race, the french daily lequipe reported on thursday.
Montagny was mainly in both current and historic rallying, but he made a surprise return appearance in the indycar series in 2014 and also has driven in formula e recently. He made his indycar series debut in 2009 at the indy grand prix of sonoma at infineon raceway with andretti green racing. Exf1 driver franck montagny gets twoyear ban over doping test. Takuma sato and franck montagny at brazilian gp highres. Theres also veteran driver roberto moreno whose career in the two categories spanned 26 years, and a driver who only really got very much attention when he was being lapped. Click on the site to see franck montagny s career results at that track glossary. With a diverse and extensive racing resume, montagny becomes the first driver announced for michael andrettis twocar formula e effort. Juan pablo montoya, who returned to indy car racing after six seasons in formula one and seven seasons in nascar, won his first indy car race since the 2000 cart season. He participated in 24 hours of le mans twelve times, scoring four overall podiums. Franck montagny, who made his verizon indycar series debut with andretti autosport in 2009, returns to the team to drive the no. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. Franck montagny is a successful sports car driver who briefly raced for super. He has worked as a french tv commentator in recent years.
This weekend will be a new challenge, but very interesting. Exf1 driver franck montagny gets twoyear ban over doping. Throughout the four interviews you will find some common and some unique questions allowing you to compare and contrast the drivers in the alms lmp1 and lmp2 classes. Franck montagny only competed in three indycar races, four less than his short f1 career with super aguri. Franck montagny is a retired french professional racing driver. He briefly raced for the super aguri formula one team in 2006. Montagny drove a handful of grands prix with super aguri in 2006, and also spent time as a reserve driver for renault and toyota. Montagny set for indy road race with andretti indycar news. She is the beautiful and sexy wife of sebastien bourdais, the french race car driver currently racing with kv racing technology in the verizon indycar series. Indycar photo indianapolis andretti formula e, the fia formula e division of race team andretti autosport, will welcome frenchnative franck montagny to the teams stable of fulltime drivers. Statistics of rindycar selected user flair, after minor janitorial cleanup, collated overnight irish time on february 3rd4th, 2020. He also recorded seven starts in the formula one, driving for super aguri team in 2006. Franck montagny will return to the verizon indycar series in may to pilot the no. Franck montagny is the first fulltime driver announced by andretti autosport for its twocar effort in formula e, the innovative electric car series due to debut in september.
Franck montagny racing results,career statistics and team mates. Franck montagny was a successful sports car driver who briefly raced for super aguris formula 1 team. Ftr media international motorsport press releases in. Gmr grand prix get closer to the action at the gmr grand prix as the stars of the ntt indycar series take on the twists and turns of the ims road course. Franck montagny tests positive for cocaine derivative. His 4,071 laps led rank 10th on alltime indy car list.
Ryan holmans indycar drivers born on january 5 youtube. Earlier in a career, montagny was a twotime champion of the world series by nissan in 2001 and 2003. Franck montagny is a successful sports car driver who briefly raced for super aguris formula 1 team. My way franck montagny what follows is the third of four interviews we did during the generac 500 at road america.