Pierre-Henri Raphanel

Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Born (1961-05-27) 27 May 1961 (age 63)
Algiers, Algeria
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrance French
Active years19881989
TeamsLarrousse, Coloni, Rial
Entries17 (1 start)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1988 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry1989 Australian Grand Prix

Pierre-Henri Raphanel (born 27 May 1961)[1] is a French former racing driver.

He participated in 17 Formula One Grands Prix for Larrousse, Coloni and Rial, debuting on 13 November 1988. He only qualified for one race, the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix, making him the only driver in F1 history whose only race was in the principality.[2]

Following his F1 career, he became a factory driver for Toyota, competing in Japan for series such as JTCC and JGTC, for the latter until 2000. After 2006 Raphanel worked as the lead test driver and product specialist for Bugatti[3] and is usually seen demonstrating the Veyron.

Pierre-Henri Raphanel is also the uncle of the French-Algerian driver Julien Gerbi and of the young go-kart driver Arthur Raphanel.

He drove the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport to its maximum speed (431.072 km/h) in Ehra-Lessien in July 2010.

  1. ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Pierre-Henri Raphanel: Biography". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  3. ^ Exclusively Bugatti | The San Diego Union-Tribune