Laurent Rédon

Laurent Rédon (born 5 August 1973) is a former race car driver from Loire, France.

Rédon began his professional racing career in the French Formula Three Championship, winning it in 1995. He then moved to International Formula 3000 where he finished 8th in the points for DAMS in 1996 and 9th for Super Nova Racing the following year. His best F3000 finish was a third place at A1-Ring in 1997.

He was then a test driver for the Formula One teams Minardi in 1998 and Benetton in 1999 and also competed for the top team in the Sports Racing World Cup JB Geisse Team Ferrari in 1999. In 2001 he drove in the European Le Mans Series and FIA Sportscar Championship for Pescarolo Sport, winning races in both series and finishing 13th in the 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans. After that he drove for Mi-Jack Conquest Racing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series beginning with the final two races of the 2001 season. He returned to the team for a full year in 2002, including the 2002 Indianapolis 500, with a best finish of 3rd at California Speedway. He finished 12th in points and won rookie of the year honors. He did not return to the series the following year, becoming the first and only series rookie of the year to do so. He now operates a racing team that competes in the Superleague Formula.

Racing career results

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	DC	Points
1996	DAMS	NÜR 6	PAU Ret	PER 10	HOC Ret	SIL Ret	SPA 12	MAG 4	EST DSQ	MUG 8	HOC 4	8th	7
1997	Super Nova Racing	SIL Ret	PAU 4	HEL Ret	NÜR 21	PER 6	HOC Ret	A1R 3	SPA 14	MUG 5	JER 11	9th	10

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2001	Pescarolo Sport	Sébastien Bourdais Jean-Christophe Boullion	Courage C60-Peugeot	LMP900	271	13th	4th

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Racing League

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2001	Conquest Racing	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI 7	TX2 Ret			29th	45
2002	Conquest Racing	HMS 15	PHX Ret	FON 3	NZR 15	INDY Ret	TXS Ret	PPIR 7	RIR Ret	KAN Ret	NSH 16	MIS 11	KTY Ret	STL Ret	CHI Ret	TX2 10	12th	229

Sources

http://laurent-redon.com

• Driver Database Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jean-Philippe Belloc	French Formula Three Champion 1995	Succeeded by Soheil Ayari
Preceded by Felipe Giaffone	IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Dan Wheldon