Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Pierre-Henri Raphanel 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.
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 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 in Ehra-Lessien in July 2010.Complete Formula One results
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
1988 | Larrousse Calmels | Lola LC88 | Cosworth V8 | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS DNQ | NC | 0 |
1989 | Coloni SpA | Coloni FC188B | Cosworth V8 | BRA DNPQ | SMR DNPQ | MON Ret | MEX DNPQ | USA DNPQ | | | | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
1989 | Coloni SpA | Coloni C3 | Cosworth V8 | | | | | | CAN DNPQ | FRA DNPQ | GBR DNPQ | GER DNPQ | HUN DNPQ | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
1989 | Rial Racing | Rial ARC2 | Cosworth V8 | | | | | | | | | | | BEL DNQ | ITA DNQ | POR DNQ | ESP DNQ | JPN DNQ | AUS DNQ | NC | 0 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC | 0 |