Pierre-Henri Raphanel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Pierre-Henri Raphanel

racecar driver

Date of Birth: 27-May-1961

Place of Birth: Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria

Profession: racing automobile driver

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Pierre-Henri Raphanel

  • Pierre-Henri Raphanel (born 27 May 1961 in Algiers, Algeria) 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 (431.072 km/h) in Ehra-Lessien in July 2010.

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