Pierre Ragues

Pierre Ragues represents the kind of versatility I deeply respect in motorsport. He mastered endurance racing, winning the 2013 European Le Mans Series in LMP2, then reinvented himself as a rallyist and claimed the FIA R-GT Cup in 2021. Switching disciplines and still winning tells me the speed lives in the driver, not just the machine. Now presiding over France's automobile sport federation since 2026, he's pivoting from competitor to custodian of the sport. I find that arc, raw talent eventually giving back to the next generation, far more compelling than any single trophy on his shelf.

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Name (English)

Pierre Ragues

Name (Japanese)

ピエール・ラグ

Reading

ぴえーる・らぐ

Born

January 10, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Caen, Calvados, France

Occupation

racing automobile driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

• Official sitehttps://www.pierreragues.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/PierreRagues
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Ragues
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2093835

Tags

• Calvados
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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