Laurent Redon


Laurent Redon is a former race car driver from Loire, France.
Redon 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 and came back to France because of the birth of his girl, becoming the first and only series rookie of the year to do so. He later operated a racing team that competed in the Superleague Formula.

Racing career results

Complete International Formula 3000 results

YearEntrant12345678910DCPoints
1996DAMSNÜR
6		PAU
Ret		PER
10		HOC
Ret		SIL
Ret		SPA
12		MAG
4		EST
DSQ		MUG
8		HOC
4		8th7
1997Super Nova RacingSIL
Ret		PAU
4		HEL
Ret		NÜR
21		PER
6		HOC
Ret		A1R
3		SPA
14		MUG
5		JER
11		9th10

24 Hours of Le Mans results

IndyCar Series results

YearTeam123456789101112131415RankPoints
2001Conquest Racing
PHX
HMS
ATL
INDY
TXS
PPIR
RIR
KAN
NSH
KTY
STL
CHI
7
TX2
11		29th45
2002Conquest Racing
HMS
15
PHX
14
FON
3
NZR
15
INDY
22
TXS
15
PPIR
7
RIR
15
KAN
22
NSH
16
MIS
11
KTY
20
STL
22
CHI
25
TX2
10		12th229