Pierre Kaffer

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Pierre Kaffer
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Kaffer during the 2014 4 Hours of Silverstone
NationalityTemplate:Flagicon German
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CategorisationFile:FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum (until 2014, 2016–2018)[1]
File:FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold (2015, 2019–)[2]
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24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2004, 20082017
TeamsAudi Sport UK Team Veloqx, Farnbacher Racing, Risi Competizione, PeCom Racing
Best finish5th (2004)
Class wins1 (2009)

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Pierre Kaffer (born 7 November 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race car driver from Germany, currently living in Switzerland. Kaffer won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GT2 class for Risi Competizione alongside Jaime Melo and Mika Salo.

Career

File:Audi R8 - Frank Biela, Pierre Kaffer & Allan McNish enters the Esses at the 2004 Le Mans (50881176852).jpg
Kaffer won the 2004 12 Hours of Sebring on his LMP1 debut for Audi.
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Kaffer driving for Audi (Team Phoenix) in the 2006 DTM season.
Kaffer driving for Audi (Scherer Sport PHX) in the 2023 24H Series season.

In 1990, Kaffer started in Karting, moving in 1994 to Formula Ford, later Formula Opel and then from 1997 to 2001 in the German Formula 3 Championship.

Kaffer's biggest success was in 2004, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring in an Audi R8.

For 2005 and 2006, Kaffer competed for Audi Sport Team Joest in the DTM series.

In 2009, Kaffer piloted a Ferrari F430GT for Risi Competizione in the American Le Mans Series.

For 2012, Kaffer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series in a Pecom Racing Oreca 03-Nissan.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst
2004 Template:Flagicon Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Template:Flagicon Allan McNish
Template:Flagicon Frank Biela
Audi R8 LMP1 350 5th 5th
2008 Template:Flagicon Farnbacher Racing Template:Flagicon Pierre Ehret
Template:Flagicon Lars-Erik Nielsen
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 317 23rd 3rd
2009 Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione Template:Flagicon Jaime Melo
Template:Flagicon Mika Salo
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 329 18th 1st
2010 Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione Template:Flagicon Jaime Melo
Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 116 DNF DNF
2011 Template:Flagicon PeCom Racing Template:Flagicon Luís Pérez Companc
Template:Flagicon Matías Russo
Lola B11/40-Judd LMP2 139 DNF DNF
2012 Template:Flagicon PeCom Racing Template:Flagicon Luís Pérez Companc
Template:Flagicon Soheil Ayari
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 352 9th 3rd
2013 Template:Flagicon PeCom Racing Template:Flagicon Luís Pérez Companc
Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 325 10th 4th
2014 Template:Flagicon AF Corse Template:Flagicon Davide Rigon
Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Pro
28 DNF DNF
2015 Template:Flagicon Team ByKolles Template:Flagicon Simon Trummer
Template:Flagicon Tiago Monteiro
CLM P1/01-AER LMP1 260 EX EX
2016 Template:Flagicon Team ByKolles Template:Flagicon Simon Trummer
Template:Flagicon Oliver Webb
CLM P1/01-AER LMP1 206 DNF DNF
2017 Template:Flagicon Risi Competizione Template:Flagicon Toni Vilander
Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Pro
72 DNF DNF
Sources:[3][4]

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Pts
2002 Team HP-Phoenix - PZK Porsche 996 GT3 ITA ESP AUT MON GER
Ret
GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA USA NC‡ 0‡
2003 Infineon Team Farnbacher PZM Porsche 996 GT3 ITA
1
ESP
1
AUT
2
MON
Ret
GER
5
FRA
4
GBR
5
GER
4
HUN
2
ITA
2
USA
Ret
USA
DSQ
3rd 154

‡ Not eligible for points for being a guest driver.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Pts
2004 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx LMP1 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 MNZ
2
NÜR
1
SIL
1
SPA
Ret
2nd 28
2008 Farnbacher Racing GT2 Ferrari F430GT Ferrari 4.0 L V8 CAT
4
MNZ
2
SPA
Ret
NÜR
10
SIL
3
4th 19
2009 Hankook Farnbacher Racing GT2 Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 CAT SPA
Ret
ALG
5
NÜR
4
SIL
5
7th 14
2010 CRS Racing GT2 Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 LEC
4
SPA
15
ALG
11
HUN SIL
13
13th 30
2011 Pecom Racing LMP2 Lola B11/40 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 LEC
2
SPA
Ret
IMO
4
SIL
Ret
EST
Ret
10th 22
2012 Pecom Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 LEC
7
DON
5
PET 9th 16
2014 AT Racing GTE Ferrari F458 Italia Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
IMO
4
RBR
4
LEC
2
EST
6
5th 62
Source:[3]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Pts
2005 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi A4 DTM 2004 HOC
13†
LAU
5
SPA
14
BRN
12
OSC
17
NOR
8
NÜR
18
ZAN
11
LAU
Ret
IST
Ret
HOC
10
15th 5
2006 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC
Ret
LAU
10
OSC
10
BRH
9
NOR
8
NÜR
14
ZAN
9
CAT
Ret
BUG
12
HOC
NC
16th 1
Sources:[3][5][6]
  • † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2007 Schnabl Engineering Porsche 997 GT3 HOC
12
OSC
11
LAU
1

12
LAU
2

9
NOR
Ret
ZAN
20
NÜR
5
CAT
9
HOC
10
12th 48

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Pts
2012 PeCom Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8 SEB
3
SPA
6
LMS
2
SIL
3
SÃO
2
BHR
1
FUJ
4
SHA
4
16th 34.5
2013 PeCom Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8 SIL
3
SPA
1
LMS
4
SÃO
3
COA
2
FUJ
5
SHA
Ret
BHR
7
4th 110
2014 Lotus LMP1 CLM P1/01 AER P60 V6t SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ
Ret
SHA
14
BHR
Ret
SÃO
Ret
26th 0.5
2015 Team ByKolles LMP1 CLM P1/01 AER P60 2.4 V6t SIL SPA LMS
EX
NÜR
15
COA
8
FUJ
8
SHA
8
BHR
12
15th 13
2016 ByKolles Racing Team LMP1 CLM P1/01 AER P60 2.4 V6t SIL SPA LMS
Ret
NÜR
Ret
MEX
14
COA FUJ
Ret
SHA
7
BHR
8
22nd 10.5
Sources:[3][7]


Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Points Ref
2014 Starworks Motorsport PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
6
SEB
17
38th 26 [8]
Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5L V8 LBH
LGA
3
WGL
7
MOS
10
IMS
2
ROA
1
VIR
1
COA
4
PET
11
14th 233
2015 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY
9
SEB
2
LBH
2
LGA
4
WGL
5
MOS
6
ROA
3
VIR
3
COA
2
PET
5
4th 293 [9]
2016 Flying Lizard Motorsports GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2 V10 DAY
19†
SEB
15
LAG DET WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR COA PET 57th 18 [10]
2017 Alex Job Racing GTD Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 DAY
6
SEB
LBH COT DET WGL
MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
60th 25 [11]
2020 Team Hardpoint GTD Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB
5
44th 26 [12]
Source:[3]

Kaffer did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.


Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Pts
2018 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro ZOL
1

Ret
ZOL
2

14
BRH
1

6
BRH
2

12
MIS
1

Ret
MIS
2

12
HUN
1

12
HUN
2

17
NÜR
1

8
NÜR
2

12
21st 6.5

Complete Le Mans Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2024 Racing Spirit of Léman LMP3 Ligier JS P320 CAT
LEC
LMS
1

34
LMS
2

31
SPA
MUG
ALG
NC† 0†
2025 M Racing LMP3 Pro-Am Ligier JS P325 CAT
10
LEC
13
LMS
1

18
LMS
2

15
SPA
10
SIL
12
ALG 27th* 3*

As Kaffer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.
* Season still in progress.

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