Alexandre Yannick Guy Jean-Claude Cougnaud (born 5 December 1991) is a French racing driver who competes in the European Le Mans Series with Graff Racing.

Career

Early career Cougnaud, born in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France, began karting in 2002 and raced primarily in his native France country. Having finished sixth in the Formula Kart France series in 2008, he entered the Formul'Academy Euro Series the following year, driving for Signatech; he finished 14th in the championship, with eight points.

In 2010, Cougnaud entered four rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse for ARTA Engineering; he took a single podium, and finished ninth in the championship, with 57 points.

In 2011, Cougnaud entered a single round of the Championnat VdeV with AB Sport Auto, in addition to fourteen rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps with ARTA Engineering, and three races of the Formula Ford EuroCup with Cliff Dempsey Racing; he was classified tenth in the Championnat VdeV, and 17th in the Formula Renault Alps.

European F3 Open In 2012, Cougnaud decided to race in "Copa/Cup Class" of the European F3 Open Championship for the Dallara F308 cars with Top F3 French team. He had a successful season, finishing third in the overall classification of the Cup class with eight podiums.

In 2013, Cougnaud joined the Italian team RP Motorsport to drive a Dallara F312 car. He and Santiago Urrutia were originally the two drivers chosen to drive a F312 car for Fabio Pampado's team; and they have been joined by Alexander Toril and Sandy Stuvik to compete in the European F3 Open with a Dallara Formula 3 F312 as well.

Cougnaud had some difficulties with the set-up of his car at the beginning of the season, especially in bad weather conditions and he also incurred several penalties, like at Silverstone, where he finished fifth in the second race but got a 30-second penalty after the race, so fifth place was for Stern.

Cougnaud had a good result at Jerez where he finished fourth in the first race, and third in the second one.

At Monza, in October, Cougnaud did his best performance of the season in the second race : pole position, a second-place finish and fastest lap. He could not resist to his teammate Sandy Stuvik in the last lap.

Cougnaud had a great finish of the season at Barcelona finishing in third position for the first race and winning the second one (his first victory in Formula 3).

Porsche Carrera Cup France In both 2014 and 2015, Cougnaud raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup France championship. He finished in tenth position the first year and in 12th position the second year.

European Le Mans Series

In 2016, Cougnaud joined the famous European Le Mans Series (ELMS), a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). For his first year in ELMS, he won two races for the Yvan Muller Racing team. The first one being the prestigious Road To Le Mans race and the second one, the last leg of the 2016 championship in Estoril.

In 2017, Cougnaud extended his contract with the Yvan Muller racing team for one year. After two legs, he was in second position of the LMP3 classification with one podium (second position) in Monza.

In 2018, Cougnaud moved to the LMP2 class with Graff Racing in the European Le Mans Series. He continued with Graff in 2019, finishing third in the LMP2 championship with four podiums. In 2020, he took two podiums with the same team. In 2022, he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with DKR Engineering, finishing 18th overall. In 2025, Cougnaud returned to Graff Racing to compete in the European Endurance Prototype Cup, driving a Nova NP02 alongside Loris Kyburz and Chun Ting Chou.

Racing record Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2009 Formul'Academy Euro Series Auto Sport Academy140000814th 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship ARTA Engineering40001389th 2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series ARTA Engineering1400007917th Formula Ford EuroCup Cliff Dempsey Racing30000N/ABritish Formula Ford Championship300000NC† V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne - Proto AB Sport Auto10000810th 2012 European F3 Open Top F31600001415th European F3 Open - Copa F308/30016012870 3rd European F3 Open Winter Series200000NC 2013 European F3 Open Winter Series RP Motorsport100000NC European F3 Open1611141396th 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup France Racing Technology1300015912th 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup France Martinet Team Pro GT1200018310th 2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M.Racing - YMR61001368th Road To Le Mans - LMP3 DC Racing11001N/A 1st 2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 M.Racing - YMR60004812nd Le Mans Cup - LMP3200011219th 2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff600002314th 2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff60004833rd 24H GT Series - A6 GPX Racing 2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff50002436th 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Saintéloc Racing500000NC 2022 French GT4 Cup - Silver CSA Racing100001677th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 DKR Engineering10000N/A18th 2023 GT4 European Series - Silver CSA Racing800003022nd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup100000NC 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Graff Racing Reserve driver2024 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 M Racing7000123.510th2025 European Endurance Prototype Cup Graff Racing

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 2011 ARTA Engineering MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 PAU1 PAU2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 17th 79

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2022 DKR Engineering LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR -* _*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2022 DKR Engineering Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 362 22nd 18th

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