Renaud Derlot (born 4 March 1979) is a French racing driver and manager. He won the 2002 Pau Grand Prix.
Career Derlot made his single-seater debut in 1997 in Formula Renault Campus, before spending two years in Formula Ford France, which were headlined by a title-winning campaign in 1999 with 16 wins to his name. Another title-winning season in Formula Renault 2.0 France for Graff Racing then followed in 2000.
In 2001, Derlot stepped up to the French Formula Three Championship with Signature, under the management of Benetton and Renault team principal Flavio Briatore. In his rookie season, Derlot scored six podiums and a best result of second four times as he finished fourth in the overall standings. Continuing in the series for 2002 with Autobacs and Scania sponsorship, Derlot swept the season opener at Nogaro, before taking further wins at Lédenon and Magny-Cours to secure runner-up honours behind Tristan Gommendy. Derlot also drove for ARTA/Signature in several one-off F3 races, and won the Pau Grand Prix, which at the time awarded the FIA European Formula 3 Cup title.
In 2003, Derlot moved to sportscar racing with outings in the French GT Championship for XL Racing and the 1000 km of Le Mans for Didier Bonnet Racing in LMP675, before making his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2004, driving for Epsilon Sport in LMP2. Moving to Eurocup Mégane Trophy and TP Comptétition for 2005, Derlot took a win at Le Mans and nine other podiums to finish runner-up to Jan Heylen. Following a guest return to the series in 2006, Derlot moved to Porsche Carrera Cup France on a full-time basis in 2007 with IMSA Performance Matmut. He won at Nogaro and Val de Vienne and took six further podiums to secure fourth in points.
Ninth for IMSA Performance in 2008 then followed, before Derlot had his breakout year with Graff Racing in 2009, scoring four wins en route to the PCCF title. In 2010, Derlot graduated to the French GT Championship with Graff to share a Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06 with Arnaud Peyroles. The pair won at Nogaro, Dijon and Val de Vienne to clinch runner-up honours on debut. Derlot partnered Gérard Tonelli in 2011, as Graff switched to the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. They won the opening two races at Lédenon, before taking further victories at Dijon and Le Castellet to end the year fourth overall. Across the following three seasons, Derlot made sporadic returns to FFSA GT with Graff and Saintéloc Racing, before stepping back from driving at the end of 2014.
Manager In 2005, while still active in racing, Derlot got into driver management, starting with Nico Prost and Jean-Éric Vergne, whom he mentored through his Formula One stint with Toro Rosso. In 2016, Derlot became the sporting director of newly-created Panis Barthez Compétition in the European Le Mans Series, and later co-founded Vitesse Sports Management in 2020 with .
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1997 Championnat de France de Formule Renault Elf Campus 1 1998 Formula Ford France 1 1999 Formula Ford France 21 16 18 15 19 3641st Formula Ford Europe 2000 Formula Renault 2.0 France Graff Racing 8 4 4 3 7 1001st Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 4 29th2001 French Formula Three Championship Signature 11 0 0 0 6 118 4th FIA European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2002 French Formula Three Championship ARTA/Signature 14 4 1 5 8 1852nd FIA European Formula 3 Cup ARTA-Signature-Elf 1 1 0 0 1 1st Masters of Formula 3 Signature Elf 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Macau Grand Prix Signature Team 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 23rd2003 French GT Championship XL Racing 2 0 0 0 0 16 38th 1000 km of Le Mans – LMP675 Didier Bonnet Racing 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2004 French GT Championship Trans Euro Route 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Epsilon Sport 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2005 Eurocup Mégane Trophy TP Compétition / Huger 15 1 4 1 10 1342nd 2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy TP Compétition / Moteur Huger 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†2007 Porsche Carrera Cup France IMSA Performance Matmut 14 2 0 6 8 149 4th French GT Championship – GT3 IMSA Porsche Rouen 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup France IMSA Performance Matmut 14 1 0 1 2 61 9th2009 Porsche Carrera Cup France Graff Racing 14 4 4 4 7 1731st Belgian Touring Car Series – S1 1 0 0 0 1 15 23rd Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 1 0 0 1 0 0 NC†2010 French GT Championship Graff Racing 10 3 3 0 7 1582nd Porsche Carrera Cup France 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Eurocup Mégane Trophy Boutsen Energy Racing 6 0 0 0 5 0 NC†2011 French GT Championship Graff Racing 13 4 ? ? 6 140.5 4th ADAC GT Masters MS-Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2012 French GT Championship Graff Racing 4 0 0 1 0 12 25th 2014 FFSA GT Championship Saintéloc Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†Sources:
† As Derlot was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete French Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Pts 2001 Signature Dallara F399 Renault A NOG1 NOG2 LÉD MAG1 VDV SPA1 SPA2 CRT ALB LMS MAG2 4th 118 2002 ARTA/Signature Dallara F302 Renault A NOG1 NOG2 LÉD1 LÉD2 DIJ1 DIJ2 CRT1 CRT2 ALB1 ALB2 LMS1 LMS2 MAG1 MAG22nd185
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2004 Epsilon Sport Gunnar Jeannette Gavin Pickering Courage C65-JPX LMP2 124 DNF DNF
Complete Eurocup Mégane Trophy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points 2005 TP Compétition / HugerVAL1VAL2LMS1LMS2BIL1BIL2OSC1OSC2DON1DON2EST1EST2EST3MNZ1MNZ22nd134 2006 TP Compétition / Moteur HugerZOL1ZOL2IST1IST2MIS1MIS2NÜR1NÜR2DON1DON2LMS1LMS2CAT1CAT2 NC† 0† 2010 Boutsen Energy RacingSPA1SPA2BRN1BRN2MAG1MAG2HUN1HUN2HOC1HOC2SIL1SIL2CAT1CAT2 NC† 0†
Complete ADAC GT 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 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2011 MS-Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3OSC1OSC2SAC1SAC2ZOL1ZOL2NÜR1NÜR2RBR1RBR2LAU1LAU2 ASS1 ASS2HOC1HOC2 NC 0
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