Alexandre Cougnaud | |
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Nationality | French |
Born |
Les Sables-d'Olonne (France) |
5 December 1991
European F3 Open Championship career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | RP Motorsport |
Car no. | 18 |
Former teams | Top F3 |
Starts | 106 |
Wins | 3 |
Podiums | 18 |
Poles | 3 |
Fastest laps | 3 |
Best finish | 1st in 2013 |
Previous series | |
2011 2010 2009 |
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 MEC Formul'Academy Euro Series |
Alexandre Cougnaud (born 5 December 1991) is a French racing driver. As of 2013, he is racing for RP Motorsport in the European F3 Open. He finished third in the 2012 European F3 Open Copa Class in his first season, and as the second best rookie of the year.
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, he 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, he 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.
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 3rd 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.