RACING DRIVER

Simon Pagenaud

1984 - Today

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Simon Pierre Michel Pagenaud (French pronunciation: [pa.ʒe.no]; born 18 May 1984) is a French professional racing driver, who last drove the No. 60 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series. After a successful career in sports car racing that saw him taking the top class championship title in the 2010 American Le Mans Series, he moved to the Indycar Series where he became the 2016 IndyCar champion and the 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner, becoming the first driver born in France to win the Indianapolis 500 since Gaston Chevrolet in 1920 and the first polesitter to have won the race since Helio Castroneves in 2009. Simon Pagenaud won both the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona and 2023 24 Hours of Daytona with Meyer Shank Racing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Pagenaud has received more than 591,569 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Pagenaud is the 972nd most popular racing driver (down from 892nd in 2019), the 6,090th most popular biography from France (down from 5,451st in 2019) and the 96th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Simon Pagenaud ranks 972 out of 1,080. Before him are Carmen Jordá, Mike Di Meglio, Oliver Bearman, Sandro Cortese, Marco Andretti, and Héctor Faubel. After him are Théo Pourchaire, Álex Palou, David Schumacher, René Rast, Jorge Andrés Boero, and Marko Asmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Simon Pagenaud ranks 730. Before him are Carlos García, Kerron Stewart, Anthony Johnson, Nicolas Frey, Geílson de Carvalho Soares, and Vyacheslav Glazkov. After him are Papa Gueye, Melody Thornton, Francesco Gavazzi, Adrien Théaux, Andrea Orlandi, and Karolina Šprem.

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In France

Among people born in France, Simon Pagenaud ranks 6,090 out of 6,770. Before him are Clément Noël (1997), Youssef Aït Bennasser (1996), Anaïs Bescond (1987), Pomme (1996), Nicolas Frey (1984), and Fahid Ben Khalfallah (1982). After him are Franck Boidin (1972), Amaury Vassili (1989), Théo Pourchaire (2003), Valentin Eysseric (1992), Neeskens Kebano (1992), and Pierre-Alain Frau (1980).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Simon Pagenaud ranks 96. Before him are Yvan Muller (1969), Randy de Puniet (1981), Loïc Duval (1982), Nicolas Minassian (1973), Giuliano Alesi (1999), and Mike Di Meglio (1988). After him are Théo Pourchaire (2003), Alexandre Prémat (1982), Loris Baz (1993), Adrien Tambay (1991), and Isack Hadjar (2004).

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