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Simon Pagenaud

1984 - Today

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Simon Pierre Michel Pagenaud (French pronunciation: [pa.ʒe.no]; born 18 May 1984) is a French former 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

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Pagenaud is the 1,017th most popular racing driver (down from 975th in 2024), the 6,256th most popular biography from France (down from 6,088th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Simon Pagenaud ranks 1,018 out of 1,080. Before him are Sergio Hernández, Giuliano Alesi, Mirko Bortolotti, Chris Atkinson, Jorge Andrés Boero, Mattia Pasini, and Théo Pourchaire. After him are Dominique Aegerter, Carmen Jordá, Bryan Bouffier, Sandro Cortese, and Alexandre Prémat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Simon Pagenaud ranks 869. Before him are John Kucera, Łukasz Szukała, Oswaldo Vizcarrondo, Christopher Samba, Jared Tallent, and Nikola Drinčić. After him are Papa Gueye, Petri Kontiola, Kostas Vasileiadis, Liv Boeree, Naturi Naughton, and Lyudmila Postnova.

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In France

Among people born in France, Simon Pagenaud ranks 6,258 out of 6,770. Before him are Maxime Lopez (1997), Thierry Gadou (1969), Théo Pourchaire (2003), Teddy Tamgho (1989), Christopher Samba (1984), Tony Vairelles (1973), Andrew Albicy (1990), and Cédric Séguin (1973). After him are Claire Nouvian (1974), Erwann Le Péchoux (1982), Camille Rowe (1990), and Warren Barguil (1991).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Simon Pagenaud ranks 103. Before him are Arnaud Vincent (1974), Loïc Duval (1982), Nicolas Minassian (1973), Randy de Puniet (1981), Giuliano Alesi (1999), and Théo Pourchaire (2003). After him are Bryan Bouffier (1978), Alexandre Prémat (1982), Mike Di Meglio (1988), Victor Martins (2001), Adrien Fourmaux (1995), and Loris Baz (1993).

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