Richard Philippe

Richard Philippe (January 10, 1990 in Valence, Drôme – 22 November 2018) was a French racecar driver who resided in Miami, Florida. He was the younger brother of Nelson Philippe.

Richard Philippe
Nationality	French
Born	(1990-01-10)January 10, 1990 Valence, Drôme, France
Died	November 22, 2018(2018-11-22) (aged 28) Dominican Republic
Firestone Indy Lights Series career
Debut season	2009
Current team	Team PBIR
Car number	37
Former teams	Genoa Racing
Starts	11
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	13th in 2009
Previous series
2008 2007 2006 2005	Formula Three Euroseries World Series by Renault Champ Car Atlantic Formula BMW USA
Championship titles
2005	Formula BMW USA

After moving up from the go-kart ranks in 2005, at fifteen years old Philippe won the Formula BMW USA championship in his rookie season, and on June 19, 2005^[1] he became the youngest driver ever to win a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 2006, he competed in the Champ Car Atlantic series with Forsythe Championship Racing. In 2007, he competed in the World Series by Renault. In 2009, Philippe ran for Genoa Racing in the Firestone Indy Lights Series until a crash on the high speed Kansas Speedway oval sidelined him for three races. He returned to the series with Team PBIR and competed in seven more races. He finished second twice, at Long Beach with Genoa and at Edmonton with PBIR, and finished 13th in points despite missing four races (he withdrew from the final race due to an ill-handling car in practice).

He died in a helicopter crash in the Dominican Republic on 22 November 2018.^[2]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Car No.	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula BMW USA	Team Autotecnica		14	3	6	5	7	151	1st
2006	Champ Car Atlantic	Forsythe Racing	33	12	0	0	0	1	86	15th
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Fortec Motorsport	30	10	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	Carlin Motorsport	21	14	0	0	0	0	0	28th
		SG Formula	21	6	0	0	0	0
	Masters of Formula 3	Carlin Motorsport	39	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2009	Indy Lights	Genoa Racing	36	4	0	0	0	1	254	13th
		Team PBIR	37	7	0	0	0	1

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2006	Forsythe Racing	LBH Ret	HOU Ret	MTY 17	POR Ret	CLE1 11	CLE2 2	TOR Ret	EDM 4	SJO 17	DEN Ret	MTL 9	ROA Ret	15th	86

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2009	Genoa Racing	STP1 19	STP2 10	LBH 2	KAN 24	INDY	MIL	IOW									13th	254
	Team PBIR								WGL 5	TOR 14	EDM 2	KTY 12	MDO 9	SNM 4	CHI 11	HMS Wth

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2007	Fortec Motorsport	MNZ 1 17	MNZ 2 Ret	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MON 1 DNQ	HUN 1 18	HUN 2 14	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 Ret	DON 1	DON 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	EST 1 18	EST 2 13	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 20	33rd	0

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2008	Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F308/055	Mercedes	HOC1 1 16	HOC1 2 17	MUG 1 15	MUG 2 17	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 Ret	NOR 1 22	NOR 2 16	ZAN 1 16	ZAN 2 12	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 18	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 24							28th	0
	SG Formula	Dallara F308/014	Mercedes															CAT 1 19	CAT 2 9	LMS 1 11	LMS 2 Ret	HOC2 1 18	HOC2 2 18

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2018-12-09.
2. Former Indy Lights Driver Philippe among dead in helicopter crash

External links

• Official website
• Richard Philippe career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Andreas Wirth	Formula BMW USA Champion 2005	Succeeded by Robert Wickens