Éric Cayrolle (born 27 August 1962 in Pau) is a French auto racing driver.[1]

Racing career

He is a three-time champion of the French Supertouring Championship, winning for three consecutive years between 1996 and 1998. Prior to this he competed in Formula Renault and Formula Three in his native country. After his success in the French Supertouring Championship he moved to the European series in 2001, which became the European Touring Car Championship the following year. Since then he has also competed in the French GT Championship.[2]

He made a brief return to touring cars in 2009, competing in the two rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at his home town of Pau. He drove a SEAT León for SUNRED Engineering, winning the Independent's category in the second race despite having an accident while leading the class with one lap to go. He crashed in to the barriers and was clipped by the Chevrolet Cruze of Nicola Larini, bringing out the red flag for the second-time in the race. However, the race results were determined by the positions on the previous lap and Cayrolle finished the race eighth overall and winner of the independent's category.[3]

Racing record

Complete European Touring Car Championship 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 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2001 Max Team BMW 320i MNZ
1
10 		MNZ
2
Ret 		BRN
1
5 		BRN
2
7 		MAG
1
6 		MAG
2
Ret 		SIL
1
11 		SIL
2
7 		ZOL
1
11 		ZOL
2
10 		HUN
1
5 		HUN
2
Ret 		A1R
1
10 		A1R
2
12 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
9 		JAR
1
8 		JAR
2
11 		EST
1
10 		EST
2
Ret 		9th 357
2002 Scuderia Bigazzi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA MAG
1
Ret 		MAG
2
13† 		SIL
1
7 		SIL
2
12† 		BRN
1
10 		BRN
2
11 		JAR
1
12 		JAR
2
9 		AND
1
13 		AND
2
Ret 		OSC
1
9 		OSC
2
Ret 		SPA
1
8 		SPA
2
7 		PER
1
11 		PER
2
9 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
Ret 		EST
1
8 		EST
2
8 		NC 0
2003 Scuderia Bigazzi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA VAL
1
14 		VAL
2
14 		MAG
1
NC 		MAG
2
Ret 		PER
1
Ret 		PER
2
DNS 		BRN
1
14 		BRN
2
12 		DON
1
14 		DON
2
14 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
DNS 		AND
1 		AND
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		EST
1 		EST
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		NC 0

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2009 SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MEX
1 		MEX
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		FRA
1
10 		FRA
2
8 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		19th 1

Complete World Touring Car Cup 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 17 18 DC Points
2022 Comtoyou Team Audi Sport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR FRA
1
14 		FRA
2
14 		GER
1 		GER
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		ALS
1 		ALS
2 		BHR
1 		BHR
2 		SAU
1 		SAU
2 		NC‡ 0‡

‡ As Cayrolle was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series 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 DC Points
2023 Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR ALG
1 		ALG
2 		PAU
1
5 		PAU
2
Ret 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		22nd 26

References

  1. ^ Sudouest.fr Cayrolle pensera à Pau 21 May 2011 "Éric Cayrolle sera l'un des trois Palois, alignés dans un championnat européen cette saison, privés du Grand Prix de Pau. Il retrouvera à Navarra, en Espagne, ses deux coéquipiers Mickaël Petit et Christophe Jouet."
  2. ^ "FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup".
  3. ^ "FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Cayrolle
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