26 Facts About Bertrand Baguette

Bertrand Marcel Nicolas Baguette was born on 23 February 1986 and is a Belgian professional racing driver.

Aged 14, Bertrand Baguette began karting in his inter-provincial championship, driving "Blue" class karts, in which he finished fifth.

Bertrand Baguette then moved up to junior level for 2001, competing again in the inter-provincial championship but competed in the national championship for the first time.

Bertrand Baguette finished third in the provincial level championship, but was four places lower in the national.

Bertrand Baguette competed in four different Intercontinental A class championships in 2002, with a runner-up position at the provincial level, despite competing in only certain events due to prior higher-ranked commitments in the Belgian, French or European championships.

Bertrand Baguette then completed in a fourth year of karting, winning the Belgian Championship and again finished runner-up in a partial campaign in the provincial championship.

Bertrand Baguette won a scholarship to give him a drive in 1600cc Formula Renault Belgium.

Bertrand Baguette entered in the Belgian Formula Renault 1600cc with Marc Goossens Motorsport that year, as part of his scholarship win.

Bertrand Baguette finished a strong third in the championship, amassing three wins and four poles during the season.

The next season, Bertrand Baguette moved to both Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and French Formula Renault 2.0 championships with Epsilon Euskadi.

Bertrand Baguette finished eighth in the European championship and eleventh in the French one, including a second place at Pau.

Bertrand Baguette finished in eighth in the French championship, again for Epsilon Euskadi.

In 2007, Bertrand Baguette entered the 3.5-litre Formula Renault 3.5 Series with the eponymous Kurt Mollekens-run KTR team, in which he took two podium finishes in his first season.

Bertrand Baguette was close to win his first race in this category at Autodromo Nazionale Monza before a blown tyre.

Bertrand Baguette continued in the category in 2008, driving for the Italian team Draco with which he scored his first win at Spa and ended seventh in the championship.

Bertrand Baguette eventually won both races of the last meeting of the season at Ciudad del Motor de Aragon, thus winning the championship by 57 points from Fairuz Fauzy.

On 22 March 2010, Conquest Racing announced that Bertrand Baguette would drive their second car in the IndyCar Series, starting with the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on 11 April.

Bertrand Baguette finished 7th, still his best result of his career in IndyCar.

Bertrand Baguette tested for Renault F1 at Jerez on 1 December 2009 and for BMW Sauber two days later.

Bertrand Baguette was favourite to become Robert Kubica's team mate at Renault after many favourites such as Timo Glock, Heikki Kovalainen, Romain Grosjean, Takuma Sato, Nick Heidfeld, Christian Klien and Jacques Villeneuve dropped out but the seat was eventually filled by Vitaly Petrov.

For 2013, Bertrand Baguette was hired by OAK Racing to drive Morgan-Nissans in the LMP2 class on the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Therefore, the Belgian Bertrand Baguette won the 2013 FIA WEC World Championship for drivers and teams in LMP2 class.

In 2014, Bertrand Baguette became a factory driver for Honda, and began competing in the Super GT championship in Japan.

Bertrand Baguette was retained at the Real Racing team for 2021, with the No 17 Honda now sponsored by Astemo following the merger of Keihin into the company.

Bertrand Baguette competed in the high-level Japanese Super Formula championship in 2015 and 2016, alongside his programme in Super GT.

Bertrand Baguette drove a Honda-powered car for Nakajima Racing, scoring a best result of fifth in the final race of the 2016 season at Suzuka.