23 Facts About Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud won both the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona and 2023 24 Hours of Daytona with Meyer Shank Racing.

Simon Pagenaud's family established a driving school that provided the funds for Pagenaud to begin his racing career.

Simon Pagenaud competed in 2002 and 2003 in French Formula Renault and in 2002 and 2004 competed in Formula Renault Eurocup.

Simon Pagenaud then moved up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2005 where he finished 16th.

Simon Pagenaud finished 8th in the points standings in what was a very consistent debut season, with three consecutive 4th-place finishes in the Canadian rounds of the championship.

Also during 2009, Simon Pagenaud drove in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP1 for the privateer Pescarolo Sport team in the Peugeot FAP 908.

Simon Pagenaud earned a seat driving for the Peugeot factory team in 2010 in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans on the renown Circuit de la Sarthe in the Peugeot FAP 908 No 3 with Pedro Lamy and Sebastien Bourdais.

Simon Pagenaud moved from Schmidt Peterson Motorsports to Team Penske in 2015.

Simon Pagenaud nearly won the 2015 Indianapolis 500, leading with less than 30 laps to go and engaging most of the race in a 3-way battle between Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan.

Simon Pagenaud ended up being overtaken by the field and went on to finish 10th, while teammate Juan Pablo Montoya won the race.

Simon Pagenaud did not win a race in 2015 but renewed his deal with TEAM Penske in 2016.

Simon Pagenaud got off to the best start of his IndyCar career with five consecutive podiums, including three wins in a row.

Simon Pagenaud finished the season with five race victories and a total of eight podiums.

Simon Pagenaud won the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and he would win the 2019 Indianapolis 500 from pole position, the first Frenchman to do so in 99 years.

Simon Pagenaud took the championship lead from Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden, however Newgarden would retake the championship lead one race later in Detroit.

Simon Pagenaud would take pole and the win at the 2019 Honda Indy Toronto and took pole at the 2019 Iowa 300, though the win would go to Newgarden.

Simon Pagenaud finished 2nd in the first race of the 2020 season at Texas Motor Speedway.

Simon Pagenaud finished 3rd at the IndyGP after starting in 20th.

In 2023, Simon Pagenaud returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, taking part in the LMP2 class for Cool Racing.

Simon Pagenaud credited IndyCar's aeroscreen for saving his life in the crash.

Simon Pagenaud was replaced in the No 60 car by Conor Daly for the Honda Indy 200 and the Iowa doubleheader, Tom Blomqvist for the Honda Indy Toronto, the BitNile.

Simon Pagenaud was ultimately dropped from Meyer Shank Racing and replaced by Felix Rosenqvist for the 2024 season.

Simon Pagenaud did not return to IndyCar as his injuries from the crash at Mid-Ohio were still lingering and thus prevented him from looking for another seat.