Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud (born May 18th 1984) is a French Driver who currently drivers for Sam Schmidt Motorsports

Career
He began his open wheel career driving in the final season of CART in 2007. He had 6 top 5's but no wins or finishes on the podium. Following the season he began a successful Le Mans Series career.

In 2011 he drove 2 races for Dreyer & Reinbold, one replacing the injured Justin Wilson. He also drove at Sonoma replacing Simona de Silvestro who had trouble re-entering the country in the HVM Racing machine.

Sam Schmidt has hired Simon Pagenaud to drive the #77 Bowers & Wilkins. The #77 Bowers & Wilkins car was the car Dan Wheldon drove when he was killed. Schmidt confirmed he will keep the car number and sponsor in tact.

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