About Simon
Nothing really predestined me to be a racecar driver. No one in my family had a motorsports background. My first racing experience was as a 4-year-old when I watched Senna and Prost on TV, fighting it out on the racetrack. I was so impressed with the skill they had racing one another and the speed with which they were doing it. From that moment, my passion for racing was born!
12 seasons of INDYCAR have passed since then and I can’t believe how time has flown by and how much has happened since my beginnings in motorsports. I have stood on the podium 38 times and been on the top step 15 times. I won an INDYCAR Series Championship, and I achieved my dream of winning the INDY 500. But my work is far from done, and I have so much more to achieve. So stay tuned!
To read more about Simon’s career in his own words, click here.
Career highlights
2022 & 2023
24h of Daytona winner
2019
Indy 500 winner
INDYCAR Vice-champion (3 wins)
2017
INDYCAR Vice-champion (2 wins)
2016
INDYCAR Champion (5 wins)
2012
INDYCAR Rookie of the year
2010
American Le Mans Series champion (LMP/LMP2 – 4 wins)
2006
Champ Car Atlantic Champion
2001 – 2005
11 wins in Formula Renault (Europe)
1994 – 2005: Debut in France
First steps
First contact with a race at Circuit Val de Vienne near Poitiers
- Started with Karting in 1994 at the age of 9
- Formule Renault Campus in 2001
- In 2001, aged 16, Simon wins the Volant Elf in his first season
2002 - 2005
French Formule Renault- 2002 – 2003: French Fomule Renault
- Eurocup Vice-champion in 2004
2006: Moving to the USA
2006 - 2007
Champ Car- 2006 – 2007: Champ Car Atlantic series
- Series Champion in his rookie season
2008 - 2011
Sportscar racing- 2008 – 2009: American Le Mans Series with De Ferran Motorsports
- 2009: American Le Mans Series with Patron Highcroft Racing
- 2010 American Le Mans Series Champion
- 2010 – 2011: Peugeot Factory Seat to run the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Peugeot FAP 908 No 3 with Pedro Lamy and Sébastien Bourdais
- 2011: Second place in the 24 hours of Le Mans, at 13″854 from first place
From 2011: INDYCAR
2012 - 2014
Debut in INDYCAR- 2012: First INDYCAR season with Sam Schmidt/Hamilton/Honda Racing
- 2012: Rookie of the year Award
- 2013-2014: Full season with Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Racing
- First INDYCAR win in 2013 at the Detroit GP
2015 - 2021
Team Penske- Full time INDYCAR driver for Team Penske in the Menards No.22
- 2016 INDYCAR Series champion
- Vice-champion in 2017 and 2019
- 2019 Indy 500 winner
2022: A new chapter
Meyer Shank Racing- 2022 & 2023 24 hours of Daytona winner
To read more about Simon’s career in his own words, click here.