Érik Comas
Érik Comas | |
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Comas at the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans | |
| Born | Érik Gilbert Comas 28 September 1963 Romans-sur-Isère, Drôme, France |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality | French |
| Active years | 1991–1994 |
| Teams | Ligier, Larrousse |
| Entries | 63 (59 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 7 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1991 United States Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1994 Japanese Grand Prix |
| Super GT career | |
| Years active | 1995–2006 |
| Teams | Cerumo, TOM'S, Nismo, Hasemi, Kondo |
| Starts | 80 |
| Championships | 2 (1998, 1999) |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 23 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 7 |
| Best finish | 1st in 1998, 1999 (GT500) |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 1995, 1997–1999, 2002, 2004–2006 |
| Teams | Larbre, Nismo, Oreca, Pescarolo |
| Best finish | 2nd (2005) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Érik Gilbert Comas (French: [e.ʁik kɔ.mas]; born 28 September 1963) is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 1994. In Japanese motorsport, Comas won the All-Japan GT Championship in 1998 and 1999 with Nismo.
He won the French Formula Three Championship in 1988, before winning International Formula 3000 in 1990, after finishing runner-up to Jean Alesi on count-back in 1989. He participated in 63 Formula One Grands Prix between 1991 and 1994, scoring a total of seven championship points. His last point, in the 1994 German Grand Prix, was also the last one for the Larrousse team. After his Formula One career, he won the All-Japan GT Championship for Nismo in the top GT500 class in 1998 and 1999, and finished runner-up at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005 with Pescarolo.