Éric Bachelart
Nationality Belgian
Born (1961-02-28) 28 February 1961
Brussels
Champ Car career
24 races run over 2 years
Years active1992, 1995
Team(s)Payton/Coyne Racing
Best finish18th (1992)
First race1992 Daikyo Indy Car Grand Prix (Surfers Paradise)
Last race1995 Miller Genuine Draft 200 (Mid-Ohio
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0

Éric Bachelart (born 28 February 1961) is a former race car driver and Conquest Racing team owner.[1][2]

Racing career

Bachelart started his racing career in Belgium and ended in the United States. He was a star in Belgian Procar, a national touring car championship, driving for Audi and Peugeot.

In 1991, he became the inaugural Indy Lights champion. He then entered a near-full CART season with the tail-enders team of Dale Coyne, simultaneously racing in the Belgian Procar series. His highest CART finish was seventh. He failed to qualify for the 1993 Indianapolis 500. After the 1995 CART season, again only racing when his Belgian Procar schedule allowed it, he ended his single-seater career.

In 1996, he entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for Belgium in a Ferrari 333SP. He also raced in the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with the Peugeot 806 multi-purpose vehicle). After this season, he concluded his racing career, with the exception of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in 1998 and 2000.

Team ownership

Bachelart founded the Conquest Racing team in 1997, initially running in the Indy Lights championship. The team raced Laurent Rédon in the 2002 Indy Racing League (IRL). The team switched to Champ Car, after Honda and Toyota switched to the IRL. Mario Haberfeld raced for the team in 2003. Future F1 driver Tiago Monteiro raced in a satellite team ran by Conquest Racing for Emerson Fittipaldi.

England's Justin Wilson joined for 2004, ran from mid-season by Nelson Philippe. For 2005, they ran Philippe and Andrew Ranger, one of the youngest teams in the championship's history. Ranger was partnered by Dutchman Charles Zwolsman for 2006. In 2007, Bachelart signed young New Zealander Matt Halliday to his Champ Car entry for four races. Halliday was then replaced by Jan Heylen. The team moved to the IRL as a result of open-wheel unification.

In 2012, Conquest left IndyCar and joined the American Le Mans Series with a Morgan-Nissan LMP2 prototype.

In 2017, Bachelart started entering cars in Ferrari Challenge winning multiple championship with gentleman drivers.

In 2018, Bachelart co-founded Quest Racing to compete at the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.

In 2019, Conquest also joins the Imsa Prototype Challenge ( IPC ) and in 2021 ran a Mercedes GT4 winning the last 4 races of the season.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1988 Spirit/TOM's Racing JER
 VAL
 PAU
 SIL
 MNZ
 PER
 BRH
 BIR
 BUG
DNQ		 ZOL
DNQ		 DIJ
 NC 0

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1992 Coyne SRF
22		 PHX
13		 LBH
8		 INDY
32		 DET
7		 POR
16		 MIL
13		 NHM
 TOR
24		 MIS
22		 CLE
17		 ROA
21		 VAN
DNS		 MDO
20		 NZR
DNQ		 LS
23		 18th 11 [3]
1993 Coyne SRF
 PHX
 LBH
 INDY
DNQ		 MIL
 DET
 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MIS
 NHM
 ROA
 VAN
 MDO
 NZR
 LS
 NC 0 [4]
1995 Payton/Coyne MIA
19		 SRF
22		 PHX
18		 LBH
7		 NZR
 INDY
28		 MIL
 DET
23		 POR
19		 ROA
11		 TOR
22		 CLE
21		 MIS
 MDO
16		 NHM
 VAN
 LS
 23rd 8 [5]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1993 France Écurie Toison d'Or Belgium Marc Duez
Belgium Philip Verellen		 Venturi 500LM GT 267 25th 9th
1996 Belgium Racing for Belgium Team Scandia Belgium Marc Goossens
Belgium Eric van der Poele		 Ferrari 333 SP WSC 208 DNF DNF

References

  1. ↑ Un nouveau châssis, ça coûte cher 2007 "Éric Bachelart, copropriétaire de Conquest Racing, explique à Radio-Canada Sports ce que représente l'arrivée du nouveau châssis Panoz pour son équipe."
  2. ↑ IRL: A much closer field for 2009 1-20-2009 by Luc Fradette "Conquest Racing team boss Éric Bachelart is one of those who are optimistic and he truly believes the field will be much closer in 2009, now that teams such as his are fully up to speed."
  3. ↑ "Éric Bachelart – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Éric Bachelart – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Éric Bachelart – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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