Pierre Ragues: “A circuit driver in a rally can quickly end up outside!”

Pierre Ragues, can you introduce yourself?

I am 40 years old and have taken over the management of the family business of wholesaler of spare parts for automobiles, I am in a civil partnership and father of a 7 year old little girl, Andréa. Finally, I am a member of ASACO Pays Normand.

How did your passion for motorsport begin?

It comes to me from my father, Marcel. He mainly ran hill climbs. He also did a bit of rally… secretly from her parents. A completely different era. (Smile) I remember that we would accompany her to the south for her shopping, it was a bit like a holiday. I have very good memories of it. Dad would maintain his car in the garage and sometimes I was allowed to clean it. Even if I think that I wasted more of his time, I can see it with my daughter, it was a beautiful sharing of his passion.

Your first approach to piloting was through the karting...

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