Eric Salignon is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula V8 3.5 for Interwetten.com. Salignon has recorded 5 wins and 8 podiums from 36 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,998 ranks Salignon 1172th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2006-09-30 | LE MANS | P18 | −74 |
| 2006-09-30 | LE MANS | P9 | +12 |
| 2006-09-09 | Donington | P14 | −44 |
| 2006-09-09 | Donington | P11 | −13 |
| 2006-08-05 | Nurburgring | P7 | +40 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +155 | Estoril 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series | P1 |
| +150 | Adria 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series | P1 |
| +125 | Zandvoort 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series | P1 |
| +121 | Hockenheim 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series | P5 |
| +117 | Magny-Cours 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ▸Formula V8 3.5 | Interwetten.com | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −432 | 5,247 |
| 2005 | ▸Formula V8 3.5 | Cram Competition | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +64 | 5,678 |
| 2004 | ▸Formula 3 Euro Series | ASM Formule 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P6 | +4,265 | 5,615 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇲 Christian Montanari | 5,219 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 62% |
| 🇫🇷 Ryo FukudaFIA Silver | 4,872 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52% |
| 🇵🇱 Robert KubicaFIA Platinum | 5,998 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 45% |
| 🇧🇪 Greg Franchi | 4,822 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 80% |
| 🇺🇸 Patrick PiletFIA Platinum | 5,259 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% |
| 🇷🇸 Milos PavlovicFIA Gold | 3,476 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50% |
| 🇪🇸 Celso Miguez | 4,650 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53% |
| 🇩🇪 Daniel La Rosa | 4,825 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 67% |
| 🇬🇧 Steven KaneFIA Gold | 4,772 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 79% |
| 🇸🇪 Alx Danielsson | 5,137 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 31% |
| 🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum, 9× champion | 8,520 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% |
| 🇩🇪 Nico RosbergFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 7,900 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 6,256 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,162 | 🇺🇸 Parker Kligerman | NASCAR Truck | 5,007 |
| 1,163 | 🇯🇵 Takashi Kogure | Super GT | 5,006 |
| 1,164 | 🇺🇸 Mark Taylor | IndyCar | 5,005 |
| 1,165 | 🇳🇱 Bent Viscaal | European Le Mans Series | 5,003 |
| 1,166 | 🇩🇪 Dirk Mueller | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,003 |
| 1,167 | 🇮🇹 Ivan Capelli | FIA GT Championship | 5,003 |
| 1,168 | 🇬🇧 Callum Ilott | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,001 |
| 1,169 | 🇺🇸 Daniel Dye | NASCAR Truck | 5,001 |
| 1,170 | 🇬🇧 Harry King | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,001 |
| 1,171 | 🇦🇺 David Brabham | SVRA | 4,999 |
| 1,172 | 🇫🇷 Eric Salignon | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,998 |
| 1,173 | 🇺🇸 Johnny Unser | IndyCar | 4,998 |
| 1,174 | 🇩🇪 Marcel Tiemann | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,998 |
| 1,175 | 🇺🇸 Bijoy Garg | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,997 |
| 1,176 | 🇲🇨 Stéphane Richelmi | European Le Mans Series | 4,997 |
| 1,177 | 🇯🇵 Naoya Gamou | Super GT | 4,995 |
| 1,178 | 🇯🇵 Loïc Duval | WEC | 4,994 |
| 1,179 | 🇩🇰 Philipp Peter | WEC | 4,992 |
| 1,180 | 🇳🇿 Andre Heimgartner | Supercars Championship | 4,990 |
| 1,181 | 🇫🇷 Fred Makowiecki | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,990 |
| 1,182 | 🇵🇹 Pedro Chaves | FIA GT Championship | 4,989 |
Eric Salignon is a retired French racing driver who competed in single-seater championships at the professional level. He raced in Formula 3 Euro Series and Formula V8 3.5, driving for ASM Formule 3 and Interwetten.com respectively between 2004 and 2006.[1]
Salignon took five wins and eight podiums across 36 starts in his indexed career. In Formula 3 Euro Series, he claimed three wins and five podiums from 12 starts in 2004. He then moved to Formula V8 3.5, where he finished ninth in the championship standings in his final season, taking two wins and two podiums from 14 rounds.[2]
His most significant results came against future Formula 1 champions competing in the same series. He finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton, then a Formula 3 Euro Series frontrunner, on seven occasions, and ahead of Nico Rosberg three times. Against Christian Montanari and Ryo Fukuda, both established professionals in the same single-seater field, Salignon proved closely matched as a regular competitor.