Bertrand Baguette

Bertrand Baguette is a Belgian racing driver who won the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 title and the 2013 FIA WEC LMP2 championship before finding sustained success in Japan's Super GT series.

Bertrand Baguette's 2022 Super GT GT500 championship with Calsonic Team Impul placed him among the most decorated foreign drivers in Japanese motorsport history, the culmination of a career that had already included the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMP2 title in 2013. He won the Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship in 2009, his third season in the category, competing against future Formula 1 drivers including Charles Pic and Jaime Alguersuari. Despite that title, Formula 1 opportunities never materialised for Baguette, and in 2010 he moved to the IndyCar Series with Conquest Racing, arranged with help from the Belgian national motorsport federation. He transitioned to sports car racing in the following years, winning the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMP2 class title in 2013, before beginning a long association with Japan's Super GT series in 2014. Baguette became one of the most successful foreign drivers in Super GT history, winning the GT500 class championship in 2022 alongside Kazuki Hiramine with Calsonic Team Impul, and remained a leading competitor in the series into his forties. He also made a one-off NASCAR Whelen Euro Series appearance in 2013, and has spent much of his career based in Japan, describing his commitment to the sport there as central to his post-Formula 1 racing identity.

Versatile, adaptable driver excelling across open-wheel, endurance, and GT racing disciplines

One of the most successful European drivers in Super GT history, having built a lasting racing career in Japan after his F1 ambitions were not realised

• Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion (2009)
• FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 champion (2013)
• Super GT GT500 champion (2022)
• IndyCar Series competitor (2010-2011)