Mike Parisy (born 8 October 1984 in Pau) is a French racing driver, who formerly competed in the

FIA GT1 World Championship The FIA GT1 World Championship was a world championship sports car racing series, developed by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Group and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), that was held from 2010 to 2012. I ...

. In 2015 he is racing in the

Blancpain GT Series GT World Challenge Europe (known as the Blancpain GT Series between 2014 and 2019) is a sports car racing series organised by SRO Motorsports Group. It features grand tourer racing cars modified from production road cars complying with the FIA's ...

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HTP Motorsport HTP Winward Motorsport also known as HTP Motorsport and Winward Racing is a German-American-based auto racing team. The team mainly competes in GT3 based series such as the GT World Challenge Europe. The team was founded after HTP Investment BV ...

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Bentley Continental Bentley Continental refers to several models of cars produced by Bentley Motors. Originally, it referred to a special chassis for engines more powerful than the usual offering, supplied to a selected number of coachbuilders for the fitting of ...

Career

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karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ...

, Parisy began racing in single-seaters in

French Formula Renault The Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (WEC) was a Formula Renault, Formula Renault 2.0 championship that replaced the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 as of 2008,Eurocup Mégane Trophy The Renault Eurocup Mégane Trophy was a one-make racing series created and managed by Renault Sport. The series has raced with the Renault Mégane Renault Sport since 2005 as part of the World Series by Renault. The Renault Eurocup has run ...

, before switching to the

Porsche Carrera Cup France Porsche Carrera Cup France is a Spec racing, one make motor racing championship held in France. The cars are Porsche 911 GT3#Motorsport, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991.2) with 4.0 liters, Flat-six engine, flat-6 naturally aspirated engines that pr ...

for 2006. He finished fourth in his first season, before finishing fifth, second and fifth again in the subsequent races. In 2008 and 2009 he also raced in the French GT Championship, coming third in the GT3 category in 2008 before winning the class the following year. In 2010 he raced in the

FIA GT3 European Championship The FIA GT3 European Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It was a championship derived from the international FIA ...

, driving a

Graff Racing Graff Racing is an auto racing team based in France.Graff Racing
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Corvette Z06R. He and teammate Joakim Lambotte finished the year third in the standings. The team changed to a

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (C197 / R197) is a FMR layout, front mid-engine, 2-seater, limited production sports car developed by the Mercedes-AMG division of German automotive manufacturer Mercedes-Benz, with the assistance of David Coulthard. Th ...

for 2011, and Parisy finished runner-up. In 2012 Parisy is racing in the

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Porsche 997 GT3 The Porsche 911 GT3 is a high-performance Homologation (motorsport), homologation model of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is a range of high-performance models, which began with the Porsche 911#911 Carrera RS (1973 and 1974), 1973 911 Carrera RS ...

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