Franck Montagny

Franck Montagny (born January 5, 1978) is a French former F1 driver who raced for the team in , replacing Yuji Ide who lost his Super License after the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix. He had previously served as a test driver for in and in . 
Montagny was most recently competing in Formula E, having entered in two ePrix for Andretti Autosport. On the 27th of March 2015, the FIA's Anti-Doping Committee found Montagny guilty of taking an banned substance, after traces of Benzoylecgonine were found in his blood after an investigation launched after the 2014 Putrajaya ePrix. Benzoylecgonine is a by-product, produced when an individual has taken cocaine, for which Montagny received a two year ban from all FIA competitions.http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/franck-montagny-disqualified-from-putrajaya-eprix.aspx
==Career==
===Before Formula One===
Born in Feurs, Loire, Montagny started racing karts there in 1988, winning the cadet class in the French Karting Championship in 1992, and the National 1 class the following year. In 1998, the Frenchman made his Le Mans debut for Courage Compétition and was fifteenth, fourth in the LMP1 Class. Montagny also competed for DAMS in the 1999 and 2000 Formula 3000 seasons, and was on the podium at Hungaroring in 1999.
===2003===
Montagny got his first taste of F1 when signed him as a test driver. In the he drove for them in the Practice sessions.
===2005===
In 2005, signed him as test driver, and he competed as their third driver in practice for the .
===2006===
In 2006, Montagny was signed by , again as a test driver. In May 2006, after a disastrous four-race spell for the Japanese team, Yuji Ide was sat out of the because of inexperience, allowing Montagny to be promoted to a full race seat and make his Formula One debut alongside Takuma Sato. 
On May 10, Ide's Super Licence was revoked, meaning that Montagny was kept permanently by Super Aguri until July 12, when Sakon Yamamoto replaced him for the rest of the season. He finished three races out of seven starts, and was able to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans during break between the British Grand Prix and the Canadian Grand Prix.
===After Formula One===
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===F1 Career Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team 	Pts 	WDC Pos. 	Report
2002	Go KL Minardi Asiatech 	Minardi-Asiatech	Test Driver	Test Driver	Test Driver
 	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	 	Test Driver	Test Driver	Test Driver
 	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	 	Test Driver	Test Driver	Test Driver
 	Jordan Grand Prix 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver	Test Driver
 	Super Aguri F1 Team 	 	0 	27th 	Report
===Statistics===
===Career Results===
==References==
Category:1978 births
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