Richard Philippe
French racecar driver
Died when: 28 years 316 days (346 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Richard Philippe (January 10, 1990 in Valence, Drôme – 22 November 2018) was a French racecar driver who resided in Miami, Florida.He was the younger brother of Nelson Philippe.
After moving up from the go-kart ranks in 2005, at fifteen years old Philippe won the Formula BMW USA championship in his rookie season, and on June 19, 2005 he became the youngest driver ever to win a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
In 2006, he competed in the Champ Car Atlantic series with Forsythe Championship Racing.In 2007, he competed in the World Series by Renault.
In 2009, Philippe ran for Genoa Racing in the Firestone Indy Lights Series until a crash on the high speed Kansas Speedway oval sidelined him for three races.
He returned to the series with Team PBIR and competed in seven more races.He finished second twice, at Long Beach with Genoa and at Edmonton with PBIR, and finished 13th in points despite missing four races (he withdrew from the final race due to an ill-handling car in practice).
He died in a helicopter crash in the Dominican Republic on 22 November 2018.