Simon Pagenaud
@simonpagenaud
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2019 #Indy500 Champion | 2016 INDYCAR Champion | 2023 & 2022 Daytona 24h champions
Joined October 2009
Been dreaming of this moment my entire life - drinking milk at the #Indy500!!!! Incredible thank you @Team_Penske and @IMS!! Dreams do come true!
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This is what the greatest day of my life looks like! Indianapolis 500 ✔️🇺🇸// Et voilà à quoi ressemble le plus beau jour de ma vie! Vive la France! Merci à tous de votre soutien. INDIANAPOLIS 500 ✔️🇫🇷
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WE DID IT! We won the 24 hours of Daytona! 🏁. ON L’A FAIT ! On a gagné les 24h de Daytona!. #Daytona24 | #60for60 | #DRVPNK
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HELIO!!!! . I was coming for you but if it couldn’t be me, I’m so happy for you!
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🇫🇷 Yessssss bravo bravisssimo bravo!!!!! @PierreGASLY tu es génial! You are amazing!!!!! Merci pour la france 🇫🇷 !!!! @F1 congrats 🍾 1st french win since 96 Monaco Olivier Panis!.
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BACK TO BACK!! ROLEX 24 CHAMPIONS!! WE DID IT!!. Rolex Champions deux fois de suite ! On l’a fait ! On a défendu notre titre !
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Niki Lauda was a pure example of hard work pays off! He said he had a great ass & could feel everything the car was doing. My Hero and I wish I was a Senna but I often think I was born more like a Lauda! Thank you Niki for all that you gave the sport, sad you have left us 🙏
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🏁 What a race! Congrats to @LewisHamilton on another epic drive. erasing a 19-second gap isn’t easy no matter how fresh your tires are. Thanks to @F1 for having me step into their world at the #HungarianGP!
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Pole position at #Indy500. 😁🥳!! So thankful to @Team_Penske and thanks to No. 22 guys for not dropping me when I body surfed you!! #thisismay #indy500 #Indycar
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Real men wear pink 😉 . #NationalPinkDay #DRVPNK . Seul les vrais hommes portent du rose! #journeenationalerose
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New year, new car and a super exciting adventure with legends of the sport from NASCAR, Le Mans, DTM, Indycar. It’s a Cadillac attack for the #Rolex24!
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Merci @PierreGASLY ! Magnifique cérémonie sur le podium c’est bon d’entendre La Marseillaise en @F1 wonderful win celebration by @F1 it was great to hear La Marseillaise !.
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Norman heard there’s chatter of you guys wanting him on the #Indy500 ticket next year, so he demanded we take this photo on the media tour to give you a visual 🎫 🐶😂// #indycar #thisismay #dog
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.@Blaney won Talladega AND he took his dog to victory lane. Big thumbs and paws up over here!! 🐾 👍🏼 #NASCARPlayoffs @TalladegaSuperS
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The Month of May just got more special for our family. Welcome to the world, Marley Pagenaud. We love you, baby boy. Le mois de Mai vient de devenir encore plus mémorable pour notre famille. Bienvenue dans ce monde Marley Pagenaud , nous t’aimons tellement notre petit bonhomme.
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Sometimes you have to stop & smell the roses 🌹 … just not during a race. We were really fast all weekend. Strategy was great. But the incident at the end cost us our position. We will keep being aggressive and keep moving forward.
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Lunch break in NYC for me and @NormanPagenaud. he’s quite refined with the chopsticks 🥢 🐶// #indy500 #indycar #ThisIsMay
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Cool to the 🇫🇷 flying on top. Congrats, @RGrosjean! . Génial de voir le drapeau français 🇫🇷 briller à Indianapolis! Bravo @RGrosjean pour cette magnifique pole!.
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🇫🇷 What a sad day for my lovely country. Notre Dame in flames is a really hard sight knowing the history and the workmanship that went into building this magnificent cathedral. I love my native country and feel very saddened about this terrible news. #notredame
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🇫🇷🥖Sorry @scottdixon9 . we’ll do whatever it takes to try to win the #Indy500! Poppy has perfect French, thanks for the insider info on your dad today 😂 // #thisismay #indycar #french #Spy
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My dear friend Gil, I have so many things to say yet nothing can explain the pain of losing you! I will miss you in my moments of joy, and my moments of doubts, and all the moments in between. You have been my model in life and it feels really empty right here right now.
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Having a little too much fun taking delivery of my new Corvette for winning the #Indy500! 😂🇺🇸// Je m’amuse un peu trop en réceptionnant ma nouvelle Corvette pour ma victoire aux 500 Miles ! Vous pourrez bientôt en savoir plus sur la voiture en lisant @ParisMatch 🇫🇷 @IMS
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Such a special morning at @Team_Penske receiving my Baby @BorgTrophy! And an amazing surprise too. they put Norman on there with me! So incredibly thankful. 🏆 🐶 #indy500 #indycar
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Wouha! Quelle course de fou en @F1. Je suis tellement heureux pour @OconEsteban et @AlpineF1Team !!! La puissance française !!!. Superbe journée pour le sport automobile français! Bravo Esteban et Alpine! Génial! 🏆 🍾
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In honor of the first ever #IndyCar and #NASCAR doubleheader, throwing it back to #JeanGirard and @Blaney last summer at @IMS 🇫🇷 ☕️
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On top of the world - but already thinking about car setups for this weekend in Detroit 😂Thanks @indycar and @IMS for a wonderful party last night! // #indycar #thisismay #indy500
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This has to be the first time The Captain has taken a photo for us 😂 An honor to be invited to the White House and Capitol Hill celebrating the #Indy500 win today.
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Journée noire pour le sport automobile. Une étoile ⭐️ française Antoine Hubert brillait sur la scène de la F2. Nous pensons à Antoine et sa famille dans ce moment extrêmement douloureux! 🇫🇷
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Well… this was originally for Marley. But we know how that goes.
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Next season marks a new chapter as I join @MeyerShankRac in 2022 to race full time @IndyCar. I am excited and look forward to providing value to Team MSR where I know we can contend at the highest level. Add in @h3lio & we’ve really got something special.
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At the starting line of the most exciting endurance race of my life with my beautiful WIFE! 🇺🇸// Sur la ligne de départ de ma course d’endurance la plus long de ma vie avec ma magnifique Femme! 🇫🇷
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🇨🇦 I might be in Canada but we brought the #BastilleDay 🇫🇷 celebration anyway!!! So proud of the @DXCTechnology team for giving me this wonderful car! 🏆 #indyto #indycar
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No qualifying, no problem! 😂 Amazing strategy and a great run last to first tonight! #22tothefront #indycar
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Praying for Alex Zanardi! Be strong as you always are!.
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The honor is TRULY mine. The one and only #RodneySandstorm came to see me on the #DetroitGP grid! So many perks to being #Indy500 champ 😂 // @jordan10taylor #IndyCar
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#giveaway time! .I’ve felt so much support from everyone after the #Indy500, so I’m giving away a P1 hat from winning the pole! RT and make sure you’re following me to win. Winner announced Saturday 5pm ET. #contest #indycar #detroitgp
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🏆An unbelievable moment. Thank you @BorgWarner and Indianapolis Motor Speedway - it means so much to unveil my face on this historic trophy at home in France. Dreams do come true! #indycar #indy500
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WE DID IT! 👏.
ACURA WINS THE ROLEX 24!. @MeyerShankRac delivers back-to-back victories for Acura at @DAYTONA and leads a 1-2 finish for our teams in the 60th running of the #Rolex24!. #AcuraMotorsports // #IMSA
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It’s like Avenue des Champs-Élysées, only better!! . C’ est comme les champs Élysées mais en mieux!! 😜
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Enjoyed the nighttime ride around @daytona. Took some time to rest before another stint, and now I’m coming back even more focused. #Daytona24
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Leaving Daytona completely energized. This team worked so hard and sharing the podium with such a talented group is something I will always appreciate. Excited to apply all that I learned this week to the season ahead!
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FANS! Thank you, thank you, merci. The #Indy500 was incredible. I am thankful for my team for building a car to win. I wish we had been the ones kissing the bricks but it felt good to move through the field and hear all of you cheering. We will take this momentum to @detroitgp!
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So much fun being on @dalejr’s podcast! He really knows how to make a chat with a race car driver entertaining 😂 and he didn’t even throw in many questions on my movie career in Talladega Nights 🎥 🍿Catch it tomorrow on NBCSN!
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OMG GRAHAM THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE AUTOGRAPH DREAMS DO COME TRUE! BIG FAN!! #INDYCAR #Honda200 #penskesharpie #extrafilling.
Of all my hometown Columbus fans, I had no idea this Frenchie was the biggest one 😂 #autographplease @simonpagenaud
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@RossChastain I would have loved to be in your brain to understand what made you think of this genius move to make it to the championship 4! Mad respect for your craft work man! Wow! #NASCARPlayoffs congrats @TeamTrackhouse.
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I believe this is what kids these days are calling “sneak attack group hug.” 10/10 highly recommend. they need to tell the kids next weekend in St Louis 😂 #IndyCar #WhatTurn4
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Got to meet the great Damon Hill today in the @IMS garages. such an honor! // #indycar #f1 #thisismay #indy500
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Heading home to France w/ the Borg-Warner Trophy on this break in the IndyCar schedule! It’ll be such an honor to bring this treasured trophy to France & we have exciting stops planned including the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix. Stay tuned - we’re bringing you guys along for the ride!
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🥵 even the car looks like the heat got to her! 32 laps in and I was out of water in the cockpit. Really proud of our podium showing today. I tell you it was not easy driving 20th to 3rd today! #indycar 🔥
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It will be an honor to drive my mentor Gil de Ferran’s iconic 2003 winning car in a special tribute lap at @IMS before the race Sunday. Gil has been my role model not only as a racer but also as a father. I feel so thankful to have the chance to honor him.
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Quarantine at home day 49. Norman showing us another hidden talent!
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🍾 Woohoo!!! We just parked it in victory lane at @MISpeedway!! That was insanely stressful and SO MUCH fun. #indycar
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How cool is this?! A virtual winner’s ring from my @MISpeedway @iRacing win last weekend. Thank you @Jostens - it’s the little things that lift your mood during quarantine! #indycar
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🇺🇸 3 generations of Pagenaud’s together for a Le Mans visit. Saw a lot of friends and amazing race cars. 🇫🇷 3 generations de Pagenaud en visite au Mans. On a vu beaucoup d’amis et de superbes autos.
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That moment when you win the #IndyCarChallenge but realize full champagne celebration will absolutely destroy your furniture and @iRacing equipment 😂🍾 🍾🍾 #INDYCAR #gamer
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It’s not #fathersday in France, so just wanted to say I’m grateful to be dad to this doggo every day! We’re chasing lots of squirrels on our first weekend home in ages 🐿 🐶 #dog #indycar
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🎂 Happy birthday to my little man Norman 🐶 On 2/22. good numbers! He’ll eat his birthday treat after his dog friends go home I guess 😂 🇺🇸// . Joyeux Anniversaire @NormanPagenaud ! 🎁 🇫🇷 #dog
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My heart is truly broken. Especially being a parent. I can’t even watch the news today. School should be a safe zone and parents should feel confident about the safety of their kids when they drop them off at school. We all need to stand united in the name of safety for all.
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🦁 I didn’t have to tell him all that the light touches is his kingdom. he already knew! 😂 #TheLionKing #indycar
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Yeah, it was a good year. And that’s an understatement! So thankful to be part of the championship fight this year thanks to Team Penske, and BIG congrats to Josef. #indycar
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Never underestimate the power of the driver/engineer relationship. 😂 🔥 💦 #Iowa300 #indycar #hotinherre
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Sometimes you have to stop & smell the roses 🌹 … just not during a race. We were really fast all weekend. Strategy was great. But the incident at the end cost us our position. We will keep being aggressive and keep moving forward.
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Beyond proud of my teammate, rival and friend today. @12WillPower, so happy your dream came true today! #Indy500
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Love you, all. It’s been a great journey, my friends. The best one. I’ll always remember crossing the start finish at Indy!.
#INDYCAR Champion. 🏆 .#Indy500 Champion. 🥛 .11-time winner for Team Penske. 🏁. Thanks for the great memories @simonpagenaud. @IndyCar | @MenardsRacing
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I’ve felt like a #Hoosier for a long time, but now I have a piece of paper to prove it! Thanks @GovHolcomb. I loved living in Indiana and feel fortunate to be part of the family! #indycar #indiana #indy500
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Marley’s mom has got it going on. 😍 First date night since becoming parents.
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