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{{Infobox F1 driver
| name          = Frenċ Bakere
| image         = File:Frenc bakere.png
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| caption       = <center>Bakere at the [[2022 Montcrabe City Gran Prix]]</center>
| nationality   = {{flagicon|Montcrabe}} [[Montcrabin]]
| birth_name    = Frenċ Thierry Bakere
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1995|10|24|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Torosa]], [[Montcrabe]]
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| 2023 Team = [[Iżakk Racing|Iżakk]]

| Car number    = 77
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| Championships = TBD ([[2022 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2022]])
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| First race    = [[2016 Baltanlan Gran Prix]]
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| Last season   = 2022
| Last position = TBD (xx pts)
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{{Infobox racing driver|embed=yes
| prev series       = [[Gran-Prix 2 Championship]]<br />[[Gran-Prix 3 Championship]]
| prev series years = [[2015 Gran-Prix 2 Championship|2015]]<br />[[2014 Gran-Prix 3 Championship|2014]]
| titles            = [[Gran-Prix 2 Championship]]<br>[[Gran-Prix 3 Championship]]
| title years       = [[2015 Gran-Prix 2 Championship|2015]]<br>[[2014 Gran-Prix 3 Championship|2014]]
| awards            = FIA Rookie of the Year ([[2016 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2016]])
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}}|signature=[[File:Frenc_bakere_signature.png|175px]]
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'''Frenċ "Fredo" Thierry Bakere''' (born October 24, 1995), is a Montcrabin racing driver in the [[Gran-Prix One]] competition with the [[Iżakk Racing|Iżakk-Crabota GP1 Team]], which he has been with since his debut in 2016. He has won X GP1 races, winning his first one for Iżakk Racing in the X-PRIX. He is contracted to Iżakk, following a recent extension, to the end of the [[2027 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2027 season]] in a deal worth a reported ᕮ45 million a year.

Bakere joined the [[Iżakk Racing Driver Development Programme]] in 2009, making the transition from karting to racing at the age of 16 in 2011. Frenċ was given a spot to participate in the [[Gran-Prix 3]] in 2014, outright winning the competition in his debut year to ascend to the [[Gran-Prix 2]] for 2015. Shockingly, the young prospect won the competition once again and was immediately offered to join Iżakk Racing's GP1 team under heavy interest from other competitors. Signing a contract up to the [[2023 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2023 season]], Bakare was heavily criticized for refusing offers from [[Renehan GP1 Team|Renehan]] and [[Scuderia Scutari|Scutari]] to sign for Iżakk instead.

Frenċ's debut season in [[2016 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2016]] saw him place 7th with two podiums to earn the FIA Rookie of the Year award. He replicated his placement in the second season, now joined by driving partner [[Mikhail Kotlavchenko]] in Iżakk. Bakere's third season in [[2018 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2018]] bore similar results, with an 8th place finish in the driver's championship. The [[2019 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2019 Gran-Prix One]] had him place at a disappointing 10th, partly attributed to disagreements with Iżakk staff and the breaching of orders. Frenċ finished in 4th place in both [[2020 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2020]] and [[2021 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2021]], followed by 5th in the most recent [[2022 Gran-Prix One World Championship|2022 Gran-Prix One]] season. Notably, he broke the record for the fastest ever lap in the [[Montcrabe City Grand Prix]] in 2022 at ''1:14.693''.

==Personal life==
Born in [[Torosa]], [[Montcrabe]], Bakere is the only child of Montcrabin former second-division football player, Chandler Bakere, and Marla de Chawki. Having shown early talent for karting at a young age, Bakere has lived in [[Montcrabe City]] since age 12, as part of the [[Principati's Talents Project]]. Frenċ dated actress Danjela Bianca from 2017 to 2022.

Bakere has referred to himself as an "avid fan" of football, stating his support and even appearing in countless games for Montcrabin club [[Real Parante]]. He is also very close friends with Parante footballer [[Karim Bencrabe]], who he has been spotted with in various different events for the club and outside of it. In a 2016 interview following his debut, Frenċ stated that he would've liked to be a football player if he had not been a racing driver.

==Gran-Prix One==
===Iżakk (2016-present)===
====2016 season====
{{See also|2016 Gran-Prix One World Championship}}
TBD
====2017 season====
{{See also|2017 Gran-Prix One World Championship}}
TBD
====2018 season====
{{See also|2018 Gran-Prix One World Championship}}
TBD
====2019 season====
{{See also|2019 Gran-Prix One World Championship}}
TBD
====2020 season====
{{See also|2020 Gran-Prix One World Championship}}
TBD
====2021 season====
{{See also|2021 Gran-Prix One World Championship}}
TBD
====2022 season====
{{See also|2022 Gran-Prix One World Championship}}
TBD
====2023 season====
{{See also|2023 Gran-Prix One World Championship}}
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|footer = Frenċ Bakere during the 2023 Rakhman Grand Prix
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Bakere started the season badly at the [[Baltanlan Grand Prix]], qualifying in last (at 18th) and being unable to finish the race following an engine failure. A similar problem was faced by his fellow [[Mikhail Kotlavchenko]], who was only able to finish the race in 9th. The [[Rakhmani Grand Prix]] continued the extremely underwhelming start of the season for the Montcrabin, qualifying last once more, and only being able to scrape points with a 7th place finish in the sprint, followed by 12th in the race. Frenċ cited "constant issues" with the Crabota CMC2022 engine for his poor form at the beginning of the season, leading to revisions by Iżakk and Crabota. The [[Bostonia Grand Prix]] saw Bakere qualify in 8th and end the race in 9th after a small time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. In [[Karimun Grand Prix|Karimun]], he improved on his 9th place in qualification to finish 5th in the race. At his home, in the [[Montcrabe City Grand Prix]], he qualified in 13th and ended the race in 10th - a complex improvement in the [[Crabin Circuit]] to end with 1 point.

After the Montcrabe City Grand Prix, Iżakk held a press conference to address the poor form at the start of the season, attributing it to a persistent gearbox issue which, they claimed, had now been fixed for the upcoming [[Creeperian Grand Prix]]. Results were immediate, with Bakere qualifying in 6th and taking the lead for most of the race. An emergency pitstop to replace a punctured tire (caused by a small collision with [[Alfons Menegus]]) forced the Montcrabin into a tight 3rd place finish to earn his first podium of the season in [[San Emmanuel, San Salvador|San Emmanuel]], and bringing him up to 9th spot in the driver's championship table. He repeated the feat in the [[Jackian Grand Prix]], qualifying in 5th and then overtaking [[Georgia O'Concannon]], [[José Uribe Álvarez]] and Menegus to finish 3rd once more. In Kivu, he qualified 9th and ended the Grand Prix at an improved 6th to earn 8 points and rise to 7th place in the driver's championship. In the [[Gjorkan Grand-Prix]], Bakere qualified on 7th place ahead of teammate Kotlavchenko and [[Markusse|Markusse's]] [[Žarko Martinovic Antić|Martinovic Antić]]. The race ended with him in 6th place, ahead of Fabrizju Zolla, to earn 8 points.

Following the summer break,  Bakere would earn his third podium of the 2023 season in the [[Hapatmitas Grand Prix]] after a crash between [[Maddox Chance]] and Zolla in the 50th lap. In Paleocacher, he qualified on P7, putting up a strong performance in the race to end it in 5th. Frenċ qualified a slightly disappointing 8th for the [[Reykani Grand Prix]], attributed to circuit traffic and bad planning from Iżakk. The race was expected to go roughly the same, positioned beside [[Moffat|Moffat's]] [[Huỳnh Hoàng Ân]] on the grid. A strong start to the race put him ahead of Hoàng Ân and Uribe Álvarez in the first lap, setting him up to face both of [[Chienrú|Chienrú's]] drivers for a place in the podium. Despite attempts from [[Wu Chang]] to shield the Montcrabin from [[Búri Hlíðbergsson]], Bakere overtook both into the 21st lap to place fourth. With Menegus ahead, Frenċ cut down on what was originally a 10 second lead for the Renehan driver to pull into second place (ahead of originally pole-positioned O'Concannon, who fell behind to 8th due to a pitstop error by Moffatt). Despite radio orders from Iżakk to defend his position and avoid risks, Bakere made a push to overtake [[Vitale Scutari]], clinching first place late into the last lap to win his first Grand-Prix of the season and rise to 6th in the driver's championship.




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