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Nicolas Lapierre
Lapierre at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
NationalityFrance French
Born (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 40)
Thonon-les-Bains, France
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Previous series
2007
2005–2007
2005–06–2007–08
2004
2003–2004
2002
2001–2002
2000–2002		24 Hours of Le Mans (GT1)
GP2 Series
A1 Grand Prix
British Formula 3
Formula 3 Euroseries
French Formula 3
French Formula Renault 2000
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Championship titles
2016, 2018-19

2005–06		FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers
A1 Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2007, 2009 –
Best finish3rd (2014)
Class wins4 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)

Nicolas Lapierre (born 2 April 1984) is a French professional racing driver. Notable for winning the LMP2 class four times at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Lapierre was a factory driver at Toyota during the early days of the WEC before becoming a staple of the Alpine team, with whom he still races in 2024. He is also a two-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 2003 champion at the Macau Grand Prix.

Early career

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Lapierre competing at the 2008 1000km of Silverstone.

Formative years

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Born in Thonon-les-Bains, Lapierre started his career in 1993 in karting, finishing 3rd in the French championship in 1996, 6th in the European Championships in 1997 and reaching the finals of the European Junior Championship in 1998 before moving to French Formula Renault in 1999. He stayed there for 2000 and 2001, 2001 also seeing two races in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. He again raced in French Formula Renault in 2002, also driving a full season of 2000 Eurocup and some races of French Formula Three (most of them being in the main class, although he drove two races in the B-Class also).

2003 saw Lapierre move to Formula Three Euroseries with the Signature team. Though his campaign only yielded a sole podium finish and pole position respectively, leading him to finish 11th overall, the Frenchman would shine on the streets of Macau, winning the prestigious Macau Grand Prix.[1] He stayed in the Euroseries for 2004, once again driving for Signature.[2] With a victory at Pau and two wins at the Hockenheimring, Lapierre ended up third in the standings.

Lapierre driving in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

GP2 & A1GP

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Following his Euro Series success, Lapierre progressed into the newly restructured GP2 Series in 2005, partnering Heikki Kovalainen at Arden International. Lapierre scored the first pole position of the championship's history but was unable to start the race.[3] This led onto a disappointing season for Lapierre, who ended up 12th in the standings after scoring just one podium, whilst teammate Kovalainen came second. Near the end of the year and going into 2006, Lapierre drove for A1 Team France in numerous races of the A1 Grand Prix series. By winning both the sprint and main race events in Germany and Australia, the main race in Dubai and the sprint in Indonesia, he was able to help Team France to win the championship title.

Lapierre continued driving for Arden in 2006, starting the season off well by taking three podium finishes in the opening three rounds. However, a crash caused by a competitor at Monaco resulted in two compressed vertebrae for Lapierre, who was forced to miss two rounds. He returned for the final four events, though his three points results would only bring him to ninth overall by the end of the year. Going into 2007, Lapierre once again drove for the French team in A1 GP whilst signing for DAMS in GP2.[4] In a year plagued with a heap of retirements, the Frenchman was able to score his first win in the series during the Bahrain sprint race, meanwhile a victory from pole during the Spa feature race proved to be a bookending one for Lapierre's GP2 career, which he ended sitting 12th in the overall standings.

Sportscar career

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Having driven in the GT1 class of the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans for Team Oreca, Lapierre made a full-time switch to sportscars in 2008, competing in the LMP1 category of the Le Mans Series with Team Oreca-Matmut alongside former F1 driver Olivier Panis. The duo retired from three races, though they were able to claim a podium at the series's crown jewel event: the 1000 km of Spa.[5] The following year saw Lapierre return to Oreca-Matmut, where he and Panis scored two pole positions and won the season-ending race at Silverstone.[6][7] Lapierre also drove at Le Mans that year, finishing fifth alongside Panis and Soheil Ayari.[8]

For the 2010 season, Lapierre once again drove for Oreca-Matmut, this time piloting a Peugeot 908 HDi FAP. He finished second in the drivers' championship of the Le Mans Series, having won from pole at the Algarve.[9] At Le Mans, Lapierre, Panis, and Loïc Duval were fighting for a spot on the podium until Sunday morning, when a major oil fire caused the team's retirement.[10] Lapierre entered his final year with Oreca-Matmut in 2011, this time focusing on the new Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Alongside his 2010 Le Mans teammates, Lapierre beat the Peugeot works entry by winning the opening race at Sebring, a result which helped the team, which only entered four of the season's eight events, to finish fourth in the standings.[11][12]

Lapierre became a factory driver for Toyota in 2012 as part of their programme in the newly-formed FIA World Endurance Championship, where he and Alexander Wurz would be driving the Toyota TS030 Hybrid #7 entry from the 24 Hours of Le Mans onwards.[13] Despite retiring at Le Mans, where Lapierre had briefly taken the lead going into the late hours of Saturday evening, due to an engine failure, the team managed to finish third in the standings, as Lapierre and Wurz took wins at São Paulo, Fuji, and Shanghai.[14][15][16][17] In 2013, the Frenchman remained in the WEC together with Wurz and Kazuki Nakajima.[18] The season proved to be challenging during its first half, with the car retiring at Spa and not being entered at two races. However, victory in Japan (where the race was abandoned after 16 laps behind the safety car due to wet conditions) and a second place from pole in China put the team back to fourth in the standings.[19] 2014 would be Lapierre's final season with Toyota, as he contested the first four races of the WEC season alongside Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi.[20] Strong showings at Silverstone and Spa yielded two victories for the #8, meanwhile Lapierre scored his best Le Mans result to date with a third place overall.[21] Following another podium at Circuit of the Americas, Toyota decided to drop Lapierre from the lineup, with "personal reasons" — one of Lapierre's family members supposedly fighting against a serious illness — being cited amidst rumours of the manufacturer reacting to two accidents Lapierre suffered in wet conditions at Le Mans and Austin.[22][23] He was initially confirmed as one of their drivers for the 2015 season, but lost his race seat in January of that year.[24][25]

Going into 2015, Lapierre stepped down into the LMP2 category, taking part in three races of the WEC with KCMG alongside Richard Bradley and Matthew Howson, replacing Nick Tandy for the Brit's Porsche-related absences.[26] He finished all three races on the class podium, highlighted by a victory at Le Mans where, despite a late off from Lapierre that required marshal assistance to get the car going, KCMG took a controlling victory.[27][28] The same year also saw Lapierre drive for Thiriet by TDS Racing in the final round of the European Le Mans Series, which he won after a charging performance.[29] Finally, he also drove in the final four events of the World Touring Car Championship as part of the Lada works team.[30][31]

Lapierre made LMP2 his home for the 2016 season, driving for Signatech Alpine in the WEC and with DragonSpeed in the ELMS.[32][33] Partnering Gustavo Menezes and Stéphane Richelmi in the former, the Frenchman would distinguish himself by leading the team towards a dominant title; the team scored seven podiums, including a class win at the 24 Hours and three further victories.[34][35][36] Two retirements in the latter meanwhile prevented the DragonSpeed crew from fighting for the title, though Lapierre, Ben Hanley, and bronze-ranked Henrik Hedman managed to finish the season fourth overall after winning from pole at Spa.[37] Lapierre returned to Alpine for the 2017 WEC season, though he would be driving the third Toyota entry for the races at Spa and Le Mans.[38][39] Once he returned to Alpine, Lapierre was able to improve their fortunes, scoring five successive podiums and winning the race in Austin.[40] This late surge propelled the team to third in the standings. Additionally, Lapierre re-joined DragonSpeed in the ELMS in 2017, though his three pole positions could not prevent the team from finishing eighth in the standings.[41]

For the 2018–19 WEC "Super Season" Lapierre returned to Alpine on a full-time basis, partnering André Negrão and silver-ranked Pierre Thiriet.[42] Throughout the campaign, the trio proved to be the class of the field, as they finished on the podium in each of the eight races on their way to the LMP2 title. Their two wins that season were both achieved at Le Mans: in 2018, Alpine inherited victory after a disqualification for G-Drive Racing, whereas the 2019 race was won after a secure performance, making Lapierre a four-time class winner at Le Mans in as many races.[43][44] During this time, the Frenchman kept competing in the ELMS, moving to Cool Racing in 2019 after a final campaign for DragonSpeed.[45][46] He remained at the team going into the 2019–20 WEC season, helping the team to take their maiden victory at the opening race in Silverstone.[47][48] At the end of 2020, in a season which the team finished sixth out of eight teams (having fielded a bronze driver with team owner Alexandre Coigny), Lapierre became part of the Cool Racing team as its new team principal, as the outfit was renamed to Cool Racing / CLX Motorsport — the L in CLX standing for Lapierre.[49]

Lapierre entered the Le Mans Hypercar class of the WEC with Alpine in 2021, driving the grandfathered Alpine A480 together with Matthieu Vaxivière and André Negrão.[50] In a year where the only other full-time entrant Toyota dominated, the Alpine trio finished all six races on the podium and ended up third in the championship.[51] The French team returned with a strong performance at the season opener of the 2022 season, winning the shortened event at Sebring.[52] After a challenging Le Mans event the team won at Monza, though they were unable to hold the championship lead, eventually losing out to the #8 Toyota.[53][54] As the usage of former LMP1 machines was disallowed in 2023, Lapierre instead focused on the LMP2 Pro-Am class of the ELMS with Cool Racing, where he had been driving for the past three years parallel to his Alpine exploits.[55] Driving alongside Alexandre Coigny and Peugeot reserve driver Malthe Jakobsen, Lapierre helped the team towards two Pro-Am victories at Spa and Algarve, though the squad narrowly lost out on the title to the AF Corse crew in the season finale.[56][57] The trio also took part in the same subclass at Le Mans, where they finished second.[58]

Having completed a testing programme for Alpine's Hypercar, the A424, Lapierre became part of their WEC lineup again in 2024, driving the #36 alongside Vaxivière and Mick Schumacher.[59][60]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2000 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup LSP Racing ? 0 ? 0 0 12 20th
Formula Renault 2000 France 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Tech 1 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 4 27th
Formula Renault 2000 France 11 0 0 1 0 65 8th
2002 French Formula 3 Championship Signature 4 0 0 0 0 15 13th
French Formula 3 Championship - Class B Optirace Sport 2 2 0 0 2 40 6th
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Graff Racing 8 0 1 2 3 120 3rd
Formula Renault 2000 France 3 0 0 1 1 24 9th
2003 Formula 3 Euroseries Signature Plus 20 0 1 0 1 33 11th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 19th
Macau Grand Prix Signature Team 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2004 Formula 3 Euroseries Opel Team Signature-Plus 20 3 2 2 7 85 3rd
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 31st
Formula 3 European Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
British Formula 3 International Series Opel Signature 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2005 GP2 Series Arden International 23 0 1 1 1 21 12th
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 11 6 2 4 7 172‡ 1st‡
2006 GP2 Series Arden International Ltd 18 0 0 1 3 32 9th
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 10 0 0 0 4 67‡ 4th‡
2007 GP2 Series DAMS 20 2 1 2 2 23 12th
24 Hours of Le Mans - GT1 Team Oreca 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2007-08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 2 0 0 0 0 118‡ 4th‡
2008 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Team Oreca-Matmut 5 0 0 0 1 6 18th
2009 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Team Oreca Matmut - AIM 4 1 2 1 2 22 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
American Le Mans Series - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 18 17th
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP1 2 0 0 0 2 14 3rd
2010 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Team Oreca-Matmut 5 1 2 3 2 63 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2011 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Team Oreca-Matmut 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
American Le Mans Series - LMP1 2 1 0 0 2 0 NC†
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup - LMP1 4 1 0 0 2 47‡ 4th‡
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Am Graff Racing 1 0 0 0 0 9 20th
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing 6 3 3 3 4 96 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing 6 1 2 0 2 69.5 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Blancpain Endurance Series Pro GT by Alméras 1 0 0 0 0 8 28th
2014 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing 4 2 1 0 4 96 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Blancpain Endurance Series ART Grand Prix 2 0 0 0 1 18 16th
2015 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 KCMG 3 1 1 1 3 84 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Thiriet by TDS Racing 1 1 0 0 1 25 11th
Blancpain Endurance Series Von Ryan Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
World Touring Car Championship Lada Sport Rosneft 7 0 0 0 0 8 16th
2015-16 Formula E Team Aguri Test driver
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Signatech Alpine 9 4 2 0 7 199 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 1 3 2 4 76 4th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype 1 0 0 0 0 29 26th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship Signatech Alpine Matmut 7 0 0 0 0 60 12th
Toyota Gazoo Racing 2 0 0 0 0
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Matmut 7 1 2 2 5 121 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 0 3 2 1 39 11th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype 1 0 0 0 0 21 39th
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 0 1 1 2 50.5 7th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Tequila Patrón ESM 3 1 0 0 1 63 32nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Matmut 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Matmut 8 2 1 0 8 181 1st
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Matmut 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Cool Racing 6 0 1 1 2 44.5 10th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 DragonSpeed 1 0 1 1 1 30 13th
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Cool Racing 7 1 2 0 2 103 9th
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Cool Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 5 0 0 0 0 28.5 8th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Tower Motorsport By Starworks 1 0 0 1 0 0 NC†
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Alpine Elf Matmut 6 0 1 1 6 128 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 3rd
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Cool Racing 6 0 2 2 0 25 15th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 2 1 2 0 1 0 NC†
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Alpine Elf Team 6 2 1 0 5 144 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC†
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Cool Racing 6 0 1 0 3 70 5th
2023 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am Cool Racing 6 2 0 0 5 101 2nd
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 2 0 0 1 0 14 12th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 1 0 1 1 0 0 NC†
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Alpine Elf Team Development driver
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Alpine Endurance Team 5 0 0 0 0 1 25th*

† Ineligible for points ‡ Teams Standings * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2003 Signature Plus Dallara F302/043 Sodemo HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
Ret 		ADR
1
6 		ADR
2
11 		PAU
1
DSQ 		PAU
2
15 		NOR
1
6 		NOR
2
6 		LMS
1
13 		LMS
2
5 		NÜR
1
11 		NÜR
2
Ret 		A1R
1
16 		A1R
2
10 		ZAN
1
9 		ZAN
2
9 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
7 		MAG
1
5 		MAG
2
6 		11th 33
2004 Opel Team Signature-Plus Dallara F304/004 Spiess-Opel HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
Ret 		EST
1
3 		EST
2
3 		ADR
1
14 		ADR
1
4 		PAU
1
2 		PAU
2
1 		NOR
1
15 		NOR
1
5 		MAG
1
8 		MAG
2
4 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
6 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
4 		BRN
1
9 		BRN
2
Ret 		HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
1 		3rd 85
Source:[61][62]

Complete GP2 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points
2005 Arden International IMO
FEA
DNS 		IMO
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
11 		CAT
SPR
9 		MON
FEA
Ret 		NÜR
FEA
12 		NÜR
SPR
Ret 		MAG
FEA
3 		MAG
SPR
5 		SIL
FEA
10 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		HOC
FEA
9 		HOC
SPR
7 		HUN
FEA
12 		HUN
SPR
6 		IST
FEA
Ret 		IST
SPR
13 		MNZ
FEA
4 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
23† 		BHR
FEA
6 		BHR
SPR
20 		12th 21
2006 Arden International Ltd VAL
FEA
4 		VAL
SPR
3 		IMO
FEA
3 		IMO
SPR
7 		NÜR
FEA
5 		NÜR
SPR
2 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
Ret 		MON
FEA
Ret 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		MAG
FEA 		MAG
SPR 		HOC
FEA
20 		HOC
SPR
7 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		IST
FEA
14 		IST
SPR
6 		MNZ
FEA
6 		MNZ
SPR
4 		9th 32
2007 DAMS BHR
FEA
7 		BHR
SPR
1 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
DNS 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MAG
FEA
8 		MAG
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
DNS 		NÜR
FEA
9 		NÜR
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
14 		IST
FEA
15 		IST
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
10 		MNZ
SPR
17† 		SPA
FEA
1 		SPA
SPR
21 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
21 		12th 23
Source:[61][62]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points Ref
2005–06 France GBR
SPR 		GBR
FEA 		GER
SPR
1 		GER
FEA
1 		POR
SPR 		POR
FEA 		AUS
SPR
1 		AUS
FEA
1 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		UAE
SPR
7 		UAE
FEA
1 		RSA
SPR 		RSA
FEA 		IDN
SPR
1 		IDN
FEA
8 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		USA
SPR
2 		USA
FEA
Ret 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA
6 		1st 172 [63]
2006–07 NED
SPR
3 		NED
FEA
Ret 		CZE
SPR
3 		CZE
FEA
Ret 		CHN
SPR
17 		CHN
FEA
4 		MYS
SPR
6 		MYS
FEA
3 		IDN
SPR
7 		IDN
FEA
3 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		AUS
SPR 		AUS
FEA 		RSA
SPR 		RSA
FEA 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		GBR
SPR 		GBR
SPR 		4th 67 [64]
2007–08 NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR
6 		CZE
FEA
5 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		AUS
SPR 		AUS
FEA 		RSA
SPR 		RSA
FEA 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		GBR
SPR 		GBR
FEA 		4th 118 [65]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 France Team Oreca Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
France Soheil Ayari 		Saleen S7-R GT1 318 16th 9th
2009 France Team Oreca-Matmut AIM France Olivier Panis
France Soheil Ayari 		Oreca 01-AIM LMP1 370 5th 5th
2010 France Team Oreca-Matmut France Olivier Panis
France Loïc Duval 		Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 373 DNF DNF
2011 France Team Oreca-Matmut France Olivier Panis
France Loïc Duval 		Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 339 5th 5th
2012 Japan Toyota Racing Austria Alexander Wurz
Japan Kazuki Nakajima 		Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 134 DNF DNF
2013 Japan Toyota Racing Austria Alexander Wurz
Japan Kazuki Nakajima 		Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 341 4th 4th
2014 Japan Toyota Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 		Toyota TS040 Hybrid LMP1-H 374 3rd 3rd
2015 Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Matthew Howson
United Kingdom Richard Bradley 		Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 358 9th 1st
2016 France Signatech Alpine United States Gustavo Menezes
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi 		Alpine A460-Nissan LMP2 357 5th 1st
2017 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina José María López
Japan Yuji Kunimoto 		Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 160 DNF DNF
2018 France Signatech Alpine Matmut Brazil André Negrão
France Pierre Thiriet 		Alpine A470-Gibson LMP2 367 5th 1st
2019 France Signatech Alpine Matmut Brazil André Negrão
France Pierre Thiriet 		Alpine A470-Gibson LMP2 368 6th 1st
2020 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Antonin Borga
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 365 12th 8th
2021 France Alpine Elf Matmut Brazil André Negrão
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Alpine A480-Gibson Hypercar 367 3rd 3rd
2022 France Alpine Elf Team Brazil André Negrão
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Alpine A480-Gibson Hypercar 362 23rd 5th
2023 Switzerland Cool Racing Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 317 23rd 12th
LMP2 Pro-Am 2nd
2024 France Alpine Endurance Team Germany Mick Schumacher
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Alpine A424 Hypercar 88 DNF DNF
Sources:[62][66]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2008 Team Oreca-Matmut LMP1 Courage-Oreca LC70 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 CAT
Ret 		MNZ
Ret 		SPA
3 		NÜR
NC 		SIL
10 		12th 6
2009 Team Oreca-Matmut AIM LMP1 Courage-Oreca LC70E AIM YS5.5 5.5 L V10 CAT
Ret 		3rd 22
Oreca 01 SPA
4 		ALG
4 		NÜR SIL
1
2010 Team Oreca-Matmut LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) CAS
4 		SPA
Ret 		ALG
1 		HUN
4 		SIL
2 		2nd 63
2011 Team Oreca-Matmut LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) LEC SPA
10 		IMO SIL EST NC 0
2015 Thiriet by TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST
1 		11th 25
2016 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
Ret 		IMO
3 		RBR
Ret 		LEC
3 		SPA
1 		EST
2 		4th 76
2017 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
10 		MNZ
2 		RBR
Ret 		LEC
7 		SPA
5 		ALG
9 		11th 40
2018 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
Ret 		MNZ
4 		RBR
5 		SIL
2 		SPA
2‡ 		ALG
13 		7th 50.5
2019 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
7 		MNZ
8 		CAT
3 		SIL
Ret 		SPA
2 		ALG
14 		10th 44.5
2020 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
4 		SPA
10 		LEC
12 		MNZ
4 		ALG
9 		8th 28.5
2021 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
10 		RBR
10 		LEC
12 		MNZ
12 		SPA
4 		ALG
6 		15th 25
Pro-Am Cup 3 4 3 4 1 1 2nd 106
2022 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
5 		IMO
3 		MNZ
8 		CAT
3 		SPA
5 		ALG
3 		5th 70
2023 Cool Racing LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
3 		LEC
2 		ARA
Ret 		SPA
1 		ALG
1 		ALG
2 		2nd 101
Source:[62]

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2012 Toyota Racing LMP1 Toyota TS030 Hybrid Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid) SEB SPA LMS
Ret 		SIL
2 		SÃO
1 		BHR
Ret 		FUJ
1 		SHA
1 		3rd 96
2013 Toyota Racing LMP1 Toyota TS030 Hybrid Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid) SIL
4 		SPA
Ret 		LMS
4 		SÃO COA FUJ
1 		SHA
2 		BHR
Ret 		4th 69.5
2014 Toyota Racing LMP1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid Toyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid) SIL
1 		SPA
1 		LMS
3 		COA
3 		FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 6th 96
2015 KCMG LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA
3 		LMS
1 		NÜR COA
2 		FUJ SHA BHR 5th 84
2016 Signatech-Alpine LMP2 Alpine A460 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
4 		SPA
1 		LMS
1 		NÜR
1 		MEX
2 		COA
1 		FUJ
3 		SHA
4 		BHR
3 		1st 199
2017 Signatech Alpine Matmut LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
4 		NÜR
3 		MEX
2 		COA
1 		FUJ
2 		SHA
2 		BHR
4 		6th 121
Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 SPA
5 		LMS
Ret 		12th 60
2018–19 Signatech Alpine Matmut LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
2 		LMS
1 		SIL
3 		FUJ
3 		SHA
3 		SEB
2 		SPA
2 		LMS
1 		1st 181
2019–20 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
1 		FUJ
5 		SHA
Ret 		BHR
6 		COA
4 		SPA
2 		LMS
4 		BHR 9th 103
2021 Alpine Elf Matmut Hypercar Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SPA
2 		ALG
3 		MNZ
2 		LMS
3 		BHR
3 		BHR
3 		3rd 128
2022 Alpine Elf Team Hypercar Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SEB
1 		SPA
2 		LMS
4 		MNZ
1 		FUJ
3 		BHR
3 		2nd 144
2024 Alpine Endurance Team Hypercar Alpine A424 Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6 QAT
11 		IMO
16 		SPA
12 		LMS
Ret 		SÃO
10 		COA
 FUJ
 BHR
 25th* 1*
Sources:[62][67]

* Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2015 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC ARG
1 		ARG
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		RUS
1 		RUS
2 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		JPN
1
11 		JPN
2
8 		CHN
1
DSQ 		CHN
2
9 		THA
1
Ret 		THA
2
DNS 		QAT
1
10 		QAT
2
10 		16th 8
Source:[68]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points Ref
2016 DragonSpeed P Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DAY SEB
4 		LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 26th 29 [69]
2017 DragonSpeed P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
10 		SEB LBH COA DET WGL MOS ROA LAG PET 39th 21 [70]
2018 Tequila Patrón ESM P Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 DAY
18 		SEB
1 		LBH MDO DET WGL
16 		MOS ELK LGA PET 32nd 63 [71]
2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
3 		SEB MDO WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 13th 30 [72]
2020 Tower Motorsport By Starworks LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
4† 		SEB
 ELK
 ATL
 PET
 LGA
 SEB
 NC† 0† [73]
2021 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
7† 		SEB WGL WGL ELK LGA PET NC† 0† [74]
2022 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
4† 		SEB LGA MDO WGL ELK PET NC† 0† [75]
2023 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
7† 		SEB LGA WGL ELK IMS PET NC† 0† [76]
Source:[62]

† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner
2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Inaugural
 A1 Grand Prix
Champion
(Team France)
2005-06
With: Alexandre Prémat 		Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers
2016
With: Stephane Richelmi & Gustavo Menezes 		Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers
2018-19
With: André Negrão & Pierre Thiriet 		Succeeded by
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