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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.
Nicolas Lapierre | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Thonon-les-Bains, France | 2 April 1984
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 | |
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Years | 2007, 2009 – |
Best finish | 3rd (2014) |
Class wins | 4 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) |
Career history
editEarly career
editBorn 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 and earn a win in the Macau Grand Prix. He stayed in the Euroseries for 2004, also driving two races of British Formula 3.
With his reputation increasing and his talent proven, Lapierre was rewarded for his Euroseries performances with a drive in GP2 Series for current champions Arden Motorsport. He partnered with Heikki Kovalainen.
GP2 & A1GP
editDuring 2005 Lapierre drove for A1 Team France in the A1 Grand Prix series helping the team win the championship and therefore the World Cup of Motorsport. Lapierre won both the sprint and main race events in Germany and Australia, the main race in Dubai and the sprint in Indonesia.
During 2006 he continued with the Arden team in GP2, however his season was interrupted by a spectacular first corner crash in Monaco in which he was a victim of someone else's accident. Lapierre received two compressed vertebrae in the crash and missed the British round of the series. Despite this, his points score was higher than the previous season's tally.
Lapierre was dropped at the end of 2006 and has since signed to participate in a 3rd season of GP2 for the DAMS team, which finished 10th overall in the constructors' standings and runs the French A1 GP team, which won the first season of A1 Grand Prix.
Sports Cars
editTouring Cars
editLapierre was announced as a LADA driver for the remainder of the 2015 World Touring Car Championship in August 2015, replacing Jaap van Lagen at the Russian team.[1]
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit† Ineligible for points ‡ Teams Standings * Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
edit(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 |
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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:[2][3] |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
edit(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 |
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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 | [4] |
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 | [5] | |
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 | [6] |
Complete GP2 Series results
edit(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 |
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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:[2][3] |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
editComplete European Le Mans Series results
editYear | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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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 |
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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:[3] |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
edit* Season still in progress.
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
edit(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 |
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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:[9] |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
edit(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 |
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2016 | DragonSpeed | P | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB 4 |
LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET | 26th | 29 | [10] |
2017 | DragonSpeed | P | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 10 |
SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | ROA | LAG | PET | 39th | 21 | [11] |
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 | [12] |
2019 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 3 |
SEB | MDO | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 13th | 30 | [13] | ||
2020 | Tower Motorsport By Starworks | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 4† |
SEB |
ELK |
ATL |
PET |
LGA |
SEB |
NC† | 0† | [14] | |||
2021 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 7† |
SEB | WGL | WGL | ELK | LGA | PET | NC† | 0† | [15] | |||
2022 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 4† |
SEB | LGA | MDO | WGL | ELK | PET | NC† | 0† | [16] | |||
2023 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 7† |
SEB | LGA | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | NC† | 0† | [17] | |||
Source:[3] |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.
References
edit- ^ Abbott, Andrew (28 August 2015). "LADA sign Nicolas Lapierre to complete season". TouringCars.Net. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Nicolas Lapierre". Motor Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nicolas Lapierre Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2005 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2006 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2007 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Lapierre – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
External links
edit- Nicolas Lapierre official website
- Nicolas Lapierre career summary at DriverDB.com
- A1GP Driver Statistics results.a1gp.com