Nicolas Lapierre

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Nicolas Lapierre (born 2 April 1984) is a French professional racing driver. He raced with Toyota and with Alpine Racing in the past seasons of the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is a two-time winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring, with overall victories in 2011 and 2018, and scored four LMP2 class victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019.

Career history[]

Early career[]

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 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[]

During 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.

Touring Cars[]

Lapierre 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[]

Career summary[]

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	Pos.
2009	Le Mans Series (LMP1)	Team Oreca	3	0	1	1	11	5th
2009	24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP1)	Team Oreca	1	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2008	Le Mans Series (LMP1)	Team Oreca	5	0	0	0	6	12th
2007-08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	2	0	0	0	11	4th
2007	GP2 Series	DAMS	20	2	1	2	23	12th
2007	24 Hours of Le Mans (GT1)	Team Oreca	-	no	no	no	-	9th
2006-07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	10	0	0	0	32	4th
2006	GP2 Series	Arden International Ltd	17	0	0	1	32	9th
2005-06	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	10	6	2	2	76	1st
2005	GP2 Series	Arden International	23	0	1	1	21	12th
2004	Formula 3 Euroseries	Signature Plus	20	3	2	2	85	3rd
2004	British Formula 3	Signature Plus	2	0	0	0	0	NC
2003	Formula 3 Euroseries	Signature Plus	20	0	1	0	33	11th
2002	French Formula 3	Signature Plus	4	0	0		15	13th
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Graff Racing	8	0	1	2	120	3rd
2002	French Formula Renault 2000						24	9th
2001	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Tech 1 Racing	2	0	0		4	26th
2001	French Formula Renault 2000						65	8th
2000	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup						12	20th

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results[]

(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

Complete A1 Grand Prix results[]

(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
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
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
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

Complete GP2 Series results[]

(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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Team Oreca	Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	Saleen S7-R	GT1	318	16th	9th
2009	Team Oreca-Matmut AIM	Olivier Panis Soheil Ayari	Oreca 01-AIM	LMP1	370	5th	5th
2010	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Loïc Duval	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	373	DNF	DNF
2011	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Loïc Duval	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	339	5th	5th
2012	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	LMP1	134	DNF	DNF
2013	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	LMP1	341	4th	4th
2014	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	LMP1-H	374	3rd	3rd
2015	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	358	9th	1st
2016	Signatech Alpine	Gustavo Menezes Stéphane Richelmi	Alpine A460-Nissan	LMP2	357	5th	1st
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing	José María López Yuji Kunimoto	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	LMP1	160	DNF	DNF
2018	Signatech Alpine Matmut	André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470-Gibson	LMP2	367	5th	1st
2019	Signatech Alpine Matmut	André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470-Gibson	LMP2	368	6th	1st
2020	Cool Racing	Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	365	12th	8th
2021	Alpine Elf Matmut	André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière	Alpine A480-Gibson	LMH	367	3rd	3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

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	LMH	Alpine A480	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8	SPA 2	ALG 3	MNZ 2	LMS 3	BHR 3	BHR 3				3rd	128

Complete World Touring Car Championship results[]

(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									11	8	DSQ	9	Ret	DNS	10	10	16th	8

Complete European Le Mans Series results[]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
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

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

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

(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
2016	DragonSpeed	P	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	DAY	SEB 4	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET	26th	29
2017	DragonSpeed	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 10	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	ROA	LAG	PET	39th	21
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
2019	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB	MDO	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET			13th	30
2020	Tower Motorsport By Starworks	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 4†	SEB	ELK	ATL	PET	LGA	SEB				NC†	0†
2021	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 7†	SEB	WGL	WGL	ELK	LGA	PET				NC†	0†

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

References[]

External links[]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Tristan Gommendy	Macau Grand Prix Winner 2003	Succeeded by Alexandre Prémat
Preceded by Inaugural	A1 Grand Prix Champion (Team France) 2005-06 With: Alexandre Prémat	Succeeded by Nico Hülkenberg Christian Vietoris (Team Germany)
Preceded by Sam Bird Julien Canal Roman Rusinov	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2016 With: Stephane Richelmi & Gustavo Menezes	Succeeded by Bruno Senna Julien Canal
Preceded by Bruno Senna Julien Canal	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2018-19 With: André Negrão & Pierre Thiriet	Succeeded by Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson