Paul Lafargue (racing driver)

Paul Lafargue
Paul Lafargue
	Lafargue in 2019
Nationality	French
Born	8 July 1988 (age 36)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	IDEC Sport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Starts	31
Wins	1
Podiums	5
Best finish	1st in 2019
Previous series
2013; 2016; 2017-19,21	International GT Open; Le Mans Cup; 24H Series
Championship titles
2019	European Le Mans Series
	Last updated on: 30 March 2022.

Paul Lafargue (born 8 July 1988) is a French racing driver. Having started his car racing career at the relatively late age of 23, Lafargue has been a regular in the European Le Mans Series's LMP2, where he has been competing for his father's team IDEC Sport since 2016.^[1]^[2]

The Frenchman won the 2019 European Le Mans Series alongside Paul-Loup Chatin and Memo Rojas.^[3] He has also competed in the International GT Open and the Le Mans Cup, as well as several classic car races.^[4]

Lafargue started competing in 2011, driving in the prototype class of the V de V Challenge Endurance in his homeland.^[5] Having made a one-off appearance in the series's single-seater category in 2013, Lafargue would take his first race win that year, taking home the 997 class win at the 24 Hours of Barcelona.^[6]^[7] In 2014, the Frenchman won his first races in the Endurance Challenge, which, alongside four further podiums, earned him and Ruffier Racing the V de V title. He would finish second the following year, racing for the team built by his father on the basis of Ruffier Racing: IDEC Sport.^[8] During the same season, he, father Patrice Lafargue, and Gabriel Abergel drove a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car in the 24H Series, winning three races and the class title.^[9]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne - Proto	Equipe Palmyr	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	49th
2012	V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne - Proto	Extreme Limite Aric	4	0	0	0	0	15	36th
2013	V de V Challenge Endurance - Proto - Scratch	Chateaux Sport Auto	7	0	0	0	0	59	12th
	V de V - Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme V de V	Ruffier Racing	6	0	0	0	0	48.5	14th
	International GT Open - GTS		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Barcelona - Class 997		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	V de V Challenge Monoplace	Lamo Racing Car	1	0	0	0	0	16	56th
2014	V de V - Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme V de V	Ruffier Racing	7	2	2	0	6	157	1st
	V de V Challenge Endurance Proto - Scratch	OAK Racing	7	0	0	0	0	33.5	23rd
	Le Mans Classic - Plateau 6		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	60th
2015	V de V - Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme V de V	IDEC Sport Racing	7	3	0	0	3	149.5	2nd
	V de V Challenge Endurance Proto - Scratch	IDEC Sport Racing	7	1	0	0	5	138.5	2nd
	24H Dubai - 997	Ruffier Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	24H Series - 997	Ruffier Racing	4	3	1	0	3	101	1st
2016	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport Racing	5	0	0	0	0	19	18th
	V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne - Proto		3	0	0	0	0	11	30th
	Challenge Endurance GT Tourisme V de V		1	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
	24H Series - A6		5	0	0	0	0	62	7th
	Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup		1	0	0	0	0	2	22nd
2017	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport Racing	6	0	0	0	0	18.5	18th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	24H Series - A6		6	0	0	0	1	45	21st
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	5	0	0	0	2	50	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	24H GT Series - European Championship - A6		3	0	0	0	1	28	20th
	24H GT Series - European Championship - 991		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Le Mans Classic - Plateau 6		3	0	0	0	2	N/A	29th
	Classic Endurance Racing - Proto 2 (-2 Liter)		1	0	0	1	0	33	13th
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	2	0	0	4	105	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	24H GT Series - European Championship - A6		5	0	0	0	0	30	10th
	24H GT Series - Continents'		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Classic Endurance Racing - Proto 2 (-2 Liter)		2	0	1	0	2	60	5th
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	5	0	0	0	0	21	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	IDEC Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Classic Endurance Proto 2 (-2 Liter) 1972-1984		1	0	0	0	0	5.5	16th
2021	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	0	0	0	0	32	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	24H GT Series - GT3 Pro		1	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	1	0	0	1	53	6th
2022	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	IDEC Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2023	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	0	0	0	2	70	5th
2023	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	IDEC Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	2	0	1	0	0	25	13th
2024	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	IDEC Sport

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2016	IDEC Sport Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 7	IMO Ret	RBR	LEC 9	SPA 8	EST 6	18th	19
2017	IDEC Sport Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 V8	SIL 8	MNZ 9	RBR Ret	LEC 11	SPA 10	ALG 10	18th	18.5
2018	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 7	MNZ 3	RBR 4	SIL 3	SPA 4‡	ALG	8th	50
2019	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 2	MNZ 2	CAT 5	SIL 1	SPA 5	ALG 1	1st	105
2020	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC Ret	SPA 7	LEC 7	MNZ 6	ALG 10		10th	21
2021	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 8	RBR 6	LEC 9	MNZ 9	SPA 6	ALG 7	9th	32
2022	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 4	IMO 5	MNZ 1	CAT 13	SPA Ret	ALG 7	6th	53
2023	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 3	LEC 5	ARA 2	SPA 4	POR 7	ALG 6	5th	70
2024	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 4	LEC	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG	4th*	12*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	IDEC Sport Racing	Patrice Lafargue David Zollinger	Ligier JS P217	LMP2	344	12th	10th
2018	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas	Oreca 07	LMP2	312	DNF	DNF
2019	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas	Oreca 07	LMP2	364	10th	5th
2020	IDEC Sport	Richard Bradley Paul-Loup Chatin	Oreca 07	LMP2	366	10th	6th
2021	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07	LMP2	359	11th	6th
2022	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07	LMP2	366	12th	8th
2023	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr	Oreca 07	LMP2	327	14th	6th
2024	IDEC Sport	Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert	Oreca 07	LMP2	297	17th	3rd

References

^ "2022 season: Back to basics for IDEC SPORT". idecsport.com. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "Climbing to the top – IDEC SPORT Racing driver Paul Lafargue". 24h-lemans.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "ELMS 2019, the retrospective". europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "Paul Lafargue". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Paulin Aubard (14 June 2018). "Auto (24 Heures du Mans). Lafargue, la passion en héritage". lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Lamo Racing fait rouler Patrice et Paul Lafargue sur ses Formule Renault". autohebdo.fr. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ 24-Stunden-Rennen von Barcelona 2013
^ Florian Defet (22 May 2015). "Patrice Lafargue : « IDEC Sport Racing, une petite famille »". idecsport-racing.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Hankook 12H Mugello 2015 Entry List". Creventic. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

[1] "2022 season: Back to basics for IDEC SPORT". idecsport.com. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[2] "Climbing to the top – IDEC SPORT Racing driver Paul Lafargue". 24h-lemans.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

[3] "ELMS 2019, the retrospective". europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[4] "Paul Lafargue". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[Famille_Lafargue-5] Paulin Aubard (14 June 2018). "Auto (24 Heures du Mans). Lafargue, la passion en héritage". lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

[6] "Lamo Racing fait rouler Patrice et Paul Lafargue sur ses Formule Renault". autohebdo.fr. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

[7] 24-Stunden-Rennen von Barcelona 2013

[8] Florian Defet (22 May 2015). "Patrice Lafargue : « IDEC Sport Racing, une petite famille »". idecsport-racing.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

[12HMugelloEntryList2015-9] "Hankook 12H Mugello 2015 Entry List". Creventic. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

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