Founded | 2017 |
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Founder(s) | Patrick Barbier Alexandre Coigny |
Base | Annecy, France |
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Current series | European Le Mans Series Le Mans Cup Ultimate Cup Series |
Former series | FIA World Endurance Championship Ligier European Series French GT4 Cup 24H Series |
Current drivers | European Le Mans Series: 37. Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata 47. Alex García Ferdinand Habsburg Frederik Vesti 17. Miguel Cristóvão Manuel Espírito Santo Cédric Oltramare Le Mans Cup: 87. Adrien Closmenil James Sweetnam 97. Adrien Chila David Droux |
Website | https://cool-racing.ch/ |
CLX Motorsport, formerly known as Cool Racing, is a French-based Swiss sports car racing team which currently competes in the European Le Mans Series, fielding entries in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, as well as the Le Mans Cup. [1]
Founded in 2017 by Patrick Barbier and Alexandre Coigny, owner of Cool Aviation, the team initially partnered with Racing Spirit of Léman to run their operations. [2] [3] At the end of 2020, a restructuring occurred, during which Nicolas Lapierre became the team principal and the outfit was rebranded to Cool Racing / CLX Motorsport; the C and L standing for Coigny and Lapierre respectively. [4] CLX fully absorbed the team in 2025. [5]
Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2020 | Cool Racing | 42 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre | LMP2 | 365 | 12th | 8th |
2022 | Cool Racing | 37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Niklas Krütten Ricky Taylor Yifei Ye | LMP2 | 367 | 11th | 7th |
2023 | Cool Racing | 37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 317 | 23rd | 2nd |
47 | Reshad de Gerus Vladislav Lomko Simon Pagenaud | LMP2 | 158 | DNF | DNF | |||
2024 | Cool Racing | 37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata | LMP2 | 289 | 26th | 12th |
47 | Matt Bell Naveen Rao Frederik Vesti | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 291 | 24th | 5th |
Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
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2017 | Cool Racing by GPC | LMP3 | 4 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 | Iradj Alexander Gino Forgione (rounds 1–2) Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–6) | SIL 14 | MNZ 14 | RBR NC | LEC 10 | SPA 12 | ALG 11 | 16th | 3 |
2018 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | 4 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 | Iradj Alexander (rounds 1–4, 6) Antonin Borga (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Lucas Borga (round 4) Christian Vaglio (round 4) | LEC 10 | MNZ 9 | RBR 10 | SIL 11 | SPA 6‡ | ALG 13 | 13th | 9 |
2019 | Cool Racing | LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Antonin Borga Nicolas Lapierre Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–4, 6) | LEC 7 | MNZ 8 | CAT 3 | SIL Ret | SPA 2 | ALG 14 | 7th | 44.5 |
2020 | Cool Racing | LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre | LEC 4 | SPA 10 | LEC 12 | MNZ 4 | ALG 9 | 7th | 28.5 | |
2021 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | 19 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 | Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini | CAT 1 | RBR 1 | LEC 2 | MNZ 4 | SPA 2 | ALG 8 | 2nd | 104 |
LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga (rounds 1–4) Charles Milesi (rounds 5–6) | CAT 10 | RBR 10 | LEC 12 | MNZ 12 | SPA 4 | ALG 6 | 11th | 25 | ||
2022 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | 17 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 | Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith | LEC 1 | IMO 3 | MNZ Ret | CAT 3 | SPA Ret | ALG 1 | 1st | 86 |
27 | Antoine Doquin Jean-Ludovic Foubert Nicolas Maulini | LEC Ret | IMO 2 | MNZ 6 | CAT Ret | SPA 4 | ALG 3 | 6th | 53 | |||||
LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Niklas Krütten Nicolas Lapierre Ye Yifei | LEC 5 | IMO 3 | MNZ 8 | CAT 3 | SPA 5 | ALG 3 | 4th | 70 | ||
2023 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | 17 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 | Adrien Chila Alex García Marcos Siebert | CAT 1 | LEC 3 | ARA 1 | SPA 1 | POR 4 | ALG 2 | 1st | 121 |
LMP2 Pro-Am | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre | CAT 3 | LEC 2 | ARA Ret | SPA 1 | POR 1 | ALG 2 | 2nd | 101 | ||
LMP2 | 47 | Reshad de Gerus Vladislav Lomko José María López | CAT 4 | LEC 4 | ARA 5 | SPA 3 | POR 4 | ALG 7 | 6th | 69 | ||||
2024 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | 17 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 | Miguel Cristóvão Manuel Espírito Santo Cédric Oltramare | CAT 2 | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 2nd* | 19* |
LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata | CAT 1 | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 1st* | 25* | ||
47 | Alex García Frederik Vesti Paul-Loup Chatin (round 1) Ferdinand Habsburg (TBA) | CAT 12 | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 12th* | 0* |
Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts |
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2019–20 | Cool Racing | LMP2 | 42 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Antonin Borga Nicolas Lapierre Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–7) | SIL 1 | FUJ 5 | SHA Ret | BHR 6 | COA 4 | SPA 2 | LMS 4 | BHR | 6th | 103 |
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