Cool Racing

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Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg CLX Motorsport
Cool Racing Logo.png
Founded2017
Founder(s)Patrick Barbier
Alexandre Coigny
Base Annecy, France
Team principal(s)
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 driversEuropean Le Mans Series:
37.
Flag of Spain.svg Lorenzo Fluxá
Flag of Denmark.svg Malthe Jakobsen
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
47.
Flag of Mexico.svg Alex García
Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Vesti
17.
Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Cristóvão
Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Espírito Santo
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cédric Oltramare
Le Mans Cup:
87.
Flag of France.svg Adrien Closmenil
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Sweetnam
97.
Flag of France.svg Adrien Chila
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 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]

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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]

Cool Racing at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone 42 (48664824932).jpg
Cool Racing at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearEntrantNo.CarDriversClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2020 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing42 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antonin Borga
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 36512th8th
2022 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing37 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Germany.svg Niklas Krütten
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Taylor
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yifei Ye
LMP2 36711th7th
2023 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing37 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny
Flag of Denmark.svg Malthe Jakobsen
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 (Pro-Am)31723rd2nd
47 Flag of France.svg Reshad de Gerus
White flag of surrender.svg Vladislav Lomko
Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
LMP2 158DNFDNF
2024 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing37 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Spain.svg Lorenzo Fluxá
Flag of Denmark.svg Malthe Jakobsen
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
LMP2 28926th12th
47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Bell
Flag of the United States.svg Naveen Rao
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Vesti
LMP2 (Pro-Am)29124th5th

European Le Mans Series

YearEntrantClassNoChassisEngineDrivers123456Pos.Pts
2017 Flag of France.svg Cool Racing by GPC LMP3 4 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Iradj Alexander
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gino Forgione (rounds 1–2)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–6)
SIL
14
MNZ
14
RBR
NC
LEC
10
SPA
12
ALG
11
16th3
2018 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing LMP3 4 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Iradj Alexander (rounds 1–4, 6)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antonin Borga (rounds 1–3, 5–6)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–3, 5–6)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lucas Borga (round 4)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christian Vaglio (round 4)
LEC
10
MNZ
9
RBR
10
SIL
11
SPA
6‡
ALG
13
13th9
2019 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antonin Borga
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–4, 6)
LEC
7
MNZ
8
CAT
3
SIL
Ret
SPA
2
ALG
14
7th44.5
2020 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antonin Borga
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
LEC
4
SPA
10
LEC
12
MNZ
4
ALG
9
7th28.5
2021 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing LMP3 19 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Bell
Flag of Germany.svg Niklas Krütten
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Maulini
CAT
1
RBR
1
LEC
2
MNZ
4
SPA
2
ALG
8
2nd104
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antonin Borga (rounds 1–4)
Flag of France.svg Charles Milesi (rounds 5–6)
CAT
10
RBR
10
LEC
12
MNZ
12
SPA
4
ALG
6
11th25
2022 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Benham
Flag of Denmark.svg Malthe Jakobsen
Flag of the United States.svg Maurice Smith
LEC
1
IMO
3
MNZ
Ret
CAT
3
SPA
Ret
ALG
1
1st86
27 Flag of France.svg Antoine Doquin
Flag of France.svg Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicolas Maulini
LEC
Ret
IMO
2
MNZ
6
CAT
Ret
SPA
4
ALG
3
6th53
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Germany.svg Niklas Krütten
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Yifei
LEC
5
IMO
3
MNZ
8
CAT
3
SPA
5
ALG
3
4th70
2023 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 Flag of France.svg Adrien Chila
Flag of Mexico.svg Alex García
Flag of Argentina.svg Marcos Siebert
CAT
1
LEC
3
ARA
1
SPA
1
POR
4
ALG
2
1st121
LMP2 Pro-Am37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny
Flag of Denmark.svg Malthe Jakobsen
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
CAT
3
LEC
2
ARA
Ret
SPA
1
POR
1
ALG
2
2nd101
LMP2 47 Flag of France.svg Reshad de Gerus
Flag placeholder.svg Vladislav Lomko
Flag of Argentina.svg José María López
CAT
4
LEC
4
ARA
5
SPA
3
POR
4
ALG
7
6th69
2024 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Cristóvão
Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Espírito Santo
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cédric Oltramare
CAT
2
LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 2nd*19*
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Spain.svg Lorenzo Fluxá
Flag of Denmark.svg Malthe Jakobsen
Flag of Japan.svg Ritomo Miyata
CAT
1
LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 1st*25*
47 Flag of Mexico.svg Alex García
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Vesti
Flag of France.svg Paul-Loup Chatin (round 1)
Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg (TBA)
CAT
12
LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 12th*0*

FIA World Endurance Championship

YearEntrantClassNoChassisEngineDrivers12345678Pos.Pts
2019–20 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing LMP2 42 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antonin Borga
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–7)
SIL
1
FUJ
5
SHA
Ret
BHR
6
COA
4
SPA
2
LMS
4
BHR 6th103

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