Olivier Pla

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Olivier Pla
Olivier Pla Driver of Oak Racing's Morgan Nissan (8667995811).jpg
NationalityFrench
Born (1981-10-22) 22 October 1981 (age 43)
Toulouse (France)
Le Mans Series (LMP2) career
Debut season 2008
Current teamQuifel ASM Team
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
Starts10
Wins2
Poles3
Fastest laps5
Best finish1st in 2009
Previous series
2007
200507
2004
2003
2001–02
2000
Porsche Cup Germany
GP2 Series
World Series by Nissan
Formula 3 Euro Series
French Formula Three
Formula Campus
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 20082016
TeamsOAK Racing, Quifel ASM Team
Best finish8th (2013)

Olivier Pla (born 22 October 1981) [1] is a French racing driver who competed in the Asian Le Mans Series for AF Corse. [2]

Contents

Career

French Formula Campus and Formula Three

Born in Toulouse, Pla started his career in 2000 in French Formula Campus before moving on to French Formula Three Championship in 2001 with the Saulnier Racing team. He finished eighth in the series standings, taking nine points-scoring positions in eleven races, including a podium in the penultimate race of the season at Magny-Cours. [3]

In 2002, Pla stayed in the series but switched to the ASM team. He finished third, behind Renaud Derlot and Tristan Gommendy, taking nine podium places from fourteen races, including wins at Croix-en-Ternois and Bugatti Circuit. [4]

In 2003, Pla joined the Formula 3 Euro Series with ASM. He finished third, behind Christian Klien and Ryan Briscoe, taking nine podium places from twenty races. [5]

World Series by Nissan

2004 saw Pla leave the Euroseries, joining the World Series by Nissan. He contested two rounds with RC Motorsport before joining Carlin Motorsport to replace Michael Keohane. He finished ninth, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in eighteen races, including a win at Estoril. [6]

GP2 Series

In 2005 he raced in the inaugural GP2 Series season for David Price Racing. In the early part of the season he stalled on the grid several times — some blamed the GP2 cars for the high number of stallings, while others noticed that the same drivers seemed to be affected regularly. In another race his team mate selected reverse instead of first gear and went backwards into Pla's car. However, he took advantage of the reverse grid system to finish eighth in Race One and thus take pole for Race Two twice (at Hockenheim and Silverstone), winning both those races to finish 11th in the championship. He remained with DPR for 2006, but was dropped mid-season after running out of sponsorship, after a difficult period which saw him score no points and injure his hand in Monaco.

Pla at the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH.jpg
Pla at the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2007, he competed in the German Porsche Carrera Cup. However, he was recalled to DPR in the latter stages of the GP2 season to replace the injured Christian Bakkerud. In 2008, he moved to sports car racing, driving a Lola Le Mans Prototype in the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Pla joined Mazda Motorsports for part of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign and signed with Meyer Shank Racing for a full DPi season in 2021. [7]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2000Formula Renault Campus FranceFormula Campus ? ? ? ? ?3913rd
2001 French Formula Three Championship Saulnier Racing 110001748th
2002 French Formula Three Championship ASM 1423191593rd
FIA European Formula Three Cup10000N/A7th
Korea Super Prix11101N/A1st
Masters of Formula 3 10000N/A2nd
Macau Grand Prix 10000N/ADNF
2003 Formula 3 Euro Series ASM 200308743rd
Masters of Formula 3 10000N/A7th
2004 World Series by Nissan RC Motorsport 181001569th
Carlin Motorsport
2005 GP2 Series DPR 2220122013th
2006 GP2 Series DPR/DPR Direxiv 90000027th
2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany MRS-Team901003415th
GP2 Series DPR 20000035th
2008 Le Mans Series - LMP2 Quifel ASM Team50001128th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/A4th
American Le Mans Series Team LNT100002014th
2009 Le Mans Series - LMP2 Quifel ASM Team52353331st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/ADNF
2010 Le Mans Series - LMP2 Quifel ASM Team51003446th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/A7th
2011 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Quifel ASM Team3000195th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 10000N/ADNF
Blancpain Endurance Series SOFREV ASP10000829th
French GT Championship1401325810th
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship OAK Racing 801?018.520th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/ADNF
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 21102622nd
Blancpain Endurance Series SMG Challenge40000922nd
2013 World Endurance Championship - LMP2 OAK Racing 80105132.52nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10101N/A2nd
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am SMG Challenge100001328th
2014 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 847761372nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/ADNF
United SportsCar Championship - Prototype 6101217214th
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am TDS Racing 10000922nd
FFSA GT Championship 200000NC†
2015 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 Nissan Motorsports 10000N/ADNF
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Krohn Racing 200001415th
United SportsCar Championship - Prototype 201054520th
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Nissan GT Academy Team RJN10000625th
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 911031184th
24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro 10000N/A4th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 4123211313th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Krohn Racing 50000812th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 90011958th
24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro 10000N/A10th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM 200005020th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 400209916th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 IDEC Sport Racing 300002.523rd
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Racing Engineering 51002663rd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Tequila Patrón ESM 300004340th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Garage 59100000NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 10000622nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 10000N/A6th
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 81202885th
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 10000N/A6th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Thunderhead Carlin Racing 1000027.515th
Algarve Pro Racing 40000
IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Mazda Team Joest 4111110214th
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro Risi Competizione 10000N/A4th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Mazda Team Joest/Mazda Motorsports 4011211013th
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 10000226688th
FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing 20000247th
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing 40203704th
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 10000N/A4th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Whelen Engineering Racing 5001215088th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing 500003410th
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 10000N/A6th
2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 AF Corse 60000279th

Complete French Formula Three Championship results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngineClass1234567891011121314DCPts
2001 Saulnier Racing Dallara F399 Renault A NOG
1

11
NOG
2

9
LÉD
10
MAG
7
VDV
6
SPA
1

8
SPA
2

Ret
CRT
7
ALB
6
LMS
3
MAG
8
8th74
2002 ASM Dallara F302 Renault A NOG
1

6
NOG
2

Ret
LÉD
1

10
LÉD
2

2
DIJ
1

4
DIJ
2

3
CRT
1

1
CRT
2

2
ALB
1

13
ALB
2

2
LMS
1

1
LMS
2

3
MAG
1

2
MAG
2

3
3rd159

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
2003 ASM F3 Dallara F303/014 Mercedes HOC
1

DSQ
HOC
2

2
ADR
1

8
ADR
2

3
PAU
1

2
PAU
2

16
NOR
1

3
NOR
2

Ret
LMS
1

4
LMS
2

24
NÜR
1

2
NÜR
2

9
A1R
1

27
A1R
2

4
ZAN
1

3
ZAN
2

3
HOC
1

10
HOC
2

6
MAG
1

2
MAG
2

7
3rd74
Sources: [8] [9]

Complete World Series by Nissan results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2004 Tata RC Motorsport JAR
1

9
JAR
2

Ret
ZOL
1

7
ZOL
2

7
9th66
Carlin Motorsport MAG
1

10
MAG
2

10
VAL
1

4
VAL
2

5
LAU
1

8
LAU
2

17
EST
1

1
EST
2

9
CAT
1

9
CAT
2

Ret
VAL
1

4
VAL
2

Ret
JER
1

3
JER
2

15

Complete GP2 Series results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920212223DCPoints
2005 DPR IMO
FEA

9
IMO
SPR

5
CAT
FEA

Ret
CAT
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

9
NÜR
FEA

Ret
NÜR
SPR

8
MAG
FEA

Ret
MAG
SPR

9
SIL
FEA

8
SIL
SPR

1
HOC
FEA

8
HOC
SPR

1
HUN
FEA

7
HUN
SPR

Ret
IST
FEA

9
IST
SPR

17
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

11
SPA
SPR

10
BHR
FEA

Ret
BHR
SPR

DNS
13th20
2006 DPR Direxiv VAL
FEA

10
VAL
SPR

15
IMO
FEA

Ret
IMO
SPR

20†
NÜR
FEA

15
NÜR
SPR

Ret
CAT
FEA

DSQ
CAT
SPR

20
MON
FEA

Ret
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
MAG
FEA

16
MAG
SPR

9
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
27th0
2007 DPR BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

13
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
35th0
Sources: [8] [9]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2008 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Quifel ASM Team Flag of Portugal (official).svg Miguel Amaral
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Lola B05/40-AER LMP232520th4th
2009 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Quifel ASM Team Flag of Portugal (official).svg Miguel Amaral
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 LMP246DNFDNF
2010 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Quifel ASM Team Flag of Portugal (official).svg Miguel Amaral
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hughes
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 LMP231820th7th
2011 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Quifel ASM Team Flag of Portugal (official).svg Miguel Amaral
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hughes
Zytek 09SC LMP148DNFDNF
2012 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Jacques Nicolet
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Morgan LMP2-Judd LMP2139DNFDNF
2013 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of Denmark.svg David Heinemeier Hansson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Brundle
Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP23288th2nd
2014 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of France.svg Julien Canal
Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2120DNFDNF
2015 Flag of Japan.svg Nissan Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jann Mardenborough
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1234DNFDNF
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Flag of the United States.svg Billy Johnson
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Ford GT GTE
Pro
33921st4th
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Flag of the United States.svg Billy Johnson
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Ford GT GTE
Pro
33227th10th
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Flag of the United States.svg Billy Johnson
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Ford GT GTE
Pro
34021st6th
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Flag of the United States.svg Billy Johnson
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Ford GT GTE
Pro
34025th6th
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Flag of France.svg Jules Gounon
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro
33923rd4th
2021 Flag of the United States.svg Glickenhaus Racing Flag of France.svg Franck Mailleux
Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Hypercar3674th4th
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Glickenhaus Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Hypercar3704th4th
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Glickenhaus Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Hypercar3356th6th
Sources: [9] [10]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789RankPts
2012 OAK Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 SEB
2
SPA
5
LMS
Ret
20th18.5
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
6
SÃO
3
BHR
6
FUJ
3
SHA
3
2013 OAK Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
2
SPA
2
LMS
2
SÃO
6
COA
6
FUJ
3
SHA
2
BHR
2
2nd132.5
2014 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
1
SPA
1
LMS
Ret
2nd137
Ligier JS P2 COA
3
FUJ
1
SHA
1
BHR
3
SÃO
Ret
2015 Nissan Motorsports LMP1 Nissan GT-R LM Nismo Nissan VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS
Ret
NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 34th0
2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SIL
5
SPA
Ret
LMS
1
NÜR
4
MEX
11
COA
13
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
6
4th118
2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SIL
4
SPA
3
LMS
6
NÜR
6
MEX
7
COA
8
FUJ
4
SHA
4
BHR
5
8th95
2018–19 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SPA
1
LMS
3
SIL
6
FUJ
8
SHA
7
SEB
18
SPA
10
LMS
4
5th88
2021 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 SPA ALG MNZ
Ret
LMS
4
BHR BHR 7th24
2022 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 SEB
3
SPA
3
LMS
3
MNZ
Ret
FUJ BHR 4th70
2023 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8 SEB
Ret
ALG
8
SPA
7
LMS
5
MNZ
8
FUJ BHR 10th34
Sources: [9] [11]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamNo.ClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.PointsRef
2014 OAK Racing 42P Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8 DAY
6
SEB
4
LBH
4
LGA DET
3
WGL MOS
1
IMS ELK
11
COA PET 21st172 [12]
2015 Krohn Racing 57P Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 V8 DAY
13
SEB
6
LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 20th45 [13]
2016 Michael Shank Racing with
Curb-Agajanian
60P Ligier JS P2 Honda HR35TT 3.5 Turbo V6 DAY
11
SEB
7
LBH LGA DET WGL
3
MOS ELK COA PET
1
13th113 [14]
2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing GTLM Ford GT Ford 3.5 EcoBoost V6 DAY
7
SEB
5
LBH COA LIM VIR 20th50 [15]
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 52P Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 V8 DET WGL
4
MOS ELK
7
LGA
7
PET
10
16th99
2018 Tequila Patrón ESM 2P Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 Turbo V6 DAY
19
SEB
16
LBH MDO DET WGL
15
MOS ELK LGA PET 40th43 [16]
2019 Mazda Team Joest 55DPi Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
9
SEB
6
LBH MDO DET WGL
1
MOS ELK LGA PET
11
14th102 [17]
2020 Mazda Team Joest 77DPi Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
2
DAY SEB ELK 13th110 [18]
Mazda Motorsports ATL
7
MDO PET
7
LGA SEB
3
2021 Meyer Shank Racing with
Curb-Agajanian
60DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
4
SEB
3
MDO
6
DET
6
WGL
2
WGL
6
ELK
5
LGA
4
LBH
6
PET 8th2668 [19]
2022 Whelen Engineering Racing 31DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA MDO DET
6
WGL
5
MOS
3
ELK
6
PET
2
8th1508 [20]
Source: [9]

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

YearTeamClassCarEngine123456Pos.Points
2024–25 AF Corse LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEP
1

8
SEP
2

7
DUB
1

10
DUB
2

6
ABU
1

9
ABU
2

7
9th27

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Korea Super Prix
Winner

2002
Succeeded by
Preceded by Le Mans Series — LMP2 Champion
2009
With Miguel Amaral
Succeeded by