Olli Caldwell

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Olli Caldwell
Olli Caldwell in 2023.jpg
Caldwell in 2023
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 22)
Winchester, United Kingdom
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season 2023
Current team Algarve Pro Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number25
Former teams Inter Europol Competition
Starts12 (12 entries)
Wins0
Podiums3
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish5th (LMP2) in 2024
Previous series
2021, 2023
2021-2022
20202021
2019
2017–18
201718
201718
2017
2016
FIA WEC - LMP2
FIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
FR European Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
F4 British Championship
Ginetta Junior Championship

Oliver "Olli" Caldwell (born 11 June 2002) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing. [1]

Contents

He is a race winner in the FIA Formula 3, Formula Regional European, Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4 championships, won the 2018 Gulf 12 Hours in the GT4 category, and was formerly part of the Alpine Academy. [2]

Career

Karting

Caldwell was born in Hampshire and began karting in 2013 at the age of eleven. [3] Having raced in karts for four seasons, Caldwell finished third in the 2016 edition of the Rotax Euro Challenge and took part in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in the same year, representing Great Britain at the latter competition. [4]

Ginetta Junior Championship

In 2016, Caldwell progressed into car racing, driving for JHR Developments in the second half of the Ginetta Junior Championship. [5] Having scored a rookie podium on his debut, the Brit would finish all but two of his thirteen races in the top ten, ending up 19th in the overall standings. [6]

Formula 4

F4 British Championship

Having taken part in multiple tests of the F4 British Championship in the first half of 2017, [7] [8] Caldwell made his single-seater debut at the Croft Circuit with Arden, [9] which, as he had missed the opening third of the campaign due to age requirements, made him the youngest ever participant in a British F4 race at the age of 15. [10] He competed in the series for the remainder of that year, finishing 14th with a highest race finish of seventh. [11]

ADAC Formula 4

That same year, Caldwell made his debut in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, driving for ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. in two weekends.

In 2018 he made the full-time switch to Prema where he finished in seventh on 125 points, scoring four podiums, with one of them being his only win of the season at Oschersleben. [12] [13]

Italian F4 Championship

Mücke Motorsport was the team Caldwell made his Italian F4 debut for in 2017. In the fifteen races he competed in he recorded ten points, with a highest placing of sixth in the final race at Monza helping him to 11th in the standings.

In 2018 Caldwell switched to the Italian outfit Prema Powerteam, partnering Enzo Fittipaldi and Gianluca Petecof for the entire season. A disappointing opening weekend, was cancelled out by two podiums, a pole position and a race win in France. [14] [15] Three podiums from the Monza races put Caldwell into the championship hunt, though the following two rounds only yielded one podium finish. However, a dominant weekend at Vallelunga, where the Brit scored all three victories after qualifying on pole for every race, gave him a fighting chance for the season finale at Mugello. [16] [17] There, two podiums would not be enough to claim the title, as Caldwell finished third in the standings. [18]

Formula 4 UAE

Caldwell competed in the F4 UAE Championship for Silberpfeil Energy Dubai in preparation for his 2018 season. He would only race in the first two rounds, winning three races and ending up seventh in the championship. [19] [20]

Formula Regional European Championship

In 2019, Caldwell remained with Prema, progressing to FREC alongside Enzo Fittipaldi and Frederik Vesti. [21] [22] Having started his season with a fourth-placed finish in race 1 of Le Castellet, the Brit took a lights-to-flag victory in race 2, although he was later disqualified for a technical infringement on his car. [23] [24] At the following round in Vallelunga the Briton scored a podium in the second race, before ending up on the rostrum in all three races at the Hungaroring. [25] [26] In Austria, a charging drive during race 2 was stopped due to a faulty gearbox, costing him his "best chance of a win". [27]

Caldwell bounced back in Imola, where, despite a crash in race 3, he would score two second places in the opening two races of the weekend and win in race 4, which was held as a re-run of the cancelled third race at Vallelunga. [28] As this had been the weekend during which F2 driver Anthoine Hubert had been killed at Spa, Caldwell decided to dedicate his victory to the late Frenchman. [29] In Barcelona, Caldwell was fighting for a podium position in race 1 until being forced into the gravel by Fittipaldi. [30] At the next round in Mugello, Caldwell experienced his worst weekend of the season, scoring a mere three points and getting his first and only non-points finish of the season. [31] He ended his campaign with three top-eight finishes at Monza, as Caldwell finished fifth in the championship. [32]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Macau Grand Prix

At the end of 2019, Caldwell raced at the 2019 Macau Grand Prix with Trident. [33] He qualified 17th before being caught up in an incident during the qualifying race, which dropped him to 23rd ahead of the main race. At the start of the race Caldwell made contact with Andreas Estner, which later caused him to retire due with front wing and tyre damage. [34]

2020

In January Caldwell was announced by Trident as one of their three drivers for the 2020 Formula 3 season, partnering the experienced pairing of David Beckmann and Lirim Zendeli. [35] The Brit had a successful start to the year, finishing in the top six in both races at the second round at Spielberg. Unfortunately, Caldwell then had to endure four successive rounds without any points, a run that included him being spun out in the feature race at Silverstone. Caldwell managed to break that streak by finishing seventh in the Barcelona feature race. His final points of the year came at the penultimate round in Monza, and he ended up 16th in the drivers' standings.

2021

Caldwell at the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round. FIA F3 Austria 2021 Nr. 3 Caldwell.jpg
Caldwell at the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

Caldwell was announced to be racing for Prema Racing in the 2021 season, partnering Arthur Leclerc and Dennis Hauger. [36] He won the second race of the season in Barcelona, after inheriting the race lead when the leading pair of Hauger and Matteo Nannini collided on the penultimate lap. Caldwell held off a charging Victor Martins on the final lap to take his first F3 victory. [37] [38] After scoring points in France, the Brit returned to the podium at Spielberg, where he finished second in race one and third in race three, where he made his way past five cars on the way to the rostrum. [39] Caldwell's next podium finish occurred at the next race in Budapest, with him being promoted to second place after initial race winner Lorenzo Colombo received a five-second penalty. [40] [41] A collision with Oliver Rasmussen in race 2 scuppered his hopes of scoring points, although he came back to eighth place in the feature race. [42] However, a disappointing weekend at Spa where the whole team qualified outside the top 12, a broken DRS in qualifying at Zandvoort and the decision to choose a wet-weather setup in Sochi, where the races were held in dry conditions despite the predicted rain, meant that Caldwell failed to score a podium in the final rounds. [43] Caldwell ended his campaign eighth in the drivers' standings, two places ahead of teammate Leclerc.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2021

In November 2021 Caldwell announced that he would be joining Campos Racing to partner Ralph Boschung in the final two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. [44] After the final round, where he set a fastest lap in the first sprint race following a late stop after a racing incident with Jake Hughes, [45] Caldwell took part in the post-season test with the Spanish team. [46]

2022

Caldwell in his Dallara F2 2018 during the 2022 Spielberg F2 round FIA F2 Austria 2022 Nr. 14 Caldwell.jpg
Caldwell in his Dallara F2 2018 during the 2022 Spielberg F2 round

Caldwell stepped up to Formula 2 full-time for the 2022 season, remaining with Campos and still having Boschung as his teammate. [47] [48] The season began with an engine issue in the sprint race at Bahrain, a race that was followed up by a penalty-strewn Sunday, where Caldwell collected a total of seven penalty points for being out of position on the formation lap and exceeding the track limits at turn 4 several times. The subsequent six rounds did not yield points, though Caldwell outqualified Boschung for the first time at his home track at Silverstone. At the Red Bull Ring however, Caldwell would get up to eleventh by the end of the race after starting last, which eventually became sixth after penalties ahead of him had been handed out. [49] In the qualifying session at the Hungaroring, Caldwell managed to qualify 13th and finished tenth in the sprint race, but retired from the feature race after running out of fuel. [50] Near the race's end, he also committed a track limits infringement, earning him a twelfth penalty point and excluding him from the round at Spa. [51] Caldwell later apologised to his team. [52]

On his return at Zandvoort, Caldwell outqualified teammate Boschung, but retired from the sprint race with brake issues. In the feature race, he took advantage of a pileup at the Safety car restart to finish ninth, having held off attacks from Jehan Daruvala, and was elevated to eighth following a penalty ahead. [53] [54] [55] The next round at Monza would bring two retirements due to respective lap 1 collisions, before Caldwell retired at Abu Dhabi with a mechanical issue. [56] Caldwell ended up finishing 21st in the standings with 12 points to his name. [57]

Formula One

In February 2022, the Alpine F1 Team announced that Caldwell would be joining the team's academy, alongside former F3 rivals Jack Doohan, Victor Martins and Caio Collet. [58] On the 14 June it was confirmed that Caldwell would drive the team's 2021 car, the Alpine A521, at his home track in Silverstone in a test, taking over from Alpine reserve driver Oscar Piastri the following day. [59] He completed a total of 485.7 kilometres of running throughout the day. [60] [61] In November of the same year Caldwell tested the car once again, completing more than 100 laps around the Bahrain International Circuit. [62] [63] [64] [65] At the start of 2023, it was announced that Caldwell had graduated from the Alpine Academy. [66]

Sportscar racing

GT4

At the end of 2018 Caldwell made his GT racing debut in the Gulf 12 Hours, [67] where, having taken the Race 1 win by leading after 6 Hours of the race, he took victory in the GT4 category, driving a Mercedes for Bullitt Racing alongside Ian Loggie and Oleg Kharuk. [68] [69] [70]

GT3

In early 2020 it was confirmed that the Brit would drive alongside Marvin Kirchhöfer and Luca Ghiotto in the Bathurst 12 Hour race for R-Motorsport. However, the trio was forced to miss the race as a crash from Kirchhöfer in the second part of qualifying broke the Vantage AMR GT3 car, which forced the team to withdraw from the event. [71] Despite the premature withdrawal, Caldwell described the event as "an amazing experience". [72]

2021-22: Prototype debut

On 3 November 2021 it was announced that Caldwell would be making his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving alongside Miro Konôpka and Nelson Panciatici for the ARC Bratislava team in the 8 Hours of Bahrain. [73] The trio finished the race eleventh in the LMP2 category.

The following year, Caldwell competed in the series' rookie test at Bahrain in November, driving the Richard Mille Racing Team LMP2 car during the afternoon session. [74] He ended up setting the second-fastest time of all rookies in the category. [75]

2023: Alpine LMP2 programme

Caldwell in the Alpine Oreca 07 at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. Oreca 07 - Andre Negrao, Olli Caldwell & Memo Rijas approaches the Esses at the 2023 Le Mans (53380493620).jpg
Caldwell in the Alpine Oreca 07 at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.

For the 2023 season, Caldwell moved into the WEC, partnering André Negrão and Memo Rojas for the Alpine Elf Team in the LMP2 class. [76] [77] [78] In addition, he signed a factory contract with the brand. [79] The campaign began disappointingly at Sebring, where Caldwell was forced to retire after five hours due to an electrical issue. [80] He experienced a more positive race at Portimão, as the Briton overtook Oliver Rasmussen during his first stint. The team eventually finished eleventh. [81] [82] Caldwell would be handed qualifying duties at Spa, where he managed to place himself ahead of Charles Milesi in the sister car, before contributing to take eighth on a damp track on Saturday. [83] [84] Summing up the season until that point, Caldwell admitted that the campaign had proven to be "difficult", as Alpine were still trying to catch up with the frontrunners. [85]

The 24 Hours of Le Mans saw the #35 cycle towards the front during the first few hours owing to a fortuitous pit strategy just before Caldwell entered the car. Having defended fourth against Ben Barnicoat for a number of laps, Caldwell took third place during his second stint as a result of an accident ahead, and held the spot until leaving the car at midnight. Laps later, with Rojas in the car, the #35 collided with the #66 JMW and #7 Toyota, forcing the team to repair the car and serve a penalty, losing them several laps. The team finished the race ninth in the LMP2 class. [86] Monza saw Caldwell once again outqualify Milesi, though a mistimed safety car period would relegate the car to eighth. [87] The team scored one further points-scoring result in the final two races on their way to 11th in the teams' standings.

During the same year, the Briton also raced in the European Le Mans Series with Inter Europol Competition alongside Jonathan Aberdein and Rui Andrade. [88] [89] The team retired due to a gearbox issue at the season-opener, however they would bounce back at Le Castellet. [90] Caldwell qualified fourth and - in spite of a drive-through penalty caused by contact from Andrade and an emergency fuel stop under safety car conditions - helped his team to score a podium finish in the LMP2 Pro class. [91] [92] [93] At Aragón, Caldwell qualified third, though the team's podium chances were squashed due to contact with the Ferrari of Johnny Laursen. [94] Despite fighting for the podium at Spa, the team once again went scoreless thanks to a late crash caused by Aberdein. [95] At the finale in Portimão, Caldwell qualified a season-best second for Friday's race, though the team fell back early and eventually ended up sixth after a driving time penalty, though they bounced back to finish fourth on Sunday. [96] [97] [98]

2024: Sophomore ELMS Season

Moving away from Alpine, Caldwell joined reigning ELMS champions Algarve Pro Racing for his second season in the ELMS, partnering Matthias Kaiser and title winner Alex Lynn. [1] At the season-opener in Barcelona, the Briton charged into the lead during his stint, using traffic to pass Ritomo Miyata, before a quicker pit stop ended up dropping APR back to second, the position in which they eventually finished. [99] In Le Castellet, Caldwell set the fastest lap of all Pro class entries, finishing seventh. [100] The Brit and Kaiser would be joined by Roman De Angelis for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as Alex Lynn attended to his Hypercar duties with Cadillac. [101]

Personal life

As of 2022, Caldwell lives in Oxford alongside Formula One reserve driver and Mercedes Junior Frederik Vesti. [102]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2013 Super 1 National Championship — IAME CadetEclipse MotorsportNC
Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet9th
2014 Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max22nd
2015Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max JuniorKR SportNC
Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max21st
Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior33rd
2016Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max JuniorKR Sport30th
Rotax International Open — Junior9th
BNL International Karting Series — Junior17th
Rotax Euro Challenge — Rotax Max Junior3rd
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior8th
Sources: [103] [104]

Complete Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals results

YearTeamClassQuali HeatsPre-FinalMain race
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg KR Sport125 Junior5th7th8th

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2016 Ginetta Junior Championship JHR Developments 13000010519th
2017 F4 British Championship TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 1700003914th
Italian F4 Championship Mücke Motorsport 1500001511th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 600000NC†
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Silberpfeil Energy Dubai831141237th
2018 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 21442112623rd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 2110041257th
Gulf 12 Hours - GT4Bullitt Racing22012N/A1st
2019 Formula Regional European Championship Prema Powerteam 2411072135th
Macau Grand Prix Trident 10000N/ADNF
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 1800001816th
Intercontinental GT Challenge R-Motorsport 000000NC
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 201014938th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 ARC Bratislava 10000131st
FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 60010026th
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 2600001221st
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Alpine Elf Team 700002318th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/A9th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 60001337th
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 60012505th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 10000N/A8th
2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing

As Caldwell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

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

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122232425PosPoints
2016 JHR Developments BRI
1
BRI
2
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR
1
THR
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
CRO
1

5
CRO
2

16
CRO
3

13
SNE
1

13
SNE
2

Ret
KNO
1

15
KNO
2

10
KNO
3

10
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
SIL
1

14
SIL
2

12
SIL
3

13
BHGP
1

8
BHGP
2

11
19th105

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031PosPoints
2017 TRS Arden Junior Racing Team BRI
1
BRI
2
BRI
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
CRO
1

DNP
CRO
2

10
CRO
3

12
SNE
1

7
SNE
2

8
SNE
3

8
KNO
1

9
KNO
2

C
KNO
3

13
KNO
4

9
ROC
1

12
ROC
2

7
ROC
3

Ret
SIL
1

17
SIL
2

18
SIL
3

8
BHGP
1

9
BHGP
2

7
BHGP
3

9
14th39

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
2017 Mücke Motorsport MIS
1
MIS
2
MIS
3
ADR
1
ADR
2
ADR
3
VLL
1

18
VLL
2

14
VLL
3

13
MUG1
1

11
MUG1
2

13
MUG1
3

11
IMO
1

Ret
IMO
2

19
IMO
3

14
MUG2
1

21
MUG2
2

10
MUG2
3

10
MNZ
1

11
MNZ
2

15
MNZ
3

6
11th15
2018 Prema Theodore Racing ADR
1

7
ADR
2

4
ADR
3

8
LEC
1

1
LEC
2

8
LEC
3

2
MNZ
1

2
MNZ
2

2
MNZ
3

3
MIS
1

6
MIS
2

10
MIS
3

9
IMO
1

9
IMO
2

2
IMO
3

9
VLL
1

1
VLL
2

1
VLL
3

1
MUG
1

2
MUG
2

4
MUG
3

3
3rd262

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
2017 ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. OSC1
1
OSC1
2
OSC1
3
LAU
1
LAU
2
LAU
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
OSC2
1

23
OSC2
2

26
OSC2
3

22
NÜR
1

20
NÜR
2

21
NÜR
3

17
SAC
1
SAC
2
SAC
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
NC†0
2018 Prema Theodore Racing OSC
1

10
OSC
2

8
OSC
3

1
HOC1
1

3
HOC1
2

15
HOC1
3

10
LAU
1

Ret
LAU
2

3
LAU
3

7
RBR
1

8
RBR
2

4
RBR
3

4
HOC2
1

Ret
HOC2
2

2
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

9
NÜR
3

7
HOC3
1

10
HOC3
2

12
HOC3
3

9
7th125

As Caldwell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Gulf 12 Hours results

YearTeamClassCarQualifying6 Hours12 Hours
2018 Flag of France.svg Bullitt Racing GT4 Mercedes-AMG GT4 4th1st1st

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122232425DCPoints
2019 Prema Powerteam LEC
1

4
LEC
2

DSQ
LEC
3

4
VLL
1

8
VLL
2

3
VLL
3

C
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

3
HUN
3

2
RBR
1

7
RBR
2

Ret
RBR
3

7
IMO
1

2
IMO
2

2
IMO
3

Ret
IMO
4

1
CAT
1

7
CAT
2

6
CAT
3

4
MUG
1

9
MUG
2

11
MUG
3

10
MNZ
1

5
MNZ
2

8
MNZ
3

7
5th213

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

YearTeamCarQualifyingQuali RaceMain race
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Trident Dallara F3 2019 17th23rdDNF

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2020 Trident RBR
FEA

20
RBR
SPR

19
RBR
FEA

5‡
RBR
SPR

6
HUN
FEA

21
HUN
SPR

18
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

26
SIL
FEA

21
SIL
SPR

22
CAT
FEA

20
CAT
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

7
SPA
SPR

11
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

9
MUG
FEA

17
MUG
SPR

16
16th18
2021 Prema Racing CAT
1

6
CAT
2

1
CAT
3

4
LEC
1

10
LEC
2

4
LEC
3

Ret
RBR
1

2
RBR
2

9
RBR
3

3
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

29
HUN
3

8
SPA
1

16
SPA
2

15
SPA
3

11
ZAN
1

10
ZAN
2

6
ZAN
3

14
SOC
1

17
SOC
2

C
SOC
3

10
8th93

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

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728DCPoints
2021 Campos Racing BHR
SP1
BHR
SP2
BHR
FEA
MCO
SP1
MCO
SP2
MCO
FEA
BAK
SP1
BAK
SP2
BAK
FEA
SIL
SP1
SIL
SP2
SIL
FEA
MNZ
SP1
MNZ
SP2
MNZ
FEA
SOC
SP1
SOC
SP2
SOC
FEA
JED
SP1

18
JED
SP2

12
JED
FEA

16
YMC
SP1

20
YMC
SP2

15
YMC
FEA

18
26th0
2022 Campos Racing BHR
SPR

19†
BHR
FEA

17
JED
SPR

14
JED
FEA

16
IMO
SPR

17
IMO
FEA

13
CAT
SPR

13
CAT
FEA

14
MCO
SPR

16
MCO
FEA

15
BAK
SPR

19
BAK
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

18
SIL
FEA

17
RBR
SPR

17
RBR
FEA

6
LEC
SPR

18
LEC
FEA

13
HUN
SPR

10
HUN
FEA

20†
SPA
SPR

EX
SPA
FEA

EX
ZAN
SPR

Ret
ZAN
FEA

8
MNZ
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

Ret
YMC
SPR

16
YMC
FEA

20†
21st12

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine1234567RankPoints
2021 ARC Bratislava LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR
11
31st1
2023 Alpine Elf Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
Ret
ALG
10
SPA
8
LMS
7
MNZ
8
FUJ
11
BHR
10
18th23

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2023 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
Ret
LEC
3
ARA
Ret
SPA
Ret
POR
6
ALG
4
7th33
2024 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
2
LEC
7
IMO
8
SPA
14
MUG
2
ALG
8
5th50

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2023 Flag of France.svg Alpine Elf Team Flag of Brazil.svg André Negrão
Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Rojas
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP232319th9th
2024 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roman De Angelis
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Matthias Kaiser
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP229422nd8th

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