Paul-Loup Chatin

Paul-Loup Chatin
Chatin in 2012
Nationality	French
Born	(1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 32) Dourdan, France
ELMS – LMP2 career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Signatech Alpine
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	36
Starts	5
Wins	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in 2014
Previous series
2013 2011–12 2011–12 2010	ELMS – LMPC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps F4 Eurocup 1.6
Championship titles
2014 2013	ELMS – LMP2 ELMS – LMPC

Paul-Loup Chatin (born 19 October 1991) is a professional racing driver from France who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with IDEC Sport. He won the European Le Mans Series LMP2 class title in 2014 and 2019.

Career

Karting

Born in Dourdan, Chatin began his karting career in 2006 at the age of 14, progressing to the KF2 category by 2008. ^[1]

Formula Renault

Chatin made his début in single-seater in 2010, joining the F4 Eurocup 1.6 series. Chatin finished fourth in the championship, with two wins at Silverstone, behind his future Eurocup rivals Stoffel Vandoorne and Norman Nato. ^[2]

In 2011, he graduated to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series, with the Tech 1 Racing team. ^[3] He finished ninth with a win on home soil at Le Castellet, and another podium finish, at Silverstone. ^{[4] [5]} He also had a full-time campaign in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps with the same team, collecting three consecutive victories at the Hungaroring and Le Castellet, finally finishing third in the championship. ^[6]

For the 2012 season, Chatin remained in the Eurocup with Tech 1. ^[7] He improved to sixth in the championship, but failed to achieve a victory during the campaign. He defended his third position in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, losing the title fight to Daniil Kvyat and Nato. ^[8]

Sports car racing

In 2013, Chatin decided to switch to sports car racing, joining Team Endurance Challenge in the LMPC category of the European Le Mans Series. ^[9] He had just one full-time rival and clinched the series title after three wins at Imola, Spielberg and the Hungaroring.

For the 2014 season he moved to the LMP2 category, joining the Signatech Alpine squad. He was victorious at Spielberg and had another two podiums on his way to the championship title, with team-mates Nelson Panciatici and Oliver Webb. Chatin also contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he finished third in the LMP2 category.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	F4 Eurocup 1.6	Auto Sport Academy	14	2	2	2	4	103	4th
2011	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Tech 1 Racing	14	1	1	0	2	75	9th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		14	3	2	3	9	326	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2012	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Tech 1 Racing	14	0	0	0	1	77	6th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		14	1	2	1	11	194	3rd
2013	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Tsunami RT	10	1	0	0	1	91	9th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia		2	1	1	0	2	32	9th
	European Le Mans Series - LMPC	Team Endurance Challenge	5	3	2	4	5	115	1st
2014	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Signatech-Alpine	5	1	0	0	3	78	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2015	Renault Sport Trophy	Monlau Competicion	1	0	0	0	0	6	15th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - GT3 Am	Delahaye Racing	1	0	0	0	0	15	17th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Signatech-Alpine	8	1	1	0	2	86	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Panis-Barthez Compétition	4	0	0	0	0	14	26th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2		6	0	1	1	0	8	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2017	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Panis-Barthez Compétition	2	0	0	0	0	2	24th
	GT4 European Series Southern Cup - Pro-Am	L'Espace Bienvenue	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	0	2	0	2	64	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2018-19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	IDEC Sport	2	0	1	0	0	0	NC
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	1	1	0	4	125	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	IDEC Sport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	4	0	0	0	0	13	18th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2021	IMSA Sportscar Championship - LMP2	Era Motorsport w/ IDEC Sport	2	1	0	0	1	0	NC
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	0	0	0	0	32	9th
	24H GT Series - GT3
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	1	0	0	0	1	15	19th
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	1	0	1	1	53	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Richard Mille Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	10	20th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	Era Motorsport	1	0	0	1	0	0	NC
2023	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	0	1	0	2	72	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	1	0	0	N/A	6th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	7	1	4	2	4	1995	1st
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Proton Competition	5	0	1	0	0	30	9th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Alpine Endurance Team	1	0	0	0	0	9*	7th*
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	AO Racing
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Cool Racing

Complete F4 Eurocup 1.6 results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2010	ALC 1 4	ALC 2 8	SPA 1 10	SPA 2 10	MAG 1 11	MAG 2 4	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 7	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 2	SIL 1 1	SIL 2 1	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 7	4th	103

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2011	Tech 1 Racing	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 9	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 9	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 9	HUN 1 29	HUN 2 6	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 3	LEC 1 1	LEC 2 8	CAT 1 13	CAT 2 9	9th	75
2012	Tech 1 Racing	ALC 1 5	ALC 2 10	SPA 1 6	SPA 2 5	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 4	MSC 1 12	MSC 2 10	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 15	LEC 1 14	LEC 2 4	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 28	6th	77

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
2013	Team Endurance Challenge	LMPC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8	SIL 2	IMO 1	RBR 1	HUN 1	LEC 2		1st	115
2014	Signatech Alpine	LMP2	Alpine (Oreca 03)	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 5	IMO 3	RBR 1	LEC 2	EST 5		1st	78
2016	Panis Barthez Competition	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 9	IMO 7	RBR 7	LEC 10	SPA 7	EST 7	12th	27.5
2017	IDEC Sport Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 V8	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA 10	ALG 10	24th	2
2018	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 7	MNZ 3	RBR 4	SIL 3	SPA 4‡	ALG 6	4th	64
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	ALG 10		18th	13
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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2015	Signatech Alpine	LMP2	Alpine A450b	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL Ret	SPA 5	LMS Ret	NÜR 5	COA 5	FUJ 2	SHA 1	BHR 4		4th	86
2016	Panis-Barthez Compétition	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 8	NÜR	MEX	COA				26th	14
	Baxi DC Racing Alpine		Alpine A460	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8							FUJ 9	SHA 8	BHR 6
2021	Racing Team Nederland	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ 3		BHR	BHR				19th	15
	IDEC Sport		Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8				LMS 6
2024	Alpine Endurance Team	Hypercar	Alpine A424	Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6	QAT 7	IMO	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	BHR		7th*	9*

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Signatech-Alpine	Oliver Webb Nelson Panciatici	Alpine A450b-Nissan	LMP2	355	7th	3rd
2015	Signatech-Alpine	Nelson Panciatici Vincent Capillaire	Alpine A450b-Nissan	LMP2	110	DNF	DNF
2016	Panis-Barthez Compétition	Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	347	12th	8th
2018	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	312	DNF	DNF
2019	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	364	10th	5th
2020	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Richard Bradley	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	10th	6th
2021	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	359	11th	6th
2022	IDEC Sport	Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	12th	8th
2023	IDEC Sport	Laurents Hörr Paul Lafargue	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	327	14th	6th

Awards & Nationale Team

Year	Team	Car	Class	Award
2014	Signatech-Alpine	Alpine A450b-Nissan	LMP2	Prix Jean Rondeau
2013	Team Endurance Challenge	Oreca	ELMS-LMPC	Revelation of the Year 2013
2010	Autosport Academy	F4	F4 - 1.6L	1st Volant EuroFormula
2012	Tech1 Racing		WSR 2.0L	FFSA French Team
2011	Tech1 Racing		WSR 2.0L	FIA Young Driver Excellence Academy

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2021	Era Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology GK428 V8	DAY 1	SEB	WGI	WGI	ELK	LGA	ATL	NC†	0†
2022	Era Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 7	SEB	LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK	PET	NC†	0†
2023	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 7	SEB 4	LGA 2	WGL 3	ELK 1	IMS 4	PET 2	1st	1995
2024	AO Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	ATL

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	Era Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	787	6th	1st

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2023–24	Proton Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 4	SEP 2 5	DUB	ABU 1	ABU 2	6th*	22*

References

1. "Biography". Paul-Loup Chatin. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
2. "F4 Eurocup 1.6 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
3. "Tech 1 Racing Signs Paul-Loup Chatin". PaddockTalk. PaddockTalk LLC. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
4. Allen, Peter (20 September 2011). "PaddockScout Weekend Roundup: 17–18 September". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 3 November 2014. Paul-Loup Chatin scored a home victory in the first race from pole position, his maiden win in the series.
5. "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
6. "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
7. "Paul-Loup Chatin and Matthieu Vaxivière, two Equipe de France drivers, join Tech 1 Racing". World Series by Renault . Renault Sport. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
8. "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
9. "Team Endurance Challenge – Paul Loup Chatin and Gary Hirsch form the third driver line-up". European Le Mans Series. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Paul-Loup Chatin career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues	European Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion 2014 With: Nelson Panciatici & Oliver Webb	Succeeded by Jon Lancaster Björn Wirdheim Gary Hirsch
Preceded by Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov	European Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion 2019 With: Memo Rojas	Succeeded by Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson