Paul-Loup Chatin
Paul-Loup Chatin | |
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Chatin in 2012 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Dourdan, France | 19 October 1991
ELMS – LMP2 career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Former teams | Signatech Alpine, Panis Barthez Compeitition, IDEC Sport |
Starts | 53 (53 entries) |
Wins | 7 |
Poles | 5 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 1st in 2014, 2019 |
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, 2019 2013 | ELMS – LMP2 ELMS – LMPC |
Paul-Loup Chatin (born 19 October 1991) is a French professional racing driver. He has had notable successes within the LMP2 class, winning the European Le Mans Series in 2014 and 2019, as well as pole positions at the 2018 and 2023 iterations of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1][2] Other achievements include a class victory at the 2021 24 Hours of Daytona and the LMP2 title in the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship.[3][4]
He competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Alpine Endurance Team.[5]
Early career
[edit]Karting
[edit]Born in Dourdan, Chatin began his karting career in 2006 at the age of 14, progressing to the KF2 category by 2008.[6]
Formula Renault
[edit]Chatin made his début in single-seaters 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.[7]
In 2011, he graduated to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series, with the Tech 1 Racing team.[8] He finished ninth with a win on home soil at Le Castellet, and another podium finish, at Silverstone.[9][10] 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.[11]
For the 2012 season, Chatin remained in the Eurocup with Tech 1.[12] 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.[13]
Sports car career
[edit]In 2013, Chatin decided to switch to sports car racing, joining Team Endurance Challenge in the LMPC category of the European Le Mans Series.[14] In a class with just two full-time entries, Chatin and teammate Gary Hirsch won the series title thanks to three wins at Imola, Spielberg and the Hungaroring.
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For the 2014 season, the Frenchman moved to the LMP2 category, joining the Signatech Alpine squad alongside Nelson Panciatici and Oliver Webb. The team were victorious at Spielberg and scored another two podiums on their way to the championship title. Chatin and his teammates also contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they finished third in the LMP2 category.
Remaining with Signatech Alpine, Chatin progressed to the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015.[15] In spite of retirements at Silverstone and Le Mans, the campaign proved to be a success, as the team finished second at Fuji and won at Shanghai on their way to fourth in the standings.
Chatin returned to the ELMS in 2016, partnering Timothé Buret and former French football goalkeeper Fabien Barthez.[16] The team struggled despite Chatin's speed, proven by a fastest lap at Silverstone and a pole position in Imola, scoring a best result of seventh four times to finish eighth overall. The following year, Chatin made two appearances in the series, driving the final two races for IDEC Sport Racing.[17]
2018 saw the beginning of the full-time partnership between Chatin and IDEC Sport, with the Frenchman being fielded in the ELMS alongside Memo Rojas and Paul Lafargue, the silver-ranked son of team owner Patrice Lafargue.[18] Chatin led the outfit to a pair of third places, their first podiums in the series, as well as scoring the team's maiden pole positions at Le Castellet and Spielberg.[19][20] These performances contributed to a third-placed finish at the end of the year. Additionally, Chatin and his teammates competed at Le Mans, where the Frenchman scored pole in qualifying.[21]
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Reunited with Lafargue, Rojas, and IDEC Sport for the 2019 season, Chatin would start the year off with two runner-up finishes, before taking a pole position at Barcelona.[22] At round 4 in Silvertsone, the team benefited from a late fuel-related pit stop for rivals G-Drive Racing to take its first win in the ELMS.[23] At the following round in Spa, a crash for Chatin at Raidillon during practice forced IDEC to miss qualifying, though thanks to the sourcing of a new chassis the team recovered to sixth on Sunday.[24] Chatin redeemed himself during the season finale in Portugal, charging through to take the lead from Phil Hanson before holding on to win the race and, by extension, the championship.[25]
The pandemic-affected 2020 campaign proved to be challenging for Chatin, who was joined by Lafargue as well as Richard Bradley for the year.[26] The trio managed a highest finish of seventh place and ended the season ninth in the teams' championship, with Chatin missing a race after contracting COVID-19.[27] In 2021, Chatin and Lafargue partnered Patrick Pilet in the ELMS.[28] In a quiet season, IDEC Sport ended up ninth in the teams' standings. That year did not fail to yield success for Chatin however, as he won the 24 Hours of Daytona in class for Era Motorsport.[29]
In 2022, the trio of French drivers remained at IDEC, which reverted to a one-car operation.[30] During the first half of the season, Chatin and his teammates took three successive top 5 finishes, with the highlight being an imposing late stint by the French driver at Monza which brought victory back to the team.[31] After this, the season brought disappointment, as IDEC fell back to fifth place by the end of the year.
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Chatin remained in the ELMS for his sixth full season at IDEC Sport in 2023, partnering Lafargue and German LMP3 graduate Laurents Hörr.[32] Though the squad failed to win a race, Chatin was able to lead IDEC to fifth in the standings with two LMP2 Pro class podiums and a pole position at the final event in Portimão. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans meanwhile, Chatin took LMP2 pole for the second time in his career, before putting the team in contention for a class podium — the chances of which were reduced to zero due to a late puncture.[33] The 2023 season also saw Chatin compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports alongside gentleman driver Ben Keating.[34] Joined by silver-ranked rookie Alex Quinn at the endurance events, the duo took four podiums from seven races, including a win at Road America, and clinched the LMP2 class title with a runner-up result at Petit Le Mans.[35][36]
Ahead of the 2024 season, Chatin was announced to be joining the Alpine Endurance Team as a factory driver.[37] As a result, he was chosen as one of the team's drivers in the Le Mans Hypercar category of the WEC, where he, Charles Milesi, and Ferdinand Habsburg would drive the No. 35 Alpine A424.[38][39]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]Complete F4 Eurocup 1.6 results
[edit](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 |
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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
[edit](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 |
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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
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
[edit](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 |
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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 | ||||||||||||
2022 | Richard Mille Racing Team | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | MNZ 14 | FUJ 8 | BHR 8 | 20th | 10 | |||
2024 | Alpine Endurance Team | Hypercar | Alpine A424 | Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6 | QAT 7 | IMO 13 | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | 9th* | 9* |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2014 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Alpine A450b-Nissan | LMP2 | 355 | 7th | 3rd |
2015 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Alpine A450b-Nissan | LMP2 | 110 | DNF | DNF |
2016 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 347 | 12th | 8th |
2018 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 312 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 364 | 10th | 5th |
2020 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 366 | 10th | 6th |
2021 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 359 | 11th | 6th |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 366 | 12th | 8th |
2023 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 327 | 14th | 6th |
2024 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Alpine A424 | Hypercar | 75 | DNF | DNF |
Awards & Nationale Team
[edit]Year | Team | Car | Class | Award |
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2014 | ![]() | 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
[edit](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 |
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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 8 | SEB 11 | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL | * | * |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
24 Hours of Daytona results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2021 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 787 | 6th | 1st |
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
[edit](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 |
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2023–24 | Proton Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEP 1 4 | SEP 2 5 | DUB 7 | ABU 1 10 | ABU 2 Ret | 9th | 30 |
References
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Paul-Loup Chatin scored a home victory in the first race from pole position, his maiden win in the series.
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External links
[edit]- Official website
- Paul-Loup Chatin career summary at DriverDB.com