Paul Lafargue (racing driver)

Paul Lafargue
Lafargue in 2019
Nationality French
Born (1988-07-08) 8 July 1988 (age 36)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2016
Current teamIDEC Sport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Starts31
Wins1
Podiums5
Best finish1st in 2019
Previous series
2013
2016
2017-19,21
International GT Open
Le Mans Cup
24H Series
Championship titles
2019European Le Mans Series
Last updated on: 30 March 2022.

Paul Lafargue (born 8 July 1988) is a French racing driver. Having started his car racing career at the relatively late age of 23, Lafargue has been a regular in the European Le Mans Series's LMP2, where he has been competing for his father's team IDEC Sport since 2016.[1][2]

The Frenchman won the 2019 European Le Mans Series alongside Paul-Loup Chatin and Memo Rojas.[3] He has also competed in the International GT Open and the Le Mans Cup, as well as several classic car races.[4]

Lafargue started competing in 2011, driving in the prototype class of the V de V Challenge Endurance in his homeland.[5] Having made a one-off appearance in the series's single-seater category in 2013, Lafargue would take his first race win that year, taking home the 997 class win at the 24 Hours of Barcelona.[6][7] In 2014, the Frenchman won his first races in the Endurance Challenge, which, alongside four further podiums, earned him and Ruffier Racing the V de V title. He would finish second the following year, racing for the team built by his father on the basis of Ruffier Racing: IDEC Sport.[8] During the same season, he, father Patrice Lafargue, and Gabriel Abergel drove a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car in the 24H Series, winning three races and the class title.[9]

  1. ^ "2022 season: Back to basics for IDEC SPORT". idecsport.com. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Climbing to the top – IDEC SPORT Racing driver Paul Lafargue". 24h-lemans.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. ^ "ELMS 2019, the retrospective". europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Paul Lafargue". driverdb.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ Paulin Aubard (14 June 2018). "Auto (24 Heures du Mans). Lafargue, la passion en héritage". lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Lamo Racing fait rouler Patrice et Paul Lafargue sur ses Formule Renault". autohebdo.fr. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ^ 24-Stunden-Rennen von Barcelona 2013
  8. ^ Florian Defet (22 May 2015). "Patrice Lafargue : « IDEC Sport Racing, une petite famille »". idecsport-racing.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Hankook 12H Mugello 2015 Entry List". Creventic. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.