Olivier Pla (born 22 October 1981) is a French racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Glickenhaus Racing.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.
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.[6]
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Formula Renault Campus France | Formula Campus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 391 | 3rd |
2001 | French Formula Three Championship | Saulnier Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 8th |
2002 | French Formula Three Championship | ASM | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 159 | 3rd |
FIA European Formula Three Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
Korea Super Prix | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2nd | ||
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
2003 | Formula 3 Euro Series | ASM | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 74 | 3rd |
Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
2004 | World Series by Nissan | RC Motorsport | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 9th |
Carlin Motorsport | |||||||||
2005 | GP2 Series | DPR | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13th |
2006 | GP2 Series | DPR/DPR Direxiv | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
2007 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | MRS-Team | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 15th |
GP2 Series | DPR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |
2008 | Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Quifel ASM Team | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
American Le Mans Series | Team LNT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14th | |
2009 | Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Quifel ASM Team | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 1st |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
2010 | Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Quifel ASM Team | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 6th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
2011 | Le Mans Series - LMP1 | Quifel ASM Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
Blancpain Endurance Series | SOFREV ASP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29th | |
French GT Championship | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 10th | ||
2012 | FIA World Endurance Championship | OAK Racing | 8 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 18.5 | 20th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 2nd | ||
Blancpain Endurance Series | SMG Challenge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22nd | |
2013 | World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | OAK Racing | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 132.5 | 2nd |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | ||
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am | SMG Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28th | |
2 014 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | G-Drive Racing | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 137 | 2nd |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
United SportsCar Championship - Prototype | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 14th | ||
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am | TDS Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22nd | |
FFSA GT Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
2015 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 | Nissan Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Krohn Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15th | |
United SportsCar Championship - Prototype | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 20th | ||
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am | Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25th | |
2016 | FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 118 | 4th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 113 | 13th | |
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Krohn Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12th | |
2017 | FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 8th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 20th | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 16th | |
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | IDEC Sport Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 23rd | |
2018 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Racing Engineering | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 3rd |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Tequila Patrón ESM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 40th | |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Garage 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22nd | ||
24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th | |
2018-19 | FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 5th |
2019 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th |
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Thunderhead Carlin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 | 15th | |
Algarve Pro Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Mazda Team Joest | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 14th | |
2020 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro | Risi Competizione | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Mazda Team Joest/Mazda Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 110 | 13th | |
2021 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2668 | 8th |
FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar | Glickenhaus Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7th | |
2022 | FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar | Glickenhaus Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 4th* |
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Whelen Engineering Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1164 | 8th* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete GP2 Series 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 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
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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 |
13th | 20 |
2006 | DPR | VAL FEA 10 |
VAL SPR 15 |
IMO FEA Ret |
IMO SPR 20† |
27th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
DPR Direxiv | 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 |
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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 |
35th | 0 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]
* Season still in progress.
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Team | No. | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
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2014 | OAK Racing | 42 | P | Morgan LMP2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8 | DAY 6 |
SEB 4 |
LBH 4 |
LGA | DET 3 |
WGL | MOS 1 |
IMS | ELK 11 |
COA | PET | 21st | 172 | |
2015 | Krohn Racing | 57 | P | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 V8 | DAY 13 |
SEB 6 |
LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET | 20th | 45 | ||
2016 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | 60 | P | Ligier JS P2 | Honda HR35TT 3.5 Turbo V6 | DAY 11 |
SEB 7 |
LBH | LGA | DET | WGL 3 |
MOS | ELK | COA | PET 1 |
13th | 113 | ||
2017 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 EcoBoost V6 | DAY 7 |
SEB 5 |
LBH | COA | LIM | VIR | 20th | 50 | |||||||
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 52 | P | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 V8 | DET | WGL 4 |
MOS | ELK 7 |
LGA 7 |
PET 10 |
16th | 99 | |||||||
2018 | Tequila Patrón ESM | 2 | P | Nissan Onroak DPi | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 Turbo V6 | DAY 19 |
SEB 16 |
LBH | MDO | DET | WGL 15 |
MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 40th | 43 | ||
2019 | Mazda Team Joest | 55 | DPi | 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 |
14th | 102 | ||
2020 | Mazda Team Joest | 77 | DPi | Mazda RT24-P | Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 | DAY 2 |
DAY | SEB | ELK | 13th | 110 | ||||||||
Mazda Motorsports | ATL 7 |
MDO | PET 7 |
LGA | SEB 3 |
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2021 | Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | 60 | DPi | 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 | 8th | 2668 | ||
2022 | Whelen Engineering Racing | 31 | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY |
SEB |
LBH |
LGA |
MDO |
DET 6 |
WGL 5 |
MOS 3 |
ELK 6 |
PET 2 |
8th | 1508 |
References[]
- ↑ "SEASON 2022 SCG DRIVERS". https://glickenhausracing.com/olivier-pla.
- ↑ "2001 French Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com (Speedsport Magazine). http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/french-formula-3/2001/results.html.
- ↑ "2002 French Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com (Speedsport Magazine). http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/french-formula-3/2002/results.html.
- ↑ "2003 Formula 3 Euro Series". speedsport-magazine.com (Speedsport Magazine). http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/formula-3-euroseries/2003/results.html.
- ↑ "2004 Formula Nissan V6 World Series". speedsport-magazine.com (Speedsport Magazine). http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/formula-renault-worldseries/2004/results.html.
- ↑ Pruett, Marshall (October 16, 2020). "Pla confirmed for 2021 Meyer Shank Acura DPi seat". https://racer.com/2020/10/16/pla-confirmed-for-2021-meyer-shank-acura-dpi-seat/.
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