Côme Ledogar

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Côme Ledogar
Ledogar in 2011.
NationalityFrance French
Born (1991-05-23) 23 May 1991 (age 32)
Annecy, France
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup career
Debut season2013
Current teamGarage 59
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number58
Former teamsStrakka Racing
Starts11
Wins2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish1st in 2016
Previous series
2016-17
16-17
2015-16
2014-15
2014
2012-14
2011
201011
2009-10
2008
2007
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
International GT Open
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
Porsche Supercup
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Porsche Carrera Cup France
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula BMW Europe
Formul'Academy Euro Series
Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium
Championship titles
2021
2016
2016
2014
Intercontinental GT Challenge
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Porsche Carrera Cup France

Côme Ledogar (born 23 May 1991) is a professional racing driver from France. He is best known for winning the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup overall title in 2016, with Robert Bell and Shane van Gisbergen, and for winning the 2021 24 Hours of Spa overall and the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GTE Pro class.

Career[edit]

Formula Renault 1.6[edit]

Born in Annecy, Ledogar began his racing career in 2007 at the age of 16, making his début in single-seater in the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium for Thierry Boutsen Energy Racing.[1] For 2008 he joined Formul'Academy Euro Series, which used the same Formula Renault 1.6 cars. He won four from fourteen races and had another two podium finishes, losing the title to Arthur Pic.[2]

Formula BMW[edit]

In 2009, Ledogar moved to the Formula BMW Europe, joining DAMS team. He finished nine from sixteen races in points to finish season 17th.[3] For the next year he switched to Eifelland Racing. He had three podium finishes, improving to the sixth in the standings.[4]

Formula Renault 2.0[edit]

In 2011, he switched to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, with the R-ace GP.[5] He ended season 19th with three point-scoring finishes. He also had a part-time campaign in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, achieving podium finish at Zandvoort.[6]

Sports car racing[edit]

Côme Ledogar on Porsche Supercup, Spa Francochamps in 2015.

In 2012, Ledogar decided to switch to sports car racing, joining Pro GT by Alméras in the Porsche Carrera Cup France. He won four from fourteen races but lost 22 points in the championship battle to Jean-Karl Vernay.[7] He remained in the Cup for 2013, switching to Sébastien Loeb Racing, but wasn't able to improve his position in the standings, winning only two races.[8] For 2014 he returned to Alméras team, finally winning the series, with four-point margin over Maxime Jousse after six race wins and another two podium finishes.[9]

For 2015 Ledogar had a double campaign in both Porsche Supercup and Carrera Cup Italia. He was victorious in the Italian series at Monza, Imola, Misano and Mugello and had another seven podiums on his way to the runner-up place behind Riccardo Agostini.[10] While in the Supercup he was eight in the standings, and the second-best season rookie with a podium at Hungaroring.[11][12]

In 2016, Ledogar continued to race in the Carrera Cup Italia. He amassed Mattia Drudi by 19 points in the championship battle and had six race wins with eight another podium finishes.[13] Also he became a McLaren factory driver.[14] He competed behind the wheel of McLaren 650S GT3 in the 2016 International GT Open and 2016 Blancpain GT Series with Garage 59 team. He won Monza GT Open race, but as he wasn't on the full schedule he finished only eleventh in the standings. While in the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, which was part of the Blancpain GT Series, he became champion with Robert Bell and Shane van Gisbergen.[15]

For 2017, Ledogar was more concentrated on GT Open, staying with Garage 59, pairing with Alexander West. He finished third in the Pro-Am standings. While in the 2017 Blancpain GT Series he joined Strakka Racing. But he finished only 69th, with just two points, which was scored on the opening round of the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.[16]

In 2018, Ledogar rejoined Garage 59 squad in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, becoming teammate of Ben Barnicoat and Andrew Watson.[17]

In 2019, Ledogar left McLaren and joined Garage 59 to drive an Aston Martin Vantage at the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup together with Jonny Adam and Andrew Watson, and at two additional rounds of the Intercontinental GT Challenge with Chris Goodwin and Alexander West. Also he drove a Ferrari 488 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Car Guy Racing.

He drove for Garage 59 at the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour, and entered three rounds of the 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series with Car Guy Racing, scoring a win at The Bend.

After the COVID-19 pandemic's first lockdown, the Frenchman entered the Silverstone round of the 2020 Porsche Supercup. Then he drove a Ferrari 488 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and at the Paul Ricard round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with AF Corse, winning the latter with Tom Blomqvist and Alessandro Pier Guidi.

In 2021, Car Guy Racing hired the driver for the Asian Le Mans Series, winning the final race. He joined Iron Lynx for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, partnering with Pier Guidi and Nicklas Nielsen. The trio won the 2021 24 Hours of Spa. In addition, AF Corse hired him as third driver for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, claiming the win at the GTE Pro class.

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium Boutsen Energy Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2008 Formul'Academy Euro Series Auto Sport Academy 14 4 3 5 6 120.5 2nd
2009 Formula BMW Europe DAMS 16 0 0 0 0 49 17th
2010 Formula BMW Europe Eifelland Racing 16 0 2 0 3 187 6th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 0 0 0 1 59 16th
2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R-ace GP 14 0 0 1 0 9 19th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 9 0 0 0 1 91 19th
2012 Porsche Carrera Cup France Pro GT by Alméras 14 4 2 5 9 231 2nd
2013 Porsche Carrera Cup France Sébastien Loeb Racing 11 2 2 1 2 118 5th
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Hexis Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Porsche Carrera Cup France Team Martinet - Alméras 12 6 6 2 8 188 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Land Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 11 25th
Porsche Supercup Pro GT by Alméras 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Tsunami RT 12 4 3 4 11 182 2nd
Porsche Supercup Pro GT by Alméras 10 0 0 0 1 81 8th
2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Tsunami RT 18 6 8 11 14 182 1st
Blancpain GT Series Garage 59 11 2 2 0 0 68 12th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 2 0 0 2 68 1st
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
International GT Open 10 0 0 0 1 81 8th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Garage 59 1 0 0 0 0 17 10th
K-Pax Racing 1 0 1 0 1
2017 International GT Open - Pro-Am Garage 59 14 2 2 3 6 60 3rd
Blancpain GT Series Strakka Racing 8 0 0 0 0 2 69th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 4 0 0 0 0 2 44th
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup 4 0 0 1 0 0 NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge Tekno Autosports/McLaren GT 1 0 0 0 0 12 10th
Strakka Racing 1 0 0 0 0
Australian GT Championship Tekno Autosports 3 0 0 0 1 66 30th
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Garage 59 5 0 0 0 1 19 24th
Intercontinental GT Challenge YNA Autosport 1 0 0 0 0 6 22nd
Garage 59 2 0 0 0 0
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 1 0 0 0 0 20 56th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Spirit of Race 3 1 2 0 1 35 7th
2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Garage 59 5 0 0 0 0 2 33rd
Porsche Carrera Cup France Team 85 Bourgoin Racing 12 1 1 2 5 178 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Car Guy Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Car Guy Racing 3 1 1 0 2 54 6th
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AF Corse 1 1 0 0 1 33 10th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Garage 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Porsche Supercup CLRT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Luzich Racing 1 0 1 0 0 N/A 7th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am AF Corse 1 1 0 0 1 50 8th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Asian Le Mans Series - GT Car Guy Racing 4 1 0 0 1 31.5 6th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Iron Lynx 5 1 0 0 1 83 1st
Intercontinental GT Challenge Iron Lynx Motorsports Lab 1 1 0 0 1 55 1st
AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors 2 0 1 1 1
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Dinamic Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 14 22nd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Inception Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2023 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Huber Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF

* Season still in progress.

† Guest driver ineligible to score points

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results[edit]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2016 Garage 59 McLaren 650S GT3 Pro MIS
QR
MIS
CR
BRH
QR

32
BRH
CR

25
NÜR
QR

Ret
NÜR
CR

Ret
HUN
QR

23
HUN
CR

Ret
CAT
QR
CAT
CR
NC 0
2017 Strakka Racing McLaren 650S GT3 Pro MIS
QR
MIS
CR
BRH
QR
BRH
CR
ZOL
QR

Ret
ZOL
CR

Ret
HUN
QR
HUN
CR
NÜR
QR

Ret
NÜR
CR

25
NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 China Jackie Chan DC Racing United States Ricky Taylor
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 195 DNF DNF
2019 Japan Car Guy Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
Italy Kei Cozzolino
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Am
332 35th 5th
2020 Switzerland Luzich Racing Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Puerto Rico Francesco Piovanetti
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
335 32nd 7th
2021 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro
345 20th 1st
2022 United Kingdom Inception Racing France Marvin Klein
Sweden Alexander West
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
190 DNF DNF

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Formul'Academy Euro Series 2008 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Formula BMW Europe 2009 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Formula BMW Europe 2010 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Ledogar n'a plus de temps à perdre". Le Progrès (in French). Groupe EBRA. 24 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Porsche Carrera Cup France 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Porsche Carrera Cup France 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Porsche Carrera Cup France 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Porsche Carrera Cup Italia 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  11. ^ "All drivers of the 2015 season at a glance". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Porsche Carrera Cup Italia 2016 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  14. ^ Errity, Stephen (10 May 2018). "Come Ledogar: McLaren GT's New French Fancy". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  15. ^ Errity, Stephen (18 September 2016). "Nurburgring, Race: Lamborghini's Win, McLaren's Title". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup — Pro 2017 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Impressive 54-car grid for Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup opener at Monza". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Champion

2016
With: Rob Bell
and Shane van Gisbergen
Succeeded by
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
Champion

2016
Succeeded by
Alessio Rovera
Preceded by Intercontinental GT Challenge
Champion

2021–22
With: Alessandro Pier Guidi
Succeeded by