Cool Racing

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Switzerland Cool Racing
Founded2017
Founder(s)Patrick Barbier
Alexandre Coigny
BaseAnnecy, France
Team principal(s)
Current seriesEuropean Le Mans Series
Le Mans Cup
Ultimate Cup Series
Former seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
Ligier European Series
French GT4 Cup
24H Series
Current driversEuropean Le Mans Series:
37.
Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Japan Ritomo Miyata
47.
Mexico Alex García
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
Denmark Frederik Vesti
17.
Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare
Le Mans Cup:
87.
France Adrien Closmenil
United Kingdom James Sweetnam
97.
France Adrien Chila
Switzerland David Droux
Websitehttps://cool-racing.ch/

Cool Racing / CLX Motorsport, most commonly known as Cool Racing, is a French-based Swiss sports car racing team which currently competes in the European Le Mans Series, fielding entries in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, as well as the Le Mans Cup.[1]

Founded in 2017 by Patrick Barbier and Alexandre Coigny, the team initially partnered with Racing Spirit of Léman to run their operations.[2][3] At the end of 2020, a restructuring occurred, during which Nicolas Lapierre became the team principal and the outfit was rebranded to Cool Racing / CLX Motorsport; the C and L standing for Coigny and Lapierre respectively.[4]

Cool Racing at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone

Racing record[edit]

European Le Mans Series[edit]

Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Pts
2017 France Cool Racing by GPC LMP3 4 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 Switzerland Iradj Alexander
Switzerland Gino Forgione (rounds 1–2)
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–6)
SIL
14
MNZ
14
RBR
NC
LEC
10
SPA
12
ALG
11
16th 3
2018 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 4 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 Switzerland Iradj Alexander (rounds 1–4, 6)
Switzerland Antonin Borga (rounds 1–3, 5–6)
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–3, 5–6)
Switzerland Lucas Borga (round 4)
Switzerland Christian Vaglio (round 4)
LEC
10
MNZ
9
RBR
10
SIL
11
SPA
6‡
ALG
13
13th 9
2019 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Antonin Borga
France Nicolas Lapierre
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–4, 6)
LEC
7
MNZ
8
CAT
3
SIL
Ret
SPA
2
ALG
14
7th 44.5
2020 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Antonin Borga
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
France Nicolas Lapierre
LEC
4
SPA
10
LEC
12
MNZ
4
ALG
9
7th 28.5
2021 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 19 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Germany Niklas Krütten
France Nicolas Maulini
CAT
1
RBR
1
LEC
2
MNZ
4
SPA
2
ALG
8
2nd 104
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
France Nicolas Lapierre
Switzerland Antonin Borga (rounds 1–4)
France Charles Milesi (rounds 5–6)
CAT
10
RBR
10
LEC
12
MNZ
12
SPA
4
ALG
6
11th 25
2022 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 United Kingdom Mike Benham
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
United States Maurice Smith
LEC
1
IMO
3
MNZ
Ret
CAT
3
SPA
Ret
ALG
1
1st 86
27 France Antoine Doquin
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Switzerland Nicolas Maulini
LEC
Ret
IMO
2
MNZ
6
CAT
Ret
SPA
4
ALG
3
6th 53
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Germany Niklas Krütten
France Nicolas Lapierre
China Ye Yifei
LEC
5
IMO
3
MNZ
8
CAT
3
SPA
5
ALG
3
4th 70
2023 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 France Adrien Chila
Mexico Alex García
Argentina Marcos Siebert
CAT
1
LEC
3
ARA
1
SPA
1
POR
4
ALG
2
1st 121
LMP2 Pro-Am 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Nicolas Lapierre
CAT
3
LEC
2
ARA
Ret
SPA
1
POR
1
ALG
2
2nd 101
LMP2 47 France Reshad de Gerus
Vladislav Lomko
Argentina José María López
CAT
4
LEC
4
ARA
5
SPA
3
POR
4
ALG
7
6th 69
2024 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare
CAT
2
LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 2nd* 19*
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Japan Ritomo Miyata
CAT
1
LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 1st* 25*
47 Mexico Alex García
Denmark Frederik Vesti
France Paul-Loup Chatin (round 1)
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg (TBA)
CAT
12
LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 12th* 0*

FIA World Endurance Championship[edit]

Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Pts
2019–20 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP2 42 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Antonin Borga
France Nicolas Lapierre
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–7)
SIL
1
FUJ
5
SHA
Ret
BHR
6
COA
4
SPA
2
LMS
4
BHR 6th 103

24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 Switzerland Cool Racing 42 Oreca 07-Gibson Switzerland Antonin Borga
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
France Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 365 12th 8th
2022 Switzerland Cool Racing 37 Oreca 07-Gibson Germany Niklas Krütten
United States Ricky Taylor
China Yifei Ye
LMP2 367 11th 7th
2023 Switzerland Cool Racing 37 Oreca 07-Gibson Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 (Pro-Am) 317 23rd 2nd
47 France Reshad de Gerus
Main Page Vladislav Lomko
France Simon Pagenaud
LMP2 158 DNF DNF

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ABOUT US | COOL RACING". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Cool Racing". www.cool-racing.ch. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Cool Racing prend son indépendance". Endurance Info (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (7 January 2021). "Cool to Focus on ELMS Under New Management Structure – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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