CLX Motorsport, formerly 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]
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| Founded | 2017 |
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| Founder(s) | Patrick Barbier Alexandre Coigny |
| Base | Annecy, France |
| Team principal(s) |
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| Current series | European Le Mans Series Le Mans Cup Ultimate Cup Series |
| Former series | FIA World Endurance Championship Ligier European Series French GT4 Cup 24H Series |
| Current drivers | European Le Mans Series: 37.  Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata47.  Alex García  Ferdinand Habsburg Frederik Vesti17.  Miguel Cristóvão Manuel Espírito Santo Cédric OltramareLe Mans Cup: 87.  Adrien Closmenil  James Sweetnam97. Adrien Chila David Droux |
| Website | https://cool-racing.ch/ |
Founded in 2017 by Patrick Barbier and Alexandre Coigny, owner of Cool Aviation, 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] CLX fully absorbed the team in 2025.[5]
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Racing record
edit24 Hours of Le Mans results
edit| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cool Racing
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42 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre
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LMP2 | 365 | 12th | 8th |
| 2022 | Cool Racing
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37 | Oreca 07-Gibson |  Niklas Krütten Ricky Taylor Yifei Ye
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LMP2 | 367 | 11th | 7th |
| 2023 | Cool Racing
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37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre
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LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 317 | 23rd | 2nd |
| 47 | Reshad de Gerus Vladislav Lomko Simon Pagenaud
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LMP2 | 158 | DNF | DNF | |||
| 2024 | Cool Racing
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37 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata
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LMP2 | 289 | 26th | 12th |
| 47 | Matt Bell Naveen Rao Frederik Vesti
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LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 291 | 24th | 5th |
European Le Mans Series
edit| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Cool Racing by GPC
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LMP3 | 4 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 | Iradj Alexander Gino Forgione (rounds 1–2) Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–6)
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SIL 14 |
MNZ 14 |
RBR NC |
LEC 10 |
SPA 12 |
ALG 11 |
16th | 3 |
| 2018 | Cool Racing
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LMP3 | 4 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 | Iradj Alexander (rounds 1–4, 6) Antonin Borga (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Lucas Borga (round 4) Christian Vaglio (round 4)
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LEC 10 |
MNZ 9 |
RBR 10 |
SIL 11 |
SPA 6‡ |
ALG 13 |
13th | 9 |
| 2019 | Cool Racing
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LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Antonin Borga Nicolas Lapierre Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–4, 6)
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LEC 7 |
MNZ 8 |
CAT 3 |
SIL Ret |
SPA 2 |
ALG 14 |
7th | 44.5 |
| 2020 | Cool Racing
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LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre
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LEC 4 |
SPA 10 |
LEC 12 |
MNZ 4 |
ALG 9 |
7th | 28.5 | |
| 2021 | Cool Racing
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LMP3 | 19 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 | Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini
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CAT 1 |
RBR 1 |
LEC 2 |
MNZ 4 |
SPA 2 |
ALG 8 |
2nd | 104 |
| LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga (rounds 1–4) Charles Milesi (rounds 5–6)
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CAT 10 |
RBR 10 |
LEC 12 |
MNZ 12 |
SPA 4 |
ALG 6 |
11th | 25 | ||
| 2022 | Cool Racing
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LMP3 | 17 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 | Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith
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LEC 1 |
IMO 3 |
MNZ Ret |
CAT 3 |
SPA Ret |
ALG 1 |
1st | 86 |
| 27 | Antoine Doquin Jean-Ludovic Foubert Nicolas Maulini
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LEC Ret |
IMO 2 |
MNZ 6 |
CAT Ret |
SPA 4 |
ALG 3 |
6th | 53 | |||||
| LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Niklas Krütten Nicolas Lapierre Ye Yifei
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LEC 5 |
IMO 3 |
MNZ 8 |
CAT 3 |
SPA 5 |
ALG 3 |
4th | 70 | ||
| 2023 | Cool Racing
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LMP3 | 17 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 | Adrien Chila Alex García Marcos Siebert
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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 | Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre
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CAT 3 |
LEC 2 |
ARA Ret |
SPA 1 |
POR 1 |
ALG 2 |
2nd | 101 | ||
| LMP2 | 47 | Reshad de Gerus Vladislav Lomko José María López
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CAT 4 |
LEC 4 |
ARA 5 |
SPA 3 |
POR 4 |
ALG 7 |
6th | 69 | ||||
| 2024 | Cool Racing
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LMP3 | 17 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 | Miguel Cristóvão Manuel Espírito Santo Cédric Oltramare
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CAT 2 |
LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 2nd* | 19* |
| LMP2 | 37 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata
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CAT 1 |
LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 1st* | 25* | ||
| 47 | Alex García Frederik Vesti Paul-Loup Chatin (round 1) Ferdinand Habsburg (TBA)
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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 | Cool Racing
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LMP2 | 42 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Antonin Borga Nicolas Lapierre Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–7)
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SIL 1 |
FUJ 5 |
SHA Ret |
BHR 6 |
COA 4 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 4 |
BHR | 6th | 103 |
References
edit- ^ "ABOUT US | COOL RACING". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Cool Racing". www.cool-racing.ch. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "Cool Racing prend son indépendance". Endurance Info (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (7 January 2021). "Cool to Focus on ELMS Under New Management Structure – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "ELMS / Le Mans – Cool Racing devient CLX Motorsport". Endurance-Info (in French). 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
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