Olivier Pla

Olivier Pla
Olivier Pla
Nationality France French
Born October 22, 1981 (1981-10-22) (age 30)
Toulouse (France)
2011 Le Mans Series (LMP2)
Debut season 2008
Current team Quifel ASM Team
Starts 10
Wins 2
Poles 3
Fastest laps 5
Best finish 1st in 2009
Previous series
2007
200507
2004
2003
2001–02
2000
Porsche Cup Germany
GP2 Series
World Series by Nissan
Formula Three Euroseries
French Formula Three
Formula Campus
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2008 -
Teams Quifel ASM Team
Best finish 20th (2008, 2010)
Class wins 0

Olivier Pla (born October 22, 1981 in Toulouse) is a race car driver from France.

Contents

Career

French Formula Campus & Formula Three

Pla's career started 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.[1]

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.[2]

In 2003, Pla joined the Formula Three Euroseries with ASM. He finished third, behind Christian Klien and Ryan Briscoe, taking nine podium places from twenty races.[3]

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.[4]

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 he selected reverse instead of first gear and went backwards into his team-mate'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.

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 NC
2003 Formula Three Euroseries ASM 20 0 3 0 8 74 3rd
2004 World Series by Nissan RC Motorsport 18 1 0 0 1 56 9th
Carlin Motorsport
2005 GP2 Series David Price Racing 22 2 0 1 2 20 13th
2006 GP2 Series 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 David Price Racing 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 NC

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
2005 David Price Racing SMR
FEA

9
SMR
SPR

5
ESP
FEA

Ret
ESP
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

9
EUR
FEA

Ret
EUR
SPR

8
FRA
FEA

Ret
FRA
SPR

9
GBR
FEA

8
GBR
SPR

1
GER
FEA

8
GER
SPR

1
HUN
FEA

7
HUN
SPR

Ret
TUR
FEA

9
TUR
SPR

17
ITA
FEA

Ret
ITA
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

11
BEL
SPR

10
BHR
FEA

Ret
BHR
SPR

DNS
13th 20
2006 DPR Direxiv VAL
FEA

10
VAL
SPR

15
SMR
FEA

Ret
SMR
SPR

Ret
EUR
FEA

15
EUR
SPR

Ret
ESP
FEA

DSQ
ESP
SPR

20
MON
FEA

Ret
GBR
FEA

GBR
SPR

FRA
FEA

16
FRA
SPR

9
GER
FEA
GER
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
TUR
FEA
TUR
SPR
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
27th 0
2007 David Price Racing BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
MON
FEA
FRA
FEA
FRA
SPR
GBR
FEA
GBR
SPR
EUR
FEA
EUR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
TUR
FEA
TUR
SPR
ITA
FEA

Ret
ITA
SPR

13
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
35th 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 LMP2 40 D Lola B05/40
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
Portugal Quifel ASM Team Portugal Miguel Amaral
United Kingdom Guy Smith
325 20th 4th
2009 LMP2 40 D Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
Portugal Quifel ASM Team Portugal Miguel Amaral
United Kingdom Guy Smith
46 DNF DNF
2010 LMP2 40 D Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
Portugal Quifel ASM Team Portugal Miguel Amaral
United Kingdom Warren Hughes
318 20th 7th
2011 LMP1 20 D Zytek 09SC
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
Portugal Quifel ASM Team Portugal Miguel Amaral
United Kingdom Warren Hughes
48 DNF DNF

References

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jonathan Cochet
Korea Super Prix
Winner

2002
Succeeded by
Richard Antinucci
Preceded by
Jos Verstappen
Le Mans Series — LMP2 Champion
2009
With Miguel Amaral
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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