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| Founded | 2015 |
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| Founder(s) | Patrice Lafargue |
| Base | Fontenay-Trésigny, France |
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| Current series | European Le Mans Series Le Mans Cup |
| Former series | V de V Challenge 24H Series IMSA SportsCar Championship |
| Current drivers | European Le Mans Series: 18.  Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella28. Reshad de GerusPaul Lafargue Job van UitertLe Mans Cup: 17. Patrice Lafargue Dino Lunardi |
| Website | https://www.idecsport.com/en/category/car-racing/ |
IDEC Sport Racing, more commonly referred to asIDEC Sport, is a Frenchsports car racing outfit. Born from the ashes of Ruffier Racing in 2015, the team began racingGT3 cars in the24H Series before moving on tosports prototypes.[1][2] Spearheaded byLMP2 acePaul-Loup Chatin for much of its history, IDEC won the2019 European Le Mans Series title and has twice set class pole position at the24 Hours of Le Mans, in2018 and2023.[3][4][5] Although IDEC's corporate colour is red, it has most recently borne the colours of classic French brandsDelage andMatra.[6] It is currently active in both theELMS in LMP2 and theMichelin Le Mans Cup inLMP3.
The team is led by Patrice Lafargue, founder and CEO of the IDEC Group, a real estate construction company also known for its sponsorship ofsailing trimarans.[7][8][9] FormerPeugeot factory driverNicolas Minassian joined him in 2018 as sporting director.[10]
For 2025, The team will partner withGenesis Motor and their teamGenesis Magma Racing to help structure and prepare the team. This includes provididng engineers, technicians and mechanics. While also running a 2nd car in2025 European Le Mans Series withJamie Chadwick and Mathys Jaubert as part of Genesis' Trajectory Program.[11]
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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| 2017 | IDEC Sport Racing | 17 | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | Patrice LafarguePaul Lafargue David Zollinger | LMP2 | 344 | 12th | 10th |
| 2018 | IDEC Sport | 48 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Paul-Loup ChatinPaul Lafargue Memo Rojas | LMP2 | 312 | DNF | DNF |
| 2019 | IDEC Sport | 48 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Paul-Loup ChatinPaul LafargueMemo Rojas | LMP2 | 364 | 10th | 5th |
| 2020 | IDEC Sport | 17 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Jonathan KennardPatrick Pilet[N 1]Kyle Tilley | LMP2 | 363 | 15th | 11th |
| 28 | Richard BradleyPaul-Loup ChatinPaul Lafargue | 366 | 10th | 6th | ||||
| 2021 | IDEC Sport | 17 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Ryan DalzielThomas Laurent Dwight Merriman | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 0 | WD | WD |
| 48 | Paul-Loup ChatinPaul LafarguePatrick Pilet | LMP2 | 359 | 11th | 6th | |||
| 2022 | IDEC Sport | 48 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Paul-Loup ChatinPaul LafarguePatrick Pilet | LMP2 | 366 | 12th | 8th |
| 2023 | IDEC Sport | 48 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents HörrPaul Lafargue | LMP2 | 327 | 14th | 6th |
| 2024 | IDEC Sport | 28 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Reshad de GerusPaul LafargueJob van Uitert | LMP2 | 297 | 17th | 3rd |
