| Stéphane Richelmi | |
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 Stéphane Richelmi at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round | |
| Nationality |  Monégasque |
| Born | (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (age 35) Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Related to | Jean-Pierre Richelmi (father) |
| WEC LMP2 career | |
| Current team | Jackie Chan DC Racing x Jota Sport |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Car number | 38 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011–2014 2010–11 2009–10 2009 2009 2008 2008 2007 2007–08 2006 | GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Italian Formula Three French GT Championship British Formula 3 Formula 3 Euro Series Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 BelgianFormula Renault 1.6 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2017–18 2016 | Asian Le Mans Series FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers |
Stéphane Richelmi (born 17 March 1990 inMonte Carlo) is aMonégasque professionalracing driver. He is the son of formerWorld Rally Championship driver Jean-Pierre Richelmi.[1]
Richelmi began hisFormula racing career in theBelgianFormula Renault 1.6 category in2006, ending the year in 12th place.
Thefollowing year, he stepped up to theEurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series, racing forBoutsen Energy Racing. He finished the season with no points, with his best race result being an 18th place at theHungaroring.[2] He also contested two races of theItalian Formula Renault Championship.
In2008, Richelmi participated in both the Eurocup andFormula Renault 2.0 West European Cup series. He failed to score a point in eight Eurocup races and left the series after failing to qualify for either race at theLe Mans meeting.[3] He finished only 16th in the qualifying race for drivers who failed to make super pole, with the top twelve in the race qualifying for the weekend.[4] In the West European Cup, he scored points in three of his seven races to finish 16th in the championship.
Richelmi made the step up toFormula Three in late 2008, taking part in the final six races of theFormula 3 Euro Series season withBarazi-Epsilon.[5] His best result was an 18th place on his début inBarcelona.
Thefollowing year, Richelmi and the team entered theBritish Formula 3 Championship, running aDallara F308 chassis in the International Class.[6] Despite not finishing in the points in any of his 15 races, he was awarded two points at bothSpa-Francorchamps andPortimão due to a number of cars finishing ahead of him who were ineligible for championship points. He was classified 19th in the final standings.[7]
During the year, Richelmi also took part in theItalian Formula Three Championship, driving forRC Motorsport. Despite missing the first two rounds atAdria andMagione, he finished sixth in the standings, scoring podium places atVarano,Imola andVallelunga.[8] Richelmi continued in the Italian Formula Three series in2010, switching to theLucidi Motors team.[9] He finished the season as runner-up behindBVM-Target Racing'sCésar Ramos, taking four race victories and eight podium places in total.[10] Along with Ramos andAndrea Caldarelli, Richelmi tested aFerrari F2008Formula One car as a prize for finishing in the top three in the championship, with the test taking place at Vallelunga on Thursday 2 December.[11] He completed 25 laps during the test and was the slowest of the three runners with a time of 1:17.97.[12]
In October 2009, Richelmi tested aFormula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, taking part in the first post-season test session atMotorland Aragón with the recently crowned championsDraco Racing. He completed a total of 80 laps, recording a best time of 1:44.526 on the second day of running.[13] A year later he tested again for Draco at Barcelona and Motorland Aragón and also had an outing withFrench teamTech 1 Racing at the latter venue.
It was announced in January 2011 that Richelmi would join the series for the2011 season, racing for International DracoRacing alongside fellow newcomerAndré Negrão.[14]
In October 2009, Richelmi took part in theFrench FFSA GT Championship round atPaul Ricard, supporting theFIA GT race held on the same weekend. Sharing aChevrolet Corvette C6.R withÉric Cayrolle, he finished second in the first race before winning the second event.[15]
Richelmi made hisGP2 Series début in the2011 season finale atMonza, replacing his injured compatriotStefano Coletti at theTrident Racing team.[16] His team-mate wasRodolfo González. Despite not having tested the car before the event, he finished both races ahead of González. He remained with Trident for the2012 season, alongsideJulián Leal. Taking a best result of third place in the feature race atHockenheim by gambling successfully on tyre choice in changing weather conditions, he finished 18th in the championship. For2013, he moved to reigning teams championDAMS alongsideMarcus Ericsson, he managed to score a podium finish at Silverstone and finished 8th in the standings on 103 points.
Richelmi continued withDAMS for the2014 season, this time with champion of that seasonJolyon Palmer. Richelmi scored his maiden GP2 victory in the sprint race at his home event in Monaco and another podium in the sprint race at Italy ensured he finished 9th in the championship on 73 points which helped DAMS take the teams championship.
† As Richelmi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
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| 2007 | Boutsen Energy Racing | ZOL 1 20 | ZOL 2 21 | NÜR 1 28 | NÜR 2 20 | HUN 1 26 | HUN 2 18 | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 Ret | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 Ret | EST 1 25 | EST 2 Ret | CAT 1 24 | CAT 2 23 | 36th | 0 |
| 2008 | Epsilon Sport | SPA 1 17 | SPA 2 13 | SIL 1 39† | SIL 2 15 | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 15 | NÜR 1 34† | NÜR 2 23 | LMS 1 DNQ | LMS 2 DNQ | EST 1 | EST 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 35th | 0 |
key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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| 2008 | Barazi-Epsilon | Dallara F308/094 | Mercedes | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | CAT 1 18 | CAT 2 Ret | BUG 1 25 | BUG 2 23 | HOC 1 21 | HOC 2 21† | NC‡ | 0‡ |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ As Richelmi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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| 2011 | International Draco Racing | ALC 1 16 | ALC 2 Ret | SPA 1 17 | SPA 2 Ret | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 15 | MON 1 16 | NÜR 1 13 | NÜR 2 13 | HUN 1 15 | HUN 2 20 | SIL 1 19 | SIL 2 20 | LEC 1 17 | LEC 2 13 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 Ret | 26th | 6 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | 24 | DC | Points |
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| 2011 | Trident Racing | IST FEA | IST SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA 15 | MNZ SPR 14 | 31st | 0 | ||||||
| 2012 | Trident Racing | SEP FEA 19 | SEP SPR 19 | BHR1 FEA 11 | BHR1 SPR Ret | BHR2 FEA 17 | BHR2 SPR 17 | CAT FEA 21 | CAT SPR 19 | MON FEA 8 | MON SPR Ret | VAL FEA 14 | VAL SPR Ret | SIL FEA 13 | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA 3 | HOC SPR 21 | HUN FEA 17 | HUN SPR 21 | SPA FEA 9 | SPA SPR 6 | MNZ FEA 13 | MNZ SPR 9 | MRN FEA 14 | MRN SPR 22† | 18th | 25 |
| 2013 | DAMS | SEP FEA 8 | SEP SPR 4 | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR 13 | CAT FEA 15 | CAT SPR 15 | MON FEA 9 | MON SPR 8 | SIL FEA 2 | SIL SPR 19 | NÜR FEA 5 | NÜR SPR Ret | HUN FEA 5 | HUN SPR 9 | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR 4 | MNZ FEA 4 | MNZ SPR 25 | MRN FEA 4 | MRN SPR 4 | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR 20 | 8th | 103 | ||
| 2014 | DAMS | BHR FEA 19 | BHR SPR 5 | CAT FEA 10 | CAT SPR 7 | MON FEA 8 | MON SPR 1 | RBR FEA 14 | RBR SPR 10 | SIL FEA 8 | SIL SPR 6 | HOC FEA 10 | HOC SPR Ret | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 11 | SPA FEA 21 | SPA SPR 12 | MNZ FEA 4 | MNZ SPR 3 | SOC FEA 22 | SOC SPR 18 | YMC FEA 5 | YMC SPR 9 | 9th | 73 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Trident Racing | YMC FEA 19 | YMC SPR 18 | 26th | 0 |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2014 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOG QR | NOG CR | BRH QR | BRH CR | ZAN QR | ZAN CR | SVK QR | SVK CR | ALG QR | ALG CR | ZOL QR 23 | ZOL CR 10 | BAK QR 3 | BAK CR 4 | 15th | 18 |
| 2015 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOG QR 1 | NOG CR 2 | BRH QR 11 | BRH CR 7 | ZOL QR Ret | ZOL CR 10 | MOS QR 9 | MOS CR 4 | ALG QR 15 | ALG CR 5 | MIS QR 5 | MIS CR 7 | ZAN QR 5 | ZAN CR 5 | 6th | 76 |
| 2021 | CMR | Bentley Continental GT3 | Pro | MAG 1 14 | MAG 2 15 | ZAN 1 20 | ZAN 2 14 | MIS 1 17 | MIS 2 20 | BRH 1 20 | BRH 2 23 | VAL 1 7 | VAL 2 Ret | 29th | 3 |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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| 2016 | SignatechAlpine | LMP2 | Alpine A460 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 | SPA 1 | LMS 1 | NÜR 1 | MEX 2 | COA 1 | FUJ 3 | SHA 4 | BHR 3 | 1st | 199 |
| 2018–19 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 1 | LMS 4 | SIL 1 | FUJ 2 | SHA 1 | SEB 6 | SPA 3 | LMS 2 | 2nd | 166 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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| 2016 |  SignatechAlpine | Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes | Alpine A460-Nissan | LMP2 | 357 | 5th | 1st |
| 2018 |  Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ho-Pin TungGabriel Aubry | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 356 | 10th | 6th |
| 2019 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ho-Pin TungGabriel Aubry | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 367 | 7th | 2nd |
| 2024 |  Vector Sport |  Ryan CullenPatrick Pilet | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 297 | 19th | 5th |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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| 2024 | Vector Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 10 | LEC 10 | IMO 3 | SPA 8 | MUG 12 | ALG Ret | 14th | 21 |
Draco has now elected to run Monaco's Richelmi – son of former World Rally Championship driver Jean-Pierre
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| Preceded by | FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2016 With:Nicolas Lapierre &Gustavo Menezes | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Andrea Roda | Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion 2017–18 With:Harrison Newey &Thomas Laurent | Succeeded by |
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