| Olivier Pla | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Pla at the2013 6 Hours of Silverstone | |
| Nationality | French |
| Born | (1981-10-22)22 October 1981 (age 44) |
| Le Mans Series (LMP2) career | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | Quifel ASM Team |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Starts | 10 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| Best finish | 1st in2009 |
| Previous series | |
| 2007 2005–07 2004 2003 2001–02 2000 | Porsche Cup Germany GP2 Series World Series by Nissan Formula 3 Euro Series French Formula Three Formula Campus |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2008–2016 |
| Teams | OAK Racing, Quifel ASM Team |
| Best finish | 8th(2013) |
Olivier Pla (born 22 October 1981)[1] is a Frenchracing driver who competed in theAsian Le Mans Series forAF Corse.[2]
Born inToulouse, Pla started his career in 2000 inFrench Formula Campus before moving on toFrench 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 atMagny-Cours.[3]
In 2002, Pla stayed in the series but switched to theASM team. He finished third, behind Renaud Derlot andTristan Gommendy, taking nine podium places from fourteen races, including wins at Croix-en-Ternois andBugatti Circuit.[4]
In 2003, Pla joined theFormula 3 Euro Series with ASM. He finished third, behindChristian Klien andRyan Briscoe, taking nine podium places from twenty races.[5]
2004 saw Pla leave the Euroseries, joining theWorld Series by Nissan. He contested two rounds withRC Motorsport before joiningCarlin Motorsport to replaceMichael Keohane. He finished ninth, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in eighteen races, including a win atEstoril.[6]
In 2005 he raced in the inauguralGP2 Series season forDavid 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 his team mate selected reverse instead of first gear and went backwards into Pla'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 (atHockenheim andSilverstone), 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 inMonaco.
In 2007, he competed in the German Porsche Carrera Cup. However, he was recalled to DPR in the latter stages of theGP2 season to replace the injuredChristian Bakkerud. In 2008, he moved to sports car racing, driving aLolaLe Mans Prototype in theLe Mans Series and24 Hours of Le Mans.
Pla joined Mazda Motorsports for part of the 2020WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign and signed withMeyer Shank Racing for a full DPi season in 2021.[7]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Saulnier Racing | Dallara F399 | Renault | A | NOG 1 11 | NOG 2 9 | LÉD 10 | MAG 7 | VDV 6 | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 Ret | CRT 7 | ALB 6 | LMS 3 | MAG 8 | 8th | 74 | |||
| 2002 | ASM | Dallara F302 | Renault | A | NOG 1 6 | NOG 2 Ret | LÉD 1 10 | LÉD 2 2 | DIJ 1 4 | DIJ 2 3 | CRT 1 1 | CRT 2 2 | ALB 1 13 | ALB 2 2 | LMS 1 1 | LMS 2 3 | MAG 1 2 | MAG 2 3 | 3rd | 159 |
(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 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ASM F3 | Dallara F303/014 | Mercedes | HOC 1 DSQ | HOC 2 2 | ADR 1 8 | ADR 2 3 | PAU 1 2 | PAU 2 16 | NOR 1 3 | NOR 2 Ret | LMS 1 4 | LMS 2 24 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 9 | A1R 1 27 | A1R 2 4 | ZAN 1 3 | ZAN 2 3 | HOC 1 10 | HOC 2 6 | MAG 1 2 | MAG 2 7 | 3rd | 74 |
| Sources:[8][9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Tata RC Motorsport | JAR 1 9 | JAR 2 Ret | ZOL 1 7 | ZOL 2 7 | 9th | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Carlin Motorsport | MAG 1 10 | MAG 2 10 | VAL 1 4 | VAL 2 5 | LAU 1 8 | LAU 2 17 | EST 1 1 | EST 2 9 | CAT 1 9 | CAT 2 Ret | VAL 1 4 | VAL 2 Ret | JER 1 3 | JER 2 15 | |||||||
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | DPR | IMO FEA 9 | IMO SPR 5 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA 9 | NÜR FEA Ret | NÜR SPR 8 | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR 9 | SIL FEA 8 | SIL SPR 1 | HOC FEA 8 | HOC SPR 1 | HUN FEA 7 | HUN SPR Ret | IST FEA 9 | IST SPR 17 | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR Ret | SPA FEA 11 | SPA SPR 10 | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR DNS | 13th | 20 |
| 2006 | DPR Direxiv | VAL FEA 10 | VAL SPR 15 | IMO FEA Ret | IMO SPR 20† | NÜR FEA 15 | NÜR SPR Ret | CAT FEA DSQ | CAT SPR 20 | MON FEA Ret | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | MAG FEA 16 | MAG SPR 9 | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 27th | 0 | ||
| 2007 | DPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 13 | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | 35th | 0 | ||
| Sources:[8][9] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 | SEP 1 8 | SEP 2 7 | DUB 1 10 | DUB 2 6 | ABU 1 9 | ABU 2 7 | 9th | 27 |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Korea Super Prix Winner 2002 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Le Mans Series — LMP2 Champion 2009 With Miguel Amaral | Succeeded by |
