Vincent Abril

Vincent Abril
Abril in 2022.
Nationality	French Monégasque via dual nationality
Born	(1995-03-01) March 1, 1995 (age 29) Alès, France
Racing licence	FIA Gold
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2019
Teams	Proton Competition
Best finish	36th (2019)
Class wins	0

Vincent Abril (born March 1, 1995, in Alès, France) is a French-Monégasque race car driver based in Monaco. He was the 2015 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup champion.

Racing career

In 2011, Abril raced in the SEAT León Supercopa France series for Team Speedcar. In a season with six top-tens, he finished 15th in the point standings.

In 2012, Abril returned to the SEAT León Supercopa France series. He started the season with a 2nd place finish at Lédenon followed by a 6th place finish at the same track the following day. After not finishing in 2 of the next 4 races, Abril won his first race in the series at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. In September, Abril finished 2nd and 3rd at Circuito de Navarra. In October, after finishing 3rd in the first race at Circuit Paul Ricard, Abril got his second win of the season at the season finale, which led to a 4th place finish in the points standings.

For 2013, Abril moved to the French GT Championship series, driving an Audi R8 LMS Ultra for Team Speed Car. The season didn't start very well, as Abril finished outside the top-10 in the first 4 races of the season. However, the following month, Abril got his first pole, and race win of the season at Spa-Francorchamps which was then followed by a 3rd place finish the race after at the same track. The same month, Abril had a one-off race at Circuit Paul Ricard with Team Speed Car in the Blancpain Endurance Series, where he finished in 17th. In August, Abril returned to the French GT Championship racing at Val de Vienne where he finished 7th and 14th. The following month, Abril got back to back wins at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. These wins would eventually help Abril to a 4th place finish in the points standings.

Abril raced in two series throughout 2014, racing for Team Speed Car in the Championnat de France series, and for the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup. This would be a down year for Abril, as he only finished on podium once in both series, and also finished 14th in both point standings.

In 2015, however, Abril had one of the best years of his career. He started the year driving for Bentley Team HTP in both the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup and the Blancpain Endurance Series. Even though he didn't show results in the Blancpain Endurance Series, where he finished 20th in the points standings, Abril got 4 wins, 8 podium finishes, and 10 top 5's throughout the season, which helped Abril win the 2015 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup championship along with teammate Maximilian Buhk.

In December, Abril raced in the 2015 running of the Sepang 12 Hours for the Bentley Team M-Sport finishing in 10th.

2016 was another season to forget for Abril as he returned to the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Series and the Blancpain Endurance Series. This year however, Abril didn't run the entire season, also failing to finish on the podium even once. This led to Abril finishing 25th in the BES and 24th in the BGTSSC.

In 2016, Abril also ran a race in the Intercontinental GT Challenge series at Spa-Francorchamps where he finished 14th place.

In 2017, for the first time in his career, Abril raced in the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, driving the No. 8 Bentley Continental GT3 for Bentley Team M-Sport along with drivers Andy Soucek and Maxime Soulet. The trio started 5th and drove the car to a 12th place finish overall, 5th in their class.^[1]

After Bathurst, Abril returned to both series again. In the Blancpain Endurance Series, he finished 2nd in the standings after winning a race at Circuit Paul Ricard and getting on the podium 2 times. Abril also joined the Pirelli World Challenge, finishing the season 13th in the point standings after having a highest finish of 6th.

In 2018, Abril again raced in the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, again with Soucek and Soulet. This time however, a tire issue 58 laps in caused the trio to exit the race early, resulting in a 46th place finish overall.^[2]

In 2019, Abril, Soucek, and Soulet again raced in the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, this time, piloting their car to a 6th place finish overall, a career high finish for the three drivers.^[3] Abril also drove the No. 78 Porsche 911 for Proton Competition in the 2019 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with drivers Louis and Phillipe Prette. They would finish 36th overall after qualifying in 50th.^[4]

For 2021, Abril joined the DTM as the championship swapped to GT3 regulations. Driving for Mercedes-AMG, Abril took pole position for the first race of the season, but slipped back to second in the race. He was later disqualified from both races at the opening weekend, as well as qualifying meaning he lost the points for pole position, due to fuel irregularities.^[5]

In 2022 Abril continued racing GT machineries, signing a contract with JP Motorsport and making a full-time switch to GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Monagesque also contested Asian Le Mans Series, placing 4th in GT overall classification, as well as took part in 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 9th in GTE Am class.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	SEAT León Supercopa France	Team Speedcar	11	0	0	0	0	59	15th
2012	SEAT León Supercopa France	Team Speedcar	12	2	0	0	6	216	4th
2013	French GT Championship	Team Speedcar	14	3	1	0	4	125	4th
	Blancpain Endurance Series	Speedcar	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	FFSA GT Championship	Team Speedcar	10	0	0	0	1	50	12th
	Blancpain GT Sprint Series	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	14	0	0	0	1	28	12th
2015	ADAC GT Masters	Bentley Team HTP	2	0	0	0	0	6	34th
	Blancpain GT Sprint Series		12	4	1	2	8	135	1st
	Blancpain Endurance Series		5	0	0	0	0	10	20th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	8	0	0	0	0	5	24th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	16	25th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	8	14th
2017	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	10	0	0	0	1	37	6th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	1	0	0	2	79	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	1	20	7th
	SprintX GT Championship	Absolute Racing	10	0	0	0	0	107	13th
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	1	0	17	26th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		4	0	0	0	0	16	15th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	10	3	4	0	4	78.5	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	0	0	1	0	9	25th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	MR Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Haupt Racing Team	4	0	0	0	1	40	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	1	0	0	0	0	8	17th
	International GT Open	AF Corse/APM Monaco	12	4	3	1	5	110	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am	MR Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2021	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	16	0	1	0	0	34	14th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	BWT Haupt Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	16th
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	AF Corse/APM Monaco	4	0	0	0	3	45	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	JP Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	10	26th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		6	0	0	0	0	9	14th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am	AF Corse	1	0	1	0	0	N/A	9th
2023	Le Mans Cup - GT3	Iron Lynx	6	1	0	0	2	48	6th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	5	0	1	1	1	17	16th
	International GT Open	Spirit of Race	14	2	1	0	5	104	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	DragonSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	229	42th

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2013	Speed Car	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC 17	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	NC	0
2015	Bentley Team HTP	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ 46	SIL Ret	LEC 36	SPA 6H 32	SPA 12H 16	SPA 24H 9	NÜR Ret	20th	10
2016	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ 14	SIL 8	LEC 13	SPA 6H 7	SPA 12H 3	SPA 24H 18	NÜR 9	25th	16
2017	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ 6	SIL 5	LEC 1	SPA 6H 5	SPA 12H 5	SPA 24H 2	CAT Ret	2nd	79
2018	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ 43	SIL 14	LEC 36	SPA 6H 3	SPA 12H 32	SPA 24H Ret	CAT 5	26th	17
2019	Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Pro	MNZ 39	SIL Ret	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 4	SPA 12H 7	SPA 24H 13	CAT 38	25th	9
2020	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO 15	NÜR 3	SPA 6H 12	SPA 12H 4	SPA 24H 7	LEC 6		7th	40
2021	BWT Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	MON 13	LEC 38	SPA 6H 16	SPA 12H 15	SPA 24H 36	NÜR	CAT	NC	0
2022	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	Pro	IMO 5	LEC Ret	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	HOC 39†	CAT 38	26th	10
2024	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	Ferrari 296 GT3	Pro	LEC 17	SPA 6H 13	SPA 12H 22	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 10	MNZ 3	JED 21	16th	17

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Proton Competition	Louis Prette Phillipe Prette	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	332	36th	6th
2020	MR Racing	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	172	DNF	DNF
2022	AF Corse	Conrad Grunewald Louis Prette	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	339	42nd	9th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2021	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	MNZ 1 DSQ	MNZ 2 DSQ	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 14	ZOL 1 4	ZOL 2 Ret	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 8	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 8	ASS 1 Ret	ASS 2 9	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 9	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 8	14th	34

References

1. "02/05/2017 race: Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour (EX) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
2. "02/04/2018 race: Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour (EX) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
3. "02/03/2019 race: Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour (EX) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
4. "06/16/2019 race: 24 Hours of Le Mans (EX) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
5. "Mercedes driver Abril disqualified from Monza DTM weekend". www.motorsport.com. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

External links

• https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Vincent_Abril
• https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/vincent-abril/