IDEC Sport Racing

IDEC Sport Racing

Founded	2015
Founder(s)	Patrice Lafargue
Base	Fontenay-Trésigny, France
Team principal(s)	Patrice Lafargue (president) Nicolas Minassian (sporting director)
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: 28. Reshad de Gerus Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert Le Mans Cup: 17. Patrice Lafargue Dino Lunardi
Website	https://www.idecsport.com/en/category/car-racing/

IDEC Sport Racing, more commonly referred to as IDEC Sport, is a French sports car racing outfit. Born from the ashes of Ruffier Racing in 2015, the team began racing GT3 cars in the 24H Series before moving on to sports prototypes.^[1][2] Spearheaded by LMP2 ace Paul-Loup Chatin for much of its history, IDEC won the 2019 European Le Mans Series title and has twice set class pole position at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 2018 and 2023.^[3][4][5] Although IDEC's corporate colour is red, it has most recently borne the colours of classic French brands Delage and Matra.^[6] It is currently active in both the ELMS in LMP2 and the Michelin Le Mans Cup in LMP3.

The team is led by Patrice Lafargue, founder and CEO of the IDEC Group, a real estate construction company also known for its sponsorship of sailing trimarans.^[7][8][9] Former Peugeot factory driver Nicolas Minassian joined him in 2018 as sporting director.^[10]

IDEC Sport at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2019, the year the team won the European Le Mans Series.

IDEC Sport's Delage-backed Oreca 07 at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	IDEC Sport Racing	17	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue David Zollinger	LMP2	344	12th	10th
2018	IDEC Sport	48	Oreca 07-Gibson	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas	LMP2	312	DNF	DNF
2019	IDEC Sport	48	Oreca 07-Gibson	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas	LMP2	364	10th	5th
2020	IDEC Sport	17	Oreca 07-Gibson	Jonathan Kennard Patrick Pilet[N 1] Kyle Tilley	LMP2	363	15th	11th
		28		Richard Bradley Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue		366	10th	6th
2021	IDEC Sport	17	Oreca 07-Gibson	Ryan Dalziel Thomas Laurent Dwight Merriman	LMP2 (Pro-Am)	0	WD	WD
		48		Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet	LMP2	359	11th	6th
2022	IDEC Sport	48	Oreca 07-Gibson	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet	LMP2	366	12th	8th
2023	IDEC Sport	48	Oreca 07-Gibson	Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Paul Lafargue	LMP2	327	14th	6th
2024	IDEC Sport	28	Oreca 07-Gibson	Reshad de Gerus Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert	LMP2	297	17th	3rd

European Le Mans Series

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Pts
2016	IDEC Sport Racing	LMP2	28	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	Dimitri Enjalbert Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue	SIL 7	IMO Ret	RBR	LEC 10	SPA 8	EST 6	10th	19
2017	IDEC Sport Racing	LMP2	28	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue David Zollinger (round 1) Olivier Pla (rounds 2–4) Paul-Loup Chatin (rounds 5–6)	SIL 8	MNZ 9	RBR Ret	LEC 11	SPA 10	ALG 9	12th	8.5
2018	IDEC Sport	LMP2	27	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Erik Maris (rounds 1–3, 5) Patrice Lafargue (rounds 1–3) William Cavailhes (rounds 1–2) Nicolas Minassian (rounds 3, 5) Aurélien Panis (round 5)	LEC Ret	MNZ 12	RBR 16	SIL	SPA 14‡	ALG	19th	1.25
			28	Oreca 07		Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas Paul Lafargue (rounds 1–4) Gabriel Aubry (rounds 5–6)	LEC 7	MNZ 3	RBR 4	SIL 3	SPA 4‡	ALG 6	3rd	64
2019	IDEC Sport	LMP2	27	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Stéphane Adler Erik Maris (rounds 1–2, 5) Patrice Lafargue (rounds 1–2, 4, 6) Nicolas Minassian (round 3) William Cavailhes (rounds 3–6)	LEC Ret	MNZ 16	CAT 14	SIL 13	SPA Ret	ALG 13	18th	2
			28	Oreca 07		Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas	LEC 2	MNZ 2	CAT 5	SIL 1	SPA 6	ALG 1	1st	105
2020	IDEC Sport	LMP2	28	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Richard Bradley Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin (rounds 1–3, 5) Nicolas Minassian (round 4)	LEC Ret	SPA 7	LEC 7	MNZ 6	ALG 10		9th	21
2021	IDEC Sport	LMP2	17	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley Ryan Dalziel (rounds 1–2, 4) Gabriel Aubry (round 3)	CAT 12	RBR 11	LEC 15	MNZ 15	SPA	ALG	15th	2
			28			Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet (rounds 1–2, 4–6) Jean-Éric Vergne (round 3)	CAT 8	RBR 6	LEC 9	MNZ 9	SPA 6	ALG 6	7th	32
2022	IDEC Sport	LMP2	28	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet	LEC 4	IMO 5	MNZ 1	CAT 13	SPA Ret	ALG 7	5th	53
2023	IDEC Sport	LMP2	28	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Paul Lafargue	CAT 3	LEC 5	ARA 2	SPA 4	POR 7	ALG 6	5th	72
2024	IDEC Sport	LMP2	28	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Reshad de Gerus Paul Lafargue Job van Uitert	CAT 4	LEC	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG	4th*	12*

Notes

1. Pilet was drafted in as a late replacement for Dwight Merriman, who sustained a back injury after crashing heavily at the Porsche Curves in practice.^[11]

References

1. "IDEC SPORT Racing". IDEC SPORT. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
2. "IDEC SPORT RACING happy with 4th place on 24H SERIES return". 24H Series powered by Hankook. Creventic. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
3. Fernandez, Mat; Kilbey, Stephen. "IDEC Snatches Title From G-Drive In Dramatic ELMS Finale (Updated)". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
4. "The road to the championship: IDEC Sport". European Le Mans Series. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
5. "IDEC Sport (ORECA), a study in team spirit toward victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans". 24 Hours of Le Mans. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
6. Nédélec, Guillaume (30 January 2024). "24 Heures du Mans. Matra revient sur les circuits grâce à Idec Sport". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
7. "L'histoire du Groupe IDEC". Groupe IDEC (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
8. Berkovicius, Christine (22 March 2023). "Immobilier d'entreprise : le groupe IDEC crée son fonds d'investissement". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
9. "IDEC Sport ou comment gagner le titre ELMS dans la convivialité". Endurance-Info (in French). 8 November 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
10. Tassel, Pierre (4 December 2017). "ELMS – Nicolas Minassian nouveau directeur sportif d'IDEC Sport Racing". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
11. Goodwin, Graham (18 September 2020). "Patrick Pilet Drafted In To #17 IDEC Sport Oreca". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

External links

• Official website