Louis Delétraz
Louis Delétraz | |
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born | Geneva, Switzerland | 22 April 1997
Related to | Jean-Denis Délétraz (father) |
FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Car number | 11 |
Former teams | Carlin Rapax Racing Engineering Charouz Racing System |
Starts | 92 (94 entries) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 10 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 8th in 2019, 2020 |
Previous series | |
2016 2015-16 2014-15 2013–15 2012 | GP2 Series Formula V8 3.5 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula BMW Talent Cup |
Championship titles | |
2021-22 2015 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC |
Louis Delétraz (born 22 April 1997) is a Swiss racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series for Prema Orlen Team and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Tower Motorsport. He is the 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup champion and a two-time European Le Mans Series champion. He is the son of former Formula One and Le Mans 24 Hours driver Jean-Denis Delétraz.[1]
Career
Karting
Delétraz began karting in his native Switzerland 2008, winning the Vega Trofeo Super Mini class the following year.[2] Third-place finishes followed in the KF3 Bridgestone Cup Switzerland and Vega Trofeo Junior categories in 2010 before winning the latter championship in 2011.[3]
Formula BMW Talent Cup
Delétraz began his single-seater career in September 2012, racing in the Grand Final of the Formula BMW Talent Cup season, held at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Germany. He started each of the three races from Pole position, winning the second race of the event.[4] In the final race of the weekend, Delétraz collided with fellow Swiss driver Ralph Boschung with both drivers retiring from the race. He was subsequently excluded from the event following an incident in the pit lane after the race.[5]
Formula Renault 2.0
2013
Delétraz graduated to Formula Renault for 2013, racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship with Josef Kaufmann Racing.[6] He finished the season in 19th place in the championship,[7] with a best race result of fifth coming in the second race of the Silverstone meeting.
2014
Delétraz continued with the team for a second FR2.0 NEC season in 2014.[8] After winning the opening race of the season at Monza,[9] he took a further four podium positions to finish runner-up in the championship, sixteen points behind Fortec Motorsports Ben Barnicoat.[10] During the year, Delétraz also made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship, taking part in the rounds at Spa-Francorchamps, Nürburgring and Paul Ricard as a guest driver.[11]
2015
In 2015, Delétraz stayed with Josef Kaufmann Racing for a third season, racing a dual campaign in both Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.[12] He won the Formula Renault NEC while he finished in the top3 in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[13]
In April 2015, Delétraz was announced as one of the four drivers selected to join the BMW Motorsport Junior Programme for 2015. As part of the initiative, he is due to contest three races of the Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring series (VLN) for the manufacturer.[14]
Formula Renault 3.5 Series/Formula V8 3.5
Delétraz made his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the fifth round of the 2015 season at the Red Bull Ring, driving for the returning Comtec Racing team.[15] He graduated to the series full time with Fortec in 2016, finishing runner-up in the standings.
GP2 Series
On 18 November 2016, it was announced that Delétraz would make his debut in the final round of the 2016 season with Carlin.[16] He finished twenty sixth in the overall standings with no points.
FIA Formula 2 Championship
2017
In December 2016, after partaking in post-season testing with them, Delétraz signed to race full-time with Racing Engineering in 2017 alongside Gustav Malja.[17]
2018
For 2018 Delétraz moved to Charouz Racing System alongside ex Ferrari Driver Academy driver Antonio Fuoco.
2019
In 2019 Delétraz moved to reigning teams champion Carlin with Honda junior driver Nobuharu Matsushita. He finished the season 8th in the standings with a best result of 2nd in both the Monaco and Silverstone sprint races.
2020
For 2020, Delétraz returned to Charouz alongside Pedro Piquet.[18]
Formula One
In February 2016, Delétraz was confirmed as a member of Renault's young driver program.
In November 2018 it was announced that Delétraz would make his Formula One test debut with Haas F1 Team at the end-of-year Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi.[19] He completed 117 laps in the second day of the 2 day test.[20][21]
In May 2019 it was announced that Delétraz would join Haas F1 Team as simulator driver for the remainder of the 2019 season.[22] Delétraz continued as reserve and development driver for 2020.[23] However, following Romain Grosjean's crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, the team preferred to bring in its other development driver, Pietro Fittipaldi. The Swiss driver criticized this decision on social media. Haas team principal Guenther Steiner brushed off these criticisms, saying Fittipaldi deserved the seat, as he had more Formula One mileage than Delétraz.[24] Louis Delétraz did not continue as a development driver with Haas for 2021.
Endurance Racing
2020
Delétraz competed in the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual and won it with Rebellion Williams eSports, driving the Oreca 07 in the LMP category alongside Raffaele Marciello, Nikodem Wisniewski and Jakub Brzezinski.[25] In the same year, Deletraz also competed in the 2020 with the Swiss outift, Rebellion Racing, in the LMP1 category alongside Nathanaël Berthon and Romain Dumas. The team finished the race in P4.
2021
In 2021, it was announced that Delétraz would be competing with Team WRT in the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 category alongside Robert Kubica and Ye Yifei. With three wins and a P2 finish, they clinched the 2021 European Le Mans Series championship in the LMP2 category.[26] Alongside this, Delétraz competed in the 2021 8 Hours of Portimão in the FIA World Endurance Championship, finishing in P6. Additionally, Delétraz competed in the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans with his European Le Mans series teammates. After leading the race with one lap to go, the car, with Ye Yifei behind the wheel, stopped down the hill past the Dunlop Bridge because of a broken throttle sensor creating an electrical short circuit that temporarily turned the engine's electronic control unit off. Because of this, the team had to retire the car.[27] Finally, Delétraz competed in the 2021 8 Hours of Portimão in the FIA World Endurance Championship, finishing in P6.
2022
In 2022, it was announced that Delétraz would be competing with the Prema Orlen Team in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship[28] and Prema Racing in the 2022 European Le Mans Series[29] both on a full season basis. In the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, Delétraz finished in P5 in the LMP2 championship with a P2 finish in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the 2022 European Le Mans Series however, Delétraz and his teammate, Ferdinand Habsburg clinched the LMP2 Driver's championship with 4 wins and a P3 finish in Spa. Alongside this, he also competed in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship with Tower Motorsport in the LMP2 class.[30] With two wins in Laguna Seca and Petit Le Mans and three podium finishes, Delétraz finished the season in 7th place with points counting towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, not the overall LMP2 championship.
2023
In 2023, it was announced that Delétraz would be joining the Wayne Taylor Racing squad, driving the Acura ARX-06 GTP entry alongside Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor. He serves as a third driver, competing in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup in Daytona, Sebring and Petit Le Mans. [31] In the opening race in the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, Deletraz and his team finished in P2, finishing 4.19 seconds behind the Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura entry.
Karting record
Karting career summary
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2008 | Swiss Championship — Super Mini | NC | |
2009 | Vega Trofeo — Super Mini | JD Racing Team | 1st |
2010 | Bridgestone Cup Switzerland — KF3 | JD Racing Team | 3rd |
Vega Trofeo — Junior | 3rd | ||
2011 | South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 | JD Racing Team | NC |
Bridgestone Cup Switzerland — KF3 | 5th | ||
Vega Trofeo — Junior | 1st | ||
Bridgestone Cup European Final — KF3 | 35th | ||
Grand Prix Open Karting — KF3 | 22nd |
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Delétraz was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | HOC 1 25 |
HOC 2 29 |
HOC 3 19 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 14 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 5 |
SPA 1 21 |
SPA 2 11 |
ASS 1 11 |
ASS 2 9 |
MST 1 24 |
MST 2 16 |
MST 3 13 |
ZAN 1 18 |
ZAN 2 17 |
ZAN 3 C |
19th | 77 |
2014 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 2 |
SIL 1 13 |
SIL 2 21 |
HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 6 |
HOC 3 8 |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 2 |
ASS 1 8 |
ASS 2 3 |
MST 1 4 |
MST 2 10 |
MST 3 C |
NÜR 1 7 |
NÜR 2 5 |
NÜR 3 C |
2nd | 242 |
2015 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | MNZ 1 14 |
MNZ 2 1 |
SIL 1 1 |
SIL 2 1 |
RBR 1 2 |
RBR 2 2 |
RBR 3 1 |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 1 |
ASS 1 5 |
ASS 2 1 |
NÜR 1 2 |
NÜR 2 10 |
HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 1 |
HOC 3 1 |
1st | 378 |
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | AVF | ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 16 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
LEC 1 16 |
LEC 2 18 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
NC† | 0 | |||||||
Josef Kaufmann Racing | NÜR 1 24 |
NÜR 2 7 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
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2015 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | ALC 1 1 |
ALC 2 1 |
ALC 3 6 |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 Ret |
HUN 1 3 |
HUN 2 1 |
SIL 1 9 |
SIL 2 8 |
SIL 3 6 |
NÜR 1 6 |
NÜR 2 4 |
LMS 1 3 |
LMS 2 8 |
JER 1 4 |
JER 2 5 |
JER 3 6 |
2nd | 193 |
† As Delétraz was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Comtec Racing | ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
MON 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
RBR 1 15 |
RBR 2 Ret |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
BUG 1 |
BUG 2 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
29th | 0 | |
2016 | Fortec Motorsports | ALC 1 1 |
ALC 2 5 |
HUN 1 3 |
HUN 2 4 |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 Ret |
LEC 1 6 |
LEC 2 1 |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 6 |
RBR 1 2 |
RBR 2 4 |
MNZ 1 2 |
MNZ 2 3 |
JER 1 12 |
JER 2 2 |
CAT 1 2 |
CAT 2 4 |
2nd | 230 |
Complete 24 Hours of Zolder results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Trent Hindman Victor Bouveng Dirk Adorf |
BMW M235i Racing Cup | T7 | 710 | 15th | 7th |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Carlin | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
BAK FEA |
BAK SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
YMC FEA Ret |
YMC SPR 17 |
26th | 0 |
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Rebellion Racing | Nathanaël Berthon Romain Dumas |
Rebellion R13-Gibson | LMP1 | 381 | 4th | 4th |
2021 | Team WRT | Robert Kubica Ye Yifei |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 362 | NC | NC |
2022 | Prema Orlen Team | Lorenzo Colombo Robert Kubica |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 369 | 6th | 2nd |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Team WRT | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 1 |
RBR 1 |
LEC 5 |
MNZ 4 |
SPA 1 |
ALG 2 |
1st | 118 |
2022 | Prema Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 1 |
IMO 1 |
MNZ 5 |
CAT 1 |
SPA 3 |
ALG 1 |
1st | 125 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | ALG 5 |
MNZ | LMS | BHR | BHR | 20th | 15 |
2022 | Prema Orlen Team | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 4 |
SPA 7 |
LMS 2 |
MNZ 6 |
FUJ 6 |
BHR 4 |
5th | 94 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Tower Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 3† |
SEB 7 |
LGA 1 |
MDO | WGL 2 |
ELK 2 |
PET 1 |
7th | 1712 | ||
2023 | Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport | GTP | Acura ARX-06 | Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6 | DAY 2 |
SEB | LBH | MON | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | PET | * | * |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
References
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...and is following in the footsteps of his Father Jean-Denis Deletraz, who was a Formula 1 driver in the 1990s.
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He also made his Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Series debut in 2014, making three appearances at Spa-Francorchamps, the Nurburgring and Paul Ricard.
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External links
- Louis Delétraz career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Geneva
- Swiss racing drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- Formula BMW drivers
- World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
- ADAC GT Masters drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers
- 24H Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- Carlin racing drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers
- Fortec Motorsport drivers
- Comtec Racing drivers
- Charouz Racing System drivers
- Rapax Team drivers
- Racing Engineering drivers
- Prema Powerteam drivers
- W Racing Team drivers
- Rebellion Racing drivers
- Starworks Motorsport drivers
- AV Formula drivers
- Wayne Taylor Racing drivers
- Andretti Autosport drivers