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Clément Novalak

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Clément Novalak
Born (2000-12-23) December 23, 2000 (age 25)
Avignon, France
OccupationRacing driver
Years active2018–present
Known forCompeting in FIA Formula 3, FIA Formula 2, European Le Mans Series

Clément Novalak (; born 23 December 2000) is a racing driver holding French and Swiss nationality, currently competing in the European Le Mans Series with TDS Racing.

In 2019, Novalak claimed the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship crown while driving for Carlin.

Karting

Novalak started karting at the age of 10 in France, where he captured several titles, notably the 2015 WSK Super Master Series. His karting career spanned across Europe, and in 2014 he received backing from Oliver Oakes, a former karting champion and founder of Hitech Grand Prix.

Toyota Racing Series

Novalak made his single-seater debut in 2018 with Giles Motorsport competing in the Toyota Racing Series. He secured victories at both Teretonga and Hampton Downs, concluding the championship fifth overall and as the leading rookie.

Formula Renault Eurocup

Following his Toyota Racing Series campaign, Novalak joined Josef Kaufmann Racing to contest the 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup season.

British Formula 3

Novalak entered the British F3 arena in 2018 driving for Carlin. He achieved pole position at Oulton Park, though retired from that race. Participating in half of the rounds (4 out of 8), his highest race finish was fourth, ending the year 18th overall with 120 points, narrowly behind full-time competitor Arvin Esmaeili.

In 2019, Novalak secured a full-season seat with Carlin, earning two poles and two victories. A late-season incident involving rival Johnathan Hoggard impacted both drivers’ points tallies; despite Hoggard winning the final race, Novalak’s twelfth-place finish provided sufficient points to secure the championship title.

2020

After winning British F3, Novalak participated in post-season testing with Carlin at the Valencia Street Circuit. In February 2020, he was officially announced as part of Carlin’s driver lineup for the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, alongside teammates Cameron Das and Enaam Ahmed. During the season, he achieved his inaugural podium finish in Austria.

2021

In post-season testing at Catalunya, Novalak joined Trident, recording the fastest time during the morning session on day two. He signed with Trident for the 2021 campaign, partnering with Jack Doohan and David Schumacher. At the opening round in Barcelona, Novalak secured his first podium of the season by finishing second in Sprint Race 1 and scored points across all three races that weekend. He continued to accumulate points at his home event in Le Castellet, although he admitted that his consistency was insufficient to mount a championship challenge.

During the third round at Red Bull Ring, Novalak collided with Matteo Nannini while contending for the lead in Sprint Race 1 and subsequently retired from the feature race due to a crash caused by Arthur Leclerc, resulting in no points scored that weekend.

He then amassed points in all six races over the rounds at Budapest and Spa, setting the fastest lap in Sprint Race 2 at Spa. Following this, he achieved a double podium at Zandvoort, benefiting from a collision between teammate Schumacher and Victor Martins to claim second place on Sunday. At the season finale in Sochi, Novalak battled teammate Doohan for race leadership; Doohan disregarded team orders to allow Novalak through, ultimately winning while Novalak finished third after being passed by Frederik Vesti.

Novalak concluded the season third in the drivers’ standings and played a key role in Trident securing the teams’ championship.

2021

In November 2021, MP Motorsport declared that Novalak would take over from Lirim Zendeli for the last two rounds of the 2021 season and continue as a full-time driver in the 2022 season. Throughout this period, his highest placement was 14th, which he reached on three occasions.

2022

During the 2022 season, Novalak teamed up with Felipe Drugovich. He earned his initial points at the Imola event and later achieved a fifth-place finish in the feature race at Barcelona. After several races without breaking into the top ten, he secured his sole podium of the year by finishing second in the sprint race at Zandvoort. Novalak ended the season ranked 14th in the drivers' classification, playing a part in MP clinching the teams' championship title.

2023

Prior to the post-season testing in late 2022, Novalak re-signed with Trident for the 2023 season, joining forces with rookie teammate Roman Staněk. The opening three rounds proved difficult, with his best result being eleventh place at Melbourne. He finally scored points during the turbulent sprint race at Baku, despite starting from 19th on the grid.

Although he did not achieve further top-ten finishes in subsequent races, a standout moment came at the Austrian round where, starting from 20th and opting for dry tyres on a drying circuit, he managed to finish third. Unfortunately, post-race scrutineering uncovered illegal tyre pressures, leading to his disqualification.

After three rounds without scoring—including a penalty following a collision in Budapest—Novalak qualified 13th at Zandvoort. There, smart timing ahead of a safety car allowed him to take the lead and claim his first-ever Formula 2 victory.

Novalak left Trident prior to the final round at Yas Marina, with Formula 3 graduate Paul Aron stepping in as his replacement.

Formula One

In 2017, Novalak underwent an evaluation with the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Endurance racing career

In November 2023, Novalak participated in the rookie test for the WEC at the Bahrain International Circuit, driving an LMP2 vehicle for Inter Europol Competition.

2024

By December 2023, it was confirmed that Novalak would compete in the entire European Le Mans Series campaign with Inter Europol during 2024, alongside making his endurance racing debut at the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona scheduled for January.

Personal life

Born in Avignon, Novalak has a French father and a Swiss mother. He spent part of his youth living in Montreux, Switzerland before relocating to Hertfordshire, UK during his teenage years. In 2020, he described himself as "probably European nowadays." Although residing only briefly in France, he raced under a French license in 2021 due to his French heritage.

His father, who introduced him to motorsport, passed away in 2017; Novalak pays tribute by displaying his father's birthday in Roman numerals on his helmet.

Overview of Karting Career

Season Competition Team Ranking
2011 Regional Championship Rhone-Alpes — Minime 13th place
Bridgestone Cup — Minime 23rd place
French National Championship — Minime 64th place
2012 Oscar Petit Trophy — Minime 2nd place
Regional PACAC Championship — Minime 10th place
Regional Championship Rhone-Alpes — Minime 5th place
Bridgestone Cup — Minime 9th place
Kart Mag Trophy — Minime 1st place
French National Championship — Minime 9th place
Regional Series — Minime 7th place
2013 Rotax Winter Cup — Rotax Junior 30th position
Oscar Petit Trophy — Nationale category 10th position
Rotax Euro Challenge — Rotax Junior 62nd position
Rotax Max Challenge France — Cadet class 14th position
French Cup — Cadet class 8th position
2014 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ Kosmic Racing Department 16th position
WSK Champions Cup — KFJ 44th position
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 33rd position
CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — KFJ 39th position
Karting World Championship — KFJ 33rd position
2015 WSK Champions Cup — KF3 rowspan=6 Tony Kart Racing Team 8th place
South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 5th place
WSK Super Master Series — KF3 style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st place
CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — KF3 5th place
Karting World Championship — KF3 style=background:#DFDFDF; 2nd place
WSK Final Cup — KF3 33rd position
SKUSA SuperNationals — Junior category Team Koene USA 40th position
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OK (karting) rowspan=7 Tony Kart Racing Team 31st position
South Garda Winter Cup — OK (karting) 26th position
WSK Super Master Series — OK (karting) 6th place
CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OK (karting) 8th place
German Karting Championship — OK (karting) 4th place
WSK Final Cup — OK (karting) 6th place
Karting World Championship — OK (karting) 15th place
Kartmasters Grand Prix — OK (karting) style=background:#DFDFDF; 2nd place
rowspan=6 2017 

  ! WSK Champions Cup — OK (karting)    ! rowspan=5 Tony Kart Racing Team    ! 4th place  -     ! South Garda Winter Cup — OK (karting)     ! 7th place   -     ! WSK Super Master Series — OK (karting)     ! style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st place   -     ! CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OK (karting)     !12th place   -     ! Karting World Championship — OK (karting)     !20th place   -     ! Swedish Karting Championship — OK (karting)     ! Ward Racing     ! style=background:#FFDF9F; 3rd place   -}

Racing record

Summary of racing career

Season Championship Team Starts Victories Pole positions Fastest laps Podium finishes Points scored Final standing
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup Josef Kaufmann Racing 17 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
Formula Renault NEC 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 11 0 1 0 0 120 18th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 2 1 3 4 711 5th
2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 24 2 2 1 8 505 1st
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 18 0 0 2 2 45 12th
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 20 0 0 2 4 147 3rd
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2022 2022 Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 28 0 0 1 1 40 14th
2023 2023 Formula 2 Championship Trident Racing 24 1 0 2 1 28 17th
2024 2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 6 0 0 0 1 47 7th
2024 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2025 2025 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am TDS Racing 3 0 0 0 2 42 style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd*

† Novalak was not eligible for points as he participated as a guest driver. * Current season ongoing.

Full Toyota Racing Series results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Bolded races denote pole positions; italicized races indicate fastest laps)

Year Team Race results Final classification Points tally
2018 Giles Motorsport 4 10 6 4 5 1 5 1 9 10 10 Ret 3 2 6 5th 711

Complete results in Formula Renault Eurocup

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Pole positions shown in bold; fastest laps in italics)

Year Team 1 ! 2 ! 3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !15 !16 !17 !18 !19 !20 Position Points
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup

Josef Kaufmann Racing

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuit Paul Ricard#LEC
1]]
(15)

style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Circuit Paul Ricard#LEC
2]]
(Ret)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza#MNZ
1]]
(16)

style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza#MNZ
2]]
(Ret)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit#SIL
1]]
(12)

style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit#SIL
2]]
(Ret)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuit de Monaco#MON
1]]
(25)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuit de Monaco#MON
2]]
(22)

style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Red Bull Ring#RBR
1]]
(Ret)

style="background:#FFFFFF;"| [[Red Bull Ring#RBR
2]]
(DNS)

[[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps#SPA
1]]

[[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps#SPA
2]]

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Hungaroring#HUN
1]]
(18)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Hungaroring#HUN
2]]
(22)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Nürburgring#NÜR
1]]
(14)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Nürburgring#NÜR
2]]
(16)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Hockenheimring#HOC
1]]
(11)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Hockenheimring#HOC
2]]
(22)

style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya#CAT
1]]
(Ret)

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya#CAT
2]]
(13)

23rd

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Northern European Cup Formula Renault Full Results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Races in italics represent fastest laps)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2018 Josef Kaufmann Racing [[Pau Grand Prix#Formula_Renault_2.0_Eurocup_2018_PAUP1_PAUP2_MNZ1_MNZ2_SPA1_SPA2_HUN1_HUN2_NUR1_NUR2_HOC1_HOC2#Pau_Grand_Prix_2018_PAUP1_PAUP2_MNZ1_MNZ2_SPA1_SPA2_HUN1_HUN2_NUR1_NUR2_HOC1_HOC2_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table_Points_Table#Pau_Grand_Prix_2018_PAUP1_PAUP2_MNZ</ref> [[Pau Grand Prix#Formula_Renault_2.0_Eurocup_2018_PAUP3_PAUP4_MNZ3_MNZ4_SPA3_SPA4_HUN3_HUN4_NUR3_NUR4_HOC3_HOC4#Pau_Grand_Prix_2018_PAUP3_PAUP4_MNZ3_MNZ4_SPA3_SPA4_HUN3_HUN4_NUR3_NUR4_HOC3_HOC4#Pau_Grand_Prix_2018_PAUP3_PAUP4_MNZ3_MNZ4_SPA3_SPA4_HUN3_HUN4_NUR3_NUR4_HOC3_HOC4#Pau_Grand_Prix_2018_PAUP3_PAUP4_MNZ3_MNZ4_SPA3_SPA4_HUN3_HUN4_NUR3_NUR4_HOC3_HOC4#Pau_Grand_Prix_2018_PAUP3_PAUP4_MNZ</ref> Autodromo Nazionale Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Hungaroring
18 		Hungaroring
22 		Nürburgring
14 		Nürburgring
16 		Hockenheimring
11 		Hockenheimring
22 		NC† 0

† Novalak participated as a guest competitor and was not eligible to accumulate points.

BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Complete Results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps appear in italics)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Position Points
2018 Carlin OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
710 		OUL
3
4 		ROC
1
Ret 		ROC
2
96 		ROC
3
DSQ 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		SIL
1
4 		SIL
2
113 		SIL
3
6 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		SPA
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON < br >3 [[Silverstone Circuit : SIL : < br >1 ]] < br > 13 [[Silverstone Circuit : SIL : < br >2 ]] < br > 4 [[Silverstone Circuit : SIL : < br >3 ]] < br > C 18th 120
2019 Carlin OUL < br >1 < br > 1 OUL < br >2 < br > 6 < sup >7 </ sup > OUL < br >3 < br > 2 SNE < br >1 < br > 2 SNE < br >2 < br > 6 < sup >9 </ sup > SNE < br >3 < br > 2 SIL1 < br >1 < br > 1 style = " background: #DFFFDF "  :[[Silverstone Circuit  :SIL1  :
  2]]
  {{small  9<sup 9}}

  || style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Silverstone Circuit:SIL1:
3]]
Template:Small 6   || style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Donington Park:DON1:
1]]
Template:Small 4   || style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Donington Park:DON1:
2]]
{{small 4<sup 7}}   || style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Donington Park:DON1:
3]]
Template:Small 4   || style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Spa-Francorchamps:SPA:
1]]
Template:Small 4   || style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Spa-Francorchamps:SPA:
2]]
{{small 10<sup 5}}   || style=“background:#DFDFDF;”:[[Spa-Francorchamps:SPA:
3]]
Template:Small 2   || style=“background:#FFDF9F;”:[[Brands Hatch:BRH:
1]]
Template:Small 3

style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Brands Hatch:BRH:
2]]
{{small 9<sup5}} 		style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Brands Hatch:BRH:
3]]
Template:Small 4 		style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Silverstone Circuit:SIL2:
1]]
Template:Small7 		style=“background:#FFDF9F;”:[[Silverstone Circuit:SIL2:
2]]
{{small3<sup6}} 		style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Silverstone Circuit:SIL2:
3]]
Template:Small4 		style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Donington Park:DON2:
1]]
Template:Small4 		style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Donington Park:DON2:
2]]
Template:Small12 		style=“background:#DFFFDF;”:[[Donington Park:DON2:
3]]
Template:Small6 		style=“background:#FFFFBF;” 1st style=“background:#FFFFBF;” 505


Full FIA Formula 3 Championship Results

(legend) (Races shown in bold denote points earned for pole position; races in italics represent points awarded for the fastest lap among the top ten finishers)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Final Position Points Scored
2020 Carlin Buzz Racing RBR
FEA
10 		RBR
SPR
3 		RBR
FEA
29 		RBR
SPR
25 		HUN
FEA
9 		HUN
SPR
12 		SIL
FEA
8 		SIL
SPR
2 		SIL
FEA
12 		SIL
SPR
9 		CAT
FEA
4 		CAT
SPR
11 		SPA
FEA
NC 		SPA
SPR
15 		MNZ
FEA
13 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		MUG
FEA
24 		MUG
SPR
14 		12th 45
2021 Trident CAT
1
2 		CAT
2
4 		CAT < br >3 < br > 6 get LE Castellet#Circuit Paul Ricard (F1)|LEC < br >1 < br > 5 get LE Castellet#Circuit Paul Ricard (F1)|LEC < br >2 < br > 6 get LE Castellet#Circuit Paul Ricard (F1)|LEC < br >3 < br > 5 get Red Bull Ring#F1 Circuit (GP) | RBR < br >1 < br > Ret get Red Bull Ring#F1 Circuit (GP) | RBR < br >2 < br > 13 get Red Bull Ring#F1 Circuit (GP) | RBR < br >3 < br > Ret get Hungaroring#Layout GP | HUN < br >1 < br > 4 get Hungaroring#Layout GP | HUN < br >2 < br > 8 get Hungaroring#Layout GP | HUN < br >3 < br > 5 get Spa-Francorchamps#Formula One circuit layout (1995–2003) | SPA < br >1 < br > 7 get Spa-Francorchamps#Formula One circuit layout (1995–2003) | SPA < br >2 < br > 5 get Spa-Francorchamps#Formula One circuit layout (1995–2003) | SPA < br >3 < br > 5 get Zandvoort#Grand Prix Circuit layout (2020–present) | ZAN < br >1 < br > 11 get Zandvoort#Grand Prix Circuit layout (2020–present) | ZAN < br >2 < br > 2 get Zandvoort#Grand Prix Circuit layout (2020–present) | ZAN < br >3 < br > 2 get Sochi Autodrom#Grand Prix layout (2014–2021)  SOC  1   
  Template:Small 3  		style = " background: #FFDF9F; text-align:center"  3rd   style = " background: #FFDF9F; text-align:center"  147  


Full FIA Formula 2 Championship Results

(legend) (Races shown in bold denote pole position) (Races in italics signify fastest lap points awarded to top ten finishers)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Final Position Points Scored
Template:F2 MP Motorsport BHR
SP1 		BHR
SP2 		BHR
FEA 		MCO
SP1 		MCO
SP2 		MCO
FEA 		BAK
SP1 		BAK
SP2 		BAK
FEA 		SIL
SP1 		SIL
SP2 		SIL
FEA 		MNZ
SP1 		MNZ
SP2 		MNZ
FEA 		SOC
SP1 		SOC
SP2 		SOC
FEA 		JED
SP1
14 		JED
SP2
Ret 		JED
FEA
19 		YMC
SP1
17 		YMC
SP2
14 		YMC
FEA
14 		28th 0

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MP Motorsport BHR
SPR
18 		BHR
FEA
Ret 		JED
SPR
11 		getJED
FEA
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14th 40

Full IMSA SportsCar Championship Results

(legend) (Entries in bold represent pole positions; entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Year Team Category Car Model Engine Details Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Overall Ranking Total Points
2024 Inter Europol by
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 		LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428, V8, 4.2 L DAY
WD 		SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS PET NC 0


Full European Le Mans Series Results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position; results shown in italics represent fastest lap)

Year Team Category Chassis Power Unit 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final Position Points Scored
2024 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
8 		LEC
Ret 		IMO
7 		SPA
4 		MUG
3 		ALG
5 		7th 47
2025 TDS Racing LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
3 		LEC
3 		IMO
4 		SPA
 SIL
 ALG
{{small|} 		3rd* 42*

* Season currently underway.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Year Team Co-drivers Vehicle Category Completed Laps Pos. Class
position.
2024 Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Inter Europol Competition Template:Country data GRNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vladislav Lomko
Template:Country data POLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jakub Śmiechowski 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 297 16th 2nd
2025 Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall TDS Racing Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Mathias Beche
United States Rodrigo Sales 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 365 22nd
LMP2 Pro-Am 2nd
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