Laurent Groppi

Laurent Groppi
Born	(1983-01-19) January 19, 1983 Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2003–
Known for	Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 champion (2006), French GT Championship champion (2010)

Laurent Groppi (born 19 January 1983 in Haute-Savoie, Thonon-les-Bains) is a professional French racing driver.

In 2003, he secured the title in the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf series and went on to claim the championship in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006, while also participating in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. The following year, Groppi achieved second place in the French GT Championship and ranked fifth in the GT1 category at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, competing for Team ORECA behind the wheel of a Saleen S7R.

Groppi returned to Team Oreca for the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing eighth overall in the LMP1 division driving their Judd-powered Courage-Oreca LC70. In 2009, he finished fifth in the GT1 class of the Le Mans Series with Larbre Competition, again driving a Saleen S7R. He captured the title of the French GT Championship in 2010 with Larbre Competition, piloting a Porsche 911 GT3.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole positions; those in italics indicate fastest laps)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2006	Graff Racing	ZOL 1 1	ZOL 2 1	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 2	DON 1	DON 2	LMS 1 7	LMS 2 4	CAT 1	CAT 2	6th	75

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Team Oreca	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Prost Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean-Philippe Belloc	Saleen S7-R	GT1	337	10th	5th
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Team Oreca-Matmut	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Soheil Ayari Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Loïc Duval	Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd	LMP1	357	8th	8th