Olivier Pla

Olivier Pla
Olivier Pla
Born	October 22, 1981 (age 45); Toulouse, France
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2000–present
Known for	Participation in Asian Le Mans Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, GP2 Series

Olivier Pla (born 22 October 1981) is a professional French racing driver who currently participates in the Asian Le Mans Series representing AF Corse.

French Formula Campus and Formula Three

Originating from Toulouse, Pla launched his motorsport journey in 2000 within the French Formula Campus. He then progressed to the French Formula Three Championship in 2001, competing for Saulnier Racing. That season, he secured eighth place overall, earning points in nine out of eleven events and achieving a podium finish at Magny-Cours.

Continuing in French F3 for 2002, Pla switched to the ASM outfit. He concluded the year third in the championship standings, having attained nine podiums over fourteen races, including victories at Croix-en-Ternois and the Bugatti Circuit.

In 2003, Pla stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series with ASM, finishing third overall with nine podium appearances across twenty races.

World Series by Nissan

Pla transitioned from Euroseries in 2004 to compete in the World Series by Nissan. After participating in two rounds with RC Motorsport, he replaced Michael Keohane at Carlin Motorsport. He ended the season ninth in the championship, scoring points in thirteen of eighteen races and clinching a win at Estoril.

GP2 Series

In the debut 2005 season of the GP2 Series, Pla drove for David Price Racing. His early races were hindered by several stalls on the starting grid and an incident where a teammate reversed into his vehicle. Nevertheless, he capitalized on the reverse grid format to claim two Race Two victories at Hockenheim and Silverstone, ultimately placing 11th in the overall standings. He remained with DPR in 2006 but was released mid-season following a lack of points and a hand injury sustained at Monaco, compounded by sponsorship difficulties.

In 2007, Pla competed in the German Porsche Carrera Cup but was called back late in the GP2 campaign to substitute for the injured Christian Bakkerud. The following year, he shifted focus to sports car racing, piloting a Lola Le Mans Prototype in both the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Pla joined Mazda Motorsports for part of the 2020 season of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and secured a full-season DPi contract with Meyer Shank Racing for 2021.

Career summary

;;=French GT Championship ;;=14 ;;=٠ ;;=١ ;;=٣ ;;=٢ ;;=58 ;;=10th ;;=24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 ;;=١ ;;=٠ ;;=٠ ;;=٠ ;;=٠ ;;=N/A ;;=DNF ;;=European Le Mans Series - LMP2 ;;=٢ ;;=١ ;;=١ ;;=٠ ;;=٢ ;;=62 ;;=style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd ;;=Blancpain Endurance Series ;;=SMG Challenge ;;=4 ;;=٠ ;;=٠ ;;=٠ ;;=٠ ;;=9 ;;=22nd │IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype │Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian │٤ │١ │٢ │٣ │113 │13th │European Le Mans Series - LMP۲ │Krohn Racing │٥ │۱۲th │24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro │۱۰th │IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM │۵۰ │۲۰th ｜ IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype ｜ PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports ｜۴ ｜۱۶th ｜ European Le Mans Series – LMP۲ ｜ IDEC Sport Racing ｜۳ ｜۲۳rd ｜ IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype ｜ Tequila Patrón ESM ｜۳ ｜۴۰th ｜ Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup ｜ Garage 59 ｜۱ ｜NC ｜ Intercontinental GT Challenge ｜۱ ｜۲۲nd ｜Algarve Pro Racing ｜IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi ｜Mazda Team Joest ｜۴ ｜۱ ｜۱۰۲ ｜۱۴th ｜IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi │Mazda Team Joest/Multimatic Motorsports │۴ │۱۳th │FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar │Glickenhaus Racing │۲ │۷th │24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar │۴th │IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi │Whelen Engineering Racing │۵ │۸th 丨24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar 丨۶th ！nowrap¦2024-25 丨Asian Le Mans Series – LMP۲ 丨AF Corse 丨۶ 丨۹th

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2000	Formula Renault Campus France	Formula Campus	?	?	?	?	?	391	3rd
2001	French Formula Three Championship	Saulnier Racing	11	0	0	0	1	74	8th
2002	French Formula Three Championship	ASM	14	2	3	1	9	159	3rd
	FIA European Formula Three Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	Korea Super Prix		1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \| 2nd
	2003		align=left \|Formula 3 Euro Series	rowspan="2" align=left \|ASM	20	0	3	0	8	74	style="background:#FFDF9F;" \|3rd
align=left \|Masters of Formula 3	2003	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2004	align=left rowspan=2 \|World Series by Nissan	align=left \|RC Motorsport	rowspan=2 \|18	rowspan=2 \|1	rowspan=2 \|0	rowspan=2 \|0	rowspan=2 \|1	rowspan=2 \|56	rowspan=2 \|9th
2004	align=left \|Carlin Motorsport
2005	align=left \|GP2 Series	align=left \|DPR	22	2	0	1	2	20	13th
2006	align=left \|GP2 Series	align=left \|DPR/DPR Direxiv	9	0	0	0	0	0	27th
2007	align=left \|Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	align=left \|MRS-Team	9	0	1	0	0	34	15th
2007	align=left \|GP2 Series	align=left \|DPR	2	0	0	0	0	0	35th
2008	align=left \|Le Mans Series - LMP2	align=left rowspan=2 \|Quifel ASM Team	5	0	0	0	1	12	8th
	align=left \|24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	align=left \|American Le Mans Series	align=left \|Team LNT	1	0	0	0	0	20	14th
2009	align=left \|Le Mans Series - LMP2	align=left rowspan=2 \|Quifel ASM Team	5	2	3	5	3	33	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \|1st
2009	align=left \|24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2010	align=left \|Le Mans Series - LMP2	rowspan="2" align=left \|Quifel ASM Team	5	1	0	0	3	44	6th
2010	align=left \|24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	1	0	0	0	=N/A	=7th
2011	=align=left 2011 Le Mans Series - LMP1	=rowspan="2" align=left Quifel ASM Team	=3	=0	=0	=0	=1	=9	=5th
	=align=left 2011 - LMP1	=1	=0	=0	=0	=N/A	=DNF
	=align=left Blancpain Endurance Series	=rowspan="2" align=left SOFREV ASP	=1	=0	=0	=0	=8	=29th
	=2012 ;;=FIA World Endurance Championship ;;=rowspan="3" align="left" OAK Racing ;;=8 ;;=٠ ;;=١ ;;=? ;;=٠ ;;=18.5 ;;=20th
=2013		= World Endurance Championship - LMP2	= rowspan="2" = OAK Racing	=8	=٠	=١	=٠	=٥	=132.5	=style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd
		=24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	=١	=٠	=١	=٠	=١	=N/A	=style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd
		=Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	=SMG Challenge	=١	=٠	=٠	=٠	=٠	=13	=28th
rowspan="5" =2014	= FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	= rowspan="3" = G-Drive Racing	=٨	=٤	=٧	=٧	=٦	=137	=style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd
=24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	=١	=٠	=٠	=٠	=٠	=N/A	=DNF
=United SportsCar Championship - Prototype	=٦	=١	=٠	>172	>14th
>Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	> rowspan="2" = TDS Racing	>١	>٠	>٩	>22nd
>FFSA GT Championship	>٢	>NC†
rowspan="4" =2015	>24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1	> Nissan Motorsports	>DNF
>European Le Mans Series - LMP2	> rowspan="2" = Krohn Racing	>٢	>15th
>United SportsCar Championship - Prototype	>٢	>45	>20th
>Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	> Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	>٦	>25th
rowspan="4" =2016	> FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro	> rowspan="2" = Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	>٩	>١	>١	>٣	>118	>4th
>24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro	>٤th
rowspan="5" =2017 │ FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Pro │ rowspan="3" = Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK │٩ │۱ │۸th
rowspan="5" =2018 ｜ European Le Mans Series – LMP۲ ｜ Racing Engineering ｜۵ ｜۱ ｜۶۶ ｜style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd
2018-19 ｜ FIA World Endurance Championship – GTE Pro ｜ Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK ｜۸ ｜۱ ｜۵th
2019 ｜24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro ｜Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK ｜۶th
	European Le Mans Series – LMP۲ ｜Thunderhead Carlin Racing ｜۱۵th
		202۰ ｜24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro ｜Risi Competizione ｜۴th
	202１ │IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi │Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian │۱۰ │۸th
202２ │FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar │Glickenhaus Racing │۴ │۴th
202３丨 FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar 丨 Glickenhaus Racing 丨۵ 丨۱۰th

Complete French Formula Three Championship results

(key) (Races shown in bold signify pole position) (Races in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Power Unit	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Points
2001	Saulnier Racing	Dallara F399	Renault	A	NOG 1 11	NOG 2 9	LÉD 10	MAG 7	VDV 6	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 Ret	CRT 7	ALB 6	LMS 3	MAG 8					8th	74
2002	ASM	Dallara F302	Renault	A	NOG 1 6	NOG 2 Ret	LÉD 1 10	LÉD 2 2	DIJ 1 4	DIJ 2 3	CRT 1 1	CRT 2 2	ALB 1 13	ALB 2 2	LMS 1 1		3rd	159

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold represent pole positions) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap)

Year	Team Entry	Vehicle Chassis	Engine Supplier	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Standing	Points Scored
ASM F3	Dallara F303/014	Mercedes	DSQ	2	8	3	2	16	3	Ret	4	24	2	9	27	4	3	3	10	6	2	7	3rd	74

Full World Series by Nissan Results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Position	Total Points
2004	Tata RC Motorsport	JAR 1 9	JAR 2 Ret	ZOL 1 7	ZOL 2 7															9th	66
2004	Carlin Motorsport					MAG 1 10	MAG 2 10	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 5	LAU 1 8	LAU 2 17	EST 1 1	EST 2 9	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 Ret	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 Ret	JER 1 3	JER 2 15	9th	66

Complete GP2 Series Results

(key) (Bolded races signify pole position) (Italicized races indicate fastest lap)

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	Final Standing	Points Scored

|- | 2005 ! DPR

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|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |  CAT 
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;" |  MON 
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|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |  NÜR 
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;" |  NÜR 
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|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |  MAG 
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;" |  MAG 
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|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |  SIL 
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|style="background:#FBFFBF;" |  SIL 
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|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |  HOC 
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|style="background:#FBFFBF;" |  HOC 
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|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |  HUN 
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|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |  HUN 
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;" |  IST 
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Istanbul Park SPR

  |   <style= "color: #000000; background-color: #EFCFFF;">Autodromo Nazionale Monza FEA
  |   <style= "color: #000000; background-color: #EFCFFF;">Autodromo Nazionale Monza SPR
  |   <style= "color: #000000; background-color: #CFCFFF;">Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps FEA
  |   <style= "color: #000000; background-color: #CFCFFF;">Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps SPR
  |   <style= "color: #000000; background-color: #EFCFFF;">Bahrain International Circuit FEA
  |   <style= "color: #000000">Bahrain International Circuit SPR

!13th !20 |

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2006 GP2 Series |
nowrap:DPR Direxiv
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VAL FEA
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VAL SPR
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IMO FEA
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IMO SPR
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CAT FEA
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SIL FEA |
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HOC FEA |
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HUN FEA |
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!27th !0 |

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2007 GP2 Series |

David Price Racing

BHR FEA |

BHR SPR |

CAT FEA |

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MON FEA |

MAG FEA |

MAG SPR |

SIL FEA |

SIL SPR |

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!35th !0

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans Results

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Full FIA World Endurance Championship Results

Year	Entrant	Category	Chassis	Power Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Overall Position	Points
2012	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SEB 2nd	SPA 5th	LMS Retired						20th	18.5
2012	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8				SIL 6th	SÃO 3rd	BHR 6th	FUJ 3rd	SHA 3rd	20th	18.5
2013	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 2nd	SPA 2nd	LMS 2nd	SÃO 6th	COA 6th	FUJ 3rd	SHA 2nd	BHR 2nd	2nd	132.5

Year	Entrant	Category	Chassis	Power Unit	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Overall Position	Points
2014	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 1st	SPA 1st	LMS Retired							2nd	137
2014	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8				COA 3rd	FUJ 1st	SHA 1st	BHR 3rd	SÃO Retired		2nd	137
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Entrant

Full IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

... [Table continues similarly for following years and teams, preserving key business-related data on teams, chassis, engines, notable race outcomes, championship rankings, and accumulated points] ...

Year	Team	No.	Category	Vehicle	Powerplant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2014	OAK Racing	42	P	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 V8	DAY 6th	SEB 4th	LBH 4th	LGA	DET 3rd	WGL	MOS 1st	IMS	ELK 11th	COA	PET		21st	172
2015	Krohn Racing	57	P	Ligier JS P2	Judd HK 3.6 V8	DAY 13th	SEB 6th	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET		20th	45
2016	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	60	P	Ligier JS P2	Honda HR35TT 3.5 Turbo V6	DAY 11th	SEB 7th	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL 3rd	MOS	ELK	COA	(style="background:#ffffbf;") PET 1st		13th	113

Full Asian Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold signify pole position) (Races in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final Position	Points Earned
2024–25	AF Corse	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 8th	SEP 2 7th	DUB 1 10th	DUB 2 6th	ABU 1 9th	ABU 2 7th	9th	27

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