Paul-Loup Chatin

Paul-Loup Chatin
Paul-Loup Chatin
Born	October 19, 1991 (age 35); Dourdan, France
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2010–present
Known for	European Le Mans Series champion (2014, 2019), LMP2 class wins and poles at 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship LMP2 champion

Paul-Loup Chatin (born 19 October 1991) is a French professional race car driver who focuses on the LMP2 category. He claimed the European Le Mans Series championships in both 2014 and 2019, while also earning pole positions at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018 and 2023. His notable accomplishments include winning his class at the 2021 24 Hours of Daytona and capturing the LMP2 title in the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Currently, Chatin races in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship representing Alpine Endurance Team.

Karting

Originating from Dourdan, Chatin began kart racing in 2006 at age 14, progressing to compete in the KF2 division by 2008.

Formula Renault

He entered single-seater racing in 2010, finishing fourth overall with two victories at Silverstone, trailing future competitors Stoffel Vandoorne and Norman Nato.

In the 2011 campaign, Chatin joined Tech 1 Racing for the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series, securing ninth place with a win at Le Castellet and a podium finish at Silverstone. He also took part full-time in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship, where he achieved three consecutive wins and concluded third in the standings.

For the 2012 season, Chatin remained with Tech 1, improving to sixth place in the Eurocup without recording a victory. He again finished third in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, narrowly missing out on the title to Daniil Kvyat and Nato.

Sports car career

In 2013, Chatin switched to sports car competition, joining Team Endurance Challenge to race in the LMPC class of the European Le Mans Series, where he won three races and secured the championship alongside Gary Hirsch.

The following year, he advanced to LMP2 with Signatech Alpine, teaming up with Nelson Panciatici and Oliver Webb. The trio clinched the championship with a victory at Spielberg complemented by two additional podiums and finished third in LMP2 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

During the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season, Chatin drove for Signatech Alpine. Despite difficulties at Silverstone and Le Mans, the team achieved a win at Shanghai and second place at Fuji, ultimately ranking fourth overall.

Returning to ELMS in 2016 alongside Timothé Buret and Fabien Barthez, Chatin’s team struggled despite his competitive pace, concluding eighth in the standings. In 2017, he made two appearances in ELMS with IDEC Sport Racing.

In 2018, Chatin embarked on a full-season partnership with IDEC Sport alongside Memo Rojas and Paul Lafargue. The team earned two third-place finishes and secured pole positions at Le Castellet and Spielberg, finishing third overall. At Le Mans that year, Chatin achieved pole position during qualifying.

Rejoining IDEC Sport for the 2019 season with Lafargue and Rojas, Chatin secured two second-place finishes and earned pole at Barcelona. The team recorded IDEC’s first ELMS victory at Silverstone. Despite a practice crash at Spa, they recovered to finish sixth. Chatin sealed the championship by winning the final race in Portugal.

The pandemic-impacted 2020 season was challenging; joined by Lafargue and Richard Bradley, IDEC’s best results were seventh place finishes while Chatin missed an event due to COVID-19. In 2021, paired with Lafargue and Patrick Pilet, IDEC ended ninth in ELMS but Chatin triumphed in his class at the 24 Hours of Daytona with Era Motorsport.

In 2022, IDEC returned to running a single car featuring Chatin, Lafargue, and Rojas. The team opened strongly with three consecutive top-five results including a victory at Monza but concluded fifth overall.

Continuing with IDEC in 2023 alongside Lafargue and Laurents Hörr, Chatin guided the squad to fifth place in ELMS with two LMP2 Pro podiums plus pole position at Portimão. He again secured LMP2 pole at Le Mans; however, a late puncture dashed podium ambitions. That year also saw him compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports with Ben Keating and Alex Quinn—achieving four podiums including a victory at Road America—and clinching the LMP2 class championship.

For 2024, Chatin joined Alpine Endurance Team as an official factory driver. He will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Le Mans Hypercar division alongside Charles Milesi and Ferdinand Habsburg aboard the No. 35 Alpine A424.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Template:Tool tip	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	F4 Eurocup 1.6	Auto Sport Academy	14	2	2	2	4	103	4th
2011	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Tech 1 Racing	14	1	1	0	2	75	9th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		14	3	2	3	9	326	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2012	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Tech 1 Racing	14	0	0	0	1	77	6th
2012	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Tech 1 Racing	14	1	2	1	11	194	3rd
2013	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Tsunami RT	10	1	0	0	1	91	9th
	2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Tsunami RT	2	1	1	0	2	32	9th
	European Le Mans Series - LMPC	Team Endurance Challenge	5	3	2	4	5	115	1st
2014	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Signatech-Alpine	5	1	0	0	3	78	1st
2014	2014 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Signatech-Alpine	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2015	Renault Sport Trophy	Monlau Competicion	1	0	0	0	0	6	15th
	2015 Blancpain Endurance Series - GT3 Am	Delahaye Racing	1	0	0	0	0	15	17th
	2015 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Signature Team	8	1	1	0	2	86	4th
	2015 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	2015 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
2016	2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Panis-Barthez Compétition	4	0	0	0	0	14	26th
	2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2	6	0	1	1	0	8	13th
	2016 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2017	2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	24th
2017	2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup - Pro-Am	L'Espace Bienvenue	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2018	2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport Racing	6	0	2	0	2	64	4th
2018	2018 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	1	0	1	0	0	N/A	14th
2019	2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport Racing	6	2	1	0	4	125

Full F4 Eurocup 1.6 Results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics signify fastest laps)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Points Scored
2010	ALC 1 4th	ALC 2 8th	SPA 1 10th	SPA 2 10th	MAG 1 11th	MAG 2 4th	HUN 1 4th	HUN 2 7th	HOC 1 4th	HOC 2 2nd	SIL 1 1st	SIL 2 1st	CAT 1 2nd	CAT 2 7th	4th overall	103 total points, 104 including dropped scores

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Results

(key) (Entries in bold represent pole positions) (Entries in italics indicate fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Classification	Points Earned
2011	Tech 1 Racing	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	SPA 1 11th	SPA 2 9th	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	ASS 3	OSC 1	OSC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	MST 1	MST 2	MST 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	Not Classified†	0 points

† As Chatin participated as a guest competitor, he was not eligible to earn championship points.

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

(key) (Entries in bold indicate pole positions) (Entries in italics signify fastest laps)

Year	Team	1st Race	2nd Race	3rd Race	4th Race	5th Race	6th Race	7th Race	8th Race	9th Race	10th Race	11th Race	12th Race	13th Race	14th Race	Final Standing	Points Accumulated

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- Finished 9th overall	- Total points: 75

- Ended season in 6th place	- Total points accumulated: 77

Full Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Results

(legend) (Races shown in bold denote pole position; those in italics signify fastest lap)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Total Points
2011	Tech 1 Racing	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 14	IMO 1 3	IMO 2 6	PAU 1 3	PAU 2 2	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 3	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 1	LEC 1 1	LEC 2 1	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 5	3rd	326
2012	Tech 1 Racing	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 2	PAU 1 2	PAU 2 1	IMO 1 3	IMO 2 'Ret'	SPA < br / > 1 < br / > 2	SPA < br / > 2 < br / > 3	RBR < br / > 1 < br / > 14	RBR < br / > 2 < br / > 12	MUG < br / > 1 < br / > 3	MUG < br / > 2 < br / > 3	CAT < br / > 1 < br / > 2	CAT < br / > 2 < br / > 2	3rd	194

Full European Le Mans Series Results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Entries in bold denote pole positions; results shown in italics signify fastest laps)

Year	Team	Category	Chassis	Power Unit	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Overall Position	Points Accumulated
2013	Team Oreca#Team Endurance Challenge	LMPC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 V8	Silverstone Race 1 2	Imola Race 2 1	Red Bull Ring Race 3 1	Hungaroring Race 4 1	Le Castellet Race 5 2		1st	115
2014 European Le Mans Series season	Signature Team	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE V8	style="background:#DFFFDF;"	style="background:#FFDF9F;"	style="background:#FFFFBF;"	style="background:#DFDFDF;"	style="background:#DFFFDF;"			- ...

Full FIA World Endurance Championship Results

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

Year	Team Entry	Category	Vehicle Chassis	Engine Model	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6	Event 7	Event 8	Final Standing	Points Total
2015	Signatech Alpine	LMP2	Alpine A450b	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL Ret	SPA 5	LMS Ret	NÜR 5	COA 5	FUJ 2	SHA 1	BHR 4	4th Place	86 Points
2016	Panis-Barthez Compétition	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan Nissan VK engine#VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 8	NÜR	MEX	COA
2016	26th Place	LMP2	14 Points
Signature Team Baxi DC Racing Alpine	26th Place	Oreca 05 Alpine A460	14 Points	Nissan Nissan VK engine#VK45DE 4.5 L V8
Racing Team Nederland	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology#GK428 V8 engine GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	ALG	style="background:#FFDF9F;" \| MNZ 3		BHR	BHR	colspan=3 \|	19th Place	15 Points
IDEC Sport Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology#GK428 V8 engine GK428, 4.2 L V8	colspan=3 \|	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \| LMS 6	colspan=5 \|
2022	Signatech # Richard Mille Racing Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology # GK428 V8 engine GK428, 4.2 L V8	SEB	SPA	LMS	style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| MNZ 14	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \| FUJ 8	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \| BHR 8			20th Place	10 Points
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship #2024 season	Signatech # Alpine Endurance Team	Hypercar	Alpine A424	Alpine Automobiles # Alpine 3.4 L Turbocharged V6	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \| 2024 Qatar 1812 km # QAT 7	style="background:#CFCFFF;" \| 2024 6 Hours of Imola # IMO 13	style="background:#dfffdf;" \| 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps # SPA 9	style="background:#efcfff;" \| 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans # LMS Ret	style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 2024 6 Hours of São Paulo # SÃO 12	style="background:#cfcfff;" \| 2024 Lone Star Le Mans # COA 5^{[N 1]}		style="background:#dfffdf;" \| 2024 8 Hours of Bahrain # BHR 4	18th Place	29 Points

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Awards & National Teams

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Signatech-Alpine	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Oliver Webb Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Nelson Panciatici	Alpine A450b-Nissan	LMP2	355	7th	3rd
2015	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Signatech-Alpine	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Nelson Panciatici Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Vincent Capillaire	Alpine A450b-Nissan	LMP2	110	DNF	DNF
2016	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Panis-Barthez Compétition	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Fabien Barthez Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Timothé Buret	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	347	12th	8th
2018	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall IDEC Sport	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Paul Lafargue Template:Country data MEX Template:Namespace detect showall Memo Rojas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	312	DNF	DNF
2019	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall IDEC Sport	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Paul Lafargue Template:Country data MEX Template:Namespace detect showall Memo Rojas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	364	10th	5th
2020	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall IDEC Sport	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Paul Lafargue Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Bradley	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	10th	6th
2021	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall IDEC Sport	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Paul Lafargue Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	359	11th	6th
2022	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall IDEC Sport	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Paul Lafargue Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Patrick Pilet	Oreca 07 - Gibson	LMP2	366	12th	8th
2023	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall IDEC Sport	GermanyLaurents Hörr Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Paul Lafargue	Oreca 07 - Gibson	LMP2	327	14th	6th
2024	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Alpine Endurance Team	Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Ferdinand Habsburg Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Charles Milesi	Alpine A424	Hypercar	75	DNF	DNF
2025	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Alpine Endurance Team	Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Ferdinand Habsburg Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Charles Milesi	Alpine A424	Hypercar	385	9th	9th

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	Distinction
2014	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Signatech-Alpine	Alpine A450b-Nissan	LMP2	Jean Rondeau Prize
2013	Team Endurance Challenge	Oreca	ELMS-LMPC	Breakthrough Team of 2013
2010	Autosport Academy	F4	F4 - 1.6L	EuroFormula Volant Winner
2012	Tech1 Racing		WSR 2.0L	French FFSA Team
2011	Tech1 Racing		WSR 2.0L	FIA Young Driver Excellence Academy

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(legend) (Races in bold denote pole position; results in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	Category	Manufacturer	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points earned
2021	Era Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology GK428 V8	" \| DAY 1	SEB	WGI	WGI	ELK	LGA	ATL	NC†	0†
2022	Era Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology GK428 V8	DAY 7	SEB	LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK	PET	NC†	0†
2023	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson Technology GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 7	SEB 4	LGA 2	WGL 3	ELK 1	2023 IMSA Battle on the Bricks 4	2023 Petit Le Mans 2	1st	1995

^† Points contributed solely to the Michelin Endurance Cup, excluding the overall LMP2 Championship tally.

24 Hours of Daytona outcomes

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	United States Era Motorsport	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Ryan Dalziel United States Dwight Merriman Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Kyle Tilley	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	787	6th	1st

Full Asian Le Mans Series standings

(legend) (Entries in bold represent pole position) (Entries in italics denote fastest lap)


Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Engine Type	1	2	3	4	5	Final Position	Points Accumulated
2023–24	Proton Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 4th	SEP 2 5th	DUB 7th	ABU 1 10th	ABU 2 Retired	9th overall	30 points

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