Signatech

Signatech

Company type	Motorsport organization and manufacturer
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	1999
Headquarters	France
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Racing cars, chassis for various formula series

Signatech, operating under the name Alpine Endurance Team, is a French motorsport organization and manufacturer competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Since 2013, Signatech has maintained a longstanding collaboration with Alpine, overseeing the management of Alpine's Le Mans Prototype vehicles, primarily within the LMP2 category and more recently advancing to the Le Mans Hypercar division with the Alpine A424 prototype. In 2024, Alpine secured an ownership interest in Signatech.

Competition background

In 1999, the squad clinched the FIA European Formula Three Cup title with Benoît Tréluyer and followed with a triumph in the French Formula Three Championship in 2000 through Jonathan Cochet, who also earned victories in both the European Cup and Masters of Formula 3 that season. Signature captured the team title during the inaugural 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, featuring drivers Tristan Gommendy and Kosuke Matsuura. Upon transitioning to the Formula 3 Euro Series, they achieved a one-two finish at the Macau Grand Prix with Nicolas Lapierre and Fabio Carbone; this feat was repeated by Edoardo Mortara and Jean-Karl Vernay in 2009. The team made their debut in the 2009 European Le Mans Series LMP1 division.

The year 2010 saw Signature dominate the F3 Euroseries, with Edoardo Mortara and Marco Wittmann securing first and second places respectively, amassing eight victories and winning the team championship.

Signatech provided chassis for Brazil's Formula Future Fiat championship during 2010-11.

In collaboration with Nissan GT Academy, Signatech achieved second place in the LMP2 category at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans. After exiting Formula 3 Euro Series in 2012 to concentrate on sportscar racing, they finished tenth overall at Le Mans piloting a Nissan-powered Oreca 03.

The partnership between Alpine and Signatech began in earnest in 2013 as they competed in LMP2 within the European Le Mans Series, securing both Team and Driver titles with Pierre Ragues and Nelson Panciatici. Additionally, Signatech supplied chassis for Formula 4 Sudamericana in 2014.

Maintaining their alliance with Alpine, Signatech re-entered the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015, capturing LMP2 championships in both 2016 and again during 2018–19.

In 2020, Signatech returned to the European Le Mans Series under the banner of Richard Mille Racing Team, initially intending to field an all-female driver lineup including Tatiana Calderón, Katherine Legge, and Sophia Flörsch; however, Legge was replaced due to injury. The team progressed to LMP2 competition within the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2021 with Calderón, Beitske Visser, and Flörsch as drivers.

During 2021, Signatech renewed its collaboration with Alpine to campaign a "grandfathered" Rebellion R13 vehicle in the Le Mans Hypercar class, achieving third place overall at Le Mans. This driver lineup persisted into 2022. For the 2023 season, Signatech reverted to competing in LMP2 with two Oreca 07 cars.

In 2024, Signatech advanced back into WEC’s premier class fielding two Alpine A424 entries, securing fourth place overall including a podium finish at the 6 Hours of Fuji.

24 Hours of Le Mans outcomes

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signature Plus	12	Courage-Oreca LC70E-Judd	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Didier André Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Franck Mailleux Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pierre Ragues	LMP1	344	11th	10th
2010	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signature Plus	008	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vanina Ickx Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Franck Mailleux Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pierre Ragues	LMP1	302	DNF	DNF
2011	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Nissan	26	Oreca 03-Nissan	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Soheil Ayari Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Franck Mailleux Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Lucas Ordóñez	LMP2	320	9th	2nd
2012	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Nissan	23	Oreca 03-Nissan	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Olivier Lombard Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Franck Mailleux Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jordan Tresson	LMP2	340	16th	9th
		26		Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Nelson Panciatici Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pierre Ragues Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Roman Rusinov		351	10th	4th
2013	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Alpine	36	Oreca 03-Nissan	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tristan Gommendy Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Nelson Panciatici Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Pierre Ragues	LMP2	317	14th	8th
2014	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Alpine	36	Oreca 03-Nissan	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Paul-Loup Chatin Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Nelson Panciatici Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oliver Webb	LMP2	355	"7th"	3rd
2015	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Alpine	"36"	"Oreca 03-Nissan"	"Vincent Capillaire Paul-Loup Chatin Nelson Panciatici"	"LMP2"	"110"	"DNF"	"DNF"
2016	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Alpine	"36"	"Alpine A460-Nissan"	"Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes Stéphane Richelmi"	"LMP2"	"357"	"5th"	1st"
2017	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Alpine Matmut	"35"	Alpine A470-Gibson Technology"	"André Negrão Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues"	LMP2	"362"	"4th"	3rd"
	"36"	"Romain Dumas Gustavo Menezes Matt Rao"	"351"	"10th"	"8th"
2018	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Alpine Matmut	"36"	"Alpine A470-Gibson Technology"	"Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet"	"LMP2"	"367"	"5th"	1st"
2019	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Alpine Matmut	"36"	"Alpine A470-Gibson Technology"	"Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet"	"LMP2"	"368"	"6th"	1st"
2020	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Signatech Alpine Elf	"36"	"Alpine A470-Gibson Technology"	"Thomas Laurent André Negrão Pierre Ragues"	LMP2	"367"	"8th"	"4th"
	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Mille Racing Team	"50"	"Oreca 07-Gibson Technology"	"Tatiana Calderón Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser"	"364"	"13th"	"9th"
2021	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alpine Elf Matmut	"36"	"Alpine A480-Gibson Technology"	"Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière"	"Hypercar"	"367"	3rd"	3rd"
	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Mille Racing Team	'1'	'Oreca 07-Gibson Technology'	'Tatiana Calderón Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser'	'LMP2'	'74'	'DNF'	'DNF'
2022	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alpine Elf Team	'36'	'Alpine A480-Gibson Technology'	'Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière'	'Hypercar'	'362'	'23rd'	'5th'
	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Mille Racing Team	'1'	'Oreca 07-Gibson Technology'	'Charles Milesi Sébastien Ogier Lilou Wadoux'	'LMP2'	'366'	'13th'	'9th'
2023	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alpine Elf Team	'35'	Oreca 07-Gibson Technology	'Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas'	LMP2	'322'	'19th'	'9th'
	'36'	'Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière'	'327'	'12th'	'4th'
2024	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alpine Endurance Team	'35'	Alpine A424	'Paul-Loup Chatin Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi'	Hypercar	'75'	'DNF'	'DNF'
	'36'	'Nicolas Lapierre Mick Schumacher Matthieu Vaxivière'	'88'	'DNF'	'DNF'
2025	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alpine Endurance Team	'35'	Alpine A424	'Paul-Loup Chatin Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi'	Hypercar	'385'	'9th'	'9th'
	'36'	'Jules Gounon Frédéric Makowiecki Mick Schumacher'	'384'	'10th'	'10th'

Timeline

Active series/events
24 Hours of Le Mans	2009–present
FIA World Endurance Championship	2012, 2015–present
Past series
French Formula Three Championship	1993–2002
French Formula Renault Championship	2000, 2002
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup	2003
Formula 3 Euro Series	2003–2011
Formula Renault 3.5 Series	2008
European Le Mans Series	2009–2010, 2013–2014, 2020
FIA Formula 3 European Championship	2014–2015