Simon Gachet

Simon Gachet
Born	(1993-10-14) October 14, 1993 France
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2011–present
Known for	Competing in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Simon Gachet (born 14 October 1993) is a professional racing driver from France currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup representing Tresor by Car Collection.

Early years

Originally passionate about rugby, Gachet discovered motorsport through automotive publications and training at the Formula Motorsport school located at Circuit du Laquais. He began his racing career in 2011 by entering the V de V Challenge Monoplace, notably skipping the traditional karting phase.

Junior formula categories

In his rookie season, Gachet clinched the V de V Challenge Monoplace title, securing two victories and standing on the podium 11 times across 15 races. His success in the Euroformula Volant test earned him a €60,000 scholarship, which supported his 2012 participation in the French F4 Championship, where he achieved third place overall with six podium finishes from 14 events.

The following year, he joined ARTA Engineering for the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, scoring points midway through the season and concluding 14th in the championship. In 2014, Gachet competed simultaneously in both the Alps series and Formula Renault Eurocup. Early in the Alps campaign, he recorded three back-to-back podiums and ultimately ranked fifth overall. Midway through that year, he transferred to ART Junior Team for the Eurocup, completing the season 19th with a total of 10 points.

For 2015, Gachet signed with Tech 1 Racing to contest a full Eurocup season. He topped preseason testing sessions at MotorLand Aragón, but during the season secured only one podium finish at Circuit de la Sarthe, finishing 16th in the final standings.

Sports car competition

In 2016, Gachet shifted his focus to endurance racing by joining Panis Barthez Competition’s LMP3 squad in the European Le Mans Series. The team earned a single podium at Imola and achieved pole position at Red Bull Ring. Participating in five out of six rounds alongside co-drivers Eric Debard and Valentin Moineault, they concluded ninth in the LMP3 class championship. He returned for another season in 2017, ending up 14th in drivers’ points. Simultaneously, Gachet raced in the GT4 European Series Southern Cup with Energy by ART, capturing a podium at Magny-Cours and finishing 20th in Pro-Am classification. Additionally, he made two guest appearances with Saintéloc Racing in both GT World Challenge Europe Sprint and Endurance cups without scoring points.

In 2018, Gachet committed full-time to GT World Challenge Europe with Saintéloc Racing, partnering Christopher Haase in the Sprint Cup. Together they achieved three podium finishes including a second place at Hungaroring, ultimately placing eighth overall. In the Endurance Cup that year, he began competing with Saintéloc’s Pro entry, recording a sixth-place finish at Paul Ricard before switching to their Am-class team for the Spa 24 Hours event, where they finished 37th overall. Returning alongside Haase for 2019’s Sprint Cup campaign, they secured four podiums including Gachet’s maiden series victory at Zandvoort and ended fifth in the championship; however, his Endurance Cup results were less prominent.

During the 2020 season, Gachet shared Saintéloc’s Silver-class Sprint Cup Audi with Steven Palette. The pair claimed class victories in their first two races at Misano and added another podium during that weekend. At Magny-Cours, despite competing within Silver Cup classification, Gachet secured overall pole position and won race two outright. The duo ultimately captured the Silver Cup title following their performance in Barcelona’s second race. In 2021, Gachet shifted concentration to the Endurance Cup driving AKKA-ASP’s Mercedes-AMG Silver Cup car alongside Konstantin Tereshchenko and Thomas Drouet; they earned class wins at Paul Ricard and Barcelona and finished runner-up in the Silver category standings.

Rejoining Audi machinery in 2022, Gachet competed with Tresor by Car Collection’s Sprint Cup outfit once again teaming up with Haase. He recorded four podium finishes en route to third place overall — marking his strongest GT season to date. Concurrently, he raced full-time for Akkodis-ASP in both FFSA GT Championship and GT4 European Series events. In October of that year, paired with Eric Debard for Team France’s GT Relay entry at the FIA Motorsport Games, Gachet contributed to securing gold after impressive qualifying performances.

Elevated to Audi Sport factory driver status for 2023, Gachet embarked on his inaugural full season as a works driver. His schedule included drives with Saintéloc’s Pro class entry in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup alongside Patric Niederhauser and Christopher Mies as well as competing in a Gold Cup Sprint Cup entry paired with Paul Evrard.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fastest laps	Podiums	Points	Standing
2011	V de V Challenge Monoplace	Formula Motorsport	15	2	1	?	11	525	1st
2012	French F4 Championship	Auto Sport Academy	14	0	0	0	6	148	3rd
2013	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	ARTA Engineering	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series		14	0	0	0	0	28	14th
	V de V Challenge Monoplace	Formula Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	144	19th
2014	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	ARTA Engineering	8	0	0	0	0	10	19th
		ART Junior Team	6	0	0	0	0
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series	ARTA Engineering	14	0	0	0	3	78	'5th'
2015	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Tech 1 Racing	'17'	'0'	'0'	'1'	'1'	'19'	'16th'
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series		'6'	'0'	'0'	'1'	'2'	'0'	'NC†'
2016	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Panis Barthez Competition	'6'	'0'	'1'	'0'	'1'	'30.5'	'9th'
2017	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Racing	'1'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'NC'
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		'2'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'NC'
	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Panis Barthez Competition	'6'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'12.5'	'14th'
	GT4 European Series Southern Cup - Pro-Am	Energy by ART	'12'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'1'	'21'	'20th'
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Racing	'5'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'9'	"37th"
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Am		"1"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"NC"
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		"10"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"3"	"44.5"	"8th"
	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am		"2"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"NC"
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Racing	"5"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"2"	"33rd"
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		"1"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"8"	"22nd"
	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am		"11"	"0"	"0"	"1"	"1"	"15"	"19th"
	GT4 South European Series - Pro-Am		"2"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"0"	"24"	"6th"
	24H GT Series - A6
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing	1	٠	٠	٠	٠	٠	-	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver	1	٠	٠	٠	٠	٠	-	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Saintéloc Racing	10	1	1	٠	٢	33.5	-	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver	10	3	2	٠	٦	108.5	1st |-	French GT4 Cup	12	٠	٠	٠	٢	84	-	Ultimate Cup Series - Monoplace F3-T318	Formula Motorsport	3	3	?	?	3	168	-	2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AKKA ASP Team	5	٠	٠	٠	٠	1	-	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver	5	2	٠	٠	٢	74	2nd |-	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am	12	1	٠	٠	٣	98	-	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Saintéloc Racing	1	٠	٠	٠	٠	10	-	2022	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Tresor by Car Collection	10	٠	1	٠	٤	67	3rd |-	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am	AKKODIS ASP Team	12	٠	1	?	٢	82	-	GT4 European Series - Pro-Am	12	۰	۱	؟	۲	۶۷	۹م |-	24H GT Series - GT3 Am	Saintéloc Racing	3	۰	۰	۰	۰	?	?* |-	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Saintéloc Junior Team	1	۰	۰	۰	۰	۰	NC |-	FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup	Team France	1	۱	۰	۰	۱	N/A	style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1st |-	2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Saintéloc Racing						-	2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Junior Team	5	۰	۰	۰	۰	41	6th |-	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	10	۰	۰	۰	۰	5.5	18th |-	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver	10	۱	۱	۰	۵	90	5th |-	-	2024	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	CSA Racing	10				12.5		-	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold	10				114		2nd |-	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am	Debard Automobiles by Racetivity	4				46*		-	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Schumacher CLRT						-	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup " ! HAAS RT ! 1 ! ০ !০ !০ !০ !rowspan = '2'" style = 'text-align:center;' "|০ !rowspan = '2'" style = 'background-color:#eee; text-align:center;' "|NC |-	"CSA Racing"!1	০	০	০	০	-	2025 !rowspan = '2'" style = 'text-align:left;' "|CSA Racing !- !- !- !- !- !- !- |-

† Guest competitor, not eligible for points.
^* Current season underway.

Full French F4 Championship standings

(legend) (Entries in bold signify pole position; entries in italics denote fastest lap)

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Total Points
2012	LÉD 1 Retired	LÉD 2 2nd	PAU 1 2nd	PAU 2 2nd	VDV 1 4th	VDV 2 2nd	MAG 1 8th	MAG 2 3rd	NAV 1 7th	NAV 2 14th	LMS 1 7th	LMS 2 4th	LEC 1 7th	LEC 2 3rd	3rd overall	148 points

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(legend) (Bold font marks pole positions; italics indicate fastest laps)

rowspan=2 | 2014

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final Standing	Points Scored
2013	ARTA Engineering	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MSC 1	MSC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HUN 1 19th	HUN 2 26th	LEC 1	LEC 2	CAT 1	CAT 2				Not Classified†	0 points
ARTA Engineering	ALC 1 9th	ALC 2 6th	SPA 1 18th	SPA 2 15th	MSC 1 18th	MSC 2 Retired	NÜR 1 21st	NÜR 2 18th								19th	10 points
ART Junior Team									HUN 1 Disqualified	HUN 2 19th	LEC 1 23rd	LEC 2 16th	JER 1 16th	JER 2 20th
Tech 1 Racing	ALC 1 9th	ALC 2 Retired	ALC 3 19th	SPA 1 Retired	style="background:#EFCFFF;"   (SPA 2 Template:Small Retired   )   |   (style=“background:#DFFFDF;”) HUN 1 Template:Small 10th   |   (style=“background:#EFCFFF;”) HUN 2 Template:Small Retired   |   (style=“background:#CFCFFF;”) SIL 1 Template:Small 18th   |   (style=“background:#CFCFFF;”) SIL 2 Template:Small 15th   |   (style=“background:#DFFFDF;”) SIL 3 Template:Small 11th   |   (style=“background:#CFCFFF;”) NÜR 1 Template:Small 14th   |   (style=“background:#CFCFFF;”) NÜR 2 Template:Small16th    |    (style=“background:#CFCFFF;”) LMS 1 BR > Template:SMALL11TH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            !16TH     !19     | † As Gachet participated as a guest competitor, he was not eligible to accumulate championship points. Full Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Results (key) (Events shown in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics represent fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Position Points 2013 ARTA Engineering VLL 1 16 VLL 2 Ret IMO1 1 24 IMO1 2 Ret SPA 1 13 SPA 2 18 MNZ 1 25 MNZ 2 13 MIS 1 7 MIS 2 5 MUG 1 13 MUG 2 11 IMO2 1 5 IMO2 2 Ret 14th 28 2014 ARTA Engineering IMO 1 3 IMO 2 3 PAU 1 3 PAU 2 8 RBR 1 11 RBR 2 7 SPA 1 23 SPA 2 Ret MNZ 1 Ret MNZ 2 7 5th 78 Full European Le Mans Series Results ( key) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps are marked in italics) Year Team Entry Category Chassis Model Engine Type Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final Standing Total Points 2016 Panis Barthez Competition LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL 7 IMO 3 RBR 8 LEC 8 SPA EST Ret 9th 30.5 2017 Panis Barthez Competition LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL 9 MNZ 11 RBR Ret LEC 5 SPA Ret ALG Template:Small Ret 14th 12.5 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup ... Season Team Name Vehicle Category Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Final Standing Total Points 2017 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro style="background:#CFCFFF;" | CAT 17 NC 0 2018 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LEC 6 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | CAT 45 37th 9 Am style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPA 6H 63 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPA 12H 63 style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SPA 24H Ret NC 0 2019 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Pro style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LEC 9 style="background:#EFCFFF;" | CAT Ret 33rd 2 Pro-Am style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPA 6H 62 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA 12H 56 style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA 24H 48 22nd 8 2020 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 2020 24 Hours of Spa#Spa Six Hours Results & Standings_2020_6h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Six Hours#Spa Six Hours Results & Standings_2020_6h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Six Hours_Spa Six Hours Results & Standings_2020_6h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Six Hours_Spa Six Hours Results & Standings_2020_6h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Six Hours_Spa Six Hours Results & Standings_2020_6h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Six Hours_Spa Six Hours Results & Standings_2020_6h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Six Hours" SPA 6H 56 style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 2020 24 Hours of Spa#Spa Twelve Hours Results & Standings_2020_12h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Twelve Hours#Spa Twelve Hours Results & Standings_2020_12h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Twelve Hours_Spa Twelve Hours Results & Standings_2020_12h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Twelve Hours_Spa Twelve Hours Results & Standings_2020_12h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Twelve Hours_Spa Twelve Hours Results & Standings_2020_12h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Twelve Hours_Spa Twelve Hours Results & Standings_2020_12h_Results_and_Standings_Spa Twelve Hours" SPA 12H 56 style="background:#EFCFFF;" | 2020 24 Hours of Spa#Spa Twenty-Four Hour Results & Standings _2020 _24h _Results and Standings _Spa Twenty-Four Hour #Spa Twenty-Four Hour Results & Standings _2020 _24h _Results and Standings _Spa Twenty-Four Hour _Spa Twenty-Four Hour Results & Standings _2020 _24h _Results and Standings _Spa Twenty-Four Hour _Spa Twenty-Four Hour Results & Standings _2020 _24h _Results and Standings _Spa Twenty-Four Hour _Spa Twenty-Four Hour Results & Standings _2020 _24h _Results and Standings _Spa Twenty-Four Hour _Spa Twenty-Four Hour Results & Standings _2020 _24h _Results and Standings_Spa Twenty-Four Hour SPA 24H Ret NC 0 Comprehensive GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Outcomes (legend) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics represent fastest lap) 2024 style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRH 1 Template:Small 9  | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRH  2  | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS  1  | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MIS  2  | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC  1  | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HOC  2  | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAG  1  | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAG  2  | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAT  1  | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT  2  | Year Team Vehicle Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Standing Points 2017 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS QR MIS CR BRH QR BRH CR ZOL QR ZOL CR HUN QR HUN CR NÜR QR 20 NÜR CR 22 NC 0 2018 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro ZOL 1 10 ZOL 2 12 BRH 1 7 BRH 2 8 MIS 1 Ret MIS 2 3 HUN 1 4 HUN 2 2 NÜR 1 10 NÜR 2 3 8th 44.5 2020 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver MIS 1 9 MIS 2 9 MIS 3 14 MAG 1 13 MAG 2 1 ZAN 1 3 ZAN 2 Ret CAT 1 19 CAT 2 9 CAT 3 7 1st 108.5 2022 Tresor by Car Collection Audi R8 LMS Evo Pro BRH < br >1 < br >7 BRH < br >2 < br >4 MAG < br >1 < br >3 MAG < br >2 < br >Ret ZAN < br >1 < br >3 ZAN < br >2 < br >Ret MIS < br >1 < br >4 MIS < br >2 < br >3 VAL < br >1 < br >2 VAL < br >2 < br >4 3rd 67 2023 Saintéloc Junior Team _Audi R8 LMS Evo II Gold BRH < br >1 < br />11 BRH < br >2 < br />13 MIS < br >1 < br />19 MIS < br >2 < br />24 HOC < br >1 < br />13 HOC < br >2 < br />Ret VAL < br >1 < br />21 VAL < br >2 < br />6 ZAN < br >1 < br />24 ZAN < br >2 < br />15 5th 90 CSA Racing _Audi R8 LMS Evo II Gold 2nd 114 * Current season underway. External links Simon Gachet profile on SnapLap Simon Gachet profile on Motorsport.com