Côme Ledogar

Côme Ledogar (born 23 May 1991) is a professional racing driver from France. He is best known for winning the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup overall title in 2016, with Robert Bell and Shane van Gisbergen. He is a McLaren factory driver.

Côme Ledogar
Ledogar in 2011.
Nationality	French
Born	(1991-05-23) 23 May 1991 Annecy (France)
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Garage 59
Car number	58
Former teams	Strakka Racing
Starts	11
Wins	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st in 2016
Previous series
2016-17 16-17 2015-16 2014-15 2014 2012-14 2011 2010–11 2009-10 2008 2007	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup International GT Open Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Porsche Carrera Cup France Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula BMW Europe Formul'Academy Euro Series Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium
Championship titles
2016 2016 2014	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Porsche Carrera Cup France

Career

Formula Renault 1.6

Born in Annecy, Ledogar began his racing career in 2007 at the age of 16, making his début in single-seater in the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium for Thierry Boutsen Energy Racing.[1] For 2008 he joined Formul'Academy Euro Series, which used the same Formula Renault 1.6 cars. He won four from fourteen races and had another two podium finishes, losing the title to Arthur Pic.[2]

Formula BMW

In 2009, Ledogar moved to the Formula BMW Europe, joining DAMS team. He finished nine from sixteen races in points to finish season 17th.[3] For the next year he switched to Eifelland Racing. He had three podium finishes, improving to the sixth in the standings.[4]

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2011, he switched to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, with the R-ace GP.[5] He ended season 19th with three point-scoring finishes. He also had a part-time campaign in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, achieving podium finish at Zandvoort.[6]

Sports car racing

Côme Ledogar on Porsche Supercup, Spa Francochamps in 2015.

In 2012, Ledogar decided to switch to sports car racing, joining Pro GT by Alméras in the Porsche Carrera Cup France. He won four from fourteen races but lost 22 points in the championship battle to Jean-Karl Vernay.[7] He remained in the Cup for 2013, switching to Sébastien Loeb Racing, but wasn't able to improve his position in the standings, winning only two races.[8] For 2014 he returned to Alméras team, finally winning the series, with four-point margin over Maxime Jousse after six race wins and another two podium finishes.[9]

For 2015 Ledogar had a double campaign in both Porsche Supercup and Carrera Cup Italia. He was victorious in the Italian series at Monza, Imola, Misano and Mugello and had another seven podiums on his way to the runner-up place behind Riccardo Agostini.[10] While in the Supercup he was eight in the standings, and the second-best season rookie with a podium at Hungaroring.[11][12]

In 2016, Ledogar continued to race in the Carrera Cup Italia. He amassed Mattia Drudi by 19 points in the championship battle and had six race wins with eight another podium finishes.[13] Also he became a McLaren factory driver.[14] He competed behind the wheel of McLaren 650S GT3 in the 2016 International GT Open and 2016 Blancpain GT Series with Garage 59 team. He won Monza GT Open race, but as he wasn't on the full schedule he finished only eleventh in the standings. While in the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, which was part of the Blancpain GT Series, he became champion with Robert Bell and Shane van Gisbergen.[15]

For 2017, Ledogar was more concentrated on GT Open, staying with Garage 59, pairing with Alexander West. He finished third in the Pro-Am standings. While in the 2017 Blancpain GT Series he joined Strakka Racing. But he finished only 69th, with just two points, which was scored on the opening round of the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.[16]

In 2018, Ledogar rejoined Garage 59 squad in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, becoming teammate of Ben Barnicoat and Andrew Watson.[17]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium	Thierry Boutsen Energy Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2008	Formul'Academy Euro Series	Autosport Academy	14	4	3	5	6	120.5	2nd
2009	Formula BMW Europe	DAMS	16	0	0	0	0	49	17th
2010	Formula BMW Europe	Eifelland Racing	16	0	2	0	3	187	6th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	5	0	0	0	1	59	16th
2011	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	R-ace GP	14	0	0	1	0	9	19th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		9	0	0	0	1	91	19th
2012	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Pro GT by Almeras	14	4	2	5	9	231	2nd
2013	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Sébastien Loeb Racing	11	2	2	1	2	118	5th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Hexis Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Team Martinet — Alméras	12	6	6	2	8	188	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Land Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	11	25th
	Porsche Supercup	Pro GT by Almeras	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Tsunami RT	12	4	3	4	11	182	2nd
	Porsche Supercup	Pro GT by Almeras	10	0	0	0	1	81	8th
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Tsunami RT	18	6	8	11	14	182	1st
	Blancpain GT Series	Garage 59	11	2	2	0	0	68	12th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	2	0	0	2	68	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	International GT Open		10	0	0	0	1	81	8th
2017	International GT Open - Pro-Am	Garage 59	14	2	2	3	6	60	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series	Strakka Racing	8	0	0	0	0	2	69th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		4	0	0	0	0	2	44th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		4	0	0	1	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Garage 59	5	0	0	0	1	19	24th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	McLaren	3	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018-19	Asian Le Mans Series	Spirit of Race	3	1	2	0	1	35	7th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Garage 59	3	0	0	0	0	2	19th*
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Car Guy Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	Pro	MIS QR	MIS CR	BRH QR 32	BRH CR 25	NÜR QR Ret	NÜR CR Ret	HUN QR 23	HUN CR Ret	CAT QR	CAT CR	NC	0
2017	Strakka Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	Pro	MIS QR	MIS CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZOL QR Ret	ZOL CR Ret	HUN QR	HUN CR	NÜR QR Ret	NÜR CR 25	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ricky Taylor David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	195	DNF	DNF
2019	Car Guy Racing	Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	332	35th	5th

References

1. "Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium 2007 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
2. "Formul'Academy Euro Series 2008 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
3. "Formula BMW Europe 2009 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
4. "Formula BMW Europe 2010 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
5. "Ledogar n'a plus de temps à perdre". Le Progrès (in French). Groupe EBRA. 24 December 2010. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
6. "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
7. "Porsche Carrera Cup France 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
8. "Porsche Carrera Cup France 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
9. "Porsche Carrera Cup France 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
10. "Porsche Carrera Cup Italia 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
11. "All drivers of the 2015 season at a glance". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
12. "Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
13. "Porsche Carrera Cup Italia 2016 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
14. Errity, Stephen (10 May 2018). "Come Ledogar: McLaren GT's New French Fancy". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
15. Errity, Stephen (18 September 2016). "Nurburgring, Race: Lamborghini's Win, McLaren's Title". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
16. "Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup — Pro 2017 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
17. "Impressive 54-car grid for Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup opener at Monza". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

External links

• Côme Ledogar career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Wolfgang Reip	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Champion 2016 With: Rob Bell and Shane van Gisbergen	Succeeded by Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Christian Engelhart
Preceded by Riccardo Agostini	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Champion 2016	Succeeded by Alessio Rovera