Larbre Compétition is a French auto racing team founded in 1988 by racing driver Jack Leconte and based at the Circuit du Val de Vienne in Le Vigeant, France.
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| Founded | 1988 |
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| Base | Le Vigeant, France |
| Founder(s) | Jack Leconte |
| Former series | European Le Mans Series FFSA GT Championship FIA GT Championship FIA World Endurance Championship Intercontinental Le Mans Cup |
| Noted drivers |  Jean-Philippe Belloc Patrick Bornhauser Christophe Bouchut Sébastien Bourdais Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel Patrice Goueslard Pedro Lamy Fernando Rees Paolo Ruberti Ricky Taylor David Terrien |
| Teams' Championships | 2000 FIA GT N-GT, 2001, 2002 FIA GT, 2004 LMES LMGTS, 2006, 2010 LMS LMGT1, 2010 ILMC GT1, 2011 ILMC LMGTE Am, 2012 FIA WEC LMGTE Am |
| Drivers' Championships | 1997, 2003, 2008, 2010 FFSA GT, 2001, 2000 FIA GT N-GT, 2002, 2005 FIA GT, 2004 LMES LMGTS |
| Website | https://www.larbre-competition.com/ |
The team has had considerable success in a number of sports car racing series and major events, including title wins in the FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA GT Championship, and FFSA GT Championship, as well as multiple GT class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Larbre has previously competed with Porsche, Chrysler, Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Chevrolet race cars, having won at least one championship with all of them.
Racing history
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For 2008, Larbre chose to enlist Saleen S7-Rs for the Le Mans Series and FFSA GT Championship. The team continued with the GT1 Saleens during the 2009 LMS season, but ACO denied an entry from them for the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
For 2010, Larbre competed once again with the 10-year-old S7-R in the Le Mans Series, with drivers Fernando Rees, Gabriele Gardel and Patrice Goueslard. In 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans the team took the last LMGT1 class win with the aging Saleen S7-R, as well championship victories from both Le Mans Series and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.
In 2011, the GT1 class got axed from ACO-sanctioned racing, and the old GT2 category (renamed as GTE) became the premier GT class. The team entered a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R into the GTE-Am division of the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team won the GTE-Am category of the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Corvette and also took the second place with Porsche GT3 RSR. They also won the ILMC GTE-AM championship and thus became the first team to win a professional championship with a GT2-spec Corvette C6.R.
In 2012 and 2013, Larbre competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with two GTE-Am class Corvette C6.Rs.
For 2014, Larbre competed in the first race of the European Le Mans Series season, the 4 Hours of Silverstone, with Keiko Ihara and Gustavo Yacamán driving a Morgan LMP2. The team also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as an ELMS entry with the addition of Ricky Taylor.
For 2015, Larbre competed with a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the GTE-Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship with drivers Gianluca Roda, Paolo Ruberti, Kristian Poulsen, and Nicolai Sylvest. The team returned in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2016, again with a Corvette C7.R racing in GTE-Am, consisting of Yatuka Yamagishi, Pierre Ragues, and Paolo Ruberti.
Larbre Compétition's latest ventures would be at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class, finishing 12th in class, and the 2022 Gulf Historic Dubai GP Revival.[1][2]
Race results
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24 Hours of Le Mans
edit| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Monaco Media International Larbre Compétition
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47 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR |  Jürgen Barth Dominique Dupuy Joël Gouhier
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C4 | 304 | 15th | 1st |
| Monaco Media International Larbre Compétition
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78 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Pierre de Thoisy Jack Leconte Jesús Pareja
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C4 | 301 | 16th | 2nd | |
| 1994 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Jean-Luc Chéreau Jack Leconte Pierre Yver
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LMGT2 | 62 | DNF | DNF |
| Larbre Compétition
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52 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Dominique Dupuy Carlos Palau Jesús Pareja
|
LMGT2 | 307 | 8th | 1st | |
| 1995 | Société Larbre Compétition
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36 | Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | Érik Comas Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja
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LMGT1 | 63 | DNF | DNF |
| Société Larbre Compétition
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37 | Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | Dominique Dupuy Emmanuel Collard Stéphane Ortelli
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LMGT1 | 82 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1996 | Société Chéreau Sports
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27 | Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | Jean-Luc Chéreau Jack Leconte Pierre Yver
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LMGT1 | 279 | 22nd | 13th |
| Société Larbre Compétition
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82 | Porsche 911 GT2 | André Ahrlé Patrick Bourdais Patrice Goueslard
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LMGT2 | 284 | 20th | 6th | |
| 1997 | Société Larbre Compétition
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75 | Porsche 911 GT2 | Patrick Bourdais Peter Kitchak André Lara-Rezende
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LMGT2 | 205 | DNF | DNF |
| Société Chéreau
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77 | Porsche 911 GT2 | Jean-Luc Chéreau Jean-Pierre Jarier Jack Leconte
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LMGT2 | 77 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1998 | Société Chéreau
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60 | Porsche 911 GT2 |  Robin Donovan Jean-Pierre Jarier Carl Rosenblad
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LMGT2 | 164 | DNF | DNF |
| Larbre Compétition
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72 | Porsche 911 GT2 | Jean-Luc Chéreau Patrice Goueslard Pierre Yver
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LMGT2 | 240 | 23rd | 9th | |
| 1999 | Société Chéreau
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65 | Porsche 911 GT2 | Jean-Luc Chéreau Patrice Goueslard Pierre Yver
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LMGTS | 240 | NC | NC |
| Larbre Compétition
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67 | Porsche 911 GT2 | Sébastien Bourdais Pierre de Thoisy Jean-Pierre Jarier
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LMGTS | 134 | DNF | DNF | |
| 2000 | Larbre Compétition
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77 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Christophe Bouchut Jean-Luc Chéreau Patrice Goueslard
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LMGT | 34 | DNF | DNF |
| 2001 | Larbre Compétition
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58 | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Jean-Philippe Belloc Christophe Bouchut Tiago Monteiro
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LMGTS | 234 | 20th | 4th |
| Larbre Compétition
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80 | Porsche 911 GT3 RS | Jean-Luc Chéreau Sébastien Dumez Patrice Goueslard
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LMGT | 274 | 10th | 4th | |
| 2002 | Larbre Compétition-Chéreau
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50 | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard Vincent Vosse
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LMGTS | 319 | 18th | 4th |
| Larbre Compétition-Chéreau
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51 | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Jean-Luc Chéreau Jean-Claude Lagniez Carl Rosenblad
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LMGTS | 278 | 25th | 6th | |
| 2003 | Larbre Compétition
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86 | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard Steve Zacchia
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GTS | 317 | 16th | 4th |
| 2004 | Panoz Motor Sports Larbre Compétition
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11 | Panoz GTP | Roland Bervillé Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrick Bourdais
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LMP1 | 54 | DNF | DNF |
| Larbre Compétition
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69 | Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello | Christophe Bouchut Patrice Goueslard Olivier Dupard
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GTS | 317 | 14th | 5th | |
| 2005 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello | Olivier Dupard Patrice Goueslard Vincent Vosse
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GT1 | 324 | 12th | 4th |
| 2006 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello | Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrick Bornhauser Gabriele Gardel
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GT1 | 222 | DNF | DNF |
| 2007 | Aston Martin Racing Larbre
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006 | Aston Martin DBR9 | Patrick Bornhauser Roland Bervillé Gregor Fisken
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GT1 | 272 | 29th | 13th |
| Aston Martin Racing Larbre
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008 | Aston Martin DBR9 | Christophe Bouchut Casper Elgaard Fabrizio Gollin
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GT1 | 341 | 7th | 3rd | |
| 2008 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Saleen S7-R | Patrick Bornhauser Christophe Bouchut David Smet
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GT1 | 306 | 28th | 7th |
| 2010 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Saleen S7-R | Roland Bervillé Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel
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LMGT1 | 331 | 13th | 1st |
| 2011 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Gabriele Gardel
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LMGTE Am | 302 | 20th | 1st |
| Larbre Compétition
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70 | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Jean-Philippe Belloc Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon
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LMGTE Am | 301 | 21st | 2nd | |
| 2012 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Pedro Lamy
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LMGTE Am | 329 | 20th | 1st |
| Larbre Compétition
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70 | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Jean-Philippe Belloc Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon
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LMGTE Am | 309 | 28th | 5th | |
| 2013 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Ricky Taylor
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LMGTE Am | 302 | 29th | 5th |
| Larbre Compétition
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70 | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Philippe Dumas Cooper MacNeil Manuel Rodrigues
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LMGTE Am | 268 | 41st | 11th | |
| 2014 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Morgan LMP2 |  Keiko Ihara Pierre Ragues Ricky Taylor
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LMP2 | 341 | 14th | 9th |
| 2015 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Kristian Poulsen Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti
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LMGTE Am | 94 | DNF | DNF |
| 2016 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Jean-Philippe Belloc Pierre Ragues Yutaka Yamagishi
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LMGTE Am | 316 | 37th | 8th |
| 2017 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Romain Brandela Christian Philippon Fernando Rees
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LMGTE Am | 309 | 48th | 15th |
| 2018 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Ligier JS P217 | Erwin Creed Thomas Dagoneau Romano Ricci
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LMP2 | 332 | 32nd | 12th |
| 2019 | Larbre Compétition
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50 | Ligier JS P217 | Nick Boulle Erwin Creed Romano Ricci
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LMP2 | 355 | 17th | 12th |
Achievements
edit- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- 1993 - LMGT class winner Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
- 1994 - LMGTS class winner Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
- 2010 - LMGT1 class winner Saleen S7-R
- 2011 - LMGTE-AM class winner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2
- 2012 - LMGTE-AM class winner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2
- 2000 - N-GT class team champion Porsche 911 GT3-R
- 2001 - GT class team champion Chrysler Viper GTS-R
- 2002 - GT class team champion Chrysler Viper GTS-R
- Spa 24 Hours
- 2001 - Overall winner Chrysler Viper GTS-R
- 2002 - Overall winner Chrysler Viper GTS-R
- Le Mans Series
- 2004 - LMGTS class team champion Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello
- 2006 - LMGT1 class team champion Aston Martin DBR9
- 2010 - LMGT1 class team champion Saleen S7-R
- Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
- 2010 - LMGT1 class team champion Saleen S7-R
- 2011 - LMGTE-AM class champion Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2
- Championat de France FFSA GT
- 1997 Champion de France FFSA GT Porsche GT2
- 2003 Champion de France FFSA GT Chrysler Viper
- 2008 Champion de France FFSA GT Saleen S7-R
- 2010 Champion de France FFSA GT Porsche 911 GT3
References
edit- ^ "Larbre Competition enters Gulf Historic with Le Mans-winning Saleen S7R". Endurance Info. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ Smith, Sam D. (2022-12-11). "We Went To Dubai's 2022 Gulf Historic GP Revival And Wow, What An Eargasm That Was!". Carscoops. Retrieved 2024-11-14.