Ferdinand de Lesseps (racing driver)

Ferdinand de Lesseps
Ferdinand de Lesseps
	de Lesseps in 1992
Nationality	French
Born	25 June 1957; Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Relatives	Ferdinand de Lesseps (Grandfather)
Previous series
1982; 1983–1984; 1984; 1985–1986; 1986–1988; 1987; 1989–1990, 1994; 1991–1992; 1991–1992; 1994–1995; 1995–1997; 1997–1998; 1999; 2000; 2000	Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo; French Formula Three Championship; German Formula Three Championship; Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo; European Touring Car Championship; World Touring Car Championship; IMSA GT Championship; World Sportscar Championship; Porsche Carrera Cup France; BPR Global GT Series; Lamborghini Diablo Trophy; French GT Championship; Belgian Procar Championship; Grand American Road Racing Championship; FIA GT Championship
Championship titles
1996; 1992	Lamborghini Diablo Trophy; World Sportscar Championship – FIA Cup
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1990 – 1993, 1995
Teams	Pierre-Alain Lombardi; Chamberlain Engineering; Euro Racing; Lotus Sport; Éric Graham
Best finish	7th (1992)
Class wins	0

Ferdinand-Noël Jacques Marie de Lesseps (born 25 June 1957) is a French photographer and former racing driver. He was the FIA Cup champion in the final season of the World Sportscar Championship.^[1] de Lesseps was also the inaugural Lamborghini Diablo Trophy winner in 1996.^[2]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1982	Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo		10	0	0	0	0	?	22nd
1983	French Formula Three Championship		9	0	0	0	0	?	10th
1984	French Formula Three Championship		8	0	0	0	0	?	11th
1984	German Formula Three Championship	J Carmignon	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1985	Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo		?	?	?	?	?	?	8th
1986	European Touring Car Championship		6	0	0	0	0	?	?
1986	Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo		?	?	?	?	?	?	13th
1987	World Touring Car Championship	Garage du Bac	2	0	0	0	0	?	?
	World Touring Car Championship	Luigi	1	0	0	0	0	?	?
	European Touring Car Championship – Division 2		3	0	0	0	0	?	?
1988	European Touring Car Championship – Division 2		2	0	0	0	0	?	?
1989	IMSA GT Championship – GTO	Lion Rampant Racing	1	0	0	0	0	?	?
	IMSA GT Championship – Lights	Whitehall Motorsports	8	0	0	0	1	?	12th
	IMSA GT Championship – Lights	Essex Racing	4	0	0	0	1	?	12th
1990	IMSA GT Championship – Lights	Essex Racing	5	0	0	0	0	?	21st
1990	24 Hours of Le Mans – C2	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1991	Sportscar World Championship	Chamberlain Engineering Euro Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans – C1	Chamberlain Engineering Euro Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		7	0	0	0	0	?	22nd
1992	World Sportscar Championship	Chamberlain Engineering	6	0	0	0	2	34	5th
	World Sportscar Championship – FIA Cup		6	6	2	1	6	100	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans – C1		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		3	0	0	0	0	?	20th
1993	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT	Chamberlain Engineering Lotus Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1994	BPR Global GT Series	BBA Compétition	7	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
	IMSA GT Championship – GTU	Team Gunnar	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Spa	Team Honda Challenge	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1995	BPR Global GT Series	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	?	33rd
		Pilot Aldix Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		Elf Haberthur Racing	7	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1	Éric Graham	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	SuperSport Trophy		3	?	?	?	3	?	?
1996	BPR Global GT Series	Elf Haberthur Racing	7	0	0	0	0	?	44th
	BPR Global GT Series	Marcos Racing International	?	3	0	0	0	?	44th
	Lamborghini Diablo Trophy	Haberthur^[3]	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st
1997	French GT Championship	Elf Haberthur Racing	5	0	0	0	2	?	11th
1997	Lamborghini Diablo Trophy		?	1	?	?	?	?	?
1999	French GT Championship	Auto Vitesse	8	2	1	0	2	?	26th
1999	Belgian Procar Championship		1	0	0	0	0	?	67th
2000	Grand American Road Racing Championship – GTU	Brumos Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2000	FIA GT Championship – N-GT	Larbre Compétition Chereau	9	0	0	0	1	17	11th
Sources:^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1990	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Denis Morin	Spice SE87C-Cosworth	C2	170	DNF	DNF
1991	Chamberlain Engineering Euro Racing	Charles Rickett John Sheldon	Spice SE89C-Cosworth	C1	85	DNF	DNF
1992	Chamberlain Engineering Euro Racing	Olindo Iacobelli Richard Piper	Spice SE89C-Cosworth	C1	258	14th	7th
1993	Chamberlain Engineering Lotus Sport	Olindo Iacobelli Richard Piper	Lotus Esprit Sport 300	GT	162	DNF	DNF
1995	Éric Graham	François Birbeau Éric Graham	Venturi 600 LM	GT1	178	DNF	DNF
Source:^[7]

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
1991	Chamberlain Engineering Euro Racing	C1	Spice SE89C	Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8	SUZ	MNZ	SIL	LMS Ret	NÜR	MAG	MEX	AUT	0	NC
1992	Chamberlain Engineering	FIA Cup	Spice SE89C	Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8	MNZ 1	SIL 1	LMS 1	DON 1	SUZ^[a] 1	MAG 1			100	1st

Complete FIA GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Pts
2000	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Porsche 911 GT3-R	N-GT	VAL 4	EST 7	MNZ 5	SIL 5	HUN	ZOL 5	A1R 4	LAU 6	BRN 3	MAG 9	11th	17
Source:^[6]

Notes

↑ Chamberlain Engineering was the only FIA Cup entrant participating in the race, so no points were awarded.

References

↑ "1992 Sportscar World Championship". teamdan.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
1 2 "Ferdinand de Lesseps - Racing & Rally Winners Database". racingrecords.eu. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
↑ "Philippe Charriol Supersport Trophy, un championnat SRO innovant - Endurance Info". www.endurance-info.com (in French). 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
↑ "Ferdinand de Lesseps – Career Stats, DriverDB Rating & Results". Driver Database. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
↑ "Ferdinand de Lesseps (F) - All Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
1 2 "Ferdinand de Lesseps Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
↑ "Driver of 24 heures du Mans : Ferdinand-Noël Jacques Marie de Lesseps". www.24h-en-piste.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.

External links

Ferdinand de Lesseps career summary at DriverDB.com
Official website

[Suzuka-8] Chamberlain Engineering was the only FIA Cup entrant participating in the race, so no points were awarded.

[1] "1992 Sportscar World Championship". teamdan.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2026.

[:1-2] 1 2 "Ferdinand de Lesseps - Racing & Rally Winners Database". racingrecords.eu. Retrieved 3 August 2026.

[3] "Philippe Charriol Supersport Trophy, un championnat SRO innovant - Endurance Info". www.endurance-info.com (in French). 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.

[4] "Ferdinand de Lesseps – Career Stats, DriverDB Rating & Results". Driver Database. Retrieved 3 August 2026.

[5] "Ferdinand de Lesseps (F) - All Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.

[:0-6] 1 2 "Ferdinand de Lesseps Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.

[7] "Driver of 24 heures du Mans : Ferdinand-Noël Jacques Marie de Lesseps". www.24h-en-piste.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.

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