Laurent Groppi

Laurent Groppi
Groppi's Courage-Oreca (background) during the warm-up lap at Le Mans 2008
NationalityFrance French
Born (1983-01-19) 19 January 1983
Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France
Categorisation FIA Gold[1]

Laurent Groppi (born 19 January 1983 in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing driver.

Groppi won the Formula Campus by Renault and Elf in 2003 and the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006. He also competed in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. In 2007, he finished second in the French GT Championship and finished fifth in the GT1 Class of the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Team ORECA Saleen S7R.

Groppi returned to Oreca for the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, but this time finished eighth in LMP1 class in their Judd powered Courage-Oreca LC70. In 2009, he finished fifth in the Le Mans Series GT1 Class with Larbre Competition in their Saleen S7R. In 2010, he won the French GT Championship with Larbre in their Porsche 911 GT3.

Racing record

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2006 Graff Racing ZOL
1
1		 ZOL
2
1		 IST
1
 IST
2
 MIS
1
 MIS
2
 NÜR
1
2		 NÜR
2
2		 DON
1
 DON
2
 LMS
1
7		 LMS
2
4		 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 6th 75

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 France Team Oreca France Nicolas Prost
France Jean-Philippe Belloc		 Saleen S7-R GT1 337 10th 5th
2008 France Team Oreca-Matmut France Soheil Ayari
France Loïc Duval		 Courage-Oreca LC70-Judd LMP1 357 8th 8th
Sources:[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "2014 GT3 Driver Categorisation" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Laurent Groppi Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Laurent Groppi". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 10 June 2023.


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