Adrien Closmenil (born 19 January 2007) is a

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racing driver currently competing in the

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class of the

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Career

Closmenil started karting in 2015, where he immediately won the Coupe CRK in the Mini class of the French Championship in Angerville. Years in the Mini, Cadet, and eventually

OK-Junior OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 11 to 15 (drivers must reach the age of 12 within the first semester of calendar year). This class used to be called Junior Intercontinental A (JICA or ICA-J) and has changed since January 20 ...

followed, with Closmenil branching out onto the international stage in 2021 and 2022. The following year, Closmenil made his car racing debut in the

French F4 Championship French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting gradua ...

as one of three drivers supported by the

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. At the second round in

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, the reversed-top-ten starting format for race 2 allowed Closmenil to start from pole. A slow start meant he dropped behind Leonardo Megna, though Closmenil quickly got back ahead. He defended the place against Megna until the end, claiming his first car racing victory in the process. Chaos ensued at Pau, where Closmenil was taken out in a multi-car incident during race 2; a subsequent engine examination ruled him out of competing in race 3. Further retirements at

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, and Le Castellet blighted the second half of his campaign, which Closmenil finished 13th overall. For 2024, Closmenil moved into sports car racing, more precisely the

category. He joined

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and bronze-ranked James Sweetnam in the

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. He also made appearances in the

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, taking an LMP3 pole for the season-opening Paul Ricard race and winning three races as part of the Challenge Monoplace in a Tatuus FR-19 single-seater. The Le Mans Cup season meanwhile began with fourth place in

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and 12th at Paul Ricard. At the Road to Le Mans event, Closmenil took pole position for race 1 in the season's only qualifying session open to non-amateur drivers. Contact on the opening lap forced the #87 Cool Racing entry out of the race. Closmenil scored his first sports car podium in Spa, finishing second after a frantic final lap and multiple penalties. Points results in the final two races put Closmenil and Sweetnam into fifth place overall. Closmenil progressed into the

in 2025, piloting the new

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at the renamed CLX Motorsport alongside

Theodor Jensen Theodor Peter Roos Jensen (born 30 June 2006) is a Danish racing driver, who is competing in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series with CLX Motorsport. Career Junior formulae Formula 4 Having foregone karting, Jensen began his ca ...

and bronze Paul Lanchère. Having taken pole for the season-opening

round, Closmenil secured the win by passing Matthieu Lahaye with an hour to go and holding off

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during the final two laps following a safety car restart. He repeated this feat in Le Castellet, claiming a dominant pole position and winning after leading during the final stint. Closmenil's success continued at that year's Road to Le Mans event, where he and

drove a guest entry for CLX: after Jensen progressed from ninth to fifth in the opening laps, Closmenil came out second following the pit stops. He chased down

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and soon passed him to take victory in race 1.

Racing record

Racing career summary

*Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Complete Le Mans Cup results

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

* {{DriverDB driver, id=adrien-closmenil Living people 2007 births People from Bayeux French racing drivers French F4 Championship drivers Le Mans Cup drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Cool Racing drivers