IDEC Sport Racing, more commonly referred to as IDEC Sport, is a French

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outfit. Born from the ashes of Ruffier Racing in 2015, the team began racing GT3 cars in the

24H Series The 24H Series is a sports car racing and touring car racing series developed by Creventic and with approval from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It features Group GT3, GT3-spec cars, Group GT4, GT4-spec cars, Sports car r ...

before moving on to

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. Spearheaded by

LMP2 A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is a type of sports prototype race car used in various races and championships, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, and Asian Le M ...

ace Paul-Loup Chatin for much of its history, IDEC won the

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title and has twice set class pole position at the

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, in

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and

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. Although IDEC's corporate colour is red, it has borne the colours of classic French brands

Delage Delage is a French luxury automobile and racecar company founded in 1905 by Louis Delâge in Levallois-Perret near Paris; it was acquired by Delahaye in 1935 and ceased operation in 1953. On 7 November 2019, the association "Les Amis de Dela ...

and

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, and most recently collaborated with Genesis Magma Racing's

LMDh LMDh (Le Mans Daytona h) is a set of sports prototype regulations used alongside Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) in both the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championsh ...

programme. It is currently active in both the

ELMS The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

in LMP2 and the Michelin Le Mans Cup in

LMP3 A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is a type of sports prototype race car used in various races and championships, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, and Asian Le M ...

. The team is led by Patrice Lafargue, founder and CEO of the IDEC Group, a real estate construction company also known for its sponsorship of sailing trimarans. Former

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factory driver

Nicolas Minassian Nicolas Minassian (Armenian language, Armenian: ; born 28 February 1973) is a French people, French professional racing driver of Armenians, Armenian descent. After finishing 2nd place in the 1993 Formula Renault Eurocup, Marseille-born Minassia ...

joined him in 2018 as sporting director. Oreca 07 - Gibson - IDEC Sport Racing - 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

European Le Mans Series

Notes

References

External links

* {{ELMS LMP2 teams French auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2015 European Le Mans Series teams 24 Hours of Le Mans teams FIA World Endurance Championship teams WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams