Nicolas Lapierre is a racing driver from France who last raced in WEC for Alpine Endurance Team. Lapierre has recorded 3 wins and 18 podiums from 36 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,850 ranks Lapierre 110th of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | WEC | Alpine Endurance Team | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P31 | −32 | 5,850 |
| 2023 | European Le Mans Series | COOL Racing | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −262 | 5,882 |
| WEC | COOL Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P144 | −79 | ||
| 2022 | European Le Mans Series | COOL Racing | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −191 | 6,223 |
| WEC | Alpine ELF Team | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +317 | ||
| 2021 | European Le Mans Series | COOL Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | −745 | 6,097 |
| WEC | Alpine Elf Matmut | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −158 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇭 Sébastien Buemi | 6,819 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% |
| 🇳🇿 Brendon Hartley | 6,415 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% |
| 🇫🇷 Paul-Loup Chatin | 4,753 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike Conway | 6,815 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 13% |
| 🇯🇵 Kamui Kobayashi | 6,267 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 13% |
| 🇨🇭 Louis Delétraz | 5,264 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% |
| 🇦🇹 Ferdinand Habsburg | 5,186 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19% |
| 🇵🇱 Robert Kubica | 6,237 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% |
| 🇫🇷 Julien Canal | 3,926 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% |
| 🇮🇪 Charlie Eastwood | 3,553 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
Nicolas Lapierre is a French driver whose career developed through open-wheel racing before he established himself as one of the more durable names in international endurance competition. Success in single-seaters, including the 2003 Macau Grand Prix title, pointed toward a broader career, and he moved into sports car racing where he became a factory driver for Toyota during the formative years of the WEC. He later became a long-standing member of the Alpine Endurance Team, a relationship that defined the latter half of his career. Over that time he built a reputation built on consistency and longevity, highlighted by four LMP2 class victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two outright wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring.[1]
Across 36 WEC starts, Lapierre recorded 3 career wins and 18 podium finishes, though he never claimed a series championship. His Racer Rating of 5,820 places him 176th among active drivers on a scale where the leading names in the sport sit between 10,000 and 11,500, reflecting a solid, if not elite, competitive standing relative to his peers. In his final season on record, 2026, he managed 1 podium across 7 rounds without a win, finishing 31st in the standings for Alpine Endurance Team. Lapierre is now listed as retired, closing out a career defined by steady achievement in endurance racing rather than championship silverware.[2]