Nicolas Lapierre is a racing driver from France who last raced in WEC for Alpine Endurance Team. Lapierre is a two-time champion (2016, 2022), with 25 wins and 70 podiums from 180 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,482 ranks Lapierre 630th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2024-09-15 | FUJI SPEEDWAY HYPERCAR | P3 | +140 |
| 2024-09-01 | CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS HYPERCAR | P9 | +36 |
| 2024-07-14 | SAO PAULO HYPERCAR | P10 | +26 |
| 2024-06-15 | LE MANS HYPERCAR | DNF | −116 |
| 2024-05-11 | SPA FRANCORCHAMPS HYPERCAR | P12 | −76 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +188 | SEBRING 2022 | WEC | P1 |
| +170 | AUTODROMO NAZIONALE DI MONZA 2022 | WEC | P1 |
| +162 | FUJI SPEED WAY 2013 | WEC | P1 |
| +143 | SILVERSTONE 2014 | WEC | P1 |
| +140 | FUJI SPEEDWAY 2024 | WEC | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸WEC | Alpine Endurance Team | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −94 | 5,482 |
| 2023 | ▸European Le Mans Series | COOL Racing | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −50 | 5,576 |
| ▸Asian Le Mans Series | COOL Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +47 | ||
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | −96 | ||
| ▸WEC | COOL Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −34 | ||
| 2022 | ▸European Le Mans Series | COOL Racing | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +155 | 5,708 |
| ▸WEC | Alpine ELF Team | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +302 | ||
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +22 | ||
| 2021 | ▸European Le Mans Series | COOL Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −303 | 5,229 |
| ▸WEC | Alpine Elf Matmut | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | −34 | ||
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −111 | ||
| 2020 | ▸WEC | Cool Racing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +102 | 5,353 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Tower Motorsport by Starworks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −157 | ||
| 2019 | ▸WEC | Cool Racing | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | −135 | 5,586 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | DragonSpeed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −142 | ||
| 2018 | ▸WEC | Signatech Alpine Matmut | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +64 | 6,033 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | Tequila Patron ESM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −203 | ||
| 2017 | ▸WEC | Signatech Alpine Matmut | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +118 | 6,025 |
| ▸IMSA WeatherTech | DragonSpeed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −148 | ||
| 2016 | ▸WEC | Signatech Alpine | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +458 | 5,902 |
| 2015 | ▸World Touring Car Championship | LADA Sport Rosneft | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −577 | 5,928 |
| ▸WEC | KCMG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +77 | ||
| 2014 | ▸WEC | Toyota Racing | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +366 | 6,263 |
| 2013 | ▸WEC | Toyota Racing | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −8 | 5,854 |
| 2012 | ▸WEC | Toyota Racing | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +217 | 5,862 |
| 2007 | ▸GP2 Series | DAMS | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P14 | −568 | 5,645 |
| 2006 | ▸GP2 Series | Arden International | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +391 | 6,212 |
| 2005 | ▸GP2 Series | Arden International | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −506 | 5,821 |
| 2004 | ▸Formula 3 Euro Series | Opel Team Signature | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P2 | +404 | 6,327 |
| 2003 | ▸Formula 3 Euro Series | Signature-Plus | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | +4,573 | 5,923 |
| ▸Formula 3 Macau | Signature-Plus | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +238 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇱 Robert KubicaFIA Platinum | 6,274 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 51% |
| 🇫🇷 Alexandre PrematFIA Gold | 3,870 | 45 | 15 | 30 | 33% |
| 🇯🇵 Loïc DuvalFIA Platinum | 4,937 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 74% |
| 🇭🇰 Ho-Pin TungFIA Gold | 5,511 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 63% |
| 🇳🇱 Giedo Van Der GardeFIA Platinum | 5,286 | 40 | 32 | 8 | 80% |
| 🇩🇪 Nico RosbergFIA Platinum | 7,900 | 39 | 12 | 27 | 31% |
| 🇦🇷 José María LópezFIA Platinum | 5,001 | 39 | 11 | 28 | 28% |
| 🇨🇭 Neel JaniFIA Platinum | 4,867 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 49% |
| 🇯🇵 Katsuyuki HiranakaFIA Gold | 3,869 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 89% |
| 🇺🇸 Olivier PlaFIA Platinum | 5,240 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum, 9× champion | 8,638 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 48% |
| 🇳🇿 Mitch EvansFIA Platinum | 6,954 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇦🇷 Franco ColapintoFIA Platinum | 6,628 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 620 | 🇵🇱 Jakub Smiechowski | European Le Mans Series | 5,494 |
| 621 | 🇫🇷 Didier Cottaz | International Formula 3000 | 5,493 |
| 622 | 🇬🇧 Paul Stewart | International Formula 3000 | 5,493 |
| 623 | 🇫🇷 Charles Milesi | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,489 |
| 624 | 🇺🇸 Buzz Calkins | IndyCar | 5,488 |
| 625 | 🇬🇧 Clément Novalak | European Le Mans Series | 5,487 |
| 626 | 🇮🇹 Mika Salo | WEC | 5,487 |
| 627 | 🇫🇷 Franck Montagny | Formula E | 5,486 |
| 628 | 🇳🇱 Robert Doornbos | IndyCar | 5,483 |
| 629 | 🇨🇴 Julián Leal | GP2 Series | 5,482 |
| 630 | 🇫🇷 Nicolas Lapierre | WEC | 5,482 |
| 631 | 🇺🇸 Sam Schmidt | IndyCar | 5,482 |
| 632 | 🇬🇧 Christian Mansell | 24H Series | 5,481 |
| 633 | 🇨🇦 Jacques Villeneuve | WEC | 5,479 |
| 634 | 🇬🇧 Stefan Johansson | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,477 |
| 635 | 🇩🇪 Laurin Heinrich | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,476 |
| 636 | 🇺🇸 PJ Hyett | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,475 |
| 637 | 🇳🇿 Hunter McElrea | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,474 |
| 638 | 🇺🇸 Riley Herbst | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,470 |
| 639 | 🇺🇸 Connor De Phillippi | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,469 |
| 640 | 🇬🇧 Oliver Gray | European Le Mans Series | 5,467 |
Nicolas Lapierre was an established professional sportscar driver who competed full-time in endurance racing over an eighteen-year career from 2003 to 2024. His FIA Platinum rating places him among the top professionals in sports car and endurance competition, and his Racer Rating of 5,723 reflects a driver at the established professional level; one capable of winning consistently in the strongest fields available to him. Lapierre's primary calling was the World Endurance Championship, where he accumulated 72 starts between 2012 and 2024 for Alpine Endurance Team. He won the WEC LMP2 championship in 2016 and the WEC Hypercar championship in 2022, claimed 17 victories across his WEC tenure, and brought in 46 podiums from 72 starts, a podium rate of 64 percent that speaks to sustained excellence in that series.[1]
Lapierre came through single-seater racing earlier in his career, contesting the Formula 3 Euro Series from 2003 to 2004 and GP2 Series from 2005 to 2007, though he did not dominate those categories; he scored 2 wins and 6 podiums across 38 GP2 starts. His head-to-head record against peers of far greater single-seater success tells the story: he raced against Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg multiple times, finishing ahead of Hamilton 13 times and Rosberg 12 times across their shared races, but was down to Rosberg 27 times in 39 shared races overall. These encounters were at endurance events where Lapierre's strengths lay. Against contemporary endurance rivals, his record was mixed; he finished ahead of Ho-Pin Tung 23 times in 37 shared races, but behind Robert Kubica 21 times in 44 shared races, the latter a world-class driver with multiple WEC titles of his own.[2]
Lapierre retired in October 2024 after competing in seven rounds of the 2024 WEC season, finishing 42nd in the final championship standings with one podium. He has since taken a role as Sporting Director of Alpine Endurance Team. His career spanned the transition from LMP2 prototypes to the new Hypercar formula, and he was the beneficiary of stability at a single top team across his endurance racing years, which enabled his accumulation of wins and podiums in WEC's strongest fields.