Romain Brandela is a racing driver from France who last raced in WEC for Larbre Competition. Brandela has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 8 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,280 ranks Brandela 2514th of 40,105 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.
| 2017-06-17 | LE MANS LMGTE Am | P15 | −127 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +70 | LE MANS 2014 | WEC | P6 |
| +31 | Spa-Francorchamps 2008 | FIA GT Championship | P23 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ▸WEC | Larbre Competition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −127 | 4,280 |
| 2016 | ▸WEC | Larbre Competition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | −128 | 4,280 |
| 2014 | ▸WEC | Newblood By Morand Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +70 | 4,535 |
| 2013 | ▸WEC | DKR Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | ↑419−10 | 4,465 |
| 2009 | ▸FIA GT Championship | MP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | −3 | 4,056 |
| 2008 | ▸FIA GT Championship | Sport Garage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +31 | 4,059 |
| 2007 | ▸FIA GT Championship | Sport Garage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | +2,678 | 4,028 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Patrick LongFIA Platinum | 5,395 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇵🇹 Pedro LamyFIA Platinum | 4,353 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇫🇷 Emmanuel CollardFIA Silver | 3,890 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇨🇭 Joël CamathiasFIA Silver | 4,260 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Andrea BertoliniFIA Gold | 3,747 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇧🇪 Stephane LemeretFIA Bronze | 3,501 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇩🇪 Michael Bartels | 5,967 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇭🇰 Ho-Pin TungFIA Gold | 5,511 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇪 Bert LonginFIA Bronze | 5,501 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇮🇹 Alessandro Pier GuidiFIA Platinum | 5,501 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Bertrand BaguetteFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 5,857 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇫🇷 Julien CanalFIA Silver, 2× champion | 5,557 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇮🇹 Thomas BiagiFIA Gold, 2× champion | 5,509 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,504 | 🇬🇧 Aliaksandr Malykhin | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,284 |
| 2,505 | 🇫🇷 François Lafon | FIA GT Championship | 4,284 |
| 2,506 | 🇧🇷 Popó Bueno | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,282 |
| 2,507 | 🇪🇨 JM Correa | Indy NXT | 4,281 |
| 2,508 | 🇸🇰 Mato Homola | 24H Series | 4,281 |
| 2,509 | 🇩🇪 Oliver Bender | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,281 |
| 2,510 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Lindsey | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 4,281 |
| 2,511 | 🇬🇧 Tommy Harfield | British F4 | 4,281 |
| 2,512 | 🇨🇦 Tony Burgess | WEC | 4,281 |
| 2,513 | 🇧🇪 Gilles Stadsbader | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,280 |
| 2,514 | 🇫🇷 Romain Brandela | WEC | 4,280 |
| 2,515 | 🇲🇴 Charles Leong | Formula 3 | 4,279 |
| 2,516 | 🇦🇺 Cooper Webster | GB4 | 4,279 |
| 2,517 | 🇨🇳 Gerrard Xie | Formula 3 | 4,279 |
| 2,518 | 🇧🇷 Kiko Porto | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 4,279 |
| 2,519 | 🇬🇧 Vimal Mehta | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,279 |
| 2,520 | 🇮🇹 Vitantonio Liuzzi | WEC | 4,278 |
| 2,521 | 🇺🇸 Aaron Telitz | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,277 |
| 2,522 | 🇬🇧 James Walker | 24H Series | 4,277 |
| 2,523 | 🇲🇴 Rodolfo Ávila | Formula 3 Macau | 4,277 |
| 2,524 | 🇺🇸 John Edwards | GT World Challenge America | 4,276 |
Romain Brandela is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 4,268 places him in the professional band; this level describes a driver typically winning in national-level fields or holding a place on the grid in strong feeder series, though Brandela's record shows a different profile. His career consists of five World Endurance Championship starts across 2013 to 2017, all with Larbre Competition, without a podium finish. He raced against established professionals and multiple title-holders in the WEC's endurance classes but failed to finish ahead of rivals with regularity; his average finishing position of P8.8 across classified results reflects mid-field performance in a competitive field.[1]
Brandela's head-to-head records against his most frequent rivals tell a consistent story. He never finished ahead of Patrick Long, David Heinemeier Hansson, or Christian Ried, all graded professionals with multiple WEC titles between them, in three shared races each. Against Benjamin Barker and Michael Wainwright, also graded professionals, he finished ahead once in three meetings; these narrow margins do not establish a pattern of superiority. His record shows occasional outings ahead of stronger drivers: he finished one race ahead of both Mika Salo, a former Formula 1 driver and two-time Le Mans winner, and Ricky Taylor, a five-time IMSA WeatherTech champion, though these were isolated results in what remain otherwise unfavourable matchups against professional-graded peers.
Brandela's retirement came after a single 2017 season start, a 35th-place finish at Le Mans in a car notable for its artist-designed livery rather than its championship contention. His record reflects an amateur or semi-professional endurance racing career conducted entirely in the WEC grid, where he competed creditably but without breakthrough moments or consistency.