Kévin Estre
Kévin Estre (born October 28, 1988 in Lyon ) is a French racing driver . In 2011 he was the overall winner of the French Porsche Carrera Cup and in 2013 he won the title in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. Kevin Estre has been a works driver at Porsche since 2016.
Career
Estre began his motorsport career in karting in 2001 , where he was active until 2005. Among other things, he was the 2004 ICA Kart European Champion. 2006 changed Estre in the single-seater racing and was an instant champion of the French Formula Renault Campus . At the end of the season he was level on points with his teammate Tristan Vautier , but had better individual placements than Vautier. In 2007 Estre competed in the French Formula Renault. He finished the season in eighth place with 46 points, while his teammate Vautier finished fifth.
In 2008, Estre switched to GT racing and competed in the French Porsche Carrera Cup . He won a race and finished his debut season on the fifth championship course. He came second in the junior ranking. In 2009 Estre was the driver who had won the most races in the French Porsche Carrera Cup with five wins. In the championship, however, he was beaten by three pilots and finished fourth. In addition, he won the junior ranking. Estre also took part in two races of the FIA GT3 European Championship this year . In 2010 Estre was only off the podium in one race in the French Porsche Carrera Cup. He won five races. With 200 to 202 points, however, he lost the title duel against his compatriot Frédéric Makowiecki . He won the junior ranking for the second time. In addition to three other starts in the FIA GT3 European Championship, Estre made his debut in the ADAC GT Masters this year and took part in two races there.
In 2011 , Estre was signed by Attempto Racing for the Porsche Supercup . Team principal Arkin Aka had already convinced Estre of his abilities on his first test drive. After placing several points, he won his first victory in the Autodromo Nazionale Monza . With a total of three podium finishes, he finished the season as the best rookie in seventh place overall. At the same time, Estre drove his fourth season in the French Porsche Carrera Cup. After he was on the podium once in the first two races, ten wins followed in the remaining ten races. Estre became dominant champions. Estre also competed in one event each of the Racecar Series , the German Porsche Carrera Cup and the ADAC GT Masters.
In early 2012, Estre took part in the Daytona 24-hour race .
statistics
Career stations
- 2001-2005: karting
- 2006: French Formula Renault Campus (champion)
- 2007: French Formula Renault (8th place)
- 2008: French Porsche Carrera Cup (5th place)
- 2009: French Porsche Carrera Cup (4th place)
- 2009 : FIA-GT3-EM
- 2010: French Porsche Carrera Cup (2nd place)
- 2010 : FIA-GT3-EM
- 2010 : ADAC GT Masters (22nd place)
- 2011 : Porsche Supercup (7th place)
- 2011: French Porsche Carrera Cup (champion)
- 2011 : German Porsche Carrera Cup (21st place)
- 2011: Racecar Series (27th place)
- 2011 : ADAC GT Masters
- 2012: Rolex Sports Car Series , GT
- 2016 - Porsche works driver GTE Pro
- 2018 ADAC GT Masters in the KÜS Team 75 Bernhard
- 2019 victory 24h Spa Francorchamps Blancpain GT Series of the 24 hours in a Porsche 911 GT3 R from GPX Racing with Michael Christensen Denmark and the Austrian Richard Lietz after 363 laps
- 2019 4h Silverstone 2nd place LMGTE Pro in a Porsche 911 RSR with Michael Christensen.
- 2019 6h of Fuji 2nd place LMGTE Pro in a Porsche with M. Christensen.
- 2019 4h from Shanghai 1st place LMGTE Pro in a Porsche 911 RSR with M.Christensen.
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2015 | OAK Racing | Ligier JS P2 | Chris Cumming | Laurens Vanthoor | failure | malfunction |
2016 | Porsche Motorsport North America | Porsche 911 RSR | Patrick Pilet | Nick Tandy | failure | |
2017 | Porsche GT Team | Porsche 911 RSR | Michael Christensen | Dirk Werner | failure | accident |
2018 | Porsche GT Team | Porsche 991 RSR GTE | Michael Christensen | Laurens Vanthoor | 15th place and class win | |
2019 | Porsche GT Team | Porsche 991 RSR GTE | Michael Christensen | Laurens Vanthoor | Total 29 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2012 | JDX Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Chris Cumming | Mark Bullitt | Rank 40 | ||
2013 | TRG | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Al Carter | Carlos DeQuesada | Rank 37 | ||
2014 | Park Place Motorsports | Porsche 911 GT America | Patrick Lindsey | Jim Norman | Mike Vess | Rank 43 | |
2016 | Porsche North America | Porsche 911 RSR | Nick Tandy | Patrick Pilet | failure | malfunction | |
2017 | Porsche GT Team | Porsche 911 RSR | Laurens Vanthoor | Richard Lietz | Rank 14 |
Web links
- Official website of Kévin Estre (English and French)
- Career statistics from Kévin Estre (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c "Kévin Estre" (racecam.de; accessed on December 28, 2011)
- ↑ "ATTEMPTO Racing obliges youngster Kévin Estre" ( Memento from July 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (attemptoracing.de; accessed December 28, 2011)
- ↑ a b "Supercup - Kévin Estre celebrates first Supercup victory" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 11, 2011)
- ^ "Classement de course" (porsche.com; accessed on December 28, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Estre, Kévin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon , France |
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