Kévin Estre

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The Pink Pig helmet for the 2018 Le Mans 24-hour race
Kévin Estre at the 2011 Porsche Supercup event in Monza, where he scored his first victory

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

  • 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
2015 FranceFrance OAK Racing Ligier JS P2 CanadaCanada Chris Cumming BelgiumBelgium Laurens Vanthoor failure malfunction
2016 United StatesUnited States Porsche Motorsport North America Porsche 911 RSR FranceFrance Patrick Pilet United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nick Tandy failure
2017 GermanyGermany Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR DenmarkDenmark Michael Christensen GermanyGermany Dirk Werner failure accident
2018 GermanyGermany Porsche GT Team Porsche 991 RSR GTE DenmarkDenmark Michael Christensen BelgiumBelgium Laurens Vanthoor 15th place and class win
2019 GermanyGermany Porsche GT Team Porsche 991 RSR GTE DenmarkDenmark Michael Christensen BelgiumBelgium Laurens Vanthoor Total 29

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2012 United StatesUnited States JDX Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup CanadaCanada Chris Cumming United StatesUnited States Mark Bullitt Rank 40
2013 United StatesUnited States TRG Porsche 997 GT3 Cup United StatesUnited States Al Carter United StatesUnited States Carlos DeQuesada Rank 37
2014 United StatesUnited States Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT America United StatesUnited States Patrick Lindsey United StatesUnited States Jim Norman United StatesUnited States Mike Vess Rank 43
2016 United StatesUnited States Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nick Tandy FranceFrance Patrick Pilet failure malfunction
2017 GermanyGermany Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR BelgiumBelgium Laurens Vanthoor AustriaAustria Richard Lietz Rank 14

Web links

Commons : Kévin Estre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c "Kévin Estre" (racecam.de; accessed on December 28, 2011)
  2. ↑ "ATTEMPTO Racing obliges youngster Kévin Estre" ( Memento from July 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (attemptoracing.de; accessed December 28, 2011)
  3. ↑ a b "Supercup - Kévin Estre celebrates first Supercup victory" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 11, 2011)
  4. ^ "Classement de course" (porsche.com; accessed on December 28, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Estre, Kévin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon , France

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