Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza (born May 1, 1985) is a Spanish racecar driver, who entered professional racing by winning a spot in a PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo competition.[1][2] Racing for Nissan in the 2009 GT4 European Cup season, he secured a podium finish in his first event.[3] Two race wins towards the end of the season secured him joint second place overall.
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| Nationality |  Spanish | ||||||||||
| Full name | Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza | ||||||||||
| Born | May 1, 1985 (age 38) | ||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold | ||||||||||
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In 2011 he and his team came in 2nd in their class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4]
Ordonez began 2012 by taking the role of lead driver in Nissan's 'all-gamer car' at the Dubai 24 Hours.[5] The team finished on the podium.[6] He competed in the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hours for Greaves Motorsport.
For the 2012 24 Hours Nürburgring race, driving the #123 car with Kazunori Yamauchi, he finished 1st in the SP 8T class, and 30th overall.[7]
Racing record edit
24 Hours of Le Mans results edit
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Signatech-Nissan
|
Soheil Ayari Franck Mailleux
|
Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 320 | 9th | 2nd |
| 2012 |  Greaves Motorsport
|
Alex Brundle Martin Brundle
|
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 340 | 15th | 8th |
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport
|
 Michael Krumm Jann Mardenborough
|
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | 9th | 3rd |
| 2014 |  Nissan Motorsports Global
|
 Wolfgang Reip Satoshi Motoyama
|
Nissan ZEOD RC | UNC | 5 | DNF | DNF |
| 2015 | Nissan Motorsports
|
Tsugio Matsuda Mark Shulzhitskiy
|
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo | LMP1 | 115 | DNF | DNF |
FIA GT Series results edit
| Year | Class | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pro-Am | Nissan GT Academy Team RJN | Nissan | NOG QR 19 |
NOG CR 7 |
ZOL QR 18 |
ZOL CR Ret |
ZAN QR 13 |
ZAN QR 8 |
SVK QR |
SVK CR |
NAV QR 13 |
NAV CR 11 |
TBA QR |
TBA CR |
10th | 49 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Super GT results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | NDDP Racing | Nissan GT-R GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 9 |
FUJ | FUJ | AUT | MOT | 27th | 3 |
| 2014 | NDDP Racing with B-MAX | Nissan GT-R GT3 | GT300 | OKA 4 |
FUJ 5 |
AUT 4 |
SUG 9 |
FUJ 10 |
SUZ 19 |
BUR 1 |
MOT 8 |
4th | 48 | |
| 2015 | Kondo Racing | Nissan GT-R GT500 | GT500 | OKA 11 |
FUJ 11 |
BUR Ret |
FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 |
References edit
- ^ "GT Academy kicks off". granturismoworld.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25.
- ^ Plunkett, Luke (6 January 2009). "Two Guys Go From Racing Games To Racing Real Cars". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Hanlon, Mike (6 May 2009). "Lucas Ordoñez – the first virtual-to-real race driver". gizmag.com.
- ^ Tackie, Penrose (14 June 2011). "GT Academy winner gains podium finish at Le Mans". playstation.com. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Weeks, James (6 January 2012). "Nissan confirm Dubai 24 Hours line-up". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/news/d6206.html
- ^ http://www.24h-rennen.de/uploads/media/24h_RACE_PROVISIONAL_TOTAL.pdf[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- Official website
- Lucas Ordóñez career summary at DriverDB.com