Luxury Racing is a motor racing team from France that formed in 2009. The team specialises in endurance racing, more specifically the FIA World Endurance Championship and has solely used Ferraris since 2011.

France Luxury Racing
Founded2009
Team principal(s)Eric Adam (team manager)
Current seriesEuropean Le Mans Series
FIA World Endurance Championship
Ferrari Challenge
Former seriesPorsche Carrera Cup France
International GT Open
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Noted driversFrance Frédéric Makowiecki
Brazil Jaime Melo
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Germany Pierre Ehret
United States Gunnar Jeannette
United States Frankie Montecalvo
Drivers'
Championships
Porsche Carrera Cup (2010)

History

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2011

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#58 Luxury Ferrari in 2011

The team had its first venture in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011, where they raced two cars in the LMGTE Pro class. They qualified 36th and 41st, which is 8th and 13th in their class with the #59 and #58 cars respectively.

Unfortunately, both cars didn't finish the race, with the #58 car managing only 136 laps, and the #59 car lasting a further 47 with 183 laps.

2012

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For the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans, the team qualified first in the LMGTE Pro class with the #59 car, which was 34th overall and just under five tenths of a second faster than the nearest competitor while the #58 car in the LMGTE Am class qualified in 44th, one place ahead of one of the LMP2 cars.

During the race, the #58 car retired after 146 laps, while the #59 car went on to complete 333 laps and finish the race in 18th, which was 2nd in their class after losing out to the winner by 3 laps. This also marked the team's first finish in the event since its debut in 2011.

Race Summary

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Season Series Class Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position
2010 Porsche Carrera Cup France  – ? ? ? ? 202 1st
International GT Open GTS 16 4 0 9 87 2nd
2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMGTE Pro 7 0 0 2 38 3rd
American Le Mans Series GT 2 0 0 0 NC NC
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE Pro 3 0 2 2 54 4th*
LMGTE Am 3 0 3 1 18 6th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Class No Tyres Car Engine Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2011 LMGTE Pro 59 M Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Ferrari 4.5 L V8   Stéphane Ortelli
  Frédéric Makowiecki
  Jaime Melo
183 DNF DNF
LMGTE Pro 58 M Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Ferrari 4.5 L V8   Anthony Beltoise
  François Jakubowski
  Pierre Thiriet
136 DNF DNF
2012 LMGTE Pro 59 M Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Ferrari 4.5 L V8   Frédéric Makowiecki
  Jaime Melo
  Dominik Farnbacher
333 18th 2nd
LMGTE Am 58 M Ferrari 458 Italia GTC Ferrari 4.5 L V8   Pierre Ehret
  Gunnar Jeannette
  Frankie Montecalvo
146 DNF DNF
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