Gabriel Aubry

Gabriel Aubry (born 3 April 1998) is a French former racing driver who last competed in the World Endurance Championship for Vector Sport. He is a stalwart of the LMP2 category, having taken a runner-up spot for Jackie Chan DC Racing in the 2018–19 WEC season before competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the European Le Mans Series.

Early career Karting Born in Saint Germain-en-Laye, Aubry began karting in 2008 at the age of eleven, partaking in events across Europe. One of his karting achievements was the third place in the KFJ class of the Andrea Margutti Trophy, when he finished ahead of such drivers as Jehan Daruvala and Lando Norris.

Formula 4 In 2015, Aubry graduated to single-seaters. He competed in the French F4 Championship, where he won Hungaroring race and had another nine podium finishes. As a result, he finished in the top-three in the overall standings and as runner-up in the International F4 Championship standings.

Formula Renault 2.0 In 2016, Aubry switched to Formula Renault 2.0 with Tech 1 Racing, joining his French F4 rival Sacha Fenestraz. He had six point-scoring finishes and finished eleventh in the drivers' standings. He also had a partial 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup campaign with the same team.

Aubry continued with Tech 1 in 2017. He won three races—two of them on Hungaroring and one at Spa—and had finished another five races on the podium position. He ended the season fifth. He again competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, ending the season fifth as well.

GP3 Series Aubry joined Arden International to compete in the GP3 Series in 2018. It proved to be a difficult rookie season, as the French driver scored just two points finishes on his way to 18th in the standings.

Sportscar career

FIA World Endurance Championship After making his sportscar debut with two races in the LMP3 class of the 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series, which included a win at Sepang, Aubry progressed to LMP2 machinery for the WEC's "Super Season", driving alongside Ho-Pin Tung and Stephane Richelmi at Jackie Chan DC Racing. Following a second place at the season-opening Spa round, Aubry made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut, finishing sixth in class. Thereafter, he and his teammates took three podiums, which included wins at Silverstone and Shanghai, with Aubry being entrusted with the final stint at the latter event. Though the team celebrated two further podium appearances towards the end of the campaign, culminating in a runner-up finihsh at Le Mans, Aubry and his stablemates ended up second in the standings, only behind the Le Mans-winning Signatech Alpine crew. During 2019, Aubry partook in the endurance rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship with PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports, winning the 6 Hours of The Glen and helping Matt McMurry to the title.

For the 2019–20 WEC season, Aubry returned to Jackie Chan DC, with him and Tung being joined by Will Stevens. Until the commencement of the COVID-19 pandemic, Aubry and the team were firmly in the title race, having finished on the podium on five occasions. Aubry missed the postponed Spa event due to a positive COVID-19-test, which he had contracted as a result of his dealings in the ELMS driving for Algarve Pro Racing, leaving him unable to be part of the championship picture. A piece of redemption arrived in the final race at Bahrain, where Aubry charged past António Félix da Costa to take the team's final win in the category.

The 2021 campaign saw Aubry join gentleman driver John Farano at Starworks-run Tower Motorsport for the entire IMSA season. In a season where only three teams competed in all rounds, a pair of retirements became the duo's undoing, as they finished third in the standings despite winning the season-ending Petit Le Mans event.

Going into 2022, Aubry transitioned to GT racing, joining Spirit of Race as their pro-ranked driver in the LMGTE Am class of the WEC. The team struggled to achieve results, retiring from two of the opening three races before taking a season-best finish of fifth at Monza, one that left SoR 13th and last of all outfits in the teams' standings. The year also yielded no success in LMP2, as Aubry and bronze-rated Rob Hodes finished seventh and last in the Pro-Am subclass of the ELMS with Team Virage.

Vector Sport became Aubry's new home in 2023, as he moved back to LMP2 on a full-time basis in the WEC. Despite driving alongside two silvers in the form of Matthias Kaiser and Ryan Cullen, the French driver was able to showcase his pace, notably by qualifying second at Portimão, merely 0.001 seconds off polesitter Mirko Bortolotti. He helped the team to finish seventh at Le Mans but got unlucky with a number of technical issues throughout the season, leaving him and Vector tenth overall.

Initially announced as one of Vector Sport's drivers for the 2024 European Le Mans Series campaign, Aubry was released via a phone call one week before pre-season testing to make way for Felipe Drugovich, in a decision the Frenchman described as having shocked him. His only racing appearance of the year came in Portimão, where he joined Nielsen Racing.

Racing record Career summary † Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ‡ As Aubry was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete French F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points2015 LÉD1 LÉD2 LÉD3 LMS1 LMS2 LMS3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 NAV1 NAV2 NAV3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 3rd 227

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pos Points 2016 Tech 1 Racing ALC1 ALC2 ALC3 MON1 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ1 RBR1 RBR2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 EST1 EST2 12th 35 2017 Tech 1 Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 PAU1 PAU2 MON1 MON2 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 5th 232

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2016 Tech 1 Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 18th 76 2017 Tech 1 Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 HOC1 HOC2 5th 115

Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2018 Arden International CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 18th 5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2018–19 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 2nd 166 2019–20 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 7th 128 2021 Richard Mille Racing Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 23rd 8 2022 Spirit of Race LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 22nd 16 2023 Vector Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 16th 29

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2018 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 356 10th 6th 2019 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 367 7th 2nd 2020 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung Will Stevens Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 141 DSQ DSQ 2021 PR1 Motorsports Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2Pro-Am 261 DNF DNF 2022 Spirit of Race Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEAm 127 DNF DNF 2023 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 325 15th 7th

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2018 IDEC Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 16th 14 2020 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 12th 19.5 2021 Panis Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR 20th 18.5 IDEC Sport LEC MNZ SPA ALG 2022 Team Virage LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA ALG 26th 0Pro-Am Cup 7th 34 2024 Nielsen Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 25th 0 ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2019 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB MDO WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 4th 130 2020 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB ELK ATL NC† 0† JDC-Miller MotorSports DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY MDO PET LGA SEB 22nd 46 2021 Tower Motorsport by Starworks LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB WGL WGL ELK LGA PET 3rd 2012 † Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.