Kévin Estre

Kévin Estre (born 28 October 1988) is a French professional racing driver. A Porsche factory driver since 2016, he competes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the GTP class. Estre is a two-time FIA World Endurance champion—in LMGTE in 2018–19 alongside Michael Christensen, and in Hypercar in 2024 alongside André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor.

Early career

Karting Born in Lyon, Estre began his racing career in karting, contesting the 2001 French Cadet Championship and taking his first title. In 2004, he won the European ICA Championship, beating Jon Lancaster in the title competition.

Formula Renault In 2006, Estre began his graduation to single-seater racing by running in Formula Campus by Renault and Elf which he won by the smallest of margins, equal on points with Tristan Vautier, taking six wins and a total of twelve podium finishes from thirteen races.

For the 2007 season, Estre graduated into the French Formula Renault 2.0 championship for Graff Racing. He finished ninth, taking nine point-scoring finishes from thirteen races.

Sportscar career Estre decided to switch to sportscars in 2008, continuing his collaboration with Graff Racing into the Porsche Carrera Cup France. He won a race at the final round of the season at Magny-Cours and scored another three podiums, finishing fifth overall.

Estre remained in the series for 2009, but switched to Sofrev — ASP. This time, he added race victories at Nogaro, Le Castellet and Circuit de Lédenon, improving to fourth position in the series standings. As well as this, Estre competed in the Le Castellet round of the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship season with MP Racing.

In 2010, Estre continued his participation in the Porsche Carrera Cup France with Sofrev — ASP. He again scored five wins, with a total of twelve podium finishes. This allowed him to enter the title battle with Frédéric Makowiecki, but Estre finished the season as runner-up to Makowiecki, by two points. Estre also raced with Mühlner Motorsport in the opening two rounds of the 2010 FIA GT3 European Championship season and the season-opening Oschersleben round of the 2010 ADAC GT Masters season.

In 2011, Estre remained in the Porsche Carrera Cup France for a fourth successive year, but he joined the AS Events team. He dominated the season, amassing ten wins and took the championship title with an eventual margin of 113 points over his closest championship rival, Sylvain Noël. Additionally he made his début in both the Porsche Supercup and the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany with Attempto Racing. In the Supercup, he raced on a full-time basis, finishing seventh with a win at Monza. In the German series, he only competed at the Norisring.

For 2012, Estre decided to concentrate on the Supercup and the German series, continuing with Attempto Racing. In the Supercup, he finished as runner-up to René Rast, with one win at the Hungaroring. In the German series, he finished fourth, winning the 24 Hours Nürburgring support race held on the Nordschleife. He qualified on pole position for the 24 Hours with a laptime of 8:10.9, averaging 186.1 km/h.

Estre also had a part-time schedule in the French series, contesting five races with Nourry Competition.

In 2013, Estre prolonged his collaboration with Attempto Racing in the Supercup and German series. He scored three podium finishes to end the season fourth in the Supercup, while in the German series, he dominated from the start of the season, collecting eight race wins in seventeen races to take the championship title.

In 2014, Estre became a McLaren GT factory driver, joining the ART Grand Prix squad in the Blancpain Endurance Series. He competed in the No. 99 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 with Kevin Korjus and Andy Soucek. The crew achieved two podiums, finishing the season in eighth position in the Pro Cup standings.

In 2015, Estre joined Chris Cumming and Laurens Vanthoor in OAK Racing in the LMP2 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Also, he will stay in the Blancpain Endurance Series, but will switch to Von Ryan Racing. He will race in the No. 58 McLaren 650S GT3 with Rob Bell and Shane van Gisbergen. He also competes for McLaren at the Blancpain Sprint Series for Attempto Racing, partnering with Bell.

Estre painted his helmet in the same colours as the Porsche he drove at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car was in turn painted in honour of the Pink Pig Porsche 917, which raced at the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, and which had a similar porcine hue.

In addition, Estre competed at the Pirelli World Challenge, where he drove a K-Pax Racing McLaren to fifth place in the GT drivers standings. Also, he drove a Porsche 911 GT America at the 24 Hours of Daytona for Park Place Motorsports, and competed for the Porsche factory team at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on a Porsche 911 RSR.

Estre also competed at the 2025 24 Hours of Nürburgring, finishing second overall after a 100s time penalty.

Hypercar career Estre at the 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps where he finished second.

Estre would move to the Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar programme for the 2023 season of the World Endurance Championship, competing alongside André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor in a Porsche 963. The trio scored two podiums, finishing third at Portimão and Fuji respectively to end up sixth in the standings.

For the 2024 season, Estre, Vanthoor, and Lotterer were retained as part of the No. 6's lineup. At the season opener in Qatar a controlling performance earned the team their first victory with the 963.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Estre was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 Pts 2011 Attempto Racing TUR ESP MON GER GBR GER HUN BEL ITA UAE UAE 7th 127 2012 Hermes Attempto Racing BHR BHR MON ESP GBR GER HUN HUN BEL ITA 2nd 139 2013 Attempto Racing ESP MON GBR GER HUN BEL ITA UAE UAE 4th 107 2014 McGregor powered byAttempto Racing ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA USA 17th 21

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Full points not awarded due to exceeding maximum drive time limitation. Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2015 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 16th 15 OAK Racing LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Honda 2.8 L Turbo V6 LMS 19th 0 2016 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 17th 10 2017 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 11th 67 2018–19 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 1st 155 2019–20 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 3rd 148 2021 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 2nd 166 2022 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 2nd 132 2023 Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar Porsche 963 Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 6th 71 2024 Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar Porsche 963 Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 1st 152 2025 Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar Porsche 963 Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 4th 94Source:

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2015 OAK Racing Chris Cumming Laurens Vanthoor Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 329 DNF DNF 2016 Porsche Motorsport Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 135 DNF DNF 2017 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Dirk Werner Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 179 DNF DNF 2018 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 344 15th 1st 2019 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 337 29th 9th 2020 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 331 35th 6th 2021 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Neel Jani Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 344 22nd 3rd 2022 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 348 31st 4th 2023 Porsche Penske Motorsport André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 Hypercar 320 22nd 11th 2024 Porsche Penske Motorsport André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 Hypercar 311 4th 4th 2025 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 Hypercar 387 2nd 2nd 2026 TDS Racing Mathias Beche Tobias Lütke Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 355 27th 13th LMP2 Pro-Am 5thSource:

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2015 Keltic Racing Klark Quinn Tony Quinn McLaren MP4-12C GT3 AA 80 DNF DNF 2017 Walkinshaw Racing Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) APP 44 DNF DNF 2018 Craft-Bamboo Racing Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) APP 271 5th 3rd 2019 McElrea Racing David Calvert-Jones Jaxon Evans Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) APA 37 DNF DNF

Supercars Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Supercars results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Position Points 2023 Grove Racing 19 Ford Mustang S650 NEWR1 NEWR2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 BENR20 BENR21 BENR22 SANR23 BATR24 SURR25 SURR26 ADER27 ADER28 31st 348

Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2023 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Matthew Payne 11th 161