Paul Lafargue

Paul Lafargue (born 8 July 1988) is a French racing driver. Having started his car racing career at the relatively late age of 23, Lafargue has been a regular in the European Le Mans Series's LMP2, where he has been competing for his father's team IDEC Sport since 2016.

Lafargue won the 2019 European Le Mans Series alongside Paul-Loup Chatin and Memo Rojas. He has also competed in the International GT Open and the Le Mans Cup, as well as several classic car races.

Lafargue started competing in 2011, driving in the prototype class of the V de V Challenge Endurance in his homeland. Having made a one-off appearance in the series's single-seater category in 2013, Lafargue would take his first race win that year, taking home the 997 class win at the 24 Hours of Barcelona. In 2014, the Frenchman won his first races in the Endurance Challenge, which, alongside four further podiums, earned him and Ruffier Racing the V de V title. He would finish second the following year, racing for the team built by his father on the basis of Ruffier Racing: IDEC Sport. During the same season, he, father Patrice Lafargue, and Gabriel Abergel drove a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car in the 24H Series, winning three races and the class title.

Racing record Career summary

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2017 IDEC Sport Racing Patrice Lafargue David Zollinger Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 344 12th 10th 2018 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 312 DNF DNF 2019 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Memo Rojas Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 10th 5th 2020 IDEC Sport Richard Bradley Paul-Loup Chatin Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 10th 6th 2021 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 359 11th 6th 2022 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Patrick Pilet Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 12th 8th 2023 IDEC Sport Paul-Loup Chatin Laurents Hörr Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 327 14th 6th 2024 IDEC Sport Reshad de Gerus Job van Uitert Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 297 17th 3rd 2025 IDEC Sport Sebastián Álvarez Job van Uitert Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 308 DNF DNF 2026 IDEC Sport Valerio Rinicella Job van Uitert Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 359 20th 6th