Steven Palette

Steven Palette (born 1 December 1989) is a French racing driver who last competed for RedAnt Racing in the 24H Series Middle East.

He is a champion at GT3 and LMP3 level, having won the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Silver Cup in 2020 and the Asian Le Mans Series in 2022.

Career Palette began his racing career in 2007, competing in the Peugeot one-make competitions in France, most notably winning the 207 THP Cup in 2009, as well as racing part-time in the THP Spider Cup the same year. Following a season in the French Renault Clio Cup, Palette finished fifth in the Elite standings of the 2011 Racecar Euro Series, before switching to Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France in 2012, finishing runner-up in points, as well as winning the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the SP2T class the same year.

Palette during his second Porsche Supercup stint, at the Red Bull Ring in 2021.

Remaining in Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France for 2013, Palette won all but one of the ten races he started to secure the title. In parallel, Palette raced for Team Lompech Sport in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy, taking a lone podium at the Red Bull Ring and ending the year eighth in the overall standings. In 2014, Palette joined Yvan Muller Racing to transition to Porsche Carrera Cup France, amassing two podiums to end the season eighth in points. Switching to Martinet by Alméras for his second season in the series the following year, he took wins at Lédenon and Le Castellet en route to a third-place points finish. Two seasons in Porsche Supercup then ensued, in which Palette scored a best result of eighth at the Red Bull Ring in 2016, a year in which he came ninth in the overall standings. During 2017, Palette also made his debut in GT4 competition with the same team, competing in the GT4 European Series Southern Cup, scoring a lone win at Dijon as he finished the year fourth in Pro-Am.

A second season in the French GT4 Cup with IMSA Performance then followed, before finishing fifth in the Pro-Am class of the GT4 International Cup for Saintéloc Junior Team at the end of the year. In 2019, Palette made his debut in GT3 competition with Saintéloc, racing an Audi R8 LMS Evo in both the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe. After scoring three combined points finishes across both campaigns, Palette returned to the team for 2020 to race in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. In his second full-time season in the series, Palette scored an outright win at Magny-Cours, two further class wins at Misano and three other podiums to clinch the Silver Cup title alongside Simon Gachet.

Palette's LMP3 title led to an unlikely LMP2 debut for CD Sport at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Following that, Palette briefly returned to Porsche one-make competition in 2021 with CLRT, before joining CD Sport to compete in the LMP3 class of the 2022 Asian Le Mans Series. In his only season in the series, Palette finished on the podium in all four races, including three second-place finishes, to secure the class title and an invitation to that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, in which he raced in the LMP2 Pro-Am subclass for the same team. The following year, Palette returned to GT3 competition and Porsche-affiliated CLRT for a dual campaign in the Bronze Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups. Between the two series, Palette found more success in the former, taking a class podium at Barcelona as he concluded the season 15th in points. A full season in the Sprint Cup for the same team then followed in 2024, where he secured a lone podium at Magny-Cours. During 2024, Palette also raced at the 24 Hours of Spa for Audi-fielding CSA Racing.

In 2025, Palette primarily raced in the JS2 R class of the Ligier European Series for VSF Sports, scoring three wins and finishing on the podium in all six races he started en route to a fourth-place points finish. Also in 2025, Palette finished third in the SP9 Pro-Am class of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Aston Martin–aligned PROsport Racing, and third in GT3 Pro-Am at the Gulf 12 Hours for Audi-fielding HAAS RT. At the beginning of the following year, Palette raced at the Dubai 24 Hour for RedAnt Racing, which he won in the 992 Am class.

Racing record Racing career summary

† As Palette was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Eurocup Mégane Trophy 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 2013 Team Lompech Sport ARA1 ARA2 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 8th 68

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 2016 Martinet by Alméras CAT MON RBR SIL HUN HOC SPA MNZ COA COA 9th 57 2017 Martinet by Alméras CAT CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA SPA MNZ MEX MEX 15th 26 2021 CLRT MON RBR RBR HUN SPA ZND MNZ MNZ 16th 17

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2019 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 22nd 3 2020 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 1st 108.5 2023 CLRT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Bronze MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 14th 6.5 2024 Schumacher CLRT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Bronze MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 8th 22

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Ligier European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2025 VSF Sports JS2 R Ligier JS2 R BAR1 BAR2 LEC1 LEC2 LMS SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 ALG1 ALG2 4th 129