Olivier Lombard (born 25 April 1991 in Poissy) is a French racing driver. He raced in the 2012 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship for Signatech-Nissan.
Career After karting from 2004 to 2008, Lombard began racing cars in 2009 when he contested the Formula BMW Europe series. Driving for the EuroInternational team, he finished 16th overall and fourth best rookie, with a best result of fifth at the final race of the season at Monza. He also contested two rounds of the 2009 Formula BMW Americas season with EuroInternational, at Virginia and Road America.
In 2010, Lombard switched to sportscars, contesting the final three rounds of the Le Mans Series in the Formula Le Mans category with Hope Polevision Racing. After the car failed to finish at his first race, he finished third in the FLM class at the Hungaroring and second at Silverstone.
After contesting the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring and 1000 km of Spa in the FLM car, Lombard signed with Greaves Motorsport to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the remainder of the Le Mans Series with the team in its LMP2 class Zytek-Nissan. Olivier Lombard and Greaves went on to win the LMP2 class at Le Mans, finishing eighth overall. They also won the Le Mans Series rounds at Imola and Silverstone, helping Greaves to win the LMP2 title.
Lombard contested the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season for Signatech-Nissan in LMP2, together with fellow French drivers Franck Mailleux and Jordan Tresson.
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2011 Greaves Motorsport Karim Ojjeh Tom Kimber-Smith Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 326 8th 1st 2012 Signatech-Nissan Jordan Tresson Franck Mailleux Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 340 16th 9th 2013 Morand Racing Natacha Gachnang Franck Mailleux Morgan LMP2-Judd LMP2 320 11th 5th
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