Luxury Racing is a motor racing team from France that formed in 2009. The team specialises in endurance racing, more specifically the FIA World Endurance Championship and has solely used Ferraris since 2011.
History
2011
The team had its first venture in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011, where they raced two cars in the LMGTE Pro class. They qualified 36th and 41st, which is 8th and 13th in their class with the #59 and #58 cars respectively.
Unfortunately, both cars didn't finish the race, with the #58 car managing only 136 laps, and the #59 car lasting a further 47 with 183 laps.
2012 For the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans, the team qualified first in the LMGTE Pro class with the #59 car, which was 34th overall and just under five tenths of a second faster than the nearest competitor while the #58 car in the LMGTE Am class qualified in 44th, one place ahead of one of the LMP2 cars.
During the race, the #58 car retired after 146 laps, while the #59 car went on to complete 333 laps and finish the race in 18th, which was 2nd in their class after losing out to the winner by 3 laps. This also marked the team's first finish in the event since its debut in 2011.
Race Summary Season Series Class Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup France – ? ? ? ? 202 1st International GT Open GTS 16 4 0 9 87 2nd 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMGTE Pro 7 0 0 2 38 3rd American Le Mans Series GT 2 0 0 0 NC NC 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE Pro 3 0 2 2 54 4th* LMGTE Am 3 0 3 1 18 6th* * Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2011 Luxury Racing 58 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Anthony Beltoise François Jakubowski Pierre Thiriet LMGTE Pro 136 DNF DNF 59 Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo Stéphane Ortelli 183 DNF DNF 2012 Luxury Racing 59 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Dominik Farnbacher Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo LMGTE Pro 333 18th 2nd 58 Pierre Ehret Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo LMGTE Am 146 DNF DNF
External links
Racing results 2010–2012