Racing Spirit of Léman is a French-Swiss sports car racing team that currently competes in the LMP3 and LMGT3 class of the European Le Mans Series. The team was founded in 2019 by Patrick Barbier.
Notable accolades include the 2022 and 2023 Le Mans Cup drivers' and teams' championships in the LMP3 and GT3 categories respectively.
Contrary to popular belief the teams' name has no relation to the headline WEC event of Le Mans, but comes from the French name for Lake Geneva, 'Lac Léman', which the team is based near in La Roche-sur-Foron, France.
History Originally, Racing Spirit of Léman ran the operations for Cool Racing (now CLX Motorsport). In late 2020, after Nicolas Lapierre became a majority shareholder in Cool Racing, he decided to split from Racing Spirit of Léman and take the operation of the team in house. The team formed an alliance with Aston Martin and entered into the 2022 GT4 European Series with two Aston Martin Vantage GT4s.
FIA World Endurance Championship
2019–20 The 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship season started strong with a win for the #42 Cool Racing entry at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone. They would win as a pair, Antonin Borga and Nicolas Lapierre, due to an injury Alexandre Coigny sustained during the European Le Mans Series race the day prior. Four further point finishes and a second podium at the 6 Hours Spa-Francorchamps saw the Racing Spirit of Léman run, Cool Racing entry finish sixth in the LMP2 class.
2025
On November 22, 2024, the team announced they would be entering the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship as one of the two Aston Martin LMGT3 teams. Drivers for the season were French Aston Martin factory driver, Valentin Hasse-Clot, American Derek DeBoer and Brazilian Eduardo Barrichello, son of former Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello.
European Le Mans Series
2023 In 2023, following the LMP3 double championship in the Le Mans Cup, the team entered into the LMP3 class with a Ligier JS P320. Drivers for the season were Antoine Doquin, Jacques Wolff, Fabien Michal and Jean-Ludovic Foubert. The team would finish on the podium on their debut in the series at the 4 Hours of Barcelona. They then followed that up with a win at the 4 Hours of Le Castellet. At the end of the season, the team would finish fifth in the LMP3 class.
2024
Racing Spirit of Léman expanded to the LMGT3 class with an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo with drivers Derek DeBoer, Valentin Hasse-Clot and Casper Stevenson, while continuing to operate a Ligier JS P320 in the LMP3 class. The team secured their first LMGT3 class podium at Le Castellet, en route to a third place finish in the championship, while the LMP3 entry finished in 7th.
2025 In 2025, the team again entered one car in LMP3 and LMGT3, with Marius Fossard, Jean-Ludovic Foubert and Jacques Wolff in a new Ligier JS P325 in LMP3 and Erwan Bastard, Valentin Hasse-Clot and Clément Mateu in an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo. Both entries finished on the podium once throughout the season, the No. 31 LMP3 finished 2nd at Imola while the No. 59 LMGT3 won at Spa-Francorchamps.
Racing record FIA World Endurance Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrantClassChassisEngineDrivers12345678Points2019–20 Cool RacingLMP242Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 Antonin Borga Nicolas Lapierre Alexandre Coigny SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR6th1032025 Racing Spirit of LémanLMGT310 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 Eduardo Barrichello Derek DeBoer Valentin Hasse-Clot (rounds 1–4, 6) Anthony McIntosh (rounds 5, 7–8) QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR15th32Source: * Season still in progress. 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2020 Cool Racing 42 Oreca 07-Gibson Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre LMP2 365 12th 8th 2025 Racing Spirit of Léman 10 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Eduardo Barrichello Derek DeBoer Valentin Hasse-Clot LMGT3 336 45th 13th 2026 Racing Spirit of Léman 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Marius Fossard Valentin Hasse-Clot Clément Mateu LMGT3 332 43rd 11th
European Le Mans Series (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrantClassChassisEngineDrivers123456Points2023 Racing Spirit of LémanLMP331 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 Antoine Doquin Jacques Wolff Fabien Michal (round 1) Jean-Ludovic Foubert (rounds 2–6) CAT LEC ARA SPA POR ALG5th542024 Racing Spirit of LémanLMP331Ligier JS P320Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 Antoine Doquin Jean-Ludovic Foubert Jacques Wolff CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG POR7th44LMGT359Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EvoAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 Derek DeBoer Valentin Hasse-Clot Casper Stevenson CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG POR 3rd 662025 Racing Spirit of LémanLMP331Ligier JS P325Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L Turbo V6 Marius Fossard Jean-Ludovic Foubert Jacques Wolff CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL POR9th37LMGT359Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EvoAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 Erwan Bastard Valentin Hasse-Clot Clément Mateu CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL POR 3rd 64Source: References