Vincent Noël Renaud Capillaire (born 4 February 1976) is a French racing driver set to compete in the European Endurance Prototype Cup for Graff Racing.

Career Capillaire began his car racing career in 1997, racing in Formula Renault Campus France, before racing in the main series the following year. After a decade on the sidelines, Capillaire returned to racing in 2008, competing in the first two rounds of Formula Asia 2.0 for Asia Racing Team. Capillaire then made a one-off appearance in the Formula Le Mans Cup the following year, before joining Hope Polevision Racing to race in the FLM class of the 2010 Le Mans Series. Taking part in the first three races, Capillaire scored a best result of second at Le Castellet.

A season in the Racecar Euro Series with Le Duigou Racing then ensued, before returning to racing in 2013 in the V de V Challenge Endurance Series, in which he finished runner-up in points driving for TFT Racing. Returning to the series the following year, Capillaire took four wins and one other podium to secure the Proto title with a race to spare. During 2014, Capillaire also raced for Sébastien Loeb Racing in all but one race of the European Le Mans Series, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the former, Capillaire won at Estoril and finished on the podium at Imola to end the season fourth in the LMP2 standings.

In 2015, Capillaire remained in LMP2 competition as he joined Signatech Alpine to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship. In his only season in the series, Capillaire raced in the first six races of the year, taking a best result of second at Fuji, before being replaced by Tom Dillmann for the final two races. The following year, Capillaire returned to the European Le Mans Series with SO24! By Lombard Racing to continue racing in LMP2 competition. After finishing on the podium at Silverstone and racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the team filed for bankruptcy and withdrew from the rest of the ELMS season ahead of the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring.

Returning to TFT Racing for 2017, Capillaire mainly raced in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge, taking three podiums and finishing third in the CN A standings. During 2017, Capillaire also raced at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans for Algarve Pro Racing in LMP2. In which he indirectly caused the retirement of the No.7 Toyota, after giving Kamui Kobayashi the thumbs-up signal at the pit lane exit and causing him to run a red light and ultimately burn his clutch. The following year, Capillaire only raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Graff-SO24, in which he finished second in LMP2.

Capillaire then primarily competed in the Ultimate Cup Series Prototype Challenge for Wimmer Werk Motorsport in 2019, winning four races en route to the LMP3 title at season's end. During 2019, Capillaire also raced for Graff in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2, in which teammate Tristan Gommendy qualified on class pole but had his laps deleted after Capillaire failed to stop for a weight check at the scrutineering light during the final part of qualifying. Continuing with the French team for the following two seasons, Capillaire raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2 in both years, as well as racing in the European Le Mans Series in LMP3 in 2020 and LMP2 Pro-Am in 2021. Following that, Capillaire competed in select rounds of the European Endurance Prototype Cup across the following three seasons, racing in LMP3 in the first two and then making a one-off appearance in NP02 in 2025.

The following year, Capillaire returned to the series with Graff Racing.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1997 Formula Renault Campus France 1 1 1998 Formula Renault France 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2008 Formula Asia 2.0 Asia Racing Team 4 0 0 0 0 4 14th 2009 Formula Le Mans Cup DAMS 1 0 0 1 0 10 23rd2010 Le Mans Series – FLM Hope Polevision Racing 3 0 0 0 1 27 14th Racecar Euro Series – Elite Le Duigou Racing 2 0 0 0 0 536 21st V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – Proto Extreme Limite 3 0 1 1 1 0 NC2011 Racecar Euro Series – Elite Le Duigou Racing 12 0 0 0 0 388 11th V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – Proto Equipe PalmyrCD Sport 2 0 0 0 0 4.5 45th2013 V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – Scratch TFT 7 0 1 1 6 1612nd V de V Michelin Endurance Series – GT 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC2014 V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – Scratch TFT 7 4 2 0 5 2021st European Le Mans Series – LMP2 Sébastien Loeb Racing 4 1 0 0 2 57 4th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 4th2015 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 Signatech Alpine 6 0 0 0 1 48 12th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 DNF V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – Scratch TFT 4 1 1 1 3 39 21st Renault Sport Trophy – Elite Monlau Competición 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Renault Sport Trophy – Endurance Trophy 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†2016 European Le Mans Series – LMP2 SO24! By Lombard Racing 2 0 0 0 1 15.5 22nd 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 14th V de V Challenge Endurance Moderne – Proto TFT 5 0 1 1 1 140.5 7th2017 V de V Proto Endurance Challenge TFT 7 0 0 0 3 3rd 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 1 0 0 0 0 15th 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Graff-SO24 1 0 0 0 1 2nd2019 Ultimate Cup Series Prototype Challenge – LMP3 Wimmer Werk Motorsport 6 4 2 1 5 1921st GT & Prototype Challenge – LMP3 T2 Racing 2 0 0 2 1 33 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Graff 1 0 0 0 0 9th2020 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 Graff 5 0 0 0 0 42 7th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 SO24-HAS by Graff 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2021 European Le Mans Series – LMP2 Pro-Am Graff Racing 5 0 0 0 0 46 9th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Pro-Am SO24-DIROB by Graff 1 0 0 0 0 5th2023 Endurance Prototype Challenge – LMP3 Graff Racing 2 0 0 0 1366th Reiter Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 2024 European Endurance Prototype Cup – LMP3 Reiter Engineering 5 0 0 0 0 28 13th 2025 European Endurance Prototype Cup Cogemo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 8 35th 2026 European Endurance Prototype Cup Graff Racing Sources:

† As Capillaire was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2010 Hope Polevision Racing FLM Oreca FLM09 General Motors LS3 6.3 L V8 LEC SPA ALG HUN SIL 14th 27 2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RED LEC EST 4th 57 2016 SO24! By Lombard Racing LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 22nd 15.5 2020 Graff LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 7th 42 2021 Graff Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA ALG 29th 2.5Pro-Am Cup 9th 46

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class 2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing René Rast Jan Charouz Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 354 8th 4th 2015 Signatech-Alpine Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin Alpine A450b-Nissan LMP2 110 DNF DNF 2016 SO24! by Lombard Racing Erik Maris Jonathan Coleman Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 328 32nd 14th 2017 Algarve Pro Racing Mark Patterson Matt McMurry Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 330 32nd 15th 2018 Graff-SO24 Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 6th 2nd 2019 Graff Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 362 14th 9th 2020 SO24-HAS By Graff Charles Milesi James Allen Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 357 DNF DNF 2021 SO24-DIROB by Graff Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 352 19th 14th LMP2 Pro-Am 5th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2015 Signatech Alpine LMP2 Alpine A450b Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 12th 48

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