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Olivier Pla (born October 22, 1981 in Toulouse) is a race car driver from France.
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Pla's career started in 2000 in French Formula Campus before moving on to French Formula Three Championship in 2001 with the Saulnier Racing team. He finished eighth in the series standings, taking nine points-scoring positions in eleven races, including a podium in the penultimate race of the season at Magny-Cours.[1]
In 2002, Pla stayed in the series but switched to the ASM team. He finished third, behind Renaud Derlot and Tristan Gommendy, taking nine podium places from fourteen races, including wins at Croix-en-Ternois and Bugatti Circuit.[2]
In 2003, Pla joined the Formula Three Euroseries with ASM. He finished third, behind Christian Klien and Ryan Briscoe, taking nine podium places from twenty races.[3]
2004 saw Pla leave the Euroseries, joining the World Series by Nissan. He contested two rounds with RC Motorsport before joining Carlin Motorsport to replace Michael Keohane. He finished ninth, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in eighteen races, including a win at Estoril.[4]
In 2005 he raced in the inaugural GP2 Series season for David Price Racing. In the early part of the season he stalled on the grid several times - some blamed the GP2 cars for the high number of stallings, while others noticed that the same drivers seemed to be affected regularly. In another race he selected reverse instead of first gear and went backwards into his team-mate's car. However, he took advantage of the reverse grid system to finish eighth in Race One and thus take pole for Race Two twice (at Hockenheim and Silverstone), winning both those races to finish 11th in the championship. He remained with DPR for 2006, but was dropped mid-season after running out of sponsorship, after a difficult period which saw him score no points and injure his hand in Monaco.
In 2007, he competed in the German Porsche Carrera Cup. However, he was recalled to DPR in the latter stages of the GP2 season to replace the injured Christian Bakkerud. In 2008, he moved to sports car racing, driving a Lola Le Mans Prototype in the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Formula Renault Campus France | Formula Campus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 391 | 3rd |
| 2001 | French Formula Three Championship | Saulnier Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 8th |
| 2002 | French Formula Three Championship | ASM | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 159 | 3rd |
| FIA European Formula Three Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
| Korea Super Prix | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2nd | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2003 | Formula Three Euroseries | ASM | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 74 | 3rd |
| 2004 | World Series by Nissan | RC Motorsport | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 9th |
| Carlin Motorsport | |||||||||
| 2005 | GP2 Series | David Price Racing | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13th |
| 2006 | GP2 Series | DPR Direxiv | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| 2007 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | MRS-Team | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 15th |
| GP2 Series | David Price Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |
| 2008 | Le Mans Series — LMP2 | Quifel ASM Team | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8th |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans — LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
| American Le Mans Series | Team LNT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14th | |
| 2009 | Le Mans Series — LMP2 | Quifel ASM Team | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 1st |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans — LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
(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 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | David Price Racing | SMR FEA 9 |
SMR SPR 5 |
ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR Ret |
MON FEA 9 |
EUR FEA Ret |
EUR SPR 8 |
FRA FEA Ret |
FRA SPR 9 |
GBR FEA 8 |
GBR SPR 1 |
GER FEA 8 |
GER SPR 1 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR Ret |
TUR FEA 9 |
TUR SPR 17 |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR Ret |
BEL FEA 11 |
BEL SPR 10 |
BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR DNS |
13th | 20 |
| 2006 | DPR Direxiv | VAL FEA 10 |
VAL SPR 15 |
SMR FEA Ret |
SMR SPR Ret |
EUR FEA 15 |
EUR SPR Ret |
ESP FEA DSQ |
ESP SPR 20 |
MON FEA Ret |
GBR FEA |
GBR SPR |
FRA FEA 16 |
FRA SPR 9 |
GER FEA |
GER SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
TUR FEA |
TUR SPR |
ITA FEA |
ITA SPR |
27th | 0 | ||
| 2007 | David Price Racing | BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
ESP FEA |
ESP SPR |
MON FEA |
FRA FEA |
FRA SPR |
GBR FEA |
GBR SPR |
EUR FEA |
EUR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
TUR FEA |
TUR SPR |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR 13 |
BEL FEA |
BEL SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
35th | 0 |
| Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | LMP2 | 40 | D | Lola B05/40 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 |
Quifel ASM Team | Miguel Amaral Guy Smith |
325 | 20th | 4th |
| 2009 | LMP2 | 40 | D | Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 |
Quifel ASM Team | Miguel Amaral Guy Smith |
46 | DNF | DNF |
| 2010 | LMP2 | 40 | D | Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 |
Quifel ASM Team | Miguel Amaral Warren Hughes |
318 | 20th | 7th |
| 2011 | LMP1 | 20 | D | Zytek 09SC Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 |
Quifel ASM Team | Miguel Amaral Warren Hughes |
48 | DNF | DNF |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jonathan Cochet |
Korea Super Prix Winner 2002 |
Succeeded by Richard Antinucci |
| Preceded by Jos Verstappen |
Le Mans Series — LMP2 Champion 2009 With Miguel Amaral |
Succeeded by Incumbent |