Gabriel Aubry (racing driver)

Gabriel Aubry
Gabriel Aubry
	Aubry in 2021
Nationality	French
Born	3 April 1998 (age 26); Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2018
Current team	Arden International
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	14
Starts	18
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th in 2018
Previous series
2016-17; 2016; 2015	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; French F4 Championship

Gabriel Aubry (born 3 April 1998) is a French racing driver currently racing in the World Endurance Championship for Vector Sport.

Early career edit

Karting edit

Born in Saint Germain-en-Laye, Aubry began karting in 2008 at the age of eleven, partaking in events across Europe. One of his karting achievements was the third place in the KFJ class of the Andrea Margutti Trophy, when he finished ahead of such drivers as Jehan Daruvala and Lando Norris.^[1]

Formula 4 edit

In 2015, Aubry graduated to single-seaters. He competed in the French F4 Championship, where he won Hungaroring race and had another nine podium finishes. As a result, he finished in the top-three in the overall standings and as runner-up in the International F4 Championship standings.

Formula Renault 2.0 edit

In 2016, Aubry switched to Formula Renault 2.0 with Tech 1 Racing, joining his French F4 rival Sacha Fenestraz.^[2] He had six point-scoring finishes and finished eleventh in the drivers' standings.^[3] He also had a partial 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup campaign with the same team.^[4]

Aubry continued with Tech 1 in 2017.^[5] He won three races—two of them on Hungaroring and one at Spa—and had finished another five races on the podium position.^[6]^[7] He ended the season fifth.^[8] He again competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, ending the season fifth as well.^[9]

GP3 Series edit

In January 2018, Aubry joined Arden International for the 2018 GP3 Series campaign.^[10]

Sportscar career edit

FIA World Endurance Championship edit

After two races in the LMP3 Class of the 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series with win in the season finale at Sepang.^[11] In March 2018, Aubry was announced as a Jackie Chan DC Racing driver along with Ho-Pin Tung and Stephane Richelmi in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[12] He finished second (eighth overall), behind the G-Drive Racing car which was the invitational entry in the season opener at Spa, taking his first LMP2 win in the World Endurance Championship.^[13]

He returned to the team for the 2019–20 WEC season, taking one win on his way to seventh in the championship.

2024 edit

Initially announced as one of Vector Sport's drivers for the 2024 European Le Mans Series campaign, Aubry was released via a phone call one week before pre-season testing to make way for Felipe Drugovich, in a decision the Frenchman described as having shocked him.^[14]

Racing record edit

Career summary edit

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	French F4 Championship	Auto Sport Academy	21	1	1	4	10	227	3rd
2016	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Tech 1 Racing	15	0	0	0	0	35	12th
2016	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Tech 1 Racing	9	0	0	0	0	76	18th
2017	Formula Renault Eurocup	Tech 1 Racing	23	3	2	1	8	232	5th
2017	Formula Renault NEC	Tech 1 Racing	9	3	2	1	4	115	5th
2017–18	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	2	1	0	0	1	37	6th
2018	GP3 Series	Arden International	18	0	0	0	0	5	18th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	European Le Mans Series . LMP2	IDEC Sport	2	0	0	0	0	14	16th
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	8	3	3	0	6	166	2nd
2019	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	4	2	2	3	3	130	4th
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	7	1	1	0	5	128	7th
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Algarve Pro Racing	5	0	0	0	0	19.5	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	JDC-Miller MotorSports	2	0	0	0	0	46	22nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	1	0	1	0	1	0	NC†
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	Tower Motorsport By Starworks	7	1	0	2	5	2012	3rd
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Panis Racing	1	0	0	0	1	18.5	20th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	1	0	0	0	0	18.5	20th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	PR1 Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Richard Mille Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	8	23rd
	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Alpine Elf Matmut	Reserve driver
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	6	0	0	0	0	16	22nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Team Virage	6	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Vector Sport	7	0	0	0	0	29	16th
2023	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Vector Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
^‡ As Aubry was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete French F4 Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2015	LÉD 1 4	LÉD 2 3	LÉD 3 6	LMS 1 16	LMS 2 16	LMS 3 14†	PAU 1 3	PAU 2 4	PAU 3 3	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 1	HUN 3 2	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 Ret	MAG 3 2	NAV 1 3	NAV 2 5	NAV 3 3	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 7	LEC 3 4	3rd	227

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pos	Points
2016	Tech 1 Racing	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 10	ALC 3 11	MON 1 7	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 1 5	RBR 1 14	RBR 2 12	LEC 1 15	LEC 2 4	SPA 1 6	SPA 2 Ret	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 15									12th	35
2017	Tech 1 Racing	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 Ret	SIL 1 8	SIL 2 Ret	PAU 1 3	PAU 2 7	MON 1 7	MON 2 7	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 1	HUN 3 1	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 4	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 3	LEC 1 15	LEC 2 3	SPA 1 6	SPA 2 1	SPA 3 4	CAT 1 3	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 3 6	5th	232

Complete GP3 Series results edit

(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	Pos	Points
2018	Arden International	CAT FEA 12	CAT SPR Ret	LEC FEA 15	LEC SPR Ret	RBR FEA 16	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR Ret	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 13	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR 11	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret	SOC FEA 11	SOC SPR 6	YMC FEA 15	YMC SPR 14	18th	5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2018–19	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 1	LMS 4	SIL 1	FUJ 2	SHA 1	SEB 6	SPA 3	LMS 2	2nd	166
2019–20	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 4	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 3	COA 2	SPA WD	LMS DSQ	BHR 1	7th	128
2021	Richard Mille Racing Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ	LMS	BHR 6	BHR			23rd	8
2022	Spirit of Race	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SEB Ret	SPA 12	LMS Ret	MNZ 5	FUJ 7	BHR 13			22nd	16
2023	Vector Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 9	ALG 11	SPA Ret	LMS 5	MNZ Ret	FUJ 7	BHR NC		16th	29

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	356	10th	6th
2019	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	367	7th	2nd
2020	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Will Stevens	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	141	DSQ	DSQ
2021	PR1 Motorsports	Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2 Pro-Am	261	DNF	DNF
2022	Spirit of Race	Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	127	DNF	DNF
2023	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	325	15th	7th

Complete European Le Mans Series results edit

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2018	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC	MNZ	RBR	SIL	SPA 4‡	ALG 6	16th	14
2020	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 10	SPA 9	LEC 5	MNZ 11	ALG 8		12th	19.5
2021	Panis Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 2	RBR					20th	18.5
2021	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8			LEC 15	MNZ	SPA	ALG	20th	18.5
2022	Team Virage	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 15	IMO Ret	MNZ 15	CAT 14	SPA 14	ALG Ret	26th	0
2022	Team Virage	Pro-Am Cup	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	5	Ret	6	6	6	NC	7th	34

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2019	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 4	SEB 2	MDO	WGL 1	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET 1		4th	130
2020	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 2†		SEB	ELK	ATL					NC†	0†
2020	JDC-Miller MotorSports	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8		DAY				MDO 8	PET 8	LGA	SEB	22nd	46
2021	Tower Motorsport by Starworks	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 2†	SEB 3	WGL 4	WGL 3	ELK 2	LGA 2	PET 1			3rd	2012

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

References edit

External links edit

Official website (in French)
Gabriel Aubry career summary at DriverDB.com

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