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CLX Motorsport, formerly known as Cool Racing, is a French-based Swiss sports car racing team which currently competes in the European Le Mans Series, fielding entries in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, as well as the Le Mans Cup.[1]

Cool Racing logo

Founded in 2017 by Patrick Barbier and Alexandre Coigny, owner of Cool Aviation, the team initially partnered with Racing Spirit of Léman to run their operations.[2][3] At the end of 2020, a restructuring occurred, during which Nicolas Lapierre became the team principal and the outfit was rebranded to Cool Racing / CLX Motorsport; the C and L standing for Coigny and Lapierre respectively.[4] CLX fully absorbed the team in 2025.[5]

Cool Racing at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 Switzerland Cool Racing 42 Oreca 07Gibson Switzerland Antonin Borga
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
France Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 365[N 1] 12th 8th
2022 Switzerland Cool Racing 37 Oreca 07Gibson Germany Niklas Krütten
United States Ricky Taylor
China Yifei Ye
LMP2 367 11th 7th
2023 Switzerland Cool Racing 37 Oreca 07Gibson Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Nicolas Lapierre
LMP2 (Pro-Am) 317 23rd 2nd
47 France Reshad de Gerus
Vladislav Lomko
France Simon Pagenaud
LMP2 158 DNF DNF
2024 Switzerland Cool Racing 37 Oreca 07Gibson Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Japan Ritomo Miyata
LMP2 289 26th 12th
47 United Kingdom Matt Bell
United States Naveen Rao
Denmark Frederik Vesti
LMP2 (Pro-Am) 291 24th 5th
2025 Lithuania CLX – Pure Rxcing 37 Oreca 07Gibson United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin
France Tristan Vautier
LMP2 358 32nd 14th

European Le Mans Series

Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Pts
2017 France Cool Racing by GPC LMP3 4 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 Switzerland Iradj Alexander
Switzerland Gino Forgione (rounds 1–2)
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–6)
SIL
14
MNZ
14
RBR
NC
LEC
10
SPA
12
ALG
11
16th 3
2018 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 4 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8 Switzerland Iradj Alexander (rounds 1–4, 6)
Switzerland Antonin Borga (rounds 1–3, 5–6)
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–3, 5–6)
Switzerland Lucas Borga (round 4)
Switzerland Christian Vaglio (round 4)
LEC
10
MNZ
9
RBR
10
SIL
11
SPA
6‡
ALG
13
13th 9
2019 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Antonin Borga
France Nicolas Lapierre
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–4, 6)
LEC
7
MNZ
8
CAT
3
SIL
Ret
SPA
2
ALG
14
7th 44.5
2020 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Antonin Borga
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
France Nicolas Lapierre
LEC
4
SPA
10
LEC
12
MNZ
4
ALG
9
7th 28.5
2021 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 19 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 United Kingdom Matthew Bell
Germany Niklas Krütten
France Nicolas Maulini
CAT
1
RBR
1
LEC
2
MNZ
4
SPA
2
ALG
8
2nd 104
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
France Nicolas Lapierre
Switzerland Antonin Borga (rounds 1–4)
France Charles Milesi (rounds 5–6)
CAT
10
RBR
10
LEC
12
MNZ
12
SPA
4
ALG
6
11th 25
2022 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 United Kingdom Mike Benham
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
United States Maurice Smith
LEC
1
IMO
3
MNZ
Ret
CAT
3
SPA
Ret
ALG
1
1st 86
27 France Antoine Doquin
France Jean-Ludovic Foubert
Switzerland Nicolas Maulini
LEC
Ret
IMO
2
MNZ
6
CAT
Ret
SPA
4
ALG
3
6th 53
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Germany Niklas Krütten
France Nicolas Lapierre
China Ye Yifei
LEC
5
IMO
3
MNZ
8
CAT
3
SPA
5
ALG
3
4th 70
2023 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 France Adrien Chila
Mexico Alex García
Argentina Marcos Siebert
CAT
1
LEC
3
ARA
1
SPA
1
POR
4
ALG
2
1st 121
LMP2 Pro-Am 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Nicolas Lapierre
CAT
3
LEC
2
ARA
Ret
SPA
1
POR
1
ALG
2
2nd 101
LMP2 47 France Reshad de Gerus
Vladislav Lomko
Argentina José María López
CAT
4
LEC
4
ARA
5
SPA
3
POR
4
ALG
7
6th 69
2024 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 Portugal Miguel Cristóvão
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare (rounds 1–5)
CAT
2
LEC
5
IMO
8
SPA
3
MUG
Ret
ALG
1
4th 75
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Japan Ritomo Miyata (rounds 1–2, 4–6)
France Paul-Loup Chatin
CAT
1
LEC
Ret
IMO
Ret
SPA
5
MUG
9
ALG
1
3rd 62
47 Mexico Alex García (rounds 1–2)
Denmark Frederik Vesti
France Paul-Loup Chatin (round 1–2)
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg (3–6)
Thailand Carl Bennett (rounds 3–6)
CAT
12
LEC
2
IMO
10
SPA
11
MUG
13
ALG
3
9th 34
2025 Switzerland CLX Motorsport LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 France Adrien Closmenil
Denmark Theodor Jensen
France Paul Lanchère
CAT
1
LEC
1
IMO
1
SPA
Ret
SIL
1
ALG
1
1st 130
LMP2 47 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo
Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi
Brazil Pipo Derani (rounds 1–3)
Mexico Sebastián Álvarez (round 4)
CAT
Ret
LEC
3
IMO
5
SPA
6
SIL
12
ALG
6
6th 41
Lithuania CLX – Pure Rxcing 37 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist (rounds 1–5)
United Kingdom Alex Malykhin (rounds 1–5)
France Tristan Vautier (rounds 1–5)
CAT
4
LEC
Ret
IMO
10
SPA
9
SIL
Ret
ALG 11th 15

Asian Le Mans Series

Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Pts
2023 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 France Adrien Chila
Switzerland Cédric Oltramare
Argentina Marcos Siebert
DUB
14
DUB
Ret
ABU
6
ABU
2
8th 26
LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Alexandre Coigny
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
France Nicolas Lapierre (rounds 1–2)
DUB
8
DUB
5
ABU
1
ABU
3
2nd 54
2023-24 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 Saint Kitts and Nevis Alexander Bukhantsov
United Kingdom James Winslow
Singapore Danial Frost (rounds 1–2)
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo (rounds 4–5)
SEP
1
SEP
3
DUB
1
ABU
2
ABU
2
1st 104
LMP2 47 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 3–5)
Spain Lorenzo Fluxá (rounds 3–5)
France Vladislav Lomko (rounds 3–5)
SEP SEP DUB
Ret
ABU
12
ABU
10
13th 1
2025-26 Switzerland CLX Motorsport LMP3 17 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8 United States Alexander Jacoby
France Paul Lanchère
Switzerland Kévin Rabin
SEP
3
SEP
1
DUB
5
DUB
3
ABU
1
ABU
Ret
1st 96

FIA World Endurance Championship

Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Pts
2019–20 Switzerland Cool Racing LMP2 42 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Switzerland Antonin Borga
France Nicolas Lapierre
Switzerland Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–7)
SIL
1
FUJ
5
SHA
Ret
BHR
6
COA
4
SPA
2
LMS
4
BHR 6th 103

Notes

  1. ^ The No. 42 Oreca was penalised 2 minutes and 3.880 seconds for Alexandre Coigny exceeding the maximum drive time of four hours in a six-hour period. The penalty demoted the car one position.[6]

References

  1. ^ “ABOUT US | COOL RACING”. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ “Cool Racing”. www.cool-racing.ch. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. ^ “Cool Racing prend son indépendance”. Endurance Info (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (7 January 2021). “Cool to Focus on ELMS Under New Management Structure – Sportscar365”. sportscar365.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ^ “ELMS / Le Mans – Cool Racing devient CLX Motorsport”. Endurance-Info (in French). 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. ^ “Decision No. 122” (PDF). Automobile Club de l’Ouest. 20 September 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.