Cool Racing Explained

Cool Racing
Founded:	2017
Base:	Annecy, France
Principal:	Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre
Chassis:	Oreca 07 (ELMS), Ligier JS P320 (ELMS, MLMC)
Current Series:	European Le Mans Series Le Mans Cup Ultimate Cup Series
Current Drivers:	European Le Mans Series: 37. Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata 47. Alex García Ferdinand Habsburg Frederik Vesti 17. Miguel Cristóvão Manuel Espírito Santo Cédric Oltramare Le Mans Cup: 87. Adrien Closmenil James Sweetnam 97. Adrien Chila David Droux
Founders:	Patrick Barbier Alexandre Coigny
Website:	https://cool-racing.ch/

Cool Racing / CLX Motorsport, most commonly 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]

Founded in 2017 by Patrick Barbier and Alexandre Coigny, 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]

Racing record

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
2022	Cool Racing	37	Oreca 07-Gibson	Niklas Krütten Ricky Taylor Yifei Ye	LMP2	367	11th	7th
2023	Cool Racing	37	Oreca 07-Gibson	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	LMP2 (Pro-Am)	317	23rd	2nd
	47	Reshad de Gerus Vladislav Lomko Simon Pagenaud	LMP2	158	DNF	DNF
2024	Cool Racing	37	Oreca 07-Gibson	Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata	LMP2	289	26th	12th
	47	Matt Bell Naveen Rao Frederik Vesti	LMP2 (Pro-Am)	291	24th	5th

European Le Mans Series

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6		Pts
2017	Cool Racing by GPC	LMP3	4	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8	Iradj Alexander Gino Forgione (rounds 1–2) Alexandre Coigny (rounds 2–6)	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	ALG	16th	3
2018	Cool Racing	LMP3	4	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.6 L V8	Iradj Alexander (rounds 1–4, 6) Antonin Borga (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Lucas Borga (round 4) Christian Vaglio (round 4)	LEC	MNZ	RBR	SIL	SPA	ALG	13th	9
2019	Cool Racing	LMP2	37	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Antonin Borga Nicolas Lapierre Alexandre Coigny (rounds 1–4, 6)	LEC	MNZ	CAT	SIL	SPA	ALG	7th	44.5
2020	Cool Racing	LMP2	37	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Antonin Borga Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre	LEC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	ALG		7th	28.5
2021	Cool Racing	LMP3	19	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8	Matthew Bell Niklas Krütten Nicolas Maulini	CAT	RBR	LEC	MNZ	SPA	ALG	2nd	104
		LMP2	37	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Alexandre Coigny Nicolas Lapierre Antonin Borga (rounds 1–4) Charles Milesi (rounds 5–6)	CAT	RBR	LEC	MNZ	SPA	ALG	11th	25
2022	Cool Racing	LMP3	17	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8	Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith	LEC	IMO	MNZ	CAT	SPA	ALG	1st	86
			27			Antoine Doquin Jean-Ludovic Foubert Nicolas Maulini	LEC	IMO	MNZ	CAT	SPA	ALG	6th	53
		LMP2	37	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Niklas Krütten Nicolas Lapierre Ye Yifei	LEC	IMO	MNZ	CAT	SPA	ALG	4th	70
2023	Cool Racing	LMP3	17	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8	Adrien Chila Alex García Marcos Siebert	CAT	LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	ALG	1st	121
		LMP2 Pro-Am	37	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Alexandre Coigny Malthe Jakobsen Nicolas Lapierre	CAT	LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	ALG	2nd	101
		LMP2	47			Reshad de Gerus Vladislav Lomko José María López	CAT	LEC	ARA	SPA	POR	ALG	6th	69
2024	Cool Racing	LMP3	17	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56VE 5.6 L V8	Miguel Cristóvão Manuel Espírito Santo Cédric Oltramare	CAT	LEC	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG	2nd*	19*
		LMP2	37	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Lorenzo Fluxá Malthe Jakobsen Ritomo Miyata	CAT	LEC	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG	1st*	25*
			47			Alex García Frederik Vesti Paul-Loup Chatin (round 1) Ferdinand Habsburg (TBA)	CAT	LEC	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG	12th*	0*

FIA World Endurance Championship

References

1. Web site: ABOUT US COOL RACING . 2024-03-28 . en-US.
2. Web site: 15 August 2020 . Cool Racing . www.cool-racing.ch.
3. Web site: Cool Racing prend son indépendance . 2024-03-28 . Endurance Info . fr.
4. Web site: Lloyd . Daniel . 2021-01-07 . Cool to Focus on ELMS Under New Management Structure – Sportscar365 . 2024-03-28 . sportscar365.com . en-US.