Lucas Ordóñez Explained

Lucas Ordóñez
Nationality: Spanish
Full Name:Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza
Racing Licence: FIA Gold
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Team(S):Signatech Nissan, Greaves Motorsport
Best Finish:9th
Class Wins:0

Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza (born May 1, 1985) is a Spanish former racecar driver, who entered professional racing by winning a spot in a PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo competition.[1] [2] Racing for Nissan in the 2009 GT4 European Cup season, he secured a podium finish in his first event.[3] Two race wins towards the end of the season secured him joint second place overall.

In 2011 he and his team came in 2nd in their class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4]

Ordonez began 2012 by taking the role of lead driver in Nissan's 'all-gamer car' at the Dubai 24 Hours.[5] The team finished on the podium.[6] He competed in the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hours for Greaves Motorsport.

For the 2012 24 Hours Nürburgring race, driving the #123 car with Kazunori Yamauchi, he finished 1st in the SP 8T class, and 30th overall.[7]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
2011 Signatech-Nissan Soheil Ayari
Franck Mailleux
Oreca 03-NissanLMP23209th2nd
2012 Greaves Motorsport Alex Brundle
Martin Brundle
Zytek Z11SN-NissanLMP234015th8th
2013 Greaves Motorsport Michael Krumm
Jann Mardenborough
Zytek Z11SN-NissanLMP23279th3rd
2014 Nissan Motorsports Global Wolfgang Reip
Satoshi Motoyama
Nissan ZEOD RCUNC5DNFDNF
2015 Nissan Motorsports Tsugio Matsuda
Mark Shulzhitskiy
Nissan GT-R LM NismoLMP1115DNFDNF

FIA GT Series results

* Season still in progress.

Complete Super GT results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPts
2013NDDP RacingNissan GT-R GT3GT300OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZ
FUJFUJAUTMOT27th3
2014NDDP Racing with B-MAXNissan GT-R GT3GT300OKA
FUJ
AUT
SUG
FUJ
SUZ
BUR
MOT
4th48
2015Kondo RacingNissan GT-R GT500GT500OKA
FUJ
BUR
FUJSUZSUGAUTMOTNC0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GT Academy kicks off . granturismoworld.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090225085621/http://granturismoworld.com/en/gt_academy/language/index.htm . 2009-02-25.
  2. Web site: Plunkett . Luke . Two Guys Go From Racing Games To Racing Real Cars . . . 6 January 2009 . 17 June 2011.
  3. Web site: Lucas Ordoñez – the first virtual-to-real race driver . gizmag.com . Mike . Hanlon . 6 May 2009.
  4. Web site: Tackie . Penrose . GT Academy winner gains podium finish at Le Mans . playstation.com . 14 June 2011 . 17 June 2011.
  5. News: Nissan confirm Dubai 24 Hours line-up . motorstv.com . . Weeks . James . 6 January 2012 . 6 January 2012 . 25 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130125195822/http://www.motorstv.com/car/endurance/dubai-24-hours/06012012/nissan-confirm-dubai-24-hours-line . dead .
  6. Web site: January 18, 2012 . GT Academy Winners Earn Podium Finish at Dubai 24H - News - gran-turismo.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120201215409/http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/news/d6206.html . 2012-02-01 . 2024-08-12 . us.gran-turismo.com.
  7. http://www.24h-rennen.de/uploads/media/24h_RACE_PROVISIONAL_TOTAL.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}