Ludo Lacroix Explained

Ludo Lacroix
Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	France
Sport:	Supercars
Team:	Triple Eight Racing Triple Eight Race Engineering Dick Johnson Racing Nulon Racing

Ludovic "Ludo" Lacroix is a French motor racing engineer currently engineering Tim Slade for PremiAir Nulon Racing in the Supercars Championship.

Career

Early career

Lacroix began his career in 1988 in France, and afterwards had stints in British Touring Car Championship and DTM.^{[2] [3]} He joined Triple Eight Racing in England in 1999. In 2002, Lacroix was the race engineer for Laurent Aïello in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.^[4] Aïello would go on to win seven races and the championship for Abt Sportsline in that season.

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Lacroix moved to Australia in 2003 to join the then-Australian offshoot, Triple Eight Race Engineering as a technical director and head of the engineering department.^[5]

In 2008, Lacroix designed the aerodynamics for the new Ford FG Falcon raced by Triple Eight.

At the 2013 Bathurst 1000, Lacroix engineered a Triple Eight wildcard entry #10 Holden VF Commodore driven by Mattias Ekström and Andy Priaulx which ultimately finished in 10th place.^[6]

In 2016, he engineered the #888 Holden VF Commodore driven by Craig Lowndes. After announcing his impending departure part-way through the season, he was stood down by team principal Roland Dane and replaced in this role by John McGregor.

DJR Team Penske

In 2017 Lacroix moved to DJR Team Penske becoming the engineer on Scott McLaughlin's Ford FG X Falcon.^{[7] [8]}

Nulon Racing

In 2024 Lacroix moved to PremiAir Nulon Racing to become engineer for Tim Slade.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: TRIPLE EIGHT RACE ENGINEERING LIMITED. companycheck.co.uk. 25 May 2017.
2. Web site: Blue corner weighs in. CarsGuide. 13 April 2017. carsguide.
3. Web site: V8 Supercars: Ludo Lacroix. The Red Bulletin. 13 April 2017. redbull.
4. Web site: Laurent Aiello and race engineer Ludovic Lacroix. Motorsport.com. 25 May 2017.
5. Web site: Ludo Lacroix. Red Bull Holden Racing. 13 April 2017. rbhrt.
6. Web site: Lacroix to the rescue!. Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. 13 April 2017.
7. Web site: Supercars: Roland Dane expects Triple Eight to stay strong after Ludo Lacroix’s exit. The Advertiser. 13 April 2017. duplicitous.
8. Web site: Supercars: Roger Penske confirms Ludo Lacroix at DJR Team Penske, denies ‘poaching’ suggestions . January 13, 2017 . March 25, 2017.
9. Web site: Lacroix takes over as lead Slade engineer Supercars . 2024-06-13 . www.supercars.com . en.