Louis Delétraz
Louis Delétraz | |
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File:Louis Deletraz.jpg | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Geneva, Switzerland | 22 April 1997
Related to | Jean-Denis Délétraz (father) |
FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | Charouz Racing System |
Car number | 11 |
Former teams | Carlin Rapax Racing Engineering |
Starts | 92 (94 entries) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 9 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 8th in 2019 |
Previous series | |
2016 2015-16 2014-15 2013–15 2012 | GP2 Series Formula V8 3.5 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula BMW Talent Cup |
Championship titles | |
2015 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC |
Louis Delétraz (born 22 April 1997) is a Swiss racing driver currently competing in Formula 2 for Charouz. He is the son of former Formula One and Le Mans 24 Hours driver Jean-Denis Delétraz.[1]
Career
Karting
Delétraz began karting in his native Switzerland in 2008, winning the Vega Trofeo Super Mini class the following year.[2] Third-place finishes followed in the KF3 Bridgestone Cup Switzerland and Vega Trofeo Junior categories in 2010 before winning the latter championship in 2011.[3]
Formula BMW Talent Cup
Delétraz began his single-seater career in September 2012, racing in the Grand Final of the Formula BMW Talent Cup season, held at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Germany. He started each of the three races from Pole position, winning the second race of the event.[4] In the final race of the weekend, Delétraz collided with fellow Swiss driver Ralph Boschung with both drivers retiring from the race. He was subsequently excluded from the event following an incident in the pit lane after the race.[5]
Formula Renault 2.0
Delétraz graduated to Formula Renault for 2013, racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship with Josef Kaufmann Racing.[6] He finished the season in 19th place in the championship,[7] with a best race result of fifth coming in the second race of the Silverstone meeting.
Delétraz continued with the team for a second FR2.0 NEC season in 2014.[8] After winning the opening race of the season at Monza,[9] he took a further four podium positions to finish runner-up in the championship, sixteen points behind Fortec Motorsports Ben Barnicoat.[10] During the year, Delétraz also made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship, taking part in the rounds at Spa-Francorchamps, Nürburgring and Paul Ricard as a guest driver.[11]
In 2015, Delétraz stayed with Josef Kaufmann Racing for a third season, racing a dual campaign in both Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.[12] He won the Formula Renault NEC while he finished in the top3 in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[13]
In April 2015, Delétraz was announced as one of the four drivers selected to join the BMW Motorsport Junior Programme for 2015. As part of the initiative, he is due to contest three races of the Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring series (VLN) for the manufacturer.[14]
Formula Renault 3.5 Series/Formula V8 3.5
Delétraz made his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the fifth round of the 2015 season at the Red Bull Ring, driving for the returning Comtec Racing team.[15] He graduated to the series full time with Fortec in 2016, finishing runner-up in the standings.
GP2 Series
On 18 November 2016, it was announced that Delétraz would make his debut in the final round of the 2016 season with Carlin.[16] He finished twenty sixth in the overall standings with no points.
FIA Formula 2 Championship
In December 2016, after partaking in post-season testing with them, Delétraz signed to race full-time with Racing Engineering in 2017 alongside Gustav Malja.[17] For 2018 Delétraz moved to Charouz Racing System alongside ex Ferrari Driver Academy driver Antonio Fuoco. In 2019 Delétraz moved to reigning teams champion Carlin with Honda junior driver Nobuharu Matsushita. He finished the season 8th in the standings with a best result of 2nd in both the Monaco and Silverstone sprint races. For 2020, Deletraz will return to Charouz alongside Pedro Piquet.[18]
Formula One
In February 2016, Deletraz was confirmed as a member of Renault's young driver program.
In November 2018 it was announced that Delétraz would make his Formula One test debut with Haas F1 Team at the end-of-year Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi.[19] He completed 117 laps in the second day of the 2 day test.[20][21]
In May 2019 it was announced that Delétraz would join Haas F1 Team as simulator driver for the remainder of the 2019 season.[22]
Endurance Racing
Deletraz competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual and won it with Rebellion Williams eSports, driving the Oreca 07 in the LMP category.[23]
Racing record
Career summary
† As Delétraz was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
24 Hours of Zolder
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2015 | ![]() |
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BMW M235i Racing Cup | T7 | 710 | 15th | 7th |
Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results
(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 | Pos | Points |
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2015 | Comtec Racing | ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
MON 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
RBR 1 15 |
RBR 2 Ret |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
BUG 1 |
BUG 2 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
29th | 0 | |
2016 | Fortec Motorsports | ALC 1 1 |
ALC 2 5 |
HUN 1 3 |
HUN 2 4 |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 Ret |
LEC 1 6 |
LEC 2 1 |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 6 |
RBR 1 2 |
RBR 2 4 |
MNZ 1 2 |
MNZ 2 3 |
JER 1 12 |
JER 2 2 |
CAT 1 2 |
CAT 2 4 |
2nd | 230 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2016 | Carlin | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
BAK FEA |
BAK SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
YMC FEA Ret |
YMC SPR 17 |
26th | 0 |
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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2017 | Racing Engineering | BHR FEA 20 |
BHR SPR 12 |
CAT FEA 11 |
CAT SPR 14 |
MON FEA 14 |
MON SPR 16 |
BAK FEA Ret |
BAK SPR 16 |
RBR FEA 17 |
RBR SPR 13 |
SIL FEA 12 |
SIL SPR 13 |
HUN FEA 10 |
HUN SPR 12 |
17th | 16 | ||||||||||
Rapax | SPA FEA 14 |
SPA SPR 12 |
MNZ FEA 7 |
MNZ SPR 4 |
JER FEA 17 |
JER SPR 12 |
YMC FEA 10 |
YMC SPR Ret |
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2018 | Charouz Racing System | BHR FEA 13 |
BHR SPR 9 |
BAK FEA Ret |
BAK SPR 10 |
CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 10 |
MON FEA 4 |
MON SPR 2 |
LEC FEA 6 |
LEC SPR 2 |
RBR FEA Ret |
RBR SPR Ret |
SIL FEA 4 |
SIL SPR 5 |
HUN FEA 17 |
HUN SPR 9 |
SPA FEA 18 |
SPA SPR 13 |
MNZ FEA 13 |
MNZ SPR 11 |
SOC FEA 12 |
SOC SPR 13 |
YMC FEA 6 |
YMC SPR 6 |
10th | 74 |
2019 | Carlin | BHR FEA 5 |
BHR SPR 5 |
BAK FEA Ret |
BAK SPR Ret |
CAT FEA 12 |
CAT SPR 11 |
MON FEA 7 |
MON SPR 2 |
LEC FEA NC |
LEC SPR 7 |
RBR FEA 7 |
RBR SPR Ret |
SIL FEA 7 |
SIL SPR 2 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 13 |
SPA FEA C |
SPA SPR C |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 8 |
SOC FEA 3 |
SOC SPR 14 |
YMC FEA 4 |
YMC SPR 6 |
8th | 92 |
2020 | Charouz Racing System | RBR FEA 7 |
RBR SPR 2 |
RBR FEA 19 |
RBR SPR 12 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR 6 |
SIL FEA 6 |
SIL SPR 3 |
SIL FEA 5 |
SIL SPR 4 |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MUG FEA |
MUG SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
8th* | 134* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ Hensby, Paul (23 April 2015). "Louis Deletraz: "It's really important for my future to do well this year"". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Black Eagle Media Network. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
...and is following in the footsteps of his Father Jean-Denis Deletraz, who was a Formula 1 driver in the 1990s.
- ^ "Vega Trofeo – Super Mini 2009 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Vega Trofeo – Junior 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Louis Delétraz leads from start to finish to win second race of final in Oschersleben". press.bmwgroup-sport.com. BMW. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Marvin Dienst wins third race of "Grand Final" to be crowned overall winner of the 2012 Formula BMW Talent Cup". press.bmwgroup-sport.com. BMW. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (25 January 2013). "Louis Deletraz joins Josef Kaufmann for FR2.0 NEC". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (10 February 2014). "Josef Kaufmann Racing sign Deletraz for sophomore NEC campaign". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ David, Gruz (12 April 2014). "Deletraz victorious in first race of Formula Renault NEC at Monza". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Hensby, Paul (16 June 2015). "The rising star of Louis Deletraz". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Black Eagle Media Network. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
He also made his Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Series debut in 2014, making three appearances at Spa-Francorchamps, the Nurburgring and Paul Ricard.
- ^ "Delétraz re-signs for Josef Kaufmann Racing to race in Eurocup an NEC". formularapida.net. Formula Rapida Network. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Tsang, Natasha (4 October 2015). "2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 standings after Hungary". FormulaRapida.net. Formula Rapida Network. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "BMW Motorsport Juniors 2015 confirmed". bmw-motorsport.com. BMW. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Mills, Peter (3 July 2015). "Comtec to make Formula Renault 3.5 return at Red Bull Ring". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Louis Deletraz joins Carlin for GP2 debut at season finale". November 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
- ^ "Delétraz completes Racing Engineering's 2017 driver line-up". December 16, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "Delétraz and Piquet sign with Charouz Racing System". December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ "Deletraz confirmed for first F1 test with Haas". Crash. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ Jack Benyon. "F2 racer Deletraz: I'm a serious Haas F1 team future option". Autosport. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Samarth Kanal. "F1 Abu Dhabi tyre testing results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Jack Benyon. "Louis Deletraz gets Haas Formula 1 team simulator role". Autosport. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "WILLIAMS WINS VIRTUAL LE MANS 24 HOURS WITH REBELLION". The Race. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
External links
- Louis Delétraz career summary at DriverDB.com