Gabriel Aubry (racing driver)
Gabriel "Gabi" Aubry (born 3 April 1998) is a French racing driver currently racing in the World Endurance Championship for Jackie Chan DC Racing.
Gabriel Aubry | |
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Aubry in GP3 Series | |
Nationality | French |
Born | Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France | 3 April 1998
GP3 Series career | |
Debut season | 2018 |
Current team | Arden International |
Car number | 14 |
Starts | 18 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 18th in 2018 |
Previous series | |
2016-17 2016 2015 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC French F4 Championship |
Career
Karting
Born in Saint Germain-en-Laye, Aubry began karting in 2008 at the age of eleven, partaking in events across Europe. One of his karting achievements was the third place in the KFJ class of the Andrea Margutti Trophy, when he finished ahead of such drivers as Jehan Daruvala and Lando Norris.[1]
Formula 4
In 2015, Aubry graduated to single-seaters. He competed in the French F4 Championship, where he won Hungaroring race and had another nine podium finishes. As a result, he finished in the top-three in the overall standings and as runner-up in the International F4 Championship standings.
Formula Renault 2.0
In 2016, Aubry switched to Formula Renault 2.0 with Tech 1 Racing, joining his French F4 rival Sacha Fenestraz.[2] He had six point-scoring finishes and finished eleventh in the drivers' standings.[3] He also had a partial 2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup campaign with the same team.[4]
Aubry continued with Tech 1 in 2017.[5] He won three races—two of them on Hungaroring and one at Spa—and had finished another five races on the podium position.[6][7] He ended the season fifth.[8] He again competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, ending the season fifth as well.[9]
GP3 Series
In January 2018, Aubry joined Arden International for the 2018 GP3 Series campaign.[10]
FIA World Endurance Championship
After two races in the LMP3 Class of the 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series with win in the season finale at Sepang.[11] In March 2018, Aubry was announced as a Jackie Chan DC Racing driver along with Ho-Pin Tung and Stephane Richelmi in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.[12] He finished second (eighth overall), behind the G-Drive Racing car which was the invitational entry in the season opener at Spa, taking his first LMP2 win in the World Endurance Championship.[13]
Racing record
Career summary
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2018–19 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 1 |
LMS 4 |
SIL 1 |
FUJ 2 |
SHA 1 |
SEB 6 |
SPA 3 |
LMS 2 |
2nd | 166 |
2019–20 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 4 |
FUJ 2 |
SHA 2 |
BHR 3 |
COA 2 |
SPA WD |
LMS DSQ |
BHR 1 |
7th | 128 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 356 | 10th | 6th |
2019 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ho-Pin Tung Stéphane Richelmi |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 367 | 7th | 2nd |
2020 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ho-Pin Tung Will Stevens |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 141 | DSQ | DSQ |
Complete GP3 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 | Pos | Points |
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2018 | Arden International | CAT FEA 12 |
CAT SPR Ret |
LEC FEA 15 |
LEC SPR Ret |
RBR FEA 16 |
RBR SPR Ret |
SIL FEA Ret |
SIL SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 10 |
HUN SPR 13 |
SPA FEA 13 |
SPA SPR 11 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR Ret |
SOC FEA 11 |
SOC SPR 6 |
YMC FEA 15 |
YMC SPR 14 |
18th | 5 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | MNZ | RBR | SIL | SPA 4‡ |
ALG 6 |
16th | 14 |
2020 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 10 |
SPA 9 |
LEC 5 |
MNZ 11 |
ALG 8 |
12th | 19.5 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2019 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 4 |
SEB 2 |
MDO | WGL 1 |
MOS | ELK | LGA | PET 1 |
4th | 130 | |
2020 | PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 2† |
SEB | ELK | ATL |
NC† | 0† | |||||
JDC-Miller MotorSports | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY | MDO 8 |
PET 8 |
LGA | SEB | 22nd | 46 | |||||
2021 | Tower Motorsport by Starworks | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 2† |
SEB |
DET |
WGL |
ELK |
LGA |
PET |
* | * |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.
References
- "Andrea Margutti Trophy - KFJ 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- Allen, Peter (16 December 2015). "Fenestraz and Aubry sign with Tech 1 for Formula Renault 2.0". PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2016 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "FIRST 2016 ENTRIES CONFIRMED FOR THE FORMULA RENAULT 2.0 NORTHERN EUROPEAN CUP". Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "Tech 1 Racing announces its four drivers for 2017". 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- Allen, Peter (2 July 2017). "Aubry takes second Hungaroring win after Fenestraz is penalised". Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- Allen, Peter (23 September 2017). "Aubry beats Fenestraz to win second Eurocup Spa race". formulascout.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2017 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2017 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Databse. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- Gruz, David (24 January 2018). "Arden signs Aubry for maiden GP3 campaign". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "6 Hours of Buriram - Asian Le Mans Series 2017-2018 - Final results Qualifying" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- Watkins, Gary (23 March 2018). "Le Mans class winner DC Racing to field all-Malaysian WEC line-up". autosport. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "Fernando Alonso wins on WEC debut as Toyota takes 1-2 at Spa". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
Jackie Chan DC Racing was left to settle for second in LMP2 with its #38 Oreca, shared by Ho-Pin Tung, Gabriel Aubry and Stephane Richelmi, while Signatech Alpine Matmut rounded out the podium with Andre Negrao, Nicolas Lapierre and Pierre Thiriet in the #36 Alpine A470 Gibson.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Gabriel Aubry career summary at DriverDB.com