Louis Delétraz

Louis Delétraz
Louis Delétraz
Nationality	Swiss
Born	22 April 1997; Geneva, Switzerland
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[lower-alpha 1]
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	8th in 2019, 2020
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.[2]

Career

Karting

Delétraz began karting in his native Switzerland in 2008, winning the Vega Trofeo Super Mini class the following year.[3] Third-place finishes followed in the KF3 Bridgestone Cup Switzerland and Vega Trofeo Junior categories in 2010 before winning the latter championship in 2011.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

Formula Renault 2.0

Delétraz graduated to Formula Renault for 2013, racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship with Josef Kaufmann Racing.[7] He finished the season in 19th place in the championship,[8] 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.[9] After winning the opening race of the season at Monza,[10] he took a further four podium positions to finish runner-up in the championship, sixteen points behind Fortec Motorsports Ben Barnicoat.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13] He won the Formula Renault NEC while he finished in the top3 in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[14]

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.[15]

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.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19]

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.[20] He completed 117 laps in the second day of the 2 day test.[21][22]

In May 2019 it was announced that Delétraz would join Haas F1 Team as simulator driver for the remainder of the 2019 season.[23]

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.[24]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Formula BMW Talent Cup	N/A	3	1	3	1	2	40	4th
2013	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	16	0	0	0	0	77	19th
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	15	1	1	0	5	242	2nd
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	AVF	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Josef Kaufmann Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	16	9	12	8	12	378	1st
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Josef Kaufmann Racing	17	3	5	3	5	193	2nd
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Comtec Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	29th
2016	Formula V8 3.5 Series	Fortec Motorsports	18	2	3	5	9	230	2nd
	ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0	14	36th
	GP2 Series	Carlin	2	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Racing Engineering	14	0	0	0	0	16	17th
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Rapax	8	0	0	0	0	16	17th
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Charouz Racing System	24	0	0	0	2	74	10th
2019	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Carlin	22	0	0	0	3	92	8th
2020	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Charouz Racing System	24		1[lower-alpha 2]	1	5	134	8th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GPX Racing	3	0	0	0	0	2	32nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Rebellion Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th

† 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.
2015	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Trent Hindman Victor Bouveng Dirk Adorf	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
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
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
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
2017	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			17th	16
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 10	CAT SPR 9	SPA FEA 4	SPA SPR 6	MNZ FEA 8	MNZ SPR 4	MUG FEA 3	MUG SPR 2	SOC FEA 18	SOC SPR 17	BHR FEA 16	BHR SPR 3	BHR FEA 12	BHR SPR 13	8th	134

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	Rebellion Racing	Nathanaël Berthon Romain Dumas	Rebellion R13-Gibson	LMP1	381	4th	4th

Notes

0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 1 pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[1]
0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 1 pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[25]

References

"Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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.
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"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.
"Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

External links

Louis Delétraz career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ben Barnicoat	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion 2015	Succeeded by Lando Norris

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[2] 0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 1 pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[1]

[27] 0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 1 pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[25]

[1] "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[3] 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.

[4] "Vega Trofeo – Super Mini 2009 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[5] "Vega Trofeo – Junior 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[6] "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.

[7] "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.

[8] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (25 January 2013). "Louis Deletraz joins Josef Kaufmann for FR2.0 NEC". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[9] "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[10] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (10 February 2014). "Josef Kaufmann Racing sign Deletraz for sophomore NEC campaign". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[11] David, Gruz (12 April 2014). "Deletraz victorious in first race of Formula Renault NEC at Monza". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[12] "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[13] 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.

[14] "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.

[15] Tsang, Natasha (4 October 2015). "2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 standings after Hungary". FormulaRapida.net. Formula Rapida Network. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[16] "BMW Motorsport Juniors 2015 confirmed". bmw-motorsport.com. BMW. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[17] Mills, Peter (3 July 2015). "Comtec to make Formula Renault 3.5 return at Red Bull Ring". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

[18] "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.

[19] "Delétraz completes Racing Engineering's 2017 driver line-up". December 16, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.

[20] "Delétraz and Piquet sign with Charouz Racing System". December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.

[21] "Deletraz confirmed for first F1 test with Haas". Crash. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-11-01.

[22] Jack Benyon. "F2 racer Deletraz: I'm a serious Haas F1 team future option". Autosport. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

[23] Samarth Kanal. "F1 Abu Dhabi tyre testing results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

[24] Jack Benyon. "Louis Deletraz gets Haas Formula 1 team simulator role". Autosport. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

[25] "WILLIAMS WINS VIRTUAL LE MANS 24 HOURS WITH REBELLION". The Race. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[26] "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 6 September 2020.