1. Thomas Laurent was born on 5 April 1998 and is a French racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 European Le Mans Series with DKR Engineering.
19 Facts About Thomas Laurent
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Thomas Laurent previously competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship for French team Signatech Alpine Matmut and in the European Le Mans Series with Graff Racing.
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Thomas Laurent finished second in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans and third in the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Thomas Laurent aimed to be in endurance racing from the age of either 11 or 12 and was an enthusiast of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Thomas Laurent finished ninth at the 2012 World Karting Championship held in Portimao, Portugal.
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Thomas Laurent won the French Karting Championship every year from 2012 to 2014 and the World Karting Championship in 2015.
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Thomas Laurent stepped out of karting aged 17 in late 2015 and had twice tested a Formula 4 car but he was unhappy with the amount of money he required to progress to the category.
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Thomas Laurent raced in the 2016 European Le Mans Championship in LMP3 for YMR in a Ligier JS P3 alongside Alexandre Cougnaud and Yann Ehrlacher.
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Thomas Laurent finished 8th in the championship despite three retirements, and took a dominant win in the final round at Estoril.
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Thomas Laurent entered the Road To Le Mans race that year for DC Racing, alongside Cougnaud.
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Thomas Laurent took over the car in the lead and pulled away to win the race.
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Thomas Laurent raced in LMP2, again for DC Racing alongside Tung and Gustavo Menezes.
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Thomas Laurent missed the first round before they came second and first at Fuji and Buriram respectively.
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Thomas Laurent drove for Jackie Chan DC Racing in a Jota Sport run Oreca 07 alongside Tung and Oliver Jarvis.
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Thomas Laurent added to his win count with a dominant victory at the Nurburgring, but then finished ninth in class in Mexico due to a clutch issue.
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Thomas Laurent has a contract dispute with DC Racing, because he signed with Rebellion Racing.
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Thomas Laurent finished his first LMP1 race on podium behind two hybrid Toyotas.
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Thomas Laurent joined the Signatech Alpine team the following season, finishing 8th in the standings with two podiums.
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In November 2018, Thomas Laurent tested a Dallara F2 2018 car for Arden International at the FIA Formula 2 Championship post-season rookie test session at the Yas Marina Circuit.