Olivier Lombard

Olivier Lombard
Olivier Lombard
	Lombard in 2014
Nationality	French
Born	25 April 1991 (age 33); Poissy, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Current team	Signatech-Nissan
Previous series
2011; 2010-2011; 2009; 2009	American Le Mans Series; Le Mans Series; Formula BMW America; Formula BMW Europe
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2011
Teams	Greaves Motorsport
Best finish	8th (2011)
Class wins	1 (2011)

Olivier Lombard (born 25 April 1991 in Poissy) is a French racing driver, racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Signatech-Nissan.

Career

After karting from 2004 to 2008, Olivier Lombard began racing cars in 2009 when he contested the Formula BMW Europe series. Driving for the EuroInternational team, he finished 16th overall and fourth best rookie, with a best result of fifth at the final race of the season at Monza. He also contested two rounds of the 2009 Formula BMW Americas season with EuroInternational, at Virginia and Road America.

In 2010 Olivier Lombard switched to sportscars, contesting the final three rounds of the Le Mans Series in the Formula Le Mans category with Hope Polevision Racing. After the car failed to finish at his first race, he finished third in the FLM class at the Hungaroring and second at Silverstone.

After contesting the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring and 1000 km of Spa in the FLM car, he signed with Greaves Motorsport to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the remainder of the Le Mans Series with the team in its LMP2 class Zytek-Nissan.^[1] Olivier Lombard and Greaves went on to win the LMP2 class at Le Mans, finishing eighth overall. They also won the Le Mans Series rounds at Imola and Silverstone, helping Greaves to win the LMP2 title.

Olivier Lombard contested the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season for Signatech-Nissan in LMP2, together with fellow French drivers Franck Mailleux and Jordan Tresson.^[2]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2011	Greaves Motorsport	Karim Ojjeh Tom Kimber-Smith	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	326	8th	1st
2012	Signatech-Nissan	Jordan Tresson Franck Mailleux	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	340	16th	9th
2013	Morand Racing	Natacha Gachnang Franck Mailleux	Morgan LMP2-Judd	LMP2	320	11th	5th

References

^ Doret, Jean-Philippe (27 May 2011). "Olivier Lombard joins Greaves Motorsport". lemans.org. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^ O'Leary, Jamie (13 February 2012). "Franck Mailleux stays with Signatech-Nissan squad for World Endurance Championship". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

External links

Official website
Olivier Lombard career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Doret, Jean-Philippe (27 May 2011). "Olivier Lombard joins Greaves Motorsport". lemans.org. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

[2] O'Leary, Jamie (13 February 2012). "Franck Mailleux stays with Signatech-Nissan squad for World Endurance Championship". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

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