Paul Lafargue (racing driver)

Paul Lafargue (born 8 July 1988) is a French racing driver. Having started his car racing career at the relatively late age of 23, Lafargue has been a regular in the European Le Mans Series's LMP2, where he has been competing for his father's team IDEC Sport since 2016.^[1][2]

Paul Lafargue
Lafargue in 2019
Nationality	French
Born	(1988-07-08) 8 July 1988 (age 35)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	IDEC Sport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Starts	31
Wins	1
Podiums	5
Best finish	1st in 2019
Previous series
2013 2016 2017-19,21	International GT Open Le Mans Cup 24H Series
Championship titles
2019	European Le Mans Series
Last updated on: 30 March 2022.

The Frenchman won the 2019 European Le Mans Series alongside Paul-Loup Chatin and Memo Rojas.^[3] He has also competed in the International GT Open and the Le Mans Cup, as well as several classic car races.^[4]

Lafargue started competing in 2011, driving in the prototype class of the V de V Challenge Endurance in his homeland.^[5] Having made a one-off appearance in the series's single-seater category in 2013, Lafargue would take his first race win that year, taking home the 997 class win at the 24 Hours of Barcelona.^[6][7] In 2014, the Frenchman won his first races in the Endurance Challenge, which, alongside four further podiums, earned him and Ruffier Racing the V de V title. He would finish second the following year, racing for the team built by his father on the basis of Ruffier Racing: IDEC Sport.^[8] During the same season, he, father Patrice Lafargue, and Gabriel Abergel drove a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car in the 24H Series, winning three races and the class title.^[9]