Team Cool Racing – ELMS

Nicolas Lapierre
Born on 2 April 1984 in Thonon-les-Bains, France

After cutting his teeth in karting, Nicolas Lapierre made a name for himself shortly after switching to single-seater racing in 2000. In 2002, he finished third in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, before winning on the streets of Macau in 2003 at the famous F3 Grand Prix. His single-seater career equally saw him win the A1 GP (2006) championship and claim two GP2 race wins (2007). It was also in 2007 that he made his debut at Le Mans, where he immediately fell in love with Endurance racing. Specialised in the discipline since then, he was part of the Toyota Gazoo Racing works team for three seasons (2012-2014), backed at the time by TotalEnergies, winning a few of the most prestigious races (12 Hours of Sebring in 2011 and 2018) and becoming something of an authority at the world's greatest endurance race. Indeed, he finished third overall at Le Mans in 2014 but has also won the LMP2 class on four occasions (2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019), including three with the ELF brand. In 2022, Nicolas Lapierre is under the spotlights since he is racing in the European Le Mans Series for his own structure, Cool Racing, backed by ELF.

Alexandre Coigny
Born on 16 August 1975 in Lugano, Switzerland

Alexandre is the perfect example of the gentleman driver who has moved up the Endurance ladder step by step. He is a regular competitor of the ELMS and an essential Cool Racing team member since 2017. After a break in 2022, he is back in 2023 more motivated than ever.

Malthe Jakobsen

Born on 29 October 2003 in Sennels, Denmark

The young Danish embodies for sure the future of Endurance. After karting, he moved to single seater where he won the Danish F4 championship in 2019, before switching from 2020 to Endurance racing, both in ELMS and IMSA. He won in 2022 the ELMS championship in the LMP3 category, he has also been invited to participate to the FIA WEC rookie test, showing once again how promising and talented he is. Therefore, his promotion in the LMP2 category of the ELMS is the next logical step for him.

Adrien Chila

Born on 28 October 1975 in France

In 2023 Cool Racing is definitely hoping to win the title in LMP3 category a second time in a row, and to do the team has put together a new crew, featuring in particular Adrien Chila. The French gentleman driver is a specialist of the category and he had already the chance to feature on the rostrum. 2020 was the only season he didn’t race prototypes and he clinched the third overall position in the single seater Ultimate Cup Series.

Marcos Siebert

Born on 23 March 1996 in Mar del Plata, Argentina

Marcos followed the traditional single seater path, setting on the way some impressive performances in the Italian F4 Championship and in the EuroFormula Open series. He only tasted prototypes in 2022 but he seems to have enjoyed his discovery as he is now back in the LMP3 category of the ELMS for a full campaign in 2023.

Alejandro Garcia

Born on 17 July 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico

The young mexican is the second latin American of the Cool Racing LMP3 crew. He tackles several tasks at once because he is both competing in ELMS and in the FIA Formula 3 championship.