Olivier Pla

After starting his career in single-seater racing, Frenchman Olivier Pla has earned an enviable reputation in sports car racing during recent years.

He first came to the attention of Nissan while competing in Oak Racing-entered LM P2 cars, powered by the NISMO-tuned Nissan VK45DE V8 engine.

Pla is the perfect example of a sports car driver who has both outright speed and the consistency to excel in endurance racing.

In 2014 he raced the No.26 Ligier-Nissan, which took LM P2 pole position in six of the eight FIA World Endurance Championship races.

Despite four victories and multiple fastest laps, Olivier and his team-mates were pipped to the championship win so the Frenchman is hungry for success in 2015.

2014

• FIA World Endurance Championship with Oak Racing (G-Drive entry). Runner up in LM P2 Drivers Endurance Trophy with four race victories.
• Competed in six rounds of the Tudor United Sports Car Championship with Oak Racing – winner at Mosport

2013

• FIA World Endurance Championship with Oak Racing. Runner up in LM P2 Drivers Endurance Trophy and second in class (eighth place overall) in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

2012

• Fourth place in LM P2 in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Oak Racing.
• Runner up on the European Le Mans Series with two podiums and one victory.

2011

• Competed in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, taking third place overall at Silverstone in the Oak/Pescarolo Judd LM P1.
• Le Mans Series & Le Mans 24 Hours: LM P1 / Zytek - Quifel-ASM

2010

• Sixth place overall in the Le Mans Series with one win and two podiums, driving a Ginetta-Zytek LM P2 - Quifel-ASM
• Seventh place at Le Mans 24 Hours in the Ginetta-Zytek LM P2 - Quifel-ASM

2009

• Le Mans Series LM P2 Champion with two race wins: Ginetta-Zytek LM P2 - Quifel-ASM
• Also raced Ginetta-Zytek in Le Mans 24 Hours – DNF

2008

• Competed in the Le Mans Series in the LM P2 Lola AER
• Fourth place in LM P2 at Le Mans 24 Hours, driving Lola AER for Quifel-ASM
• Raced at Petit Le Mans in the LM P1 Zytek factory
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• GP2 test driver

2007

• GP2 test driver

2006

• GP2 Series with David Price Racing

2005

• GP2 Series with David Price Racing: 2 wins

2004

• World Series by Nissan: partial season with Carline Motorsport, taking one win and two podium finishes.

2003

• Third place in Formula 3 Euroseries with ASM

2002

• Third place French Formula 3 Championship with ASM – two wins and six podiums
• F3 Masters in Zandvoort – second place overall

2001

• Made F3 debut in French Formula 3 Championship: 1 podium for Saulnier Racing

2000

• Third place in the Renault Campus Championship with four wins and eight podiums

1999

• Made motorsport debut at La Filiere