Kévin Estre | |
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Nationality | French |
Born |
Lyon, France |
28 October 1988
FIA WEC – LMP2 career | |
Debut season | 2015 |
Current team | OAK Racing |
Car no. | 34 |
Previous series | |
2014–15 2014 2013 2011–14 2011–13 2009–10 2008–14 2007 2006 |
United SportsCar Championship Blancpain Endurance Series FFSA GT Championship Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Germany FIA GT3 European Championship Porsche Carrera Cup France French Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault Campus France |
Championship titles | |
2013 2011 2006 |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Porsche Carrera Cup France Formula Renault Campus France |
Kévin Estre (born 28 October 1988) is a French professional racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with French squad OAK Racing.
Born in Lyon, Estre began his racing career in karting, contesting the 2001 French Cadet Championship and taking his first title. In 2004, he won the European ICA Championship, beating Jon Lancaster in the title competition.
In 2006, Estre began his graduation to single-seater racing by running in Formula Campus by Renault and Elf which he won comfortably at the first attempt, taking six wins and a total of twelve podium finishes from thirteen races.
For the 2007 season, Estre graduated into the French Formula Renault 2.0 championship for Graff Racing. He finished ninth, taking nine point-scoring finishes from thirteen races.
Estre decided to switch to sportscars in 2008, continuing his collaboration with Graff Racing into the Porsche Carrera Cup France. He won a race at the final round of the season at Magny-Cours and scored another three podiums, finishing fifth overall.
He remained in the series for 2009, but switched to Sofrev — ASP. This time he added race victories at Nogaro, Le Castellet and Circuit de Lédenon, improving to fourth position in the series standings. As well as this, Estre competed in the Le Castellet round of the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship season with MP Racing.