Oliver Pla
| Olivier Pla | |
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Pla at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans driver parade
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| Nationality | French |
| Born |
22 October 1981 Toulouse (France) |
| Le Mans Series (LMP2) career | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | Quifel ASM Team |
| Starts | 10 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2009 |
| Previous series | |
| 2007 2005–07 2004 2003 2001–02 2000 |
Porsche Cup Germany GP2 Series World Series by Nissan Formula 3 Euro Series French Formula Three Formula Campus |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2008–2016 |
| Teams | OAK Racing, Quifel ASM Team |
| Best finish | 8th (2013) |
Olivier Pla (born 22 October 1981) is a professional racing driver from France.
Born in Toulouse, Pla started his career in 2000 in French Formula Campus before moving on to French Formula Three Championship in 2001 with the Saulnier Racing team. He finished eighth in the series standings, taking nine points-scoring positions in eleven races, including a podium in the penultimate race of the season at Magny-Cours.
In 2002, Pla stayed in the series but switched to the ASM team. He finished third, behind Renaud Derlot and Tristan Gommendy, taking nine podium places from fourteen races, including wins at Croix-en-Ternois and Bugatti Circuit.
In 2003, Pla joined the Formula 3 Euro Series with ASM. He finished third, behind Christian Klien and Ryan Briscoe, taking nine podium places from twenty races.
2004 saw Pla leave the Euroseries, joining the World Series by Nissan. He contested two rounds with RC Motorsport before joining Carlin Motorsport to replace Michael Keohane. He finished ninth, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in eighteen races, including a win at Estoril.
In 2005 he raced in the inaugural GP2 Series season for David Price Racing. In the early part of the season he stalled on the grid several times — some blamed the GP2 cars for the high number of stallings, while others noticed that the same drivers seemed to be affected regularly. In another race his team mate selected reverse instead of first gear and went backwards into Olivier's car. However, he took advantage of the reverse grid system to finish eighth in Race One and thus take pole for Race Two twice (at Hockenheim and Silverstone), winning both those races to finish 11th in the championship. He remained with DPR for 2006, but was dropped mid-season after running out of sponsorship, after a difficult period which saw him score no points and injure his hand in Monaco.
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