Côme Norbert Ledogar (born 23 May 1991) is a professional

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from

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. He is best known for winning the

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overall title in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, with Robert Bell and

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, and for winning the 2021 24 Hours of Spa overall and the

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in the GTE Pro class.

Career

Formula Renault 1.6

Born in

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, Ledogar began his racing career in 2007 at the age of 16, making his début in

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in the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium for Thierry Boutsen Energy Racing. For

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he joined Formul'Academy Euro Series, which used the same Formula Renault 1.6 cars. He won four from fourteen races and had another two podium finishes, losing the title to

Arthur Pic Arthur Pierre Louis Pic (born 5 October 1991) is a French retired racing driver. He competed in the GP2 Series between 2014 and 2016. Career Karting Like most top-line drivers, Pic began his racing career in karting, contesting the 2005 French ...

Formula BMW

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, Ledogar moved to the Formula BMW Europe, joining

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team. He finished nine from sixteen races in points to finish season 17th. For the

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he switched to Eifelland Racing. He had three podium finishes, improving to the sixth in the standings.

Formula Renault 2.0

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, he switched to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, with the

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. He ended season 19th with three point-scoring finishes. He also had a part-time campaign in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, achieving podium finish at

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Sports car racing

In 2012, Ledogar decided to switch to sports car racing, joining Pro GT by Alméras in the

Porsche Carrera Cup France Porsche Carrera Cup France is a Spec racing, one make motor racing championship held in France. The cars are Porsche 911 GT3#Motorsport, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991.2) with 4.0 liters, Flat-six engine, flat-6 naturally aspirated engines that pr ...

. He won four from fourteen races but lost 22 points in the championship battle to

Jean-Karl Vernay Jean-Karl "J. K." Vernay (born 31 October 1987) is a French professional racing driver. He was 2010 Indy Lights and 2017 TCR International Series champion. He has won races at the World Touring Car Cup, where he finished fifth in 2018 and won th ...

. He remained in the Cup for 2013, switching to

Sébastien Loeb Racing Sébastien Loeb Racing is a French racing team, founded by rally and racing driver Sébastien Loeb. It currently competes in the World Rallycross Championship, World Touring Car Cup, Porsche Carrera Cup France, and 208 Rally Cup. The team us ...

, but wasn't able to improve his position in the standings, winning only two races. For 2014 he returned to Alméras team, finally winning the series, with four-point margin over Maxime Jousse after six race wins and another two podium finishes. For 2015 Ledogar had a double campaign in both

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and Carrera Cup Italia. He was victorious in the Italian series at

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, Misano and Mugello and had another seven podiums on his way to the runner-up place behind

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. While in the Supercup he was eight in the standings, and the second-best season rookie with a podium at

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. In 2016, Ledogar continued to race in the Carrera Cup Italia. He amassed Mattia Drudi by 19 points in the championship battle and had six race wins with eight another podium finishes. Also he became a McLaren factory driver. He competed behind the wheel of McLaren 650S GT3 in the 2016 International GT Open and

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with Garage 59 team. He won Monza GT Open race, but as he wasn't on the full schedule he finished only eleventh in the standings. While in the

2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup The 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the sixth season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The season started on 24 April at Monza and ended on 18 September at the Nürburgring. The season featured five rounds, with each race lastin ...

, which was part of the

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, he became champion with Robert Bell and

. For 2017, Ledogar was more concentrated on GT Open, staying with Garage 59, pairing with Alexander West. He finished third in the Pro-Am standings. While in the

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he joined

Strakka Racing Strakka Racing was a British auto racing team founded by Nick Leventis. The team was based at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire. The team made history at the 2010 1000 km of Hungaroring when they became the first team in Le Mans Serie ...

. But he finished only 69th, with just two points, which was scored on the opening round of the

2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup The 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup was the seventh season of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. The season began on 23 April at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza and ended on 1 October in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona. The s ...

. In 2018, Ledogar rejoined Garage 59 squad in the

, becoming teammate of

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and Andrew Watson. In 2019, Ledogar left McLaren and joined Garage 59 to drive an

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at the

together with Jonny Adam and Andrew Watson, and at two additional rounds of the

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with Chris Goodwin and Alexander West. Also he drove a

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at the

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with Car Guy Racing. He drove for Garage 59 at the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour, and entered three rounds of the

2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series The 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series was the eighth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Asian Le Mans Series. It is the fourth 24 Hours of Le Mans-based series created by the ACO, following the American Le Mans Series (since merged with the Ro ...

with Car Guy Racing, scoring a win at The Bend. After the COVID-19 pandemic's first lockdown, the Frenchman entered the Silverstone round of the 2020 Porsche Supercup. Then he drove a Ferrari 488 at the

and at the Paul Ricard round of the

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with

AF Corse AF Corse is an Italian auto racing team founded by former racing driver Amato Ferrari in 1995 in Piacenza. Strongly linked to the Maserati and Ferrari brands, AF Corse currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship, GT World Chal ...

, winning the latter with

Tom Blomqvist Tom Leonard Blomqvist (born 30 November 1993) is a British racing driver. He competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Meyer Shank Racing. Blomqvist also competes in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA World Endurance Champion ...

and

Alessandro Pier Guidi Alessandro Pier Guidi (born December 18, 1983) is a racing driver from Italy. A Ferrari factory driver since 2017, he won the LMGTE Pro FIA World Endurance Championship in 2017, 2021 and 2022, the 2019 and 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Pr ...

. In 2021, Car Guy Racing hired the driver for the

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, winning the final race. He joined

Iron Lynx Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola. The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They primarily participate in sports car racing, and are a sis ...

for the

, partnering with Pier Guidi and

Nicklas Nielsen Nicklas Ganshorn Nielsen (born 6 February 1997) is a Danish racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Ferrari AF Corse, driving a Ferrari 499P in the Hypercar class. He won the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans together with ...

. The trio won the 2021 24 Hours of Spa. In addition, AF Corse hired him as third driver for the

, claiming the win at the GTE Pro class.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress. † Guest driver ineligible to score points

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ledogar, Come 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Annecy French racing drivers French F4 Championship drivers Formula BMW Europe drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers Porsche Supercup drivers International GT Open drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers 24H Series drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers Auto Sport Academy drivers DAMS drivers Eifelland Racing drivers R-ace GP drivers Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers Strakka Racing drivers Meyer Shank Racing drivers AF Corse drivers Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 drivers Australian Endurance Championship drivers Aston Martin Racing drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers McLaren Racing drivers Iron Lynx drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Italy drivers Porsche Carrera Cup France drivers Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers 21st-century French sportsmen