Ludovic "Ludo" Lacroix is a

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motor racing engineer currently engineering Anton De Pasquale's

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in the

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Career

Early career

Lacroix began his career in 1988 in France, and afterwards had stints in

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and DTM. He joined

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in England in 1999. In 2002, Lacroix was the race engineer for

Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello (born 23 May 1969 in Fontenay-aux-Roses) is a French former Auto racing, race car driver, most notable for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1998, the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in 1999 Brit ...

in the

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. Aïello would go on to win seven races and the championship for Abt Sportsline in that season.

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Lacroix moved to Australia in 2003 to join the then-Australian offshoot,

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as a technical director and head of the engineering department. In 2008, Lacroix designed the aerodynamics for the new

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raced by Triple Eight. At the 2013 Bathurst 1000, Lacroix engineered a Triple Eight wildcard entry #10

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driven by

Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström (born 14 July 1978 in Falun, Sweden) is a racing driver from Sweden. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Audi from 2001 until his retirement in 2018, and has been competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championshi ...

and

Andy Priaulx Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE ( born 8 August 1974) is a British professional racing driver from Guernsey. In 2019 he raced for Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and Cyan Racing Lynk & Co in the FIA World Tou ...

which ultimately finished in 10th place. In 2016, he engineered the #888

driven by

Craig Lowndes Craig Andrew Lowndes (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver in the Repco Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is also a TV commentator. Lowndes is a three-time V8 Sup ...

. After announcing his impending departure part-way through the season, he was stood down by team principal

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and replaced in this role by John McGregor.

DJR Team Penske

In 2017 Lacroix moved to

DJR Team Penske Dick Johnson Racing (formerly DJR Team Penske), is Australia's oldest motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. The team currently fields the #11 and #17 Ford Mustang GTs for Anton de Pasquale and Will Davison respectiv ...

becoming the engineer on Scott McLaughlin's

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References

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