Luxury Racing

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title: "Luxury Racing" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["european-le-mans-series-teams", "24-hours-of-le-mans-teams", "american-le-mans-series-teams", "fia-sportscar-championship-entrants", "fia-world-endurance-championship-teams", "international-gt-open-teams", "french-auto-racing-teams", "auto-racing-teams-established-in-2009", "intercontinental-le-mans-cup-teams"] description: "Motor racing team from France" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_Racing" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Motor racing team from France ::

| name = FRA Luxury Racing | logo = Luxury Racing (auto racing team) logo.png | founded = 2009 | principal = Eric Adam (team manager) | current series = European Le Mans Series FIA World Endurance Championship Ferrari Challenge | former series = Porsche Carrera Cup France International GT Open Intercontinental Le Mans Cup | drivers = FRA Frédéric Makowiecki BRA Jaime Melo GER Dominik Farnbacher GER Pierre Ehret USA Gunnar Jeannette USA Frankie Montecalvo | driver titles = Porsche Carrera Cup (2010) | team titles = | folded =

Luxury Racing is a motor racing team from France that formed in 2009. The team specialises in endurance racing, more specifically the FIA World Endurance Championship and has solely used Ferraris since 2011.

History

2011

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The team had its first venture in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011, where they raced two cars in the LMGTE Pro class. They qualified 36th and 41st, which is 8th and 13th in their class with the #59 and #58 cars respectively.

Unfortunately, both cars didn't finish the race, with the #58 car managing only 136 laps, and the #59 car lasting a further 47 with 183 laps.

2012

For the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans, the team qualified first in the LMGTE Pro class with the #59 car, which was 34th overall and just under five tenths of a second faster than the nearest competitor while the #58 car in the LMGTE Am class qualified in 44th, one place ahead of one of the LMP2 cars.

During the race, the #58 car retired after 146 laps, while the #59 car went on to complete 333 laps and finish the race in 18th, which was 2nd in their class after losing out to the winner by 3 laps. This also marked the team's first finish in the event since its debut in 2011.

Race Summary

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Season	Series	Class	Races	Wins	Poles	Podiums	Points	Position	2010	2011	2012
Porsche Carrera Cup France	–	?	?	?	?	202	1st
International GT Open	GTS	16	4	0	9	87	2nd
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup	LMGTE Pro	7	0	0	2	38	3rd
American Le Mans Series	GT	2	0	0	0	NC	NC
FIA World Endurance Championship	LMGTE Pro	3	0	2	2	54	4th*
LMGTE Am	3	0	3	1	18	6th*
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• Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

::data[format=table] | Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Engine | Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. | 2011 | 2012 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | LMGTE Pro | 59 | | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | MON Stéphane Ortelli FRA Frédéric Makowiecki BRA Jaime Melo | 183 | DNF | DNF | | | | | LMGTE Pro | 58 | | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | FRA Anthony Beltoise FRA François Jakubowski FRA Pierre Thiriet | 136 | DNF | DNF | | | | | LMGTE Pro | 59 | | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | FRA Frédéric Makowiecki BRA Jaime Melo GER Dominik Farnbacher | 333 | 18th | 2nd | | | | | LMGTE Am | 58 | | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | GER Pierre Ehret USA Gunnar Jeannette USA Frankie Montecalvo | 146 | DNF | DNF | | | | ::

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