Lucas Ordóñez

Lucas Ordóñez
Ordóñez in 2013
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameLucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza
BornMay 1, 1985 (1985-05) (age 40)
Racing licence FIA Silver (until 2012)
FIA Gold (2013–)[1]
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years20112015
TeamsSignatech Nissan, Greaves Motorsport
Best finish9th (2011)
Class wins0

Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza (born May 1, 1985) is a Spanish former racecar driver, who entered professional racing by winning a spot in a PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo competition.[2][3] Racing for Nissan in the 2009 GT4 European Cup season, he secured a podium finish in his first event.[4] Two race wins towards the end of the season secured him joint second place overall.[citation needed]

In 2011, Ordóñez and his team came in 2nd in their class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[5]

Ordóñez began 2012 by taking the role of lead driver in Nissan's 'all-gamer car' at the Dubai 24 Hours.[6] The team finished on the podium.[7] He competed in the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hours for Greaves Motorsport.

For the 2012 24 Hours Nürburgring race, driving the #123 car with Kazunori Yamauchi, Ordóñez finished first in the SP 8T class, and 30th overall.[8]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2011 France Signatech-Nissan France Soheil Ayari
France Franck Mailleux
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 320 9th 2nd
2012 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport United Kingdom Alex Brundle
United Kingdom Martin Brundle
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 340 15th 8th
2013 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Germany Michael Krumm
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 327 9th 3rd
2014 Japan Nissan Motorsports Global Belgium Wolfgang Reip
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Nissan ZEOD RC UNC 5 DNF DNF
2015 Japan Nissan Motorsports Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 115 DNF DNF

FIA GT Series results

Year Class Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2013 Pro-Am Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan NOG
QR

19
NOG
CR

7
ZOL
QR

18
ZOL
CR

Ret
ZAN
QR

13
ZAN
QR

8
SVK
QR
SVK
CR
NAV
QR

13
NAV
CR

11
TBA
QR
TBA
CR
10th 49

* Season still in progress.

Complete Super GT results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2013 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ
9
FUJ FUJ AUT MOT 27th 3
2014 NDDP Racing with B-MAX Nissan GT-R GT3 GT300 OKA
4
FUJ
5
AUT
4
SUG
9
FUJ
10
SUZ
19
BUR
1
MOT
8
4th 48
2015 Kondo Racing Nissan GT-R GT500 GT500 OKA
11
FUJ
11
BUR
Ret
FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT NC 0

References

  1. ^ "2013 FIA WEC - Liste des catégorisations des pilotes" (PDF). nextgen-auto.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  2. ^ "GT Academy kicks off". granturismoworld.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25.
  3. ^ Plunkett, Luke (6 January 2009). "Two Guys Go From Racing Games To Racing Real Cars". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. ^ Hanlon, Mike (6 May 2009). "Lucas Ordoñez – the first virtual-to-real race driver". gizmag.com.
  5. ^ Tackie, Penrose (14 June 2011). "GT Academy winner gains podium finish at Le Mans". playstation.com. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  6. ^ Weeks, James (6 January 2012). "Nissan confirm Dubai 24 Hours line-up". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ^ "GT Academy Winners Earn Podium Finish at Dubai 24H - News - gran-turismo.com". us.gran-turismo.com. January 18, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  8. ^ http://www.24h-rennen.de/uploads/media/24h_RACE_PROVISIONAL_TOTAL.pdf[permanent dead link]