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]
| Lucas Ordóñez | |||||||||||
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 Ordóñez in 2013 | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  Spanish | ||||||||||
| Full name | Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza | ||||||||||
| Born | May 1, 1985 (age 41) | ||||||||||
| Categorisation |  FIA Silver (until 2012) FIA Gold (2013–)[1] | ||||||||||
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In 2011, Ordóñez and his team came in second 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
edit24 Hours of Le Mans results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Signatech-Nissan |
Soheil Ayari Franck Mailleux |
Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 320 | 9th | 2nd |
| 2012 |  Greaves Motorsport |
Alex Brundle Martin Brundle |
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 340 | 15th | 8th |
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport |
 Michael Krumm Jann Mardenborough |
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | 9th | 3rd |
| 2014 |  Nissan Motorsports Global |
 Wolfgang Reip Satoshi Motoyama |
Nissan ZEOD RC | UNC | 5 | DNF | DNF |
| 2015 | Nissan Motorsports |
Tsugio Matsuda Mark Shulzhitskiy |
Nissan GT-R LM Nismo | LMP1 | 115 | DNF | DNF |
FIA GT Series results
editComplete Super GT results
edit(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
edit- ↑ "2013 FIA WEC - Liste des catégorisations des pilotes" (PDF). nextgen-auto.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ↑ "GT Academy kicks off". granturismoworld.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25.
- ↑ Plunkett, Luke (6 January 2009). "Two Guys Go From Racing Games To Racing Real Cars". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ Hanlon, Mike (6 May 2009). "Lucas Ordoñez – the first virtual-to-real race driver". gizmag.com.
- ↑ Tackie, Penrose (14 June 2011). "GT Academy winner gains podium finish at Le Mans". playstation.com. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ http://www.24h-rennen.de/uploads/media/24h_RACE_PROVISIONAL_TOTAL.pdf[permanent dead link]
External links
edit- Official website
- Lucas Ordóñez career summary at DriverDB.com