# David Droux

David Droux (born 19 February 1997 in Lajoux) is a Swiss racing driver currently competing in Le Mans Cup for CLX Motorsport. He is the 2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace and 2023 Le Mans Cup – LMP3 champion.

## Early career

Stepping up to single-seaters in 2013, Droux competed in the last season of the Formula BMW Talent Cup, where he finished eighth in the standings at season's end.
In 2014, Droux joined the centrally-run French F4 Championship. Scoring his first points of the season with a fourth-place finish at Pau, Droux waited four rounds for his only podium in the series, finishing second behind Gjergj Haxhiu in the second Jerez race.
Remaining in single-seaters for 2015, Droux switched to the V de V Challenge Monoplace series, joining RC Formula. In the 17-race season, Droux won all but two races and clinched the title at the final round at Magny-Cours.

## Prototype career
### LMP3 beginnings (2016–2021)

After leaving single-seaters on a full-time basis following his V de V title, Droux joined Duqueine Engineering to compete in the LMP3 class of the 2016 European Le Mans Series. Despite winning the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring, Duqueine was given a four-second penalty for not respecting minimum pit stop times, giving the win to United Autosports and sending the Duqueine team back to second place.
Droux was retained by Duqueine Engineering for the 2017 season. Following the team's switch to the Norma M30 from the third round of the season, Droux scored his first pole position in the series at Red Bull Ring and took another podium at the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
Staying in the LMP3 category for 2018, Droux switched to Yvan Muller's M.Racing - YMR team for his third ELMS season. Despite starting off the season with a pole and a podium at Paul Ricard, Droux wasn't able to score another top five for the rest of the season, finishing 10th in the standings at season's end.
In 2019, Droux joined Realteam Racing, partnering Esteban García. At Monza, Droux finished fourth, which would turn out to be his best finish of the season as he concluded the season 7th in the standings. In late 2019, Droux made his debut in the Asian Le Mans Series, staying in the LMP3 class and joining Graff Racing alongside Eric Trouillet and Sebastien Page. Droux scored his first LMP3 win in an ACO-sanctioned championship at the 4 Hours of Sepang.
Droux stayed with Realteam and Garcia for the 2020 season. In his fifth season in the category, Droux scored his first win in the series at Paul Ricard from pole and ended the season third in points.
Ahead of the 2021 season, Droux returned to Graff Racing along with Sebastien Page and Eric Trouillet. Droux scored his only podium of the season at the Red Bull Ring, finishing third in wet conditions.

### LMP2 debut and LMP3 return (2022–)

In early 2022 Droux stepped up to LMP2, staying with Graff Racing for the 2022 Asian Le Mans season. In the four-race season, Droux finished on the overall podium in every race and won the LMP2 Am title at season's end.
Droux remained with Graff Racing for the European Le Mans Series. Only competing in the first three races of the season, Droux also made his maiden appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing seventh in LMP2 Pro-Am. Towards the end of the 2022 season, Droux returned to LMP3 competition, racing in the final two rounds of the Michelin Le Mans Cup, winning on his return at Spa.
Droux stayed in Le Mans Cup for 2023, joining Cool Racing, alongside Luis Sanjuan. At the second round of the season at Le Mans, Droux finished third in race one and took his only win of the season in race two.
Staying with Cool Racing for the 2024 season, Droux was joined by Adrien Chila for his second full season in the series. Despite only taking one win, in the second round of the season at Paul Ricard, won the LMP3 title at the final round of the season, beating out R-ace GP by 5.5 points.
Ahead of the 2025 season, it was confirmed that Droux would stay with the newly-rebranded CLX Motorsport alongside Cédric Oltramare.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2012 | Trophée Oscar Petit – KZ125 | | 11th |
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## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2013 | Formula BMW Talent Cup | N/A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8th |
| 2014 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 12th |
| 2015 | V de V Challenge Monoplace | RC Formula | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 660 | 1st |
| 2015 | Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 32nd |
| 2016 | European Le Mans Series – LMP3 | Duqueine Engineering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 6th |
| 2016 | V de V Challenge Monoplace | RC Formula | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | NC |
| 2017 | European Le Mans Series – LMP3 | Duqueine Engineering | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37.5 | 8th |
| 2017 | V de V Endurance Series – LMP3 | Duqueine Engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 19th |
| 2018 | European Le Mans Series – LMP3 | M.Racing - YMR | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27.5 | 10th |
| 2018 | IMSA Prototype Challenge – LMP3 | Forty 7 Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 33rd |
| 2019 | European Le Mans Series – LMP3 | Realteam Racing | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.5 | 7th |
| 2019 | European Endurance Prototype Cup – LMP3 | Realteam Racing | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 10th |
| 2019–20 | Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 | Graff Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 5th |
| 2020 | European Le Mans Series – LMP3 | Realteam Racing | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 3rd |
| 2021 | European Le Mans Series – LMP3 | Graff Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 6th |
| 2022 | Asian Le Mans Series – LMP2 | Graff Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Asian Le Mans Series – LMP2 Am | Graff Racing | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 93 | 1st |
| 2022 | European Le Mans Series – LMP2 Pro-Am | Graff Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8th |
| 2022 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Pro-Am | Graff Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th |
| 2022 | Le Mans Cup – LMP3 | Graff Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9th |
| 2023 | Le Mans Cup – LMP3 | Cool Racing | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 7th |
| 2024 | Le Mans Cup – LMP3 | Cool Racing | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73.5 | 1st |
| 2024 | European Endurance Prototype Cup – LMP3 | Cool Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30th |
| 2024 | European Endurance Prototype Cup – NP02 | Graff Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 6th |
| 2025 | Prototype Winter Series – LMP3 | CLX Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 126 | 2nd |
| 2025 | Le Mans Cup – LMP3 | CLX Motorsport | | | | | | | |
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### Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | LMS 1 15 | LMS 2 13 | LMS 3 12 | PAU 1 4 | PAU 2 6 | PAU 3 12 | VDV 1 20† | VDV 2 10 | VDV 3 Ret | MAG 1 6 | MAG 2 7 | MAG 3 6 | NOG 1 15 | NOG 2 11 | NOG 3 15 | JER 1 7 | JER 2 2 | JER 3 10 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | 12th | 69 |

### Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | Mark Burdett Motorsport | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | HOC 1 12 | HOC 2 13 | HOC 3 Ret | 32nd | 17 |

### Complete European Le Mans Series results

| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
| 2016 | Duqueine Engineering | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | SIL | IMO 4 | RBR 2 | LEC 2 | SPA Ret | EST 9 | 6th | 50 |
| 2017 | Duqueine Engineering | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 11 | MNZ 8 | | | | | 8th | 37.5 |
| 2017 | Duqueine Engineering | LMP3 | Norma M30 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | | | RBR 9 | LEC Ret | SPA 2 | ALG 4 | 8th | 37.5 |
| 2018 | M.Racing - YMR | LMP3 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | LEC 2 | MNZ 13 | RBR Ret | SIL 8 | SPA 8‡ | ALG 10 | 10th | 27.5 |
| 2019 | Realteam Racing | LMP3 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | LEC 7 | MNZ 4 | CAT 8 | SIL 11 | SPA 8 | ALG 8 | 7th | 31.5 |
| 2020 | Realteam Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | LEC 4 | SPA Ret | LEC 1 | MNZ 4 | ALG 2 | | 3rd | 55 |
| 2021 | Graff Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | CAT 12 | RBR 3 | LEC 7 | MNZ 13 | SPA 4 | ALG 6 | 6th | 44 |
| 2022 | Graff Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 16 | IMO 13 | MNZ 16 | CAT | SPA | ALG | 28th | 0 |
| 2022 | Graff Racing | Pro-Am Cup | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | 8th | 26 |

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2022 | Graff Racing | Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 344 | 33rd | 23rd |
| 2022 | Graff Racing | Eric Trouillet Sébastien Page | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 Pro-Am | 344 | 33rd | 7th |

### Complete Le Mans Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | Graff Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | LEC | IMO | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | MNZ | SPA 1 | ALG 7 | 9th | 31 |
| 2023 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | CAT 20 | LMS 1 3 | LMS 2 1 | LEC 8 | ARA 7 | SPA 7 | ALG 20 | 7th | 38 |
| 2024 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | CAT 5 | LEC 1 | LMS 1 4 | LMS 2 2 | SPA 9 | MUG 4 | ALG 4 | 1st | 73.5 |
| 2025 | CLX Motorsport | LMP3 | Ligier JS P325 | CAT | LEC | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | SPA | SIL | ALG | * | * |