Louis Delétraz


Louis Delétraz is a Swiss racing driver currently competing in Formula 2 for Charouz. He is the son of former Formula One and Le Mans 24 Hours driver Jean-Denis Délétraz.

Career

Karting

Delétraz began karting in his native Switzerland in 2008, winning the Vega Trofeo Super Mini class the following year. Third-place finishes followed in the KF3 Bridgestone Cup Switzerland and Vega Trofeo Junior categories in 2010 before winning the latter championship in 2011.

Formula BMW Talent Cup

Delétraz began his single-seater career in September 2012, racing in the Grand Final of the Formula BMW Talent Cup season, held at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Germany. He started each of the three races from Pole position, winning the second race of the event. In the final race of the weekend, Delétraz collided with fellow Swiss driver Ralph Boschung with both drivers retiring from the race. He was subsequently excluded from the event following an incident in the pit lane after the race.

Formula Renault 2.0

Delétraz graduated to Formula Renault for 2013, racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship with Josef Kaufmann Racing. He finished the season in 19th place in the championship, with a best race result of fifth coming in the second race of the Silverstone meeting.
Delétraz continued with the team for a second FR2.0 NEC season in 2014. After winning the opening race of the season at Monza, he took a further four podium positions to finish runner-up in the championship, sixteen points behind Fortec Motorsports Ben Barnicoat. During the year, Delétraz also made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship, taking part in the rounds at Spa-Francorchamps, Nürburgring and Paul Ricard as a guest driver.
In 2015, Delétraz stayed with Josef Kaufmann Racing for a third season, racing a dual campaign in both Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC. He won the Formula Renault NEC while he finished in the top3 in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.
In April 2015, Delétraz was announced as one of the four drivers selected to join the BMW Motorsport Junior Programme for 2015. As part of the initiative, he is due to contest three races of the Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring series for the manufacturer.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series/Formula V8 3.5

Delétraz made his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the fifth round of the 2015 season at the Red Bull Ring, driving for the returning Comtec Racing team. He graduated to the series full time with Fortec in 2016, finishing runner-up in the standings.

GP2 Series

On 18 November 2016, it was announced that Delétraz would make his debut in the final round of the 2016 season with Carlin. He finished twenty sixth in the overall standings with no points.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

In December 2016, after partaking in post-season testing with them, Delétraz signed to race full-time with Racing Engineering in alongside Gustav Malja.
For 2018 Delétraz moved to Charouz Racing System alongside ex Ferrari Driver Academy driver Antonio Fuoco.
In 2019 Delétraz moved to reigning teams champion Carlin with Honda junior driver Nobuharu Matsushita. He finished the season 8th in the standings with a best result of 2nd in both the Monaco and Silverstone sprint races.
For 2020, Deletraz will return to Charouz alongside Pedro Piquet.

Formula One

In February 2016, Deletraz was confirmed as a member of Renault's young driver program.
In November 2018 it was announced that Delétraz would make his Formula One test debut with Haas F1 Team at the end-of-year Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi. He completed 117 laps in the second day of the 2 day test.
In May 2019 it was announced that Delétraz would join Haas F1 Team as simulator driver for the remainder of the 2019 season.

Endurance Racing

Deletraz competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual and won it with Rebellion Williams eSports, driving the Oreca 07 in the LMP category.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Delétraz was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Zolder

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2015Comtec RacingALC
1		ALC
2		MON
1		SPA
1		SPA
2		HUN
1		HUN
2		RBR
1
15		RBR
2
Ret		SIL
1		SIL
2		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		BUG
1		BUG
2		JER
1		JER
2		29th0
2016Fortec MotorsportsALC
1
1		ALC
2
5		HUN
1
3		HUN
2
4		SPA
1
3		SPA
2
Ret		LEC
1
6		LEC
2
1		SIL
1
10		SIL
2
6		RBR
1
2		RBR
2
4		MNZ
1
2		MNZ
2
3		JER
1
12		JER
2
2		CAT
1
2		CAT
2
4		2nd230

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2016CarlinCAT
FEA		CAT
SPR		MON
FEA		MON
SPR		BAK
FEA		BAK
SPR		RBR
FEA		RBR
SPR		SIL
FEA		SIL
SPR		HUN
FEA		HUN
SPR		HOC
FEA		HOC
SPR		SPA
FEA		SPA
SPR		MNZ
FEA		MNZ
SPR		SEP
FEA		SEP
SPR		YMC
FEA
Ret		YMC
SPR
17		26th0

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
Racing EngineeringBHR
FEA
20		BHR
SPR
12		CAT
FEA
11		CAT
SPR
14		MON
FEA
14		MON
SPR
16		BAK
FEA
Ret		BAK
SPR
16		RBR
FEA
17		RBR
SPR
13		SIL
FEA
12		SIL
SPR
13		HUN
FEA
10		HUN
SPR
12		17th16
RapaxSPA
FEA
14		SPA
SPR
12		MNZ
FEA
7		MNZ
SPR
4		JER
FEA
17		JER
SPR
12		YMC
FEA
10		YMC
SPR
Ret		17th16
Charouz Racing SystemBHR
FEA
13		BHR
SPR
9		BAK
FEA
Ret		BAK
SPR
10		CAT
FEA
Ret		CAT
SPR
10		MON
FEA
4		MON
SPR
2		LEC
FEA
6		LEC
SPR
2		RBR
FEA
Ret		RBR
SPR
Ret		SIL
FEA
4		SIL
SPR
5		HUN
FEA
17		HUN
SPR
9		SPA
FEA
18		SPA
SPR
13		MNZ
FEA
13		MNZ
SPR
11		SOC
FEA
12		SOC
SPR
13		YMC
FEA
6		YMC
SPR
6		10th74
CarlinBHR
FEA
5		BHR
SPR
5		BAK
FEA
Ret		BAK
SPR
Ret		CAT
FEA
12		CAT
SPR
11		MON
FEA
7		MON
SPR
2		LEC
FEA
NC		LEC
SPR
7		RBR
FEA
7		RBR
SPR
Ret		SIL
FEA
7		SIL
SPR
2		HUN
FEA
Ret		HUN
SPR
13		SPA
FEA
C		SPA
SPR
C		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
8		SOC
FEA
3		SOC
SPR
14		YMC
FEA
4		YMC
SPR
6		8th92
Charouz Racing SystemRBR
FEA
7		RBR
SPR
2		RBR
FEA
19		RBR
SPR
12		HUN
FEA
7		HUN
SPR
6		SIL
FEA
6		SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MUG
FEA
MUG
SPR
**

* Season still in progress.