Jim Pla

Jim Pla (born 6 October 1992 in Béziers) is a French racing driver.

Jim Pla
Nationality French
Born (1992-10-06) 6 October 1992
Béziers (France)
Porsche Carrera Cup France career
Debut season2013
Current teamNourry Competition
Previous series
2010
2010
2009
2008–09
2007		Formula 3 Euro Series
GP3 Series
Formula BMW Pacific
Formula BMW Europe
FR Campus France

Career

Formula Renault Campus France

Pla began his formula racing career in the 2007 Formula Renault Campus France season. He finished sixth overall in the championship, with one win and 70.5 points.

Formula BMW

The following season, Pla competed in the Formula BMW Europe for DAMS. He finished seventeenth in standings, taking five points-scoring positions in sixteen races. For 2009, Pla remained in the series, staying with DAMS. He finished fifth behind Danish driver Michael Christensen in the championship with four wins in row at Valencia Street Circuit,[1][2] and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[3][4]

Formula Three
Pla competing at the second round of the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim.

2010 saw Pla move to the Formula 3 Euro Series, competing for multiple champions ART Grand Prix, joining Valtteri Bottas and Alexander Sims at the team.[5] He finished 10th in the championship with one win and four points finishes out of 18 races. For 2011, Pla was set to switch to the Signature Team.

GP3 Series

Pla made his debut in GP3 Series at Istanbul Park round replacing his fellow Formula Renault Campus rival Jean-Éric Vergne.[6]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Formula Campus Renault Formule Campus 13 1 3 ? 4 70.5 6th
2008 Formula BMW Europe DAMS 16 0 0 0 0 54 17th
Formula BMW World Final 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2009 Formula BMW Europe DAMS 16 4 3 2 6 222 5th
Formula BMW Pacific EuroInternational 1 0 0 0 1 N/A NC†
2010 Formula 3 Euro Series ART Grand Prix 18 1 0 0 1 13 10th
Masters of Formula 3 0 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
GP3 Series Tech 1 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 36th
2013 Porsche Carrera Cup France Nourry Competition 12 0 1 1 3 171 3rd
2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany TECE MRS Racing 12 0 0 0 0 32 21st
2015 Porsche Carrera Cup France Racing Technology 12 0 0 2 5 149 5th
2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup - Pro-Am Racing Technology 12 1 0 0 1 72 6th
2018 French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am AKKA-ASP Team 12 2 0 1 5 139 2nd
2019 French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am AKKA-ASP Team 11 1 2 4 2 80 8th
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team France 3 0 0 0 0 - 4th

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2010 ART Grand Prix Dallara F308/070 Mercedes LEC
1
7		 LEC
2
11		 HOC1
1
13		 HOC1
2
6		 VAL
1
DNS		 VAL
2
8		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
8		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
4		 ZAN
1
10		 ZAN
2
13		 BRH
1
13		 BRH
2
12		 OSC
1
9		 OSC
2
1		 HOC2
1
12		 HOC2
2
11		 10th 13

Personal life

He is no relation to fellow French driver Olivier Pla. Pla list his hobbies as skiing, cinema, quad biking and soccer,[7] while his favourite circuit is Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, where he won twice during the 2009 Formula BMW Europe season.

References
  1. "Formula BMW Europe Valencia Race 1" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  2. "Formula BMW Europe Valencia Race 2" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  3. "Formula BMW Europe Spa Race 1" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  4. "Formula BMW Europe Spa Race 2" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  5. Costa, Massimo (13 November 2009). "Carlin e Manor via dal campionato". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  6. "GP3 Series – Istanbul: Round 2 Preview". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  7. "Formula BMW Europe. 2009 Championship Guide" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

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