Ludo Lacroix
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1965 (age 59)[1] France |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Supercars |
| Team | Triple Eight Racing Triple Eight Race Engineering Dick Johnson Racing Nulon Racing |
Ludovic "Ludo" Lacroix is a French motor racing engineer currently engineering Tim Slade for PremiAir Nulon Racing in the Supercars Championship.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Lacroix began his career in 1988 in France, and afterwards had stints in British Touring Car Championship and DTM.[2][3] He joined Triple Eight Racing in England in 1999. In 2002, Lacroix was the race engineer for Laurent Aïello in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.[4] Aïello would go on to win seven races and the championship for Abt Sportsline in that season.
Triple Eight Race Engineering
[edit]Lacroix moved to Australia in 2003 to join the then-Australian offshoot, Triple Eight Race Engineering as a technical director and head of the engineering department.[5]
In 2008, Lacroix designed the aerodynamics for the new Ford FG Falcon raced by Triple Eight.
At the 2013 Bathurst 1000, Lacroix engineered a Triple Eight wildcard entry #10 Holden VF Commodore driven by Mattias Ekström and Andy Priaulx which ultimately finished in 10th place.[6]
In 2016, he engineered the #888 Holden VF Commodore driven by Craig Lowndes. After announcing his impending departure part-way through the season, he was stood down by team principal Roland Dane and replaced in this role by John McGregor.
DJR Team Penske
[edit]In 2017 Lacroix moved to DJR Team Penske becoming the engineer on Scott McLaughlin's Ford FG X Falcon.[7][8]
Nulon Racing
[edit]In 2024 Lacroix moved to PremiAir Nulon Racing to become engineer for Tim Slade.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "TRIPLE EIGHT RACE ENGINEERING LIMITED". companycheck.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Blue corner weighs in". CarsGuide. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "V8 Supercars: Ludo Lacroix". The Red Bulletin. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Laurent Aiello and race engineer Ludovic Lacroix". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Ludo Lacroix". Red Bull Holden Racing. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Lacroix to the rescue!". Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Supercars: Roland Dane expects Triple Eight to stay strong after Ludo Lacroix's exit". The Advertiser. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Supercars: Roger Penske confirms Ludo Lacroix at DJR Team Penske, denies 'poaching' suggestions". January 13, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "Lacroix takes over as lead Slade engineer | Supercars". www.supercars.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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