Kévin Estre

Born in Lyon, Estre began his racing career in karting, contesting the 2001 French Cadet Championship and taking his first title.

Estre decided to switch to sportscars in 2008, continuing his collaboration with Graff Racing into the Porsche Carrera Cup France.

This time he added race victories at Nogaro, Le Castellet and Circuit de Lédenon, improving to fourth position in the series standings.

[5] As well as this, Estre competed in the Le Castellet round of the 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship season with MP Racing.

[8][9] In 2011, Estre remained in the Porsche Carrera Cup France for a fourth successive year, but he joined the AS Events team.

[15] In the German series, he finished fourth, winning the 24 Hours Nürburgring support race held on the Nordschleife.

[21] In 2014, Estre became a McLaren GT factory driver, joining the ART Grand Prix squad in the Blancpain Endurance Series.

[23] In 2015, Estre joined Chris Cumming and Laurens Vanthoor in OAK Racing in the LMP2 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In addition, the Frenchman competed at the Pirelli World Challenge, where he drove a K-Pax Racing McLaren to fifth place in the GT drivers standings.

Kévin Estre at the 2011 Monza Porsche Supercup round.
Kévin Estre painted his helmet in the same colours as the Porsche he drove at the 2018 Le Mans 24 hours. The car was in turn painted in honour of the Pink Pig Porsche 917 , which raced at the Le Mans race in 1971, and which had a similar porcine hue.