Adrien Closmenil

Closmenil started karting in 2015, where he immediately won the Coupe CRK in the Mini class of the French Championship in Angerville.^[1] Years in the Mini, Cadet, and eventually OK-Junior followed, with Closmenil branching out onto the international stage in 2021 and 2022.^[2][3]

The following year, Closmenil made his car racing debut in the French F4 Championship as one of three drivers supported by the Winfield Racing School.^[4][5] At the second round in Magny-Cours, the reversed-top-ten starting format for race 2 allowed Closmenil to start from pole.^[6] A slow start meant he dropped behind Leonardo Megna, though Closmenil quickly got back ahead. He defended the place against Megna until the end, claiming his first car racing victory in the process.^[7] Chaos ensued at Pau, where Closmenil was taken out in a multi-car incident during race 2; a subsequent engine examination ruled him out of competing in race 3.^[8][9] Further retirements at Spa, Lédenon, and Le Castellet blighted the second half of his campaign, which Closmenil finished 13th overall.^{[10][11][12][13]}

For 2024, Closmenil moved into sports car racing, more precisely the LMP3 category.^[14] He joined Cool Racing and bronze-ranked James Sweetnam in the Le Mans Cup.^[15] He also made appearances in the Ultimate Cup Series, taking an LMP3 pole for the season-opening Paul Ricard race and winning three races as part of the Challenge Monoplace in a Tatuus FR-19 single-seater.^[16][17][18] The Le Mans Cup season meanwhile began with fourth place in Barcelona and 12th at Paul Ricard. At the Road to Le Mans event, Closmenil took pole position for race 1 in the season's only qualifying session open to non-amateur drivers.^[19] Contact on the opening lap forced the No. 87 Cool Racing entry out of the race. Closmenil scored his first sports car podium in Spa, finishing second after a frantic final lap and multiple penalties.^[20] Points results in the final two races put Closmenil and Sweetnam into fifth place overall.^[21]

Closmenil progressed into the European Le Mans Series in 2025, piloting the new Ligier JS P325 at the renamed CLX Motorsport alongside Theodor Jensen and bronze Paul Lanchère.^[22][23] Having taken pole for the season-opening Barcelona round, Closmenil secured the win by passing Matthieu Lahaye with an hour to go and holding off Gillian Henrion during the final two laps following a safety car restart.^[24][25] He repeated this feat in Le Castellet, claiming a dominant pole position and winning after leading during the final stint.^[26] Closmenil's success continued at that year's Road to Le Mans event, where he and Theodor Jensen drove a guest entry for CLX: after Jensen progressed from ninth to fifth in the opening laps, Closmenil came out second following the pit stops. He chased down Hadrien David and soon passed him to take victory in race 1.^[27] Imola saw Jensen earn his maiden ELMS pole position, before Closmenil and his teammates overcame an early penalty to win for a third time.^[28][29] Another Jensen pole followed at Spa, though the race proved to be tricky, as the CLX crew served multiple penalties. Closmenil still managed to claw his way back to third, though his attempt to close in on second-placed Ian Aguilera was ended when he suddenly went off and subsequently stopped the car after being recovered to the track.^[30][31] This was rendered irrelevant at Silverstone, where a dominant performance allowed Closmenil, Jensen, and Lanchère to win the championship with a race to spare.^[32][33] Closmenil inherited his third pole of the year at Portimão when the RLR MSport entry was disqualified, before the team closed out a commanding campaign with their fifth victory from six races.^[34][35]

In 2026, Closmenil moved up to CLX Motorsport's LMP2 programme in the European Le Mans Series, partnering fellow LMP3 graduates Jensen and Aguilera.^[36]