Reshad de Gerus

French racing driver (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reshad Jean de Gerus (born 1 July 2003) is a French racing driver from Réunion, who is competing in the European Le Mans Series for Inter Europol Competition.[1]

NationalityFrance French
BornReshad Jean de Gerus
(2003-07-01) 1 July 2003 (age 22)
Debut season2022
Current teamDuqueine Team
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Reshad de Gerus
de Gerus in 2023
NationalityFrance French
BornReshad Jean de Gerus
(2003-07-01) 1 July 2003 (age 22)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2022
Current teamDuqueine Team
Racing licence FIA Silver (2022)
FIA Gold (2023–)
Car number30
Co-driverRoy Nissany, Francesco Simonazzi
Former teamsIDEC Sport, Cool Racing
Starts16 (16 entries)
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles2
Fastest laps0
Best finish6th (LMP2 Pro) in 2023, 2024
Previous series
2021
2020
2019
2018-19
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Formula Renault Eurocup
FIA Motorsport Games F4 Cup
French F4 Championship
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Early career

French F4 Championship

De Gerus drove in the French F4 Championship from 2018 to 2019. In his debut season, he took part in the Junior category, finishing runner-up to Théo Pourchaire with four wins and sixteen podiums. In 2019, de Gerus competed in the full championship, where four wins, including one at the Pau Circuit, helped him to second in the standings.[2][3]

FIA Motorsport Games

De Gerus represented Team France and the FFSA at the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup where an Olympic style competition takes place with different categories of racing. De Gerus was driving in the Formula 4 Cup. After qualifying, he was in ninth, just over two seconds off the pace. For the qualifying race, he slipped back one place meaning Team France would start in tenth behind Team Russia. The race itself saw de Gerus finish fifth.

Formula Renault Eurocup

In January 2020, it was announced that de Gerus would compete in the Formula Renault Eurocup for British team Arden Motorsport alongside Alex Quinn and Ugo de Wilde.[4] While his teammates both finished inside the top-ten in the standings, de Gerus would have a more difficult campaign, with only three points finishes seeing him end up 17th in the championship.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

De Gerus graduated to Formula 3 in 2021, racing alongside Logan Sargeant and Enzo Fittipaldi at Charouz Racing System.[5] He left the team after twelve races, having taken a best result of 13th in Barcelona.[6]

Sportscar career

2022

In February 2022, it was announced that de Gerus has joined Duqueine Team for the European Le Mans Series campaign, racing for the French outfit alongside Richard Bradley and Memo Rojas.[7] Following three rounds, where the team scored a best finish of sixth at Imola, de Gerus quit the series.

That year, de Gerus also made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, thus becoming the first driver from the French Overseas Department of Réunion to compete in the event.[8]

2023

Having been upgraded from silver to gold-ranked status by the FIA, de Gerus returned to the ELMS in 2023, pairing up with José María López and Vladislav Lomko at Cool Racing.[9][10][11][12] The season started well, with de Gerus taking his maiden pole position in sportscars at Barcelona.[13] Despite another pole scored by López at the following round, the team would struggle to achieve results throughout the year, with the best finish being a lone podium in Spa-Francorchamps, which came about after a chaotic race in the LMP2 class. The trio ended up sixth in the standings.

Alongside Lomko and Simon Pagenaud, de Gerus drove for Cool in the Le Mans 24 Hours, though the race would end prematurely as he crashed at the Porsche Curves during the night.[14][15]

2024

For the 2024 season, de Gerus remained in the ELMS, moving to IDEC Sport and driving alongside Job van Uitert and Paul Lafargue.[16] After three successive fourth places to start off the season, de Gerus and van Uitert finished third at Spa, moving up to third place in the standings.[17][18] However, a crash caused by the No. 55 GT Ferrari of Duncan Cameron forced the Frenchman to retire at Mugello, leaving the team out of the title hunt.[19] De Gerus ended up sixth in the drivers' standings.[20]

After van Uitert qualified second at Le Mans, de Gerus helped IDEC towards its first podium at the event, finishing third.[21] Following the season, de Gerus was chosen by the ACO to take part in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship rookie test at the Bahrain International Circuit, where he drove the title-winning Toyota GR010 Hybrid.[22][23]

2025

De Gerus' No. 9 car at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans

De Gerus joined Duqueine Team for the 2025 ELMS season, partnering sportscar rookies Roy Nissany and Francesco Simonazzi.[24][25] At the opening round in Barcelona, de Gerus repeated his feat from 2023 and claimed pole.[26] However, a gearbox issue during his stint forced the team to retire.[27] Seventh at Paul Ricard and ninth in Imola sandwiched de Gerus's appearance at Le Mans, where he joined Macéo Capietto and Jonas Ried at Iron Lynx.[28][29][30] After racing for second place for a large part of the event — and having briefly lost the position to Louis Delétraz in the evening — de Gerus and his teammates finished fourth in LMP2.[31][32][33] De Gerus and the team scored their last points of the ELMS season with tenth place at Spa, before finishing 11th at Silverstone and retiring at Portimão. This led to him finishing last of the full-time LMP2 Pro entrants.[34][35]

2026

For the 2026 ELMS campaign, de Gerus partnered Bijoy Garg in the series' only two-driver lineup at Inter Europol Competition.[36]

Personal life

De Gerus has been acting as a mentor to Belgian driver Lorens Lecertua, the 2023 champion of the Alpine Elf Europa Cup.[37]

Karting record

Karting career summary

More information Season, Series ...
Season Series Team Position
2010 Coupe de France — Mini Kart 52nd
2011 Coupe de France — Mini Kart 22nd
2013 Championnat de France — Minime 21st
2014 Championnat de France — Minime 9th
Coupe de France — Minime 8th
2015 Trophée Oscar Petit — Cadet 7th
National Series Karting — Cadet 11th
Coupe de France — Cadet 25th
2016 IAME Finale Nationale — X30 Junior 7th
IAME International Final — X30 Junior NC
2017 Championnat de France — Junior Karting Club Dionysien 6th
Coupe de France — Junior 18th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJ De Gerus, Thierry 41st
IAME Finale Nationale — X30 Junior 2nd
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ De Gerus, Thierry 88th
IAME International Final — X30 Junior 29th
Source:[38]
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Racing record

Racing career summary

More information Season, Series ...
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21 0 0 0 3 88 9th
French F4 Junior Championship 4 ? ? 16 299 2nd
2019 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 21 4 2 3 11 233.5 2nd
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team France 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2020 Formula Renault Eurocup Arden Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 8 17th
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Charouz Racing System 12 0 0 1 0 0 28th
Euroformula Open Championship Team Motopark 6 0 0 0 0 30 16th
2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Team 3 0 0 0 0 8 18th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 25th
2023 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Cool Racing 6 0 1 0 1 69 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Alpine Elf Team Reserve driver
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 IDEC Sport 6 0 1 0 1 50 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Mitjet International MV2S 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2025 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Team 6 0 1 0 0 10 15th
Source:[39]
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Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Pos ...
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2018 NOG
1

13
NOG
2

11
NOG
3

9
PAU
1

10
PAU
2

2
PAU
3

8
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

Ret
SPA
3

12
DIJ
1

13
DIJ
2

12
DIJ
3

15
MAG
1

8
MAG
2

2
MAG
3

5
JER
1

5
JER
2

10
JER
3

4
LEC
1

7
LEC
2

5
LEC
3

7
9th 88
2019 NOG
1

3
NOG
2

2
NOG
3

2
PAU
1

1
PAU
2

7
PAU
3

2
SPA
1

13
SPA
2

13
SPA
3

1
LÉD
1

2
LÉD
2

5
LÉD
3

5
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

6
HUN
3

2
MAG
1

1
MAG
2

17
MAG
3

1
LEC
1

Ret
LEC
2

11
LEC
3

13
2nd 233.5
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Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 France Team France Formula 4 9th 10th 5th
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Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2020 Arden Motorsport MNZ
1

14
MNZ
2

13
IMO
1

15
IMO
2

15
NÜR
1

15
NÜR
2

Ret
MAG
1

12
MAG
2

Ret
ZAN
1

15
ZAN
2

14
CAT
1

17
CAT
2

11
SPA
1

14
SPA
2

15
IMO
1

7
IMO
2

12
HOC
1

15
HOC
2

10
LEC
1

12
LEC
2

Ret
17th 8
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Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2021 Charouz Racing System CAT
1

20
CAT
2

13
CAT
3

23
LEC
1

19
LEC
2

25
LEC
3

21
RBR
1

20
RBR
2

23
RBR
3

17
HUN
1

24
HUN
2

18
HUN
3

20
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
SOC
1
SOC
2
SOC
3
28th 0
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Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2022 Duqueine Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
12
IMO
6
MNZ
Ret
CAT SPA ALG 18th 8
2023 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
4
LEC
4
ARA
5
SPA
3
POR
4
ALG
7
6th 69
2024 IDEC Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
4
LEC
4
IMO
4
SPA
3
MUG
Ret
ALG
13
6th 50
2025 Duqueine Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
Ret
LEC
7
IMO
9
SPA
10
SIL
11
ALG
Ret
15th 10
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2022 France Duqueine Team United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Mexico Memo Rojas
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 326 52nd 25th
2023 Switzerland Cool Racing Vladislav Lomko
France Simon Pagenaud
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 158 DNF DNF
2024 France IDEC Sport France Paul Lafargue
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 297 17th 3rd
2025 Germany Iron LynxProton France Macéo Capietto
Germany Jonas Ried
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 365 21st 4th
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