Paul Lanchère

Paul Lanchère is a French racing driver currently competing for CLX Motorsport in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series.

Career

Lanchère made his single-seater debut in 2009, by racing in the FFSA Academy-centrally run Formul'Academy Euro Series. Spending two years in the series, Lanchère scored seven podiums across both years as he ended the seasons ninth and seventh in points, respectively. After leaving single-seaters at the end of 2010, Lanchère made sporadic appearances in the Blancpain Endurance Series between 2011 and 2014. Following that, Lanchère began working as a driver coach and development driver for LSP by Nevers Magny-Cours. Five years after his last appearance in the Blancpain Endurance Series, Lanchère made a one-off appearance in the Ultimate Cup Series at Mugello for Graff Racing.
After a four-year hiatus from racing, Lanchère was downgraded to a bronze categorisation and joined VSF Sports to race in the 2024 French GT4 Cup alongside Natan Bihel. In his only season in the championship, Lanchère took a best result of fourth in race two at Lédenon and finished ninth in the Pro-Am standings. In May, Lanchère made a guest appearance in the JS2 R class of the Ligier European Series at Le Castellet. In his only round in the series, Lanchère finished second in both races. Two months later, Lanchère made a one-off appearance for Ultimate in the Imola round of the European Le Mans Series. On his LMP3 debut, Lanchère led his stint and finished third in class.
Lanchère made the full-time switch to LMP3 the following year, joining Theodor Jensen and Adrien Closmenil at CLX Motorsport for the European Le Mans Series. In the season-opening round at Barcelona, Lanchère scored his first win in LMP3 competition, before dominating the following round at Le Castellet from pole position. At Imola, Lanchère and his teammates overcame an early penalty to win for the third consecutive time. However, the win streak came to an end at Spa, as the CLX crew served multiple penalties. The trio ran as high as third following the penalties, but while chasing second-placed Ian Aguilera, Closmenil went off course and stopped the car, with the team suffering its first retirement of the season. This was rendered irrelevant at Silverstone, where a dominant performance allowed Lanchère, Closmenil and Jensen to win the championship with a race to spare, before closing out a commanding campaign with their fifth victory from six races.
At the end of the year, Lanchère remained with CLX to race in the LMP3 class of the 2025–26 Asian Le Mans Series.