Two-Time World Endurance Champion · Endurance

Kévin Estre

Le Mans in a car painted like a butcher's diagram, Spa outright, and the Nürburgring in the shortest running the race has ever had. The official Estre collection: the Cup years, the Pink Pig, and the 963.

Nationality
French
Born
28 October 1988 · Lyon, France
Porsche works driver
Since 2016
World titles
2 (GTE 2018–19 · Hypercar 2024)
24-hour wins
Le Mans GTE Pro 2018 · Spa 2019 · Nürburgring 2021
Car number
6
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Graphic illustration of Porsche factory driver Kévin Estre wearing his black Porsche Penske Motorsport racing suit, featuring his number 6 Porsche 963 race car.
Two-Time World Champion
2015 — Present
2
FIA World Titles
11
WEC Race Wins
36
WEC Podium Finishes
13
WEC Pole Positions

Who is Kévin Estre?

Kévin Estre (born 28 October 1988) is a French racing driver and a Porsche works driver since 2016. He has won two FIA world endurance titles — the GTE drivers' championship in 2018–19 and the Hypercar world championship in 2024 — along with the GTE Pro class at Le Mans in 2018, the 24 Hours of Spa in 2019 and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in 2021.

Full name
Kévin Estre
Nationality
French
Racing years
2006–present
Best known for
Two world titles and the Pink Pig Le Mans win

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Rider Profile

Kévin Estre: Full Biography

Kévin Estre is a French racing driver who has been a Porsche works driver since 2016. He has won two FIA world endurance titles and drives the number 6 Porsche 963 for Porsche Penske Motorsport.

The Cup Years He came through karting and single-seaters, winning Formula Campus by Renault in 2006 on equal points with Tristan Vautier, then spent six seasons in Porsche’s one-make championships. Ten wins from twelve races took the Carrera Cup France title in 2011; eight from seventeen took the Carrera Cup Germany title in 2013. A year as a McLaren GT works driver followed before Porsche signed him.

The 911 RSR In 2018 he won the GTE Pro class at Le Mans in the number 92 911 RSR, painted in the Pink Pig scheme of the 1971 917/20, leading almost the entire race with Michael Christensen and Laurens Vanthoor. He and Christensen took the GTE drivers’ world championship at the end of the Super Season, and he added the 24 Hours of Spa in 2019 and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in 2021.

Hypercar He moved to Porsche’s 963 programme in 2023 alongside André Lotterer and Vanthoor, took Hyperpole at Le Mans in 2024 and the world championship that November. He finished second at Le Mans in 2025, fourteen seconds behind the winner. Porsche closed its factory WEC team at the end of that season, and he moved to a full IMSA campaign for 2026.

The Career

Three Chapters That Defined Kévin Estre

Chapter 01

Six Years of Cup Cars

He won the French Cadet karting championship in 2001 and the European ICA title in 2004, then took Formula Campus by Renault at the first attempt in 2006, level on points with Tristan Vautier after six wins from thirteen races. Single-seaters went no further. From 2008 he raced Porsche's one-make Cup cars instead, and kept doing it for six years: runner-up in France in 2010 by two points, then the title in 2011 with ten wins from twelve starts and a margin of 113 points, a Supercup win at Monza the same year, and the German championship in 2013 with eight wins.

Kévin Estre driving a white and blue Hermes-liveried Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, number 12, through the Ascari chicane at Monza. Porsche 911 GT3 Cup · Supercup, Monza 2011 Photo: Kévin Estre, Porsche Supercup at Monza (2011) by Luca Barni / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped and resized) · licence
Chapter 02

The Pink Pig

Porsche made him a works driver in 2016. Two years later the number 92 911 RSR turned up at Le Mans in pink, its panels marked out in dotted lines like a butcher's chart — a tribute to the 917/20 that ran there in 1971 and earned the same nickname. Estre, Michael Christensen and Laurens Vanthoor led the GTE Pro class for almost the whole race and won it, 344 laps, with the sister car second. He and Christensen took the GTE drivers' world championship at the end of the 2018–19 Super Season, clinched at Le Mans itself after a twenty-minute exhaust repair dropped them to ninth in class.

Kévin Estre's number 92 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR, featuring the famous pink 'Pink Pig' livery with dotted butcher-cut outlines, on track at Le Mans Pink Pig 911 RSR #92 · Le Mans, 2018 Photo: Kévin Estre's number 92 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR by Kevin Decherf from France — CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized. · licence
Chapter 03

Hypercar

A first season with the Porsche 963 in 2023 brought two podiums and sixth overall. The second brought everything: victory in Qatar at the opening round, Hyperpole at Le Mans with a 3:24.634 that beat Alex Lynn's Cadillac by 0.148 seconds, and the drivers' world championship with André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor, settled at the Bahrain finale. In 2025 he came within fourteen seconds of winning Le Mans outright, finishing second with Vanthoor and Matt Campbell. Porsche shut its factory WEC team at the end of that year and moved him to IMSA, still in the number 6.

Kévin Estre driving the number 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 hypercar in white, pink and red livery, on track at Le Mans. Porsche 963 #6 · Le Mans, 2024 Photo: Kévin Estre driving the number 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 hypercar by Kevin Decherf from France — CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized. · licence
Career Timeline

Kévin Estre Career Timeline: 1988–Present

Born in Lyon

Kévin Estre is born on 28 October in Lyon, and starts in karting, winning the French Cadet championship in 2001.

First Car Title

Wins Formula Campus by Renault with six victories, level on points with Tristan Vautier.

Carrera Cup France Champion

Ten wins from twelve races and a 113-point margin, plus a Supercup win at Monza.

Carrera Cup Germany Champion

Eight wins in seventeen races, and fourth in the Supercup.

McLaren

Becomes a McLaren GT works driver and races the MP4-12C GT3 in the Blancpain Endurance Series.

Porsche

Signs as a Porsche works driver, the year after his first Le Mans start.

Le Mans

Wins the GTE Pro class in the number 92 Pink Pig 911 RSR with Christensen and Vanthoor.

World Champion

Takes the GTE drivers' world championship at Le Mans, then wins the 24 Hours of Spa outright.

Nürburgring

Wins the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with Manthey, the shortest running in the race's history.

Hypercar

Moves to the Porsche 963 with André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor.

World Champion Again

Hyperpole at Le Mans, and the drivers' title settled at the Bahrain finale.

Fourteen Seconds

Second at Le Mans, the closest he has come to an outright win. Porsche closes its WEC team.

IMSA

Moves to a full IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign, still in the number 6 Porsche 963.

By the Numbers

Kévin Estre World Endurance Championship Record, Season by Season

Kévin Estre season-by-season record: team, wins, poles, podiums, points and final standing.
SeasonTeam Wins Poles Podiums Points Pos.
2015 Porsche Team Manthey · GTE Pro 0 0 1 15 16
2015 OAK Racing · LMP2 0 0 0 0 19
2016 Abu Dhabi-Proton · GTE Am 0 0 0 10 17
2017 Porsche GT Team · GTE Pro 0 1 3 67 11
2018–19 Porsche GT Team · GTE Pro 2 1 6 155 1
2019–20 Porsche GT Team · GTE Pro 2 3 6 148 3
2021 Porsche GT Team · GTE Pro 3 5 6 166 2
2022 Porsche GT Team · GTE Pro 1 2 4 132 2
2023 Porsche Penske · Hypercar 0 0 2 71 6
2024 Porsche Penske · Hypercar 2 1 5 152 1
2025 Porsche Penske · Hypercar 1 0 3 94 4

Championship seasons are highlighted. Career totals in the World Endurance Championship: 11 wins · 36 podiums · 13 pole positions, which is what this table sums to. The 2018–19 Super Season ran eight races from May 2018 to June 2019 with Le Mans as its finale. Points are not comparable across the table, as the scoring and the classes both changed. Porsche's official works-driver profile counts his WEC victories as three overall and nine in class, a total of twelve; Wikipedia's season table gives eleven, and lists 62 starts against the 63 its own rows sum to. Porsche also reported the 2024 title-winning tally as 150 points rather than 152. Not shown here: his 2026 season, in which Porsche's exit from the WEC moved him to a full IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign in the same number 6 Porsche 963, alongside a twelfth Le Mans start in LMP2 with TDS Racing. Figures verified 15 August 2026.

Kévin Estre in his own words

In His Own Words
It's my biggest title and we've seen off some mind-blowing competition too.
Kévin Estre · on winning the 2024 World Endurance Championship
Frequently Asked

Kévin Estre: Frequently Asked Questions

How many world championships has Kévin Estre won?

Two, both in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He took the GTE drivers' world championship with Michael Christensen at the end of the 2018–19 Super Season, and the outright Hypercar drivers' title in 2024 with André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor.

Has Kévin Estre won the 24 Hours of Le Mans?

He has won the GTE Pro class, in 2018, but not the race outright. His best overall result is second in 2025, fourteen seconds behind the winning car, sharing the number 6 Porsche 963 with Laurens Vanthoor and Matt Campbell.

What is the Pink Pig Porsche?

The number 92 Porsche 911 RSR that Estre, Michael Christensen and Laurens Vanthoor drove to the GTE Pro class win at Le Mans in 2018. Its pink bodywork was divided into dotted sections labelled like cuts of meat, a tribute to the Porsche 917/20 that raced there in 1971 and earned the same nickname.

Which 24-hour races has Kévin Estre won?

Three of the four classics in some form. The GTE Pro class at Le Mans in 2018, the 24 Hours of Spa outright in 2019 with GPX Racing, and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring outright in 2021 with Manthey. He has not won at Daytona.

What does Kévin Estre race now?

The number 6 Porsche 963 for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Porsche closed its factory World Endurance Championship team at the end of 2025 and moved him and Laurens Vanthoor to a full IMSA programme for 2026.

How did Kévin Estre get to Porsche?

Through the Cup cars. He raced the Porsche Carrera Cup France from 2008, won it in 2011, won the Carrera Cup Germany in 2013, and finished runner-up in the Porsche Supercup in 2012. After a season as a McLaren GT works driver in 2014 he became a Porsche works driver in 2016.

What happened at the 2021 Nürburgring 24 Hours?

Fog suspended the race for more than fourteen hours and only 59 laps were completed, making it the shortest in the event's history. Estre brought the number 911 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R home 8.8 seconds clear of the leading BMW, sharing it with Michael Christensen and Matteo Cairoli.

Did Kévin Estre ever race outside sportscars?

Briefly. He started in karting and won Formula Campus by Renault in 2006 and raced French Formula Renault 2.0 in 2007. He also made two Supercars starts with Grove Racing in 2023, finishing eleventh in the Bathurst 1000.

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References

Sources & Further Reading

Every statistic on this page is drawn from the following records.

  1. Kévin Estre — Porsche works driver profile · Porsche (official)
  2. Porsche works drivers win the FIA World Endurance Championship · Porsche (official)
  3. Porsche celebrates double victory at Le Mans 24-hour marathon · Porsche (official)
  4. Porsche 911 GT3 R wins in Manthey's anniversary year · Porsche (official)
  5. Estre takes pole for Porsche Penske at Le Mans · FIA WEC (official)
  6. Kevin Estre: 'We always struck while the iron was hot' · Automobile Club de l'Ouest (official), source of the pull quote
  7. Kévin Estre — Le Mans prize list and statistics · Automobile Club de l'Ouest (official)
  8. Porsche wins battle of the heavyweights to conquer the 2019 Total 24 Hours of Spa · SRO Motorsports Group (official)
  9. Kévin Estre · Wikipedia

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