Sébastien Lamour is founder, conceptual leader and designer of LE PINACLE racing car concept. He is passionate about designing racing cars. Sébastien has over 20 years experience in the professional motorsport industry. Having mainly worked in Formula One and in Endurance Le Mans Prototypes racing, Sébastien has been working in a variety of engineering roles, from mechanical to composites or aerodynamics design up to more conceptual, leading roles in the recent years. He has also track operations experience as a data engineer. Thanks to these experiences, he has grown into an all round engineer, by building strong skills into aerodynamics, vehicle dynamics and detailed car design.
2022 - CURRENT : FREELANCE RACING CAR ENGINEER AND CONSULTANT
-2023: Founder, Concept/Architecture leader and designer of LE PINACLE racing car concept
-2022: Aerodynamics leader and designer of the Enviate Hypercar Evo Pikes Peak hillclimb racing car. Consultant into the track operations at Pikes Peak 2022
2014 - 2021 : SAUBER/ALFA ROMEO F1 TEAM - AERODYNAMICS CONCEPT DESIGN ENGINEER
-Car packaging and architecture (aerodynamics concepts, suspension, powertrain/cooling/systems installation) of the Sauber F1 cars (C34/C35/C36/C37) and Alfa Romeo F1 cars (C38/C39/C41/C42)
2010 - 2014 : ADESS - DESIGN ENGINEER
-Concept/Architecture leader and Head of composites on the Lotus T128 LMP2 racing car
-Head of composites on the Nissan ZEOD RC LMP racing car (garage 56 at the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours)
-Various composites design engineer consultancy work (Sauber C33 F1, HRT F111 F1, Toyota TS030 LMP1)
-Various aerodynamics design engineer consultancy work (HRT F112 F1, Peugeot 908 LMP1, BMW M3 DTM)
2008 - 2010 : FREELANCE DESIGN ENGINEER
-Composites design engineer consultancy work on the new gen Formula Renault 2L (Epsilon-Caparo)
-Lecturer at ISMANS engineering school
-Design engineer consultancy work on special utility vehicles (GRUAU)
2003 - 2008 : PESCAROLO SPORT - DESIGN ENGINEER
-Aerodynamics, mechanical developments (design engineer) and track operations (data engineer) of the Pescarolo LMP cars (Courage C60 Evo, Pescarolo C60 Hybride, Pescarolo 01)
-Second position overall at the Le Mans 24 Hours (2005 & 2006). Pole position at the 2005 Le Mans 24 Hours. Third position overall at the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours
-Le Mans Series championship titles in 2005 & 2006. Seven 1000km races wins including Spa, Monza, Nürburgring, Donington, Jarama, Istanbul (2 wins)
-French Touring Car championship titles in 2004 & 2005 (Peugeot 407 Silhouette, Soheil Ayari) - Data engineer
2002 : WELTER RACING - INTERN DESIGN ENGINEER
-Mechanical design engineering and mechanics support of the WR LMP675 cars at the 2002 Le Mans 24 Hours