Jakub Śmiechowski

Jakub "Kuba" Śmiechowski (born 11 October 1991) is a racing driver from Poland, LMP2 class winner of the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. He is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Inter Europol Competition.

Jakub Śmiechowski
Śmiechowski in 2023
NationalityPoland Polish
Born (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991
Warsaw, Poland
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2018–19
Current teamInter Europol Competition
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number34
Starts16 (14 entries)
Wins1
Podiums3
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish6th in LMP2 in 2021
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2019–
TeamsInter Europol Competition
Best finish1st in LMP2 (2023)
Class wins1 (2023)
Previous series
2016–2020European Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2018–19
2017
2014		Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3
V de V Endurance - LMP3
BOSS GP - Open

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Kochanski Motorsport Project 6 0 0 0 0 29 21st
2010 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Kochanski Motorsport[1] 19 0 0 0 0 193 7th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2011 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Inter Europol Competition 20 0 0 0 0 121 12th
Formula 2000 Light Winter Trophy 2 0 0 0 1 36 4th
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Inter Europol Competition[2] 19 0 0 0 0 75 25th
2013 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Inter Europol[3] 15 0 0 0 0 15 39th
Remus Formula Renault 2.0 Cup Inter Europol Competition 6 6 ? ? 6 150 1st
2014 BOSS GP - Open Inter Europol Competition 16 2 1 0 11 276 1st
Central European Zone Championship E2-2000 ? ? ? ? ? 112 3rd
Remus F3 Cup 8 3 ? 3 7 156 2nd
2015 BOSS GP - Formula Class Inter Europol Competition 14 5 3 5 14 277 2nd
Remus F3 Cup 8 2 2 2 4 121 4th
Central European Zone Championship E2-2000 ? ? ? ? ? 193 2nd
Austrian Circuit Championships - Division 1 ? ? ? ? ? 227 2nd
ESET V4 Cup - Formula ? ? ? ? ? 127 2nd
2016 Challenge Endurance LMP3 LMP2 V de V Inter Europol Competition[4] 7 5 3 0 6 294.5 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 6 0 0 0 0 24.5 12th
2017 V de V Endurance Series - LMP3 Inter Europol Competition[5] 7 2 0 0 4 218.5 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 6 0 0 0 1 56 5th
GT & Prototype Challenge - LMP3 10 4 6 6 9 208 2nd
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Inter Europol Competition[6] 6 1 0 0 2 70.25 2nd
V de V Endurance Series - LMP3 7 1 0 0 4 145.5 5th
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition[7] 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 4 2 0 0 4 87 1st
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition[8] 6 0 0 0 0 2 28th
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Endurance[9] 4 0 0 0 0 28 5th
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition[10][11] 5 0 0 0 0 15.5 16th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 2 0 0 0 1 58 11th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition[12] 6 0 0 0 1 84 6th
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 6 0 0 0 0 20 15th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition[13] 4 1 0 0 2 90 2nd*

* Season still in progress.
† As Śmiechowski was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2010 Kochanski Motorsport HOC
1
7		 HOC
2
4		 BRN
1
20		 BRN
2
20		 ZAN
1
7		 ZAN
2
9		 OSC
1
6		 OSC
2
6		 OSC
3
8		 ASS
1
11		 ASS
2
9		 MST
1
Ret		 MST
2
17		 MST
3
22		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
Ret		 SPA
3
16		 NÜR
1
9		 NÜR
2
9		 NÜR
3
C		 7th 193
2011 Inter Europol Competition HOC
1
8		 HOC
2
Ret		 HOC
3
7		 SPA
1
22		 SPA
2
17		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
14		 ASS
1
11		 ASS
2
Ret		 ASS
3
8		 OSC
1
19		 OSC
2
15		 ZAN
1
14		 ZAN
2
15		 MST
1
16		 MST
2
Ret		 MST
3
13		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
18		 MNZ
3
17		 12th 121
2012 Inter Europol Competition HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
Ret		 HOC
3
16		 NÜR
1
15		 NÜR
2
DNS		 OSC
1
22		 OSC
2
10		 OSC
3
13		 ASS
1
23		 ASS
2
16		 RBR
1
19		 RBR
2
17		 MST
1
27		 MST
2
19		 MST
3
19		 ZAN
1
13		 ZAN
2
Ret		 ZAN
3
11		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
10		 25th 75
2013 Inter Europol Competition HOC
1
20		 HOC
2
22		 HOC
3
31		 NÜR
1
18		 NÜR
2
23		 SIL
1
DNS		 SIL
2
20		 SPA
1
13		 SPA
2
21		 ASS
1
24		 ASS
2
19		 MST
1
Ret		 MST
2
DNS		 MST
3
25		 ZAN
1
21		 ZAN
2
Ret		 ZAN
3
C		 40th 15

Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 Inter Europol Competition LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL
Ret		 IMO
15		 RBR
Ret		 LEC
7		 SPA
6		 EST
5		 12th 24.5
2017 Inter Europol Competition LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL
6		 MNZ
6		 RBR
5		 LEC
2		 SPA
4		 ALG
Ret		 5th 56
2018 Inter Europol Competition LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC
6		 MNZ
4		 RBR
3		 SIL
5		 SPA
12		 ALG
1		 2nd 70.25
2019 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
15		 MNZ
13		 CAT
Ret		 SIL
14		 SPA
12		 ALG
Ret		 28th 2
2020 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
7		 SPA
11		 LEC
6		 MNZ
12		 ALG
Ret		 16th 15.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS
16		 NC† 0
2019–20 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS
Ret		 BHR NC† 0
2021 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
5		 ALG
5		 MNZ
4		 LMS
5		 BHR
9		 BHR
5		 6th 84
2022 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
NC		 SPA
Ret		 LMS
8		 MNZ
4		 FUJ
11		 BHR
NC		 15th 20
2023 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
3		 PRT
9		 SPA
3		 LMS
1		 MNZ
5		 FUJ BHR 2nd* 100*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2019 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Nigel Moore
United Kingdom James Winslow		 Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 325 45th 16th
2020 Poland Inter Europol Competition Austria René Binder
Russia Matevos Isaakyan		 Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 316 42nd 17th
2021 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Alex Brundle
Netherlands Renger van der Zande		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 360 10th 5th
2022 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Alex Brundle
Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 360 17th 13th
2023 Poland Inter Europol Competition Spain Albert Costa
Switzerland Fabio Scherer		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 328 9th 1st

Notes

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