Antonin Borga (born 21 September 1987) is a Swiss racing driver who last competed for AGS Events in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

Antonin Borga
Borga in 2017
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
BornAntonin Borga
(1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 37)
Vergeletto, Switzerland
Racing licence FIA Silver (until 2020, 2024–)[1]
FIA Gold (2021–2023)[2]

A mainstay of Cool Racing's sports car racing programme, Borga climbed the ladder from entry-level sports prototypes to LMP3 and eventually LMP2. He spent six seasons in the ELMS, and notably won on his FIA World Endurance Championship debut at Silverstone in 2019.

Career

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Borga made his single-seater debut in 2008, racing in LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse on a part-time basis for Sports Promotion. Following a three-year hiatus, Borga competed in the V de V Challenge Monoplace from 2012 to 2014, finishing runner-up in 2012 and third in 2014 before switching to touring cars in 2015.[3][4]

Switching to the French Supertouring championship for 2015,[5] Borga spent two seasons in the series where he finished third in 2015 and runner-up in 2016 for Yvan Muller Racing.[6][7] Borga also made his LMP3 debut during 2016, racing in the European Le Mans Series and V de V Endurance Series for Duqueine Engineering.[8]

The Swiss was retained by Duqueine Engineering for 2017, remaining with the team for a dual program in V de V Proto Endurance and European Le Mans Series.[9] In his first full season of LMP3 competition, Borga took his maiden podium at the penultimate round of the season at Spa.[10]

Borga switched to Cool Racing for 2018, as he competed in the LMP3 class in both the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans Cup.[11] After finishing 18th in Le Mans Cup with a best result of fourth at Monza, Borga ended the year by finishing 10th in the ELMS standings having taken a best result of sixth in the rain-shortned race at Spa.[12]

 
Borga at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone

With Cool Racing establishing an LMP2 program ahead of 2019, Borga joined Nicolas Lapierre and Alexandre Coigny for his first season in the category.[13] The Swiss scored his maiden LMP2 podium at Barcelona by finishing third,[14] before finishing second at Spa on his way to 10th in points.[15] Staying with their ELMS program for the following two years,[16][17] Borga took a best result of fourth twice on his way to eighth in 2020,[18] before taking two Pro-Am podiums the following year as he finished seventh in the class points despite missing the final two rounds.[19]

In late 2019, Borga made his FIA World Endurance Championship debut with Cool Racing in the LMP2 class alongside Lapierre and Coigny.[20] In his only season in the series, Borga took a lone win at Silverstone,[21] before finishing second at Spa en route to a ninth-place points finish at season's end despite missing the season-ending round in Bahrain.[22][23]

In 2022, Borga switched to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe by joining Rexal FFF Racing Team alongside Dani Pedrosa.[24] Taking a best result of fifth in class, Borga was 15th in the Pro-Am standings at season's end.[25] During 2022, Borga made his debut in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with CMR at the 24 Hours of Spa.[26]

Borga returned to GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for 2023, joining AGS Events alongside Leonardo Gorini and Nico Jamin. In the four races contested, Borga scored nine points and finished 26th in the Bronze Cup.[27]

Personal life

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Borga is the brother of fellow sportscar driver Lucas Borga.[28]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2008 LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse Sports Promotion 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2009 LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse Bossy Racing 4 0 0 0 0 23 18th
2012 V de V Challenge Monoplace Bossy Racing 15 2 0 3 9 534.5 2nd
2013 V de V Challenge Monoplace Equipe Palmyr 3 0 0 0 0 120 24th
V de V Challenge Endurance Prototype JD Racing Team
Equipe Palmyr
4 0 0 0 0 25 38th
2014 V de V Challenge Monoplace Bossy Racing 17 2 0 2 14 639.5 3rd
2015 Championnat de France Supertourisme Yvan Muller Racing 1102 3rd
2016 Championnat de France Supertourisme Yvan Muller Racing 28 10 0 1 25 1248 2nd
Championnat de France Prototypes OAK Racing 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC
V de V Challenge Endurance Prototype Duqueine Engineering 2 0 1 0 1 0 NC
European Le Mans Series – LMP3 4 0 0 0 0 2 30th
Road to Le Mans – LMP3 1 0 0 0 0 11th
2017 Gulf 12 Hours – GT3 Pro-Am SPS Automotive Performance 1 0 0 0 0 4th
V de V Challenge Endurance Series – LMP3 Duqueine Engineering 7 0 1 1 1 183 6th
European Le Mans Series – LMP3 6 0 0 1 1 37.5 8th
Le Mans Cup – LMP3 2 0 0 0 0 0.5 41st
Cool Racing by GPC 1 0 0 0 0
2018 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 Cool Racing 5 0 0 1 0 8.5 18th
Le Mans Cup – LMP3 7 0 0 1 0 17.5 18th
V de V Challenge Endurance Series – LMP3 3 0 0 0 1 62.5 29th
24H GT Series – A6-Am SPS Automotive Performance 3 0 1 0 0 65 3rd
2019 European Le Mans Series – LMP2 Cool Racing 6 0 1 1 2 44.5 10th
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 Cool Racing 7 1 2 0 2 103 9th
2020 European Le Mans Series – LMP2 Cool Racing 6 0 0 0 0 28.5 8th
2021 European Le Mans Series – LMP2 Pro-Am Cool Racing 4 0 0 0 2 54 7th
2022 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Rexal FFF Racing Team 6 0 0 0 0 18 15th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold CMR 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze AGS Events 4 0 0 0 0 9 26th
Source:[29][30]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 Duqueine Engineering LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL IMO RBR
11
LEC
13
SPA
10
EST
Ret
30th 2
2017 Duqueine Engineering LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
11
MNZ
8
8th 37.5
Norma M30 RBR
9
LEC
Ret
SPA
2
ALG
4
2018 Cool Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC
10
MNZ
9
RBR
10
SIL
SPA
6‡
ALG
13
10th 27.5
2019 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
7
MNZ
8
CAT
3
SIL
Ret
SPA
2
ALG
14
10th 44.5
2020 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
4
SPA
10
LEC
12
MNZ
4
ALG
9
8th 28.5
2021 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
10
RBR
10
LEC
12
MNZ
12
SPA
ALG
28th 3
Pro-Am Cup 3 4 3 4 7th 54

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Le Mans Cup results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2017 Duqueine Engineering LMP3 Ligier JS P3 MNZ
LMS
23
LMS
Ret
RBR
LEC
SPA
41st 0.5
Cool Racing by GPC POR
Ret
2018 Cool Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P3 LEC
Ret
MNZ
4
LMS
1

16
LMS
2

11
RBR
16
SPA
Ret
ALG
8
18th 17.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2019–20 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
1
FUJ
5
SHA
Ret
BHR
6
COA
4
SPA
2
LMS
4
BHR 9th 103

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020   Cool Racing   Alexandre Coigny
  Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 365 12th 8th
Sources:[31]

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2022 CMR Bentley Continental GT3 Gold Cup IMO
LEC
SPA
6H

58
SPA
12H

Ret
SPA
24H

Ret
HOC CAT NC 0
2023 AGS Events Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Bronze Cup MNZ
35
LEC
26
SPA
6H

65
SPA
12H

56
SPA
24H

Ret
NÜR
39
CAT
26th 9

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