French · Aston Martin Factory Driver
ValentinHasse-Clot
Raised on the family kart track at Vaudoy-en-Brie and mentored as a boy by Le Mans winner Henri Pescarolo, Valentin Hasse-Clot turned a childhood at the wheel into a factory seat. Since 2022 he has carried the wings of Aston Martin as a works driver, the marque's first French factory racer in nearly a decade.
He learned to race before he learned much else. Six years old, lapping the family circuit in Seine-et-Marne under the eye of 1972 Le Mans winner Henri Pescarolo. The single-seater years through French F4 and Formula Renault sharpened him; sports cars made him.
A standout Porsche Carrera Cup France campaign earned Rookie of the Year in 2017. Two GT4 titles followed in 2020 and 2021, and with them an Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy graduation that opened the door to a works contract.
Now a Gold-rated factory driver, he races the No. 19 Van der Steur Racing Vantage GT3 in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship, alongside a European Le Mans Series and Le Mans campaign for Racing Spirit of Léman, the great race he first watched from the grandstands in 2004, and first started in 2023.
First watched Le Mans from the grandstands in 2004. First started it in 2023.
Palmarès
- 2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup GT3 Champion · Racing Spirit of Léman
- 2021 French GT4 Cup Silver Champion · AGS Events
- 2021 AMR Driver Academy Graduate · Aston Martin Racing
- 2020 GT4 European Series Silver Cup Champion · AGS Events
- 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup France Rookie of the Year · Sébastien Loeb Racing
The road here, 2002 to now
- 2002 First kart
Starts racing aged six on the family circuit at Vaudoy-en-Brie, guided by Henri Pescarolo.
- 2014 Single-seaters
French F4 with Auto Sport Academy, two podiums in a rookie open-wheel season.
- 2017 Porsche era
Carrera Cup France with Sébastien Loeb Racing. A win and Rookie of the Year.
- 2019 Switch to GT3
Steps into Aston Martin machinery across ADAC GT Masters and British GT.
- 2020 First title
GT4 European Series Silver Cup champion with AGS Events.
- 2021 Academy graduate
French GT4 Cup champion and Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy graduate.
- 2022 Works driver
Signed as an Aston Martin factory driver, the marque's first French works racer since 2013.
- 2023 Le Mans debut
Le Mans Cup GT3 champion and a first 24 Hours of Le Mans start, 19 years after watching from the stands.
- 2025 On the podium
Third in the ELMS LMGT3 with a win and a pole; a WEC podium and two poles alongside.
- 2026 The campaign
Races the No. 19 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 for Van der Steur Racing in IMSA, with ELMS and Le Mans for Racing Spirit of Léman.
European
Le Mans Series
Racing Spirit of Léman
Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 · No. 59
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