Ludovic Badey

Ludovic Badey (born 23 April 1980) is a French businessman and racing driver who last competed in the GT2 European Series for Akkodis ASP Team.

Badey joined his father Christian's HBI Group in 1999 as his first business partner, before being promoted to CEO in 2021, a role he still serves of as of July 2025.^[1]

Badey made his debut in single-seater racing in 2002, by racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Cup France for Hexis Racing.^[2] After three seasons in the series, which also included select races in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2004,^[3] Badey joined Pouchelon Racing to race in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy the following year.^[4] In his first season in the series, Badey won race two at Donington Park and all three races at Estoril, as well as scoring four other podiums to end the year third in points.^[5]

Remaining with the newly-rebranded TDS Racing for the following year, Badey competed in the first three rounds, winning race one at Istanbul Park and taking four other podiums to take sixth in points.^[6] Returning to the series and TDS for 2007, Badey took a lone win at Magny-Cours en route to a 13th-place points finish.^[7] Badey then raced in Porsche Carrera Cup France for the following three years, taking a lone win at Nogaro in 2010 and finishing third in that year's standings with eight other podiums to his name for SOFREV ASP.^[8] During this, Badey made one-off appearances in the Formula Le Mans Cup for Graff Racing in 2009 and the French GT Championship in 2010 for Phoenix Racing.^[9]

The following year, Badey remained with the Ferrari-affiliated ASP team for a dual campaign in both the French GT Championship and the Blancpain Endurance Series.^[10] In the former, Badey took a lone win at Albi and finished the year fifth in points,^[11] whereas in the latter, he took class wins at Navarra and the 24 Hours of Spa to end the season runner-up in GT3 Pro-Am.^[12][13] Continuing with the team for a similar campaign in 2012,^[14] Badey took a lone win at Val de Vienne in the former,^[15] and one Pro-Am class podium at Monza in the latter to end the year fourth in points.^[16] During 2012, Badey also made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut for Gulf Racing Middle East in LMP2 alongside Fabien Giroix and Stefan Johansson.^[17]

Switching to BMW-fielding TDS Racing for 2013, Badey returned to the Blancpain Endurance Series and the French GT Championship for the third season in a row.^[18] In the former, Badey finished seventh in Pro-Am with class podiums at Monza and Silverstone,^[19] whereas in the latter, he finished on the overall podium at Spa and Magny-Cours to finish 12th in points.^[20] During 2013, Badey also returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the same team, in the LMP2 class alongside Pierre Thiriet and Maxime Martin.^[21]

Remaining with TDS for 2014, Badey raced with them in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[22] Starting the year with the Morgan LMP2, Badey won at Silverstone and finished fifth at Imola, but retired in the remaining three races after the team switched to a Ligier JS P2 as he dropped to eighth in points.^[23] Meanwhile at Le Mans, Badey took his only class podium at the event by finishing second with his Ligier JS P2.^[24] In parallel, Badey also returned to SOFREV ASP to race in the FFSA GT Championship, in which he scored a lone win at Magny-Cours to take ninth in the overall standings.^[25]

Continuing with TDS, as they switched to an Oreca 05, to race in the European Le Mans Series for the following year,^[26] Badey took wins at Imola and Estoril and scored two other podiums to secure runner-up honors in the LMP2 standings.^[27][28] During 2015, Badey also raced with the team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans,^[29] as well as racing in the 24 Hours of Spa for AKKA ASP.^[30] After a year on the sidelines, Badey returned to AKKA ASP, now Mercedes-AMG–linked, to race in the Pro-Am class of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup for 2017,^[31] taking a class podium at Barcelona and finishing 25th in points.^[32]

Four years later, Badey returned to Jérôme Policand's team to make a one-off appearance in the French GT4 Cup at Spa, finishing on the overall podium in both races and winning in the Pro-Am class in race two.^[33] In 2023, Badey competed in the last two rounds of the GT2 European Series for Akkodis ASP alongside Jean-Luc Beaubelique, winning race one at both Valencia and Le Castellet.^[34][35] The following year, Badey made a one-off return to the series at Misano alongside Mauro Ricci, retiring in both races.^[36]

^† As Badey was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

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• Ludovic Badey career summary at DriverDB.com