In 2024 Saucy was racing in LMP2 Pro/Am with Richard Mille by TDS and scored the first of two class wins at the Circuit Paul Ricard, the second being at Mugello, alongside Mathias Beche and Rodrigo Sales.
In 2025 he returned to United Autosports and in 2026 he, along with teammates Ben Hanley and Griffin Peebles, finished third in Barcelona. Now he returns to Le Castellet, where United Autosports hold the record as the team with the most wins in the event.
We caught up with Gregoire following the first Free Practice session of the weekend to discuss the preparations for Round 2 of the 2026 European Le Mans Series and also his inclusion in the McLaren Driver Development Programme
Q1: Barcelona saw your first ELMS podium since Mugello 2024. How did the race in Spain go from your perspective and what are the positives are you taking from that race going into this weekend in Le Castellet?
“It was a really positive first race for us. We saw we had a competitive car for the race, also for the quali, with Ben qualifying the car in P6. Then Griffin did a mega job in the first two stints. Then we could keep the car in in the first position, and even at the end to get a podium, it's a really good start to the season. We still have few things to work on, but it's quite normal, like everyone has to. It was a really good first round, and I'm sure we can still do much better for the rest of the of the year.”
Q2: What are your thoughts on the track here in Le Castellet and do you have a favourite corner or sequence of corners?
“I really like the chicane in a back straight, in the Mistral, because you have plenty of possibility to go in the corner. You can go, like, really quick into the left and not preparing so much the right, but you can still get a good exit There is so many things to do there in this corner; I quite like it.”
Q3: You are part of the McLaren Driver Development Programme. Can you tell us more about the programme and how it that been assisting you in your career?
“So first, they're helping me with my physical side and my mental side. The last two years I did the WEC and we had a lot of travelling going to Fuji, going to Austin. After a long flight, they gave me quite a lot of tools to be fully ready when I arrive there. And it's this point that’s quite good.
“Then on the other side I am there to also help them in all the simulators, in all the category, F1 Indy Car, in endurance racing. My goal now, as I'm in endurance, is to go to Hypercar, and I will work really hard to go there. But in this programme, it's to work on these three different categories.”
Q4: Looking forward to this weekend. When you look at the LMP2 field, what are your thoughts on the competition you will face?
“It's really competitive. We saw this morning in Free Practice that everyone is really close to each other. I didn't get a clear lap because we had some traffic, but everyone had some traffic. But if you see the lap times, everyone is really, really close each other. It's really competitive. I think it will be something really tough in quali to put everything together, and the one who can put everything together will be the one at the top.”
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