Bruce Jouanny

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The Peugeot RCZ Cup, with the Jouanny, Andrew Jones and David Wall , the 12-hour race at Bathurst in 2013 denied and a class victory celebrated

Bruce Jouanny (born June 11, 1978 in Paris ) is a French racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Bruce Jouanny earned academic degrees alongside his motorsport career . He has a baccalaureate in literature ; He is also a Bachelor of Business Administration in the field of Marketing and speaks perfect English and Spanish in addition to his mother tongue .

He started racing in 1996 in the French Formula Renault championship . After a ninth place in 1998, he finished the 1999 season in third overall behind Lucas Lasserre and Mathieu Zangarelli . The following year he switched to the Formula Palmer Audi whose overall junior ranking he won.

In 2001 he tried to gain a foothold in Formula 3 and competed in various series of this racing formula. He drove in both the Japanese and British championships , contested the Formula 3 race at the Macau Grand Prix and was involved in South Korea . The best championship placement was fourth overall in 2002 , behind Robbie Kerr , James Courtney and Heikki Kovalainen . In the monopostoport followed two years in the World Series by Nissan and 2006 an unsuccessful year in the Formula Renault 3.5, which emerged from the World Series.

Jouanny's sports car activities began during the time in the Nissan series. In 2005 he made his debut for Courage Compétition at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he has competed three times so far. The best place was the eighth place overall in 2009 , with the partners Christophe Tinseau and João Barbosa for the team of Henri Pescarolo . The greatest success in the sports car was fourth place in the 2008 Monza 1000 km race . His last racing appearance so far was a class win at the Bathurst 12 Hours in 2013 .

Bruce Jouanny, who has not officially resigned, was a test driver for the Superleague Formula car for several years and, alongside Ben Edwards, guest commentator on BBC motorsport broadcasts .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2005 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C65 JapanJapan Shinji Nakano FranceFrance Jonathan Cochet failure accident
2007 FranceFrance Saulnier Racing Courage LC75 FranceFrance Alain Filhol FranceFrance Jacques Nicolet Rank 36
2009 FranceFrance Pescarolo sport Pescarolo 01 FranceFrance Christophe Tinseau PortugalPortugal João Barbosa Rank 8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ French Formula Renault Championship 1998
  2. ^ French Formula Renault Championship 1999
  3. ^ Formula Palmer Audi Junior 2000
  4. ^ British Formula 3 Championship 2002
  5. ^ Monza 1000 km race 2008
personal data
SURNAME Jouanny, Bruce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris