Jacques Nicolet

Jacques Nicolet (2011)

Jacques Nicolet (born April 5, 1956 in Monaco ) is a French businessman and racing car driver .

Business career

He is the founder, shareholder and board member of the real estate company Altarea Cogedim ; Team owner of the motorsport racing team OAK Racing as well as owner and CEO of the chassis manufacturer Onroak Automotive . Nicolet is also active as a racing driver and has competed regularly in the Le Mans 24-hour race since 2007 . From 2012 to 2015 he took part in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Nicolet worked at Pierre et Vacances from 1984 to 1994 . There he held the positions of program director, development director and deputy managing director. In 1994 he founded the real estate company Altarea Cogedim together with Gilles Boissonnet, Alain Taravella and Stéphane Theuriau , in which he still holds shares to this day. Nicolet held several positions at Altarea Cogedim. From June 26, 2007 to June 2, 2014 he was Chairman of the company's Supervisory Board. Subsequently, Nicolet remained as a member of the supervisory board.

The end of 2006 took over the Nicolet team Saulnier Racing and named him 2009 OAK Racing to. In 2007 Nicolet founded the LMP chassis manufacturer Group Pescarolo Automobiles together with Henri Pescarolo . After Nicolet and Pescarolo ended their cooperation in 2008 and the manufacturer was sold to the Sora Group, OAK Racing took over the production department of Pescarolo Sport at the end of 2009. In 2010, OAK Racing set up its own design department. Nicolet pursued the goal of establishing a new LMP chassis manufacturer on the market and expanded the department in the following years. The manufacturer Onroak Automotive emerged from the construction department of OAK Racing in 2012 . Onroak's LMP vehicles operate under the names Morgan (until 2013) and Ligier (since 2014). Nicolet acts as CEO of Onroak.

Racing career

In 2001, Nicolet began as a hobby driver to take part in motorsport events with historic racing vehicles. Until 2007 he competed in historic races. After buying Saulnier Racing at the end of 2006 , he switched to professional motorsport as a men's driver and competed in the Le Mans Series in an LMP2 vehicle . He formed a team with Alain Filhol and Bruce Jouanny . The three drivers achieved a podium finish with a second place in the LMP2 classification and came fourth in the drivers' classification. In addition, Nicolet made his debut in 2007 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , which he contested with Filhol and Jouanny. In 2008 Nicolet moved to the higher LMP1 class. He was 21st in the Le Mans Series and again took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans .

In 2009 Nicolet returned to the LMP2 class and renamed his team OAK Racing . In the Le Mans Series he finished the season in seventh place in the LMP2 classification. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans , he achieved third place (overall placing: 20th) together with Richard Hein and Jean-François Yvon a podium finish in the LMP2 class. In addition, Nicolet drove in the Asian Le Mans Series (AsLMS), which was held for the first time . There he won the LMP2 driver title together with Hein and Matthieu Lahaye . In 2010 Nicolet reached third place overall in the LMP2 classification of the Le Mans Series together with Lahaye. At the 24-hour race at Le Mans , he finished ninth in the overall standings with Hein and Yvon and fourth in the LMP2 class. Ninth place in the overall classification represents Nicolet's best overall position in the 24-hour race of Le Mans. In addition, Nicolet competed in the newly founded Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC). Together with Frédéric Da Rocha and Patrice Lafargue, he won the LMP2 class in two of three races. In 2011 Nicolet drove again in the LMP1 class and took part in five races of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans .

In 2012 Nicolet returned to the LMP2 class and competed with Lahaye and Olivier Pla for OAK Racing in a Morgan LMP2 in the newly founded FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), which replaced the ILMC. Lahaye was not rated in one race. Nicolet and Pla finished the season with a fourth place as the best result in 20th place in the drivers' world championship. In addition, Nicolet drove in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), the successor to the Le Mans Series, and was third overall in the LMP2 class, the highest class there. In 2013 , Nicolet competed in his second season in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship with changing teammates. Initially, only one start was planned in the first three races, but Nicolet competed in every race. With a seventh place as the best result, he reached 21st place in the drivers' world championship.

After a year break returned Nicolet 2015 in the FIA World Endurance Championship back. He drives the new Ligier JS P2 from his company Onroak Automotive together with his friends Érik Maris and Jean-Marc Merlin . After the 24-hour race at Le Mans , the three withdrew from the world championship.

Statistics in motorsport

Career stations

2001–2007: Historic motorsport 2007: Le Mans Series , LMP2 (4th place) 2008: Le Mans Series, LMP1 (21st place) 2009: Le Mans Series, LMP2 (7th place)

2009: AsLMS , LMP2 (master) 2010: Le Mans Series, LMP2 (3rd place) 2010: ILMC , LMP2 2011: ILMC, LMP1

2012 : WEC (20th place) 2012: ELMS, LMP2 (3rd place) 2013 : WEC (21st place) 2015 : WEC (24th place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2007	Saulnier Racing	Courage LC75	Alain Filhol	Bruce Jouanny	Rank 36
2008	Saulnier Racing	Pescarolo 01	Marc Faggionato	Richard Hein	Rank 26
2009	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Jean-François Yvon	Richard Hein	Rank 20
2010	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Jean-François Yvon	Richard Hein	Rank 9
2010	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Jean-François Yvon	Richard Hein	Rank 9
2011	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Jean-François Yvon	Richard Hein	failure	malfunction
2012	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Olivier Pla	Matthieu Lahaye	failure	no oil pressure
2013	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Jean-Marc Merlin	Philippe Mondolot	failure	malfunction
2015	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	Jean-Marc Merlin	Érik Maris	Rank 29
2017	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	Pierre Nicolet	Érik Maris	Rank 15

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2011	OAK Racing	Pescarolo 01	Richard Hein	Jean-François Yvon	failure	Engine failure
2012	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Matthieu Lahaye	Olivier Pla	Rank 5

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
2012	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	SEB	SPA	LEM	SIL	SAO	BAH	FUJ	SHA
			5	17th	DNF	13	10	11	10	9
2013	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	SIL	SPA	LEM	SAO	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			27	13	DNF	8th	25th	12	10	7th
2015	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			22nd	15th	29
2017	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
					15th

Web links

Commons : Jacques Nicolet  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Altarea Cogedim
• Official website of OAK Racing
• Official website of Onroak Automotive
• Motorsport career statistics of Jacques Nicolet (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Interview: Jacques Nicolet. 24h-lemans.com, July 9, 2013, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jacques Nicolet. bloomberg.com, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Shareholders. altareacogedim.com, December 31, 2014, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
4. ^ Altarea - Company Profile. euronext.com, accessed on July 15, 2015 (English). 
5. ^ History. oak-racing.com, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
6. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Saulnier becomes OAK Racing. Motorsport-Total.com, January 27, 2009, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Britta Weddige: Pescarolo and Nicolet found a joint company. Motorsport-Total.com, October 24, 2007, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Britta Weddige: OAK Racing takes over large parts of Pescarolo. Motorsport-Total.com, December 10, 2009, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: OAK: First step to the manufacturer. Motorsport-Total.com, August 26, 2010, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
10. ^ Roman Wittemeier: OAK: New factory, new cars, new goals. Motorsport-Total.com, January 12, 2011, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Long Distance World Championship: OAK becomes Morgan. Motorsport-Total.com, January 16, 2012, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
12. ^ Morgan Motor Company and OAK Racing join forces in endurance racing. (No longer available online.) Endurance-info.com, January 16, 2012, archived from the original on February 17, 2015 ; accessed on July 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ^ History. onroak.com, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: Major attack from 2014: Onroak strengthens with Ligier. Motorsport-Total.com, December 6, 2013, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
15. ^ The Team. onroak.com, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Jacques Nicolet. (No longer available online.) Oak-racing.com, archived from the original on July 15, 2015 ; accessed on July 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ Roman Wittemeier: WEC: Oak brings third car. Motorsport-Total.com, March 27, 2013, accessed July 15, 2015 . 
18. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Nicolet and his "old gentlemen's club": Oak back in the WEC. Motorsport-Total.com, February 5, 2015, accessed July 15, 2015 .