Jean Karl Vernay

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Jean Karl Vernay (2009)
Jean Karl Vernay at the Hockenheimring 2009

Jean Karl Vernay (born October 31, 1987 in Villeurbanne ) is a French racing driver . In 2010 he became the master of the Indy Lights .

Career

In 2000 Vernay started his karting career . 2005 he played in the French Formula Campus his first season in single-seater racing and was champion of the series. In 2006 the young Frenchman switched to the French Formula Renault and secured the runner-up title. He also took part in two races of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In the A1GP season 2006/2007 he took part in a few races for France. In 2007 Vernay switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series and finished ninth in the overall standings for Signature Plus . Vernay was also active in the Formula 3 Euro Series the following season and improved to eighth place overall. In 2009 Vernay stayed with Signature-Plus and contested his third season in the Formula 3 Euro Series. After not winning a race in the past two years, he celebrated two wins this season. At the end of the season he finished fifth overall.

For the 2010 season, Vernay switched to Indy Lights to Sam Schmidt Motorsports . He immediately succeeded in winning the season opener in St. Petersburg . In the second race in Birmingham he managed to achieve pole position and the fastest lap and lead the race for the most laps. He succeeded in this combination again during the season. Vernay scored a total of five wins in the 2010 season, all of them on circuits. On the oval courses, two third places were his best results. Eventually he won the championship ahead of James Hinchcliffe . In 2011 Vernay couldn't find a cockpit for a full season. He took part in the second Formula Renault 3.5 race weekend for Pons Racing . He also made his debut in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and competed in an LMP2 car. After the season he also did test drives in the DTM for BMW .

statistics

Career stations

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2013 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR FranceFrance Raymond Narac FranceFrance Christophe Bourret Rank 26 and class win

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2012 MonacoMonaco Luxury racing Ferrari 458 Italia BrazilBrazil Jaime Melo FranceFrance Frédéric Makowiecki failure malfunction

Web links

Commons : Jean-Karl Vernay  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "JK Vernay en FR 3.5 à Spa" (autohebdo.fr on April 29, 2011)
  2. "DTM - Rookies convince in the BMW test" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 14, 2011)