Jonathan Cochet

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Jonathan Cochet (born January 4, 1977 in Alençon ) is a French racing driver .

Career

Like most motorsport enthusiasts, Cochet began his career in karting , where he was active from 1989 to 1994. In 1995 he moved into the single-seater racing and was fifth in the Formula Renault Campus . In 1996 he switched to the French Formula Renault. After finishing 16th in his first season, he won the championship title in 1997 with five wins ahead of his teammate Sébastien Bourdais . He also started in the European Formula Renault and finished the season in ninth place.

In 1998 he switched to the French Formula 3 championship and finished eleventh overall. In 1999 he played his second season in this series and was runner-up with two wins behind Bourdais. In 2000 he stayed in French Formula 3 for another year and secured the championship title with four wins ahead of Tiago Monteiro . He also won the European Formula 3 Cup and the Formula 3 Masters in Zandvoort .

In 2001 Cochet was active as a Formula 1 test driver at the Prost Grand Prix . He also competed in six races in the World Series by Nissan , in the overall ranking of which he finished ninth, and in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In addition, the F3000 Prost Junior Team supervised by Apomatox made its debut in the international Formula 3000 championship and competed in four races. With a ninth place as the best result, he finished 23rd overall. In 2002 he again took part in six races of the World Series by Nissan and took 13th place overall. He also competed in two Formula Nippon races and came third in the GTS class at the Le Mans 24-hour race. In 2003 he only took part in two races in the World Series by Nissan. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans he finished seventh in the LMP 900 class.

After Cochet had only won one race in the Le Mans Endurance Series in 2004 , he started in 2005 in three races in the Le Mans Endurance Series, two races in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and in the 24-hour race from Le Mans. In 2006 he completed half a season of the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and also took part in Formula 1 test drives for the Renault team. In 2007 he competed in three races in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and was also 18th in the LMP1 category of the Le Mans Series. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans he finished ninth in the LMP1 classification.

After taking part in two races for the French A1 team in the winter of 2007/2008, Cochet did not take part in any other races in 2008. In 2009 he competed in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo and finished fourth overall with one win. He also started seven races in the FIA GT3 European Championship .

statistics

Career stations

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2001 FranceFrance Equipe de France FFSA Chrysler Viper GTS-R FranceFrance David Terrien FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Dayraut failure accident
2002 FranceFrance Equipe de France FFSA Chrysler Viper GTS-R FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Belloc FranceFrance Benoît Tréluyer Rank 14
2003 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C60 FranceFrance Stéphan Grégoire FranceFrance Jean-Marc Gounon Rank 7
2005 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C65 JapanJapan Shinji Nakano FranceFrance Bruce Jouanny failure accident
2007 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage LC70 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alexander Frei FranceFrance Bruno Besson Rank 26

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personal data
SURNAME Cochet, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Alençon , France