Jonathan Hirschi
Nation: | Switzerland | ||||||||
World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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First rally: | Rally France 2012 | ||||||||
Last rally: | Rally France 2015 | ||||||||
Co-driver: | Vincent Landais | ||||||||
Team: | Jonathan Hirschi | ||||||||
Vehicle: | Peugeot 208 T16 | ||||||||
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Points: | - | ||||||||
Status: After rally 11 of 13, 2015 season |
Jonathan Hirschi (born February 2, 1986 in Saint-Imier , Canton of Bern ) is a Swiss car racing driver.
Career
Jonathan Hirschi started motorsport in 2002 in the national kart championship. In the following years he competed in various races in national championships in Switzerland, France, Germany and Italy. In these championships he could win races or finish on the podium of the top three.
In 2007 he drove three races in the German Formula 3 Championship . Seventh place was his best result. In the overall ranking of the championship he was rated 15th.
After repeated good results in 2007 and 2008, Hirschi was runner-up in the European Megané Trophy in 2009 . He won three races that season, two at Spa and one in Barcelona .
In 2010, Hirschi contested the FIA GT1 World Championship with the Hexis Racing team in an Aston Martin DBR9 . The team secured the world title. Hirschi finished second at Silverstone as the best result and took two pole positions. With 62 points, he finished twelfth in the world championship.
In the French Porsche Carrera Cup, Hirschi finished on the top three podium three times in the same year.
At the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2011 he started in the LM GTE PRO class with a Lotus Evora GTE from the Lotus Jetalliance team. In the final ranking he finished 22nd and seventh in his class.
At the same time, Hirschi competed in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), the Blancpain Endurance Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012 and 2013.
Another passion of Jonathan Hirschi is rallying . In the European Rally Championship (ERC), he finished sixth at the 2012 Rallye International du Valais . A fourth place followed in the same rally in 2014. In 2012 and 2014 he started in the World Rally Championship in the WRC2 and WRC classes . Until then, he has not achieved any notable success. In 2015, further rallies are planned in WRC2. At the Monte Carlo Rally he finished 19th overall and fifth in the WRC2 class .
statistics
Individual results WRC
year | team | vehicle | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | rank |
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2012 | Saintéloc Racing | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | DEU | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | - | - |
DNF | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | HRT rally team | Peugeot 208 T16 | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | POLE | FIN | DEU | OUT | FRA | ESP | GBR | - | - |
50 | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | Jonathan Hirschi | Peugeot 208 T16 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POLE | FIN | DEU | OUT | FRA | ESP | GBR | - | - |
19th | DNF | DNF | DNF | 25th |
Individual results WRC2
year | team | vehicle | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | Points | rank |
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2015 | Jonathan Hirschi | Peugeot 208 T16 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POLE | FIN | DEU | OUT | FRA | ESP | GBR | 18th | 24 | |
5 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 6th |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2010 | Matech Competition | Ford GT1 | Romain Grosjean | Thomas Mutsch | failure | accident |
2011 | Jetalliance Racing Team | Lotus Evora GTE | James Rossiter | Johnny Mowlem | Rank 22 | |
2012 | Race performance | Oreca 03 | Michel Frey | Ralph Meichtry | Rank 26 | |
2013 | HVM status GP | Lola B12 / 80 | Tony Burgess | Johnny Mowlem | failure | accident |
2017 | CEPC Manor TRS Racing | Oreca 07 | Gate Graves | Jean-Éric Vergne | Rank 7 | |
2018 | Graff SO24 | Oreca 07 | Vincent Capillaire | Tristan Gommendy | Rank 6 | |
2019 | Graff | Oreca 07 | Vincent Capillaire | Tristan Gommendy | Rank 14 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ jonathan-hirschi.ch: PROFIL , accessed on May 16, 2015.
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Jonathan Hirschi , accessed on May 16, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hirschi, Jonathan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss car racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Imier |