Jonny Kane

Jonny Kane (standing left) in the Embassy-Racing-Pit at the 24-hour race of Le Mans 2008

Jonny Kane in the HPD ARX-03ac 2013 also in Le Mans

Jonny Kane (born May 14, 1973 in Comber ) is a British racing driver .

Racing career

The Northern Irishman Jonny Kane began his career after starting out in karting in 1991 in Formula Vauxhall . In the same year and the following season he won the overall ranking of the Irish Formula Ford Championship . Until the end of the 1996 racing season, Kane remained successful in series of these two racing formulas. In 1994 he secured overall victory in the European Formula Ford Championship and in 1995 in Formula Vauxhall. He was at Paul Stewart Racing team-mate of Juan Pablo Montoya , who finished the championship in third place.

In 1996 he switched to Formula 3 . He was also successful in races with this racing formula. In 1997 he became British Formula 3 champion . After a few races in the international Formula 3 championship in 1998 and two seasons at the Indy Lights , Kane switched to GT and sports car racing in 2001 .

Kane received a work contract with MG and stayed with the British automaker's racing team for two years . The MG-Lola EX257 was a fast but prone to breakdown racing vehicle. In both races at the Le Mans 24-hour race , Kane retired after a technical defect. In 2001 there was no oil pressure; In 2002 there was a gearbox damage. After his two years at Spyker Cars, he participated in the Embassy Racing project with the Embassy WF01 in 2008 .

From 2010 Kane was a team member at Strakka Racing . The most successful phase of his sports car era to date followed. 2010 Le Mans Series he won with the HPD ARX-01c and the partners Nick Leventis and Danny Watts that the European Le Mans Series scoring 1,000-km race at the Hungaroring . This means that an LMP2 prototype won against the competition from LMP1 cars. In the same year he achieved his best position so far in the final classification of Le Mans with the fifth final. The best place in the Sebring 12 Hours was finishing sixth in 2003 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2001	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	MG-Lola EX257	Anthony Reid	Warren Hughes	failure	no oil pressure
2002	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	MG-Lola EX257	Anthony Reid	Warren Hughes	failure	Gearbox damage
2006	Spyker Squadron BV	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Mike Hezemans	failure	Engine failure
2007	Spyker Squadron BV	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Jaroslav Janiš	Mike Hezemans	failure	Engine failure
2008	Embassy Racing	Embassy WF01	Joey Foster	Warren Hughes	failure	accident
2009	Speedy Racing Team	Lola B08 / 80	Benjamin Leuenberger	Xavier Pompidou	Rank 12
2010	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01c	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	5th place and class win
2011	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-01d	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	failure	accident
2012	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-03a	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	Rank 30
2013	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-03ac	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	Rank 6
2015	Strakka Racing	Strakka Dome S103	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	failure	Radiator damage
2016	Strakka Racing	Gibson 015S	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	Rank 8

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2002	KnightHawk Racing LLC	MG-Lola EX257	Steve Knight	Andy Lally	Rank 26
2003	Audi Sport UK	Audi R8	Perry McCarthy	Mika Salo	Rank 6
2005	Team LNT Magic	TVR T400R	Warren Hughes	Lawrence Tomlinson	failure	Engine failure
2012	Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-03a	Nick Leventis	Danny Watts	Rank 10

Web links

Commons : Jonny Kane  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jonny Kane at the Driver Database
• Jonny Kane at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Irish Formula Ford Championship 1991
2. ↑ Irish Formula Ford Championship 1992
3. ↑ European Formula Ford Championship 1994
4. ↑ European Formula Vauxhall Championship 1995
5. ↑ 1000 km race at Hungaroring 2010