Jules Gounon

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Jules Gounon (born December 31, 1994 ) is a French racing driver .

Life

Jules Gounon is the son of the French car racing driver Jean-Marc Gounon , he started his career in karting at the age of 15. In 2013 he moved to the French Formula 4 championship where he was runner-up. In 2017 he became champion in the ADAC GT Masters on a Chevrolet Corvette from the German Callaway Competition team . Also in 2017 he and his driver colleagues Markus Winkelhock & Christopher Haase won the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race .

He has signed a contract as a works driver with Bentley since 2018 and competes for the team in the Blancpain Endurance Series and the Intercontinental GT Challenge .

statistics

Career stations

2013: French Formula 4 Championship (2nd place) 2014: Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (23rd place) 2015: Porsche Carrera Cup France (6th place) 2016 : ADAC GT Masters (3rd place) 2017 : ADAC GT Masters (champions) 2017: Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race (winner)

2018: Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup (14th place) 2018: Intercontinental GT Challenge (23rd place) 2019 : 24 Hours of Le Mans (40th place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	Luís Felipe Derani	Oliver Jarvis	Rank 40

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2017	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Christopher Mies	Connor De Phillippi	Rank 19

Web links

Commons : Jules Gounon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jules Gounon's profile. sport.de, accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Jules Gounon: This is the new GT Masters champion. motorsport-total.com, accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
3. ↑ 24h Spa 2017: Premier victory for Sainteloc-Audi. motorsport-total.com, accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Bentley has Jules Gounon as a works driver for 2018. motorsport-magazin.com, accessed on September 8, 2019 .