Julien Canal

Julien Canal 2013

Julien Canal at the Petit Le Mans 2011 for Larbre Compétition

Julien Canal (born July 15, 1982 in Le Mans ) is a French racing driver . In 2010, 2011 and 2012 he achieved class wins at the Le Mans 24-hour race . He competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) from 2012 to 2015 .

Career

Canal began his motorsport career in karting in 2000 , where he remained active until 2002. In 2003 Canal switched to formula racing . He entered the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup for the third race with CD Sport and was 30th in the drivers' standings. In addition, he started in individual races of the German and French Formula Renault . In 2004 Canal switched to Graff Racing . He finished 24th in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, while his team-mate Simon Pagenaud was second overall. In the French Formula Renault, he reached 21st place overall. In 2005 Canal stayed with Graff Racing. In the Eurocup he improved to 16th place overall. In the French Formula Renault he was 14th. 2006 Canal joined Graff Racing in the French Formula Renault. With a podium placement, he was sixth overall. He also made two guest starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup.

In 2007 Canal switched to GT racing. For Graff Racing he started in the French Porsche Carrera Cup and finished ninth overall. In 2008 Canal contested his second season in the French Porsche Carrera Cup for Graff Racing. He reached tenth place in the overall ranking. He also took part in races in the French GT Championship and the FIA GT Championship for DKR Engineering . In 2009 Canal improved to eighth place overall for Graff Racing starting in the French Porsche Carrera Cup. He also made his debut in Formula Le Mans in endurance racing.

In 2010 Canal started for Graff Racing in the French GT Championship. He finished seventh overall with two wins. He also made his debut for Larbre Compétition in 2010 at the Le Mans 24 Hours . He won the GT1 class together with Roland Bervillé and Gabriele Gardel . He also drove once for Larbre Compétition in the Le Mans Series and also won the GT1 class. In 2011 Canal competed in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) for Larbre Compétition . Together with Patrick Bornhauser and Gardel, he won the LMGTE-Am classification twice, including at the Le Mans 24-hour race .

In 2012 Canal took part in the newly founded FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) for Larbre Compétition . Together with Bornhauser and Pedro Lamy , he won the LMGTE-Am classification three times, including the Le Mans 24-hour race . In the drivers' world championship he was together with Bornhauser 56th 2013 Canal stayed with Larbre Compétition in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship. Together with Bornhauser, he finished the season in 26th place in the GT World Cup.

In 2014 Canal switched to the LMP2 class of the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship and was given a cockpit with the G-Drive Racing team, which is overseen by OAK Racing . Together with his team mates Olivier Pla and Roman Russinow , he won the LMP2 class four times. The trio reached 15th place in the drivers' world championship. Canal also took part in a Blancpain Endurance Series race for SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion . In 2015 Canal and Russinow stayed with G-Drive Racing in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship. The two got a new teammate in Sam Bird . The trio won the LMP2 class four times. The three drivers were tenth in the drivers' world championship.

statistics

Career stations

2000-2002: karting 2003: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (30th place) 2003: French Formula Renault (29th place) 2003: German Formula Renault 2004: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (24th place) 2004: French Formula Renault (21st place) 2005: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (16th place) 2005: French Formula Renault (14th place)

2006: French Formula Renault (6th place) 2007: French Porsche Carrera Cup (9th place) 2008: French Porsche Carrera Cup (10th place) 2008: French GT Championship (13th place) 2008: FIA GT Championship , GT1 2009: French Porsche Carrera Cup (8th place) 2009: Formula Le Mans (34th place) 2010: French GT Championship (7th place)

2010: Le Mans Series , LMGT1 (3rd place) 2011: ILMC , LMGTE Am 2012 : WEC (56th place) 2013 : WEC, GT (26th place) 2014 : WEC (15th place) 2014 : Blancpain Endurance Series , Pro-Am (25th place) 2015 : WEC (10th place)

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

Drivers world championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2012	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1		SEB	SPA	LMS	SIL	SAO	BRN	FUJ	SHA	3.5	56.
				20 *	22nd	18th	DNF	DSQ	21st	21st	19th
2014	G-Drive Racing	Morgan / Ligier JS P2	Nissan	SIL	SPA	LMS	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	SAO	23.5	15th
				5	8th	DNF	14th	7th	9	12	DNF
2015	G-Drive Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	33.5	10.
				6th	31	11	8th	5	9	10	7th

( Legend )

GT World Cup

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2013	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1	SIL	SPA	LMS	SAO	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	16.25	26th
			21st	23	29	19th	22nd	29	22nd	17th

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	Larbre Compétition	Saleen S7-R	Roland Bervillé	Gabriele Gardel	Rank 13 and class win
2011	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R-ZR1	Patrick Bornhauser	Gabriele Gardel	Rank 20 and class win
2012	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Patrick Bornhauser	Pedro Lamy	Rank 20 and class win
2013	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R-ZR1	Patrick Bornhauser	Ricky Taylor	Rank 29
2014	G-Drive Racing	Oreca 03	Roman Russinov	Olivier Pla	failure	malfunction
2015	G-Drive Racing	Ligier JS P2	Roman Russinov	Sam Bird	Rank 11
2016	Greaves Motorsport	Ligier JS P2	Memo Rojas	Nathanaël Berthon	Rank 10
2017	Vaillante rebellion	Oreca 07	Bruno Senna	Nicolas Prost	Rank 16
2018	Panis-Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P217	Timothé Buret	Will Stevens	Rank 13
2019	Panis-Barthez Competition	Ligier JS P217	René Binder	Will Stevens	Rank 13

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2011	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1	Gabriele Gardel	Patrick Bornhauser	failure	Electrics
2012	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1	Pedro Lamy	Patrick Bornhauser	failure	malfunction

Web links

Commons : Julien Canal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics of Julien Canal (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ OAK Racing with G-Drive Racing in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship. (No longer available online.) Oak-racing.com, February 13, 2014, archived from the original on July 15, 2015 ; accessed on July 14, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Tony DiZinno: G-Drive Confirms Two Cars, Engine, Lineups. sportscar365.com, February 5, 2015, accessed February 5, 2015 .