Michel Jourdain Jr.
Michel Jourdain Jr. | |||||||
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Nationality | Mexican | ||||||
Born |
Mexico City, Mexico | 2 September 1976||||||
IndyCar Series career | |||||||
4 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 20th (1996) | ||||||
First race | 1996 Dura Lube 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Indianapolis 500 (Indy) | ||||||
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Champ Car career | |||||||
152 races run over 9 years | |||||||
Best finish | 3rd (2003) | ||||||
First race | 1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach) | ||||||
Last race | 2004 Gran Premio de Mexico (Mexico City) | ||||||
First win | 2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
Last win | 2003 Molson Indy Montreal (Montreal) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
26 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 37th (2005) | ||||||
First race | 2005 Hershey's Take 5 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2008 Corona México 200 (Mexico City) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
7 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 39th (2006) | ||||||
First race | 2006 Sam's Town 400 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2006 Ford 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of June 13, 2012. |
Michel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976 in Mexico City, Mexico) is an IndyCar driver. Jourdain started racing cars in the Mexican Formula Junior series at the age of 12. He then moved to the Mexican Formula K and Formula 2 series.
Champ Car
In 1996, Jourdain ran several races in the Indy Racing League (IRL) and the CART (now Champ Car) series, including the Indy 500. At the age of 19, he became one of the youngest drivers to race in both Champ Car and the Indy 500. Jourdain raced full-time in Champ Car from 1997–2004. In his early years, he was largely considered a back marker; however, after joining the Rahal team in 2002, he became a championship contender. Jourdain ended his Champ Car career in 2004 with 1 pole, 2 wins, and 9 podium (top three) finishes.
NASCAR
Jourdain was supported by Mexican sponsors throughout his years in Champ Car. After losing his sponsorship following the 2004 season, Jourdain looked to the NASCAR Busch Series. At the time, NASCAR was trying to expand its fan base among Mexicans and Hispanic Americans.
Jourdain made 18 starts driving the number 10 ppc Racing Ford in 2005. He was able to notch one top ten finish, however in July ppc Racing announced that the team could not continue with a full season due to insufficient sponsorship. He ran two races later in the season for Keith Barnwell. Michel drove in his home race in Mexico City at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as well as two more races in the #15 in 2006 for Jill Burgdoff as well as 7 Craftsman Truck Series races in the Roush Racing #50 truck.
WTCC
In 2007 Jourdain competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for SEAT Sport. A troubled season saw him finish the year down in 18th place on points. Later in the year he was signed to drive in the A1GP series for A1 Team Mexico, returning to open-wheel racing for the first time since his Champ Car days.
In 2010, he returned to NASCAR for the Nationwide Series race at Road America when he practiced the #98 for Paul Menard since he was away racing at Infineon. Jourdain also competed in the P-WRC class of the 2010 Rally Mexico where he finished 7th in class.
Rally
During the 2003 Baja 1000 Jourdain, supported by girlfriend Ana Paola Romo, raced a SCORE Baja Challenge class vehicle finishing 6th in their class with a time of 31:01.31[1]
In October 2010 Jourdain and his co-driver Miguel Ángel Diez got the second overall in La Carrera Panamericana in a Studebaker 1953, just 12.9 seconds behind from Harri Rovanperä.
The 2010 and 2011 World Rally seasonss saw him start eight rallies with a best finish of 14th in the 2011 Rally México.
Motorsports career results
American open-wheel racing results
(key)
IndyCar Series
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points |
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1996 | Team Scandia | Lola T95/00 | Ford XB | WDW | PHX 20 |
INDY 13 |
20th | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
1996–97 | Lola T94/00 | NHM | LVS 2 |
WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | PPIR | CLT | NHM | LVS | 36th | 33 | |||||||||||
2012 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Dallara DW12 | Honda | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY 19 |
DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM | MDO | SNM | BAL | FON | 32nd | 16 | ||||
2013 | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY DNQ |
DET | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | TOR | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | FON | NC | 0 |
Indianapolis 500
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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1996 | Lola | Cosworth-Ford | 8 | 13 | Team Scandia |
2012 | Dallara | Honda | 22 | 19 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
2013 | Dallara | Honda | DNQ | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
CART/Champ Car
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
- ^ New points system implemented in 2004.
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2007 | SEAT Sport | SEAT León | BRA 1 12 |
BRA 2 15 |
NED 1 15 |
NED 2 16 |
ESP 1 6 |
ESP 2 9 |
FRA 1 12 |
FRA 2 Ret |
CZE 1 11 |
CZE 2 13 |
POR 1 12 |
POR 2 9 |
SWE 1 Ret |
SWE 2 12 |
GER 1 12 |
GER 2 9 |
GBR 1 19 |
GBR 2 13 |
ITA 1 14 |
ITA 2 13 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
18th | 3 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2007–08 | A1 Team Mexico | NED SPR |
NED FEA |
CZE SPR 13 |
CZE FEA 22 |
MYS SPR 20 |
MYS FEA 11 |
ZHU SPR |
ZHU FEA |
NZL SPR |
NZL FEA |
AUS SPR |
AUS FEA |
RSA SPR |
RSA FEA |
MEX SPR |
MEX FEA |
SHA SPR |
SHA FEA |
GBR SPR |
GBR SPR |
16th | 22 |
WRC results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points |
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2010 | Michel Jourdain | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE | MEX 19 |
JOR | TUR | NC | 0 | |||||||||
Nextel-Televisa Deportes WRT | NZL Ret |
POR | BUL | FIN 60 |
JPN Ret |
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | GER Ret |
FRA 38 |
ESP | GBR 26 | |||||||||||||
2011 | Michel Jourdain | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE | MEX 14 |
POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts | |
2005 | ppc Racing | 10 | Ford | DAY 25 |
CAL 25 |
MXC 37 |
LVS 40 |
ATL 10 |
NSH 22 |
BRI 32 |
TEX 20 |
PHO 37 |
TAL 30 |
DAR 41 |
RCH 21 |
CLT 15 |
DOV 41 |
NSH 40 |
KEN 23 |
MLW 30 |
DAY 39 |
CHI DNQ |
NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | 37th | 1517 | ||||||||||
15 | CAL 25 |
RCH | DOV | KAN 30 |
CLT DNQ |
MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | DAY | CAL | MXC 38 |
LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN 18 |
MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN 39 |
MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 91st | 214 | ||||
2007 | Roush Fenway Racing | 17 | Ford | DAY | CAL | MXC 25 |
LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV 16 |
GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 107th | 203 | |
2008 | Braun Racing | 32 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC 36 |
TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 134th | 55 |
Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Roush Racing | 50 | Ford | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | GTY | CLT | MFD DNQ |
DOV | TEX 13 |
MCH | MLW DNQ |
KAN 32 |
KEN 26 |
MEM | IRP 19 |
NSH | BRI | NHA | LVS 30 |
TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX 24 |
PHO | HOM 31 |
39th | 616 |
References
External links
- Michel Jourdain Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Official website