Jean-Karl Vernay

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Jean-Karl Vernay
Vernay in 2009
NationalityFrance French
Born (1987-10-31) 31 October 1987 (age 36)
Villeurbanne (France)
Super GT (GT500)
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Years active2014
TeamsDome Racing
Car number18
Previous series
2013
2012
2011
2010
2007-2009
2006-07
2006
2005		FIA WEC (LMGTE Am)
Porsche Carrera Cup France
Formula Renault 3.5
Indy Lights
F3 Euroseries
A1 Grand Prix
French Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Campus France
Championship titles
2020
2018
2017
2012
2010
2005		WTCR Trophy
TCR Benelux Series
TCR International Series
Porsche Carrera Cup France
Indy Lights
Formula Campus France
Awards
2010Indy Lights Rookie of the Year

Jean-Karl "J. K." Vernay (born 31 October 1987) is a French professional racing driver. He was 2010 Indy Lights and 2017 TCR International Series champion. He has won races at the World Touring Car Cup, where he finished fifth in 2018 and won the WTCR Trophy in 2020.

Career history[edit]

Karting[edit]

Formula[edit]

In 2005, Villeurbanne-born Vernay drove in the French Formula Campus series and finished 1st with 6 wins and 12 podiums on 14 races. The following year, he finished runner-up and best rookies in the French Formula Renault Championship with 7 podiums.

He drove two rounds as race driver in the 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season and the last round as practice session driver.

In 2007, Jean-Karl was selected to be part of the Red Bull Junior Team program that offers funding and support for promising young drivers. With Tom Dillmann, they were the first French drivers to take part in the programme. Vernay is still a part of the team, along with fellow Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne.

The same year, he raced in the Formula Three Euroseries with Signature-Plus team finishing 10th. A second place was his best result, with another finish of 3rd in the non-championship Ultimate Masters of Formula 3 at Zolder behind Nico Hülkenberg and team-mate Yann Clairay.[1]

Vernay continued in the series in 2008, continuing with Signature-Plus. He ended up eighth in the championship, with 3 podiums coming at the Norisring, Brands Hatch and Le Mans. He also started his Brands Hatch podium race from pole position, thanks to the series' reverse grid system.

Vernay competed in a third season in 2009 for Signature, with team-mates Mika Mäki and Tiago Geronimi.[2] Vernay finally took his first win in the Euroseries, at the 42nd attempt, winning the sprint race at Hockenheim. He added a second win in the final race of the season, again at Hockenheim, passing Christopher Zanella on the final lap. At the season-ending Macau Grand Prix, Vernay set an outright lap record en route to a victory in the qualifying race, giving him pole position for the main event.[3] However, he lost out to Edoardo Mortara in the main race, after fluffing a gear shift.[citation needed]

Vernay has moved to the United States to race in the Firestone Indy Lights series in 2010 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.[4] He won in his series debut on the Streets of St. Petersburg in a wet race.[5] He followed this up with another win at Barber Motorsports Park and a third-place finish at Long Beach, leaving him 28 points clear at the top of the standings after 3 rounds. Vernay went on to win four races that season and clinched the championship over James Hinchcliffe with one race to go, having to just start the final round.[citation needed]

Vernay is the first Indy Lights champion since 1996's David Empringham to not go on to compete in IndyCar.[citation needed]

Sports cars and touring cars[edit]

In 2011 Vernay was the test and reserve driver for Peugeot Sport, testing the Peugeot 908 on several occasions.[6]

In 2012, Vernay won the Porsche Carrera Cup France driving for Sébastien Loeb Racing. Vernay won the 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Am class in 2013 while competing for IMSA Performance Matmut, driving a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR. He also contested in the full 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. In 2014, Vernay will drive for Weider Modulo Dome Racing in Super GT GT500 class.

In 2016, Vernay will drive a W Racing Team Volkswagen Golf at the TCR International Series.

Racing record[edit]

Vernay during the opening round of the 2009 Formula Three Euroseries season at Hockenheim.
Vernay's Audi RS3 LMS car for TCR competition in 2018.

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Formula Campus France La Filière 14 6 2 3 12 219 1st
2006 French Formula Renault 2.0 SG Formula 13 2 3 7 7 108 2nd
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 4 0 0 0 0 3 4th‡
2007 Formula 3 Euro Series Signature-Plus 20 0 0 0 1 23 10th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2008 Formula 3 Euro Series Signature-Plus 20 0 0 0 3 35 8th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2009 Formula 3 Euro Series Signature 20 2 0 2 5 47 5th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2010 Indy Lights Sam Schmidt Motorsports 13 5 3 2 9 494 1st
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain Endurance Series Vita4One 2 0 0 0 0 4 31st
American Le Mans Series Signatech Nissan 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup Peugeot Sport Total Reserve driver
2012 Porsche Carrera Cup France Sébastien Loeb Racing 14 6 4 3 13 253 1st
FIA World Endurance Championship Luxury Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am IMSA Performance Matmut 8 1 0 0 3 122 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE 3 0 0 0 0 22 10th
Porsche Supercup MRS-GT Racing 9 0 0 0 0 29 13th
2014 Super GT Dome Racing 3 0 0 0 0 11 19th
GT Asia Series Absolute Bentley Racing 3 0 0 1 1 0 NC†
Macau GT Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 10th
2015 Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 5 0 0 0 2 48 6th
GT Asia Series Bentley Team Absolute 2 0 0 0 0 16 33rd
Audi R8 LMS Cup FAW-VW Audi Racing Team 2 1 0 1 1 32 12th
2016 TCR International Series Leopard Racing 22 3 2 4 7 246 3rd
2017 TCR International Series Leopard Racing Team WRT 19 1 0 0 7 226 1st
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship Team WRT 3 0 0 0 2 64 20th
TCR China Touring Car Championship TeamWork Motorsport 2 1 2 2 2 58 10th
TCR Asia Series 2 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
V de V Endurance Series - LMP3 CMR / Sport Garage 1 0 0 0 0 0 31st
2018 World Touring Car Cup Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team 30 4 2 4 5 245 5th
TCR Europe Touring Car Series Leopard Lukoil Team WRT 12 3 2 4 5 159 2nd
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 8 5 2 2 6 163 1st
F4 Chinese Championship FFA Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 30th
Stock Car Brasil Bardahl Hot Car 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24H TCE Series - TCR Liqui Moly Team Engstler
2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT 1 0 0 0 1 18 11th
2019 World Touring Car Cup Leopard Racing Team Audi Sport 30 0 0 1 3 211 10th
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Phoenix Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
TCR Australia Touring Car Series Melbourne Performance Centre 1 1 1 1 1 42 28th
2020 World Touring Car Cup Team Mulsanne 16 1 0 0 5 194 3rd
2021 World Touring Car Cup Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team 16 2 0 2 4 177 3rd
Pure ETCR Championship Hyundai Motorsport N 5 1 0 0 2 316 2nd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2022 FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup Hyundai Motorsport N 6 0 0 0 0 254 8th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Isotta Fraschini 1 0 0 0 0 0 17th*

† As Vernay was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ‡ Team standings. * Season still in progress.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2006–07 A1 Team France NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		IDN
SPR 		IDN
FEA 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		AUS
SPR 		AUS
FEA 		RSA
SPR 		RSA
FEA 		MEX
SPR
Ret 		MEX
FEA
20 		CHN
SPR
Ret 		CHN
FEA
8 		GBR
SPR
PO 		GBR
SPR
PO 		4th 67

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2007 Signature-Plus Dallara F306/010 Mercedes HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
4 		BRH
1
16 		BRH
2
12 		NOR
1
5 		NOR
2
Ret 		MAG
1
8 		MAG
2
2 		MUG
1
5 		MUG
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
7 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
10 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
Ret 		NOG
1
8 		NOG
2
4 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
Ret 		10th 23
2008 Signature-Plus Dallara F308/033 Volkswagen HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
Ret 		MUG
1
25 		MUG
2
Ret 		PAU
1
Ret 		PAU
2
14 		NOR
1
3 		NOR
2
4 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
4 		NÜR
1
13 		NÜR
2
7 		BRH
1
8 		BRH
2
2 		CAT
1
17 		CAT
2
11 		BUG
1
5 		BUG
2
3 		HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
4 		8th 35
2009 Signature Dallara F308 Volkswagen HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
1 		MUG
1
3 		MUG
2
12 		PAU
1
7 		PAU
2
2 		NOR
1
4 		NOR
2
5 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
7 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
15 		BRH
1
13 		BRH
2
8 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
14 		DIJ
1
18 		DIJ
2
Ret 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
1 		5th 47

American open-wheel racing results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights[edit]

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
2010 Sam Schmidt Motorsports STP
1 		ALA
1 		LBH
3 		INDY
13 		IOW
3 		WGL
1 		TOR
1 		EDM
2 		MDO
8 		SNM
1 		CHI
4 		KTY
3 		HMS
15 		1st 494

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[edit]

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2012 Luxury Racing LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 SEB
Ret 		SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA NC 0
2013 IMSA Performance Matmut LMGTE Am Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
7 		SPA
6 		LMS
1 		SÃO
4 		COA
3 		FUJ
5 		SHA
2 		BHR
6 		3rd 122
2024 Isotta Fraschini Hypercar Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH-C Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6 QAT
Ret 		IMO
 SPA
 LMS
 SÃO
 COA
 FUJ
 BHR
 17th* 0*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2013 MRS GT-Racing ESP
12 		MON
11 		GBR
21 		GER
11 		HUN
11 		BEL
14 		ITA
9 		UAE
Ret 		UAE
DSQ 		13th 29

24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013 France IMSA Performance Matmut France Raymond Narac
France Christophe Bourret 		Porsche 911 GT3 RSR LMGTE Am 306 25th 1st

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2013 IMSA Performance Matmut LMGTE Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL IMO RBR
7 		HUN
5 		LEC
7 		10th 22

Complete Super GT results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2014 Dome Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA
5 		FUJ
10 		AUT
7 		SUG FUJ SUZ BUR MOT 19th 11

Complete TCR International Series results[edit]

(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
2016 Leopard Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR BHR
1
Ret 		BHR
2
DSQ 		EST
1
2 		EST
2
5 		SPA
1
14 		SPA
2
1 		IMO
1
11 		IMO
2
4 		SAL
1
5 		SAL
2
1 		OSC
1
6 		OSC
2
Ret 		SOC
1
5 		SOC
2
2 		CHA
1
5 		CHA
2
8 		MRN
1
1 		MRN
2
6 		SEP
1
5 		SEP
2
5 		MAC
1
2 		MAC
2
2 		3rd 246
2017 Leopard Racing Team WRT Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR RIM
1
6 		RIM
2
3 		BHR
1
3 		BHR
2
4 		SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
1 		MNZ
1
4 		MNZ
2
5 		SAL
1
17† 		SAL
2
DNS 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
7 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
3 		CHA
1
4 		CHA
2
5 		ZHE
1
2 		ZHE
2
12 		DUB
1
3 		DUB
2
15† 		1st 226

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results[edit]

(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 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team Audi RS 3 LMS TCR MAR
1
4 		MAR
2
1 		MAR
3
9 		HUN
1
8 		HUN
2
10 		HUN
3
10 		GER
1
5 		GER
2
7 		GER
3
7 		NED
1
5 		NED
2
Ret 		NED
3
1 		POR
1
5 		POR
2
4 		POR
3
10 		SVK
1
2 		SVK
2
Ret 		SVK
3
Ret 		CHN
1
Ret 		CHN
2
Ret 		CHN
3
12 		WUH
1
1 		WUH
2
5 		WUH
3
15 		JPN
1
6 		JPN
2
13 		JPN
3
10 		MAC
1
1 		MAC
2
Ret 		MAC
3
22† 		5th 245
2019 Leopard Racing Team Audi Sport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR MAR
1
7 		MAR
2
2 		MAR
3
Ret 		HUN
1
4 		HUN
2
2 		HUN
3
10 		SVK
1
4 		SVK
2
12 		SVK
3
Ret 		NED
1
22 		NED
2
15 		NED
3
25 		GER
1
12 		GER
2
9 		GER
3
4 		POR
1
DSQ 		POR
2
4 		POR
3
DSQ 		CHN
1
16 		CHN
2
10 		CHN
3
Ret 		JPN
1
6 		JPN
2
9 		JPN
3
9 		MAC
1
21 		MAC
2
9 		MAC
3
3 		MAL
1
10 		MAL
2
14 		MAL
3
10 		10th 211
2020 Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR BEL
1
5 		BEL
2
7 		GER
1
9 		GER
2
6 		SVK
1
3 		SVK
2
14 		SVK
3
4 		HUN
1
9 		HUN
2
3 		HUN
3
5 		ESP
1
1 		ESP
2
Ret 		ESP
3
6 		ARA
1
8 		ARA
2
2 		ARA
3
3 		3rd 194
2021 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR GER
1
10 		GER
2
1 		POR
1
Ret 		POR
2
2 		ESP
1
9 		ESP
2
4 		HUN
1
14 		HUN
2
13 		CZE
1
6 		CZE
2
14 		FRA
1
6 		FRA
2
1 		ITA
1
14 		ITA
2
19 		RUS
1
2 		RUS
2
5 		3rd 177

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2018 Leopard Lukoil Team WRT Audi RS 3 LMS TCR LEC
1
6 		LEC
2
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		SPA
1
1 		SPA
2
Ret 		HUN
1
7 		HUN
2
20 		ASS
1
2 		ASS
2
7 		MNZ
1
1 		MNZ
2
1 		CAT
1
6 		CAT
2
7 		2nd 159

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hülkenberg wins F3 Masters as Grosjean stalls". MaximumMotorsport.co.uk. 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Vernay stays at Signature in Euro F3". autosport.com. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  3. ^ Thomas, Stella-Maria; Waite, Lynne (21 November 2009). "Vernay wins caution plagued Macau qualification race". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  4. ^ Sam Schmidt Motorsports signs JK Vernay Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, Sam Schmidt Motorsports PR via Motorsport.com, February 22, 2010, Retrieved 2010-02-22
  5. ^ Vernay Wins Wild St. Pete Season-Opener Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, March 28, 2010, retrieved 2010-03-28
  6. ^ "Vernay becomes Peugeot reserve". 22 April 2011.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Campus
Champion
2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Indy Lights
Champion
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup France
Champion
2012 		Succeeded by
Gael Castelli
Preceded by TCR International Series
Champion
2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship
Champion
2018 		Succeeded by
Julien Briché
Preceded by
Inaugural
 WTCR Trophy
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