Jonathan Kennard
Jonathan Kennard (born 26 June 1985 in Tunbridge Wells, England) is a British Professional racing driver. He has won 2 series titles, Formula Palmer Audi in 2004 and the FPA Winter Trophy the previous year in 2003.
Jonathan Kennard | |||||||||||
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||
Born | Tunbridge Wells, England | 26 June 1985||||||||||
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2020 | ||||||||||
Current team | IDEC Sport | ||||||||||
Car number | 17 | ||||||||||
Starts | 1 | ||||||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||||||
Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
Best finish | 11th in LMP2 in 2020 | ||||||||||
Previous series | |||||||||||
2020 2016-19 2017-18 2011 2010 2009 2005–07 2003–04 2003 2003 2002 | FIA World Endurance Championship Masters Historic Racing Radical European Masters FIA GT1 World Championship European Le Mans Series International Formula Master British F3 Formula Palmer Audi FR2.0 UK Winter Series FPA Autumn Trophy T Cars | ||||||||||
Championship titles | |||||||||||
2004 2003 | Formula Palmer Audi FPA Winter Trophy | ||||||||||
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He was also a test driver for the WilliamsF1 team in 2009.
He is race winner in both the National class (2005) and Championship class (2007) of British Formula Three. He also ran at the Zolder F3 Masters in 2007 and the Macau Grand Prix in 2007.
In 2009 he raced in the Superleague Formula for A.S. Roma in the 2009 season.[1] He returned to the series driving for CR Flamengo at the Monza round of the series while Enrique Bernoldi was on FIA GT duty.
In 2010 he raced in the Le Mans Series for the Kruse Schiller Motorsport Team in the LMP2 Class using a Lola Judd. He also finished the Le Mans 24hrs on his first attempt with the same team.
He was the FIA Formula Two Test Driver from 2010 to 2012.
From 2016 to present, he races in Historic Formula One and Endurance Racing Legends in Le Mans Prototypes. Most recently in 2019, he secured pole position for the Silverstone Classic in a Pescarolo LMP1 and dominated the race weekend taking two wins.
In 2020 he raced in the Le Mans 24hrs in the LMP2 Class driving an Oreca 07 for IDEC Sport, finishing 11th in class and 15th overall.
Motorsports Career results
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2002 | T Cars | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 6th |
2003 | Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series | Manor Motorsport | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | NC |
Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy | ? | 4 | 2 | 3 | ? | 4 | 86 | 1st | |
Formula Palmer Audi | ? | 12 | 1 | 1 | ? | 4 | 139 | 6th | |
2004 | Formula Palmer Audi | ? | 12 | 4 | 10 | ? | 9 | 224 | 1st |
2005 | British F3 National Class | Alan Docking Racing | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 233 | 3rd |
2006 | British F3 Championship | Alan Docking Racing | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12th |
Macau Grand Prix | Alan Docking Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 16th | |
2007 | British F3 Championship | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 130 | 6th |
Macau Grand Prix | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
Masters of Formula 3 | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 20th | |
2008 | Formula One | WilliamsF1 | Test Driver | ||||||
2009 | Superleague Formula | A.S. Roma | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 211† | 13th† |
CR Flamengo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191† | 16th† | ||
International Formula Master | Team JVA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14th | |
2010 | European Le Mans Series | Kruse Schiller Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13th |
Le Mans 24hrs | Kruse Schiller Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | |
FIA Formula Two | F2 | Test Driver | |||||||
2011 | FIA GT1 World Championship | DKR www.discount.de | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
FIA Formula Two | F2 | Test Driver | |||||||
2012 | FIA Formula Two | F2 | Test Driver | ||||||
2016 | FIA Masters Historic Sportscar Championship | WDK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
2017 | Masters Historic F1 | Scuderia Classiche | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Radical European Masters | Radical | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
Spa Historic 6 Hrs | O C Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | |
Masters Endurance Legends | WDK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
2018 | Spa Historic 6 Hrs | O C Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
Radical European Masters | Radical | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 6th | |
2019 | Masters Endurance Legends | CGA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5th |
2020 | FIA World Endurance Championship | IDEC Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11th |
† – Team standings.
Superleague Formula
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
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2009 | A.S. Roma | Azerti Motorsport | MAG | ZOL | DON | 13th | 211 | |||||||||
15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||
CR Flamengo | EST | MOZ | JAR | 16th | 191 | |||||||||||
17 | 18 |
2009 Super Final results
- Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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2009 | A.S. Roma Azerti Motorsport |
MAG DNQ |
ZOL N/A |
DON DNQ |
EST | MOZ | JAR |
CR Flamengo Azerti Motorsport |
MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ N/A |
JAR |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2010 | ![]() |
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Lola B07/40-Judd | LMP2 | 291 | 26th | 10th |
2020 | ![]() |
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Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 363 | 15th | 11th |
References
- Elizalde, Pablo (23 June 2009). "Kennard lands AS Roma seat". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
External links
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Ryan Lewis |
Formula Palmer Audi Champion 2004 |
Succeeded by Joe Tandy |