Julien Canal
Julien Canal (born 15 July 1982 in Le Mans) is a French racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with Panis Racing. In 2010 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and won his class in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Julien Canal | |||||||||||
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Canal at the 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone | |||||||||||
Nationality | French | ||||||||||
Born | Le Mans, France | 15 July 1982||||||||||
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
Current team | Larbre Compétition | ||||||||||
Car number | 50 | ||||||||||
Previous series | |||||||||||
2011 2011 2010–11 2009 2008 2008, 10 2007–09 2003–2006 2003–06 2003 | Intercontinental Le Mans Cup American Le Mans Series Le Mans Series Formula Le Mans FIA GT Championship FFSA GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup France Eurocup Formula Renault French Formula Renault Formula Renault 2.0 Germany | ||||||||||
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Career
Single-seaters
After competing in karting, where he finished third in the French Championship Elite in 2000, Canal stepped up to single-seaters in 2003. He raced in French Formula Renault for four seasons, scoring his first podium in his final season in 2006 and finishing sixth overall.[1] He also raced in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series in each of those four seasons.
GT racing
Canal switched to GT racing in 2007 when he started racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup France. He finished ninth, tenth and eighth in the three seasons he contested, scoring one podium finish and two pole positions. In 2010 he took part in the FFSA GT Championship.
He joined the Larbre Compétition team to race their Saleen S7-R in the opening round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season at Circuit Paul Ricard, where they were the only team entered in the GT1 class. He returned to the team for the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they won the GT1 class in 13th overall.
In 2011 Larbre entered the new GTE-Am class in a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, with Canal again winning the class at Le Mans with the team. They repeated the feat in 2012.
Racing record
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2012 | Larbre Compétition | LMGTE Am | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | SEB Ret |
SPA 4 |
LMS 1 |
SIL EX |
SÃO EX |
BHR 4 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 1 |
56th† | 1.5 | |
2013 | Larbre Compétition | LMGTE Am | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | SIL 2 |
SPA 3 |
LMS 4 |
SÃO 6 |
COA 6 |
FUJ 8 |
SHA 5 |
BHR 4 |
5th | 97 | |
2014 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
SPA 1 |
LMS Ret |
2nd | 137 | ||||||
Ligier JS P2 | COA 3 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 1 |
BHR 3 |
SÃO Ret |
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2015 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
SPA 9 |
LMS 2 |
NÜR 2 |
COA 1 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 2 |
BHR 1 |
1st | 178 | |
2016 | Manor | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR 7 |
46th | 6 |
2017 | Vaillante Rebellion | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 2 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 6 |
NÜR 2 |
MEX 1 |
COA 3 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 1 |
BHR 1 |
1st | 186 |
2018–19 | Larbre Compétition | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 6 |
LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS | 19th | 8* |
† There was no LMGTE Am drivers championship that year, the result indicates standings in overall standings.
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
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2017 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | P | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | AUS | BEL | WGL |
MOS | ELK |
LGA |
ATL 10 |
41st | 21 |
* Season still in progress.
References
- "Julien Canal career statistics". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Julien Canal. |
- Julien Canal career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Sergey Zlobin |
FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2015 With: Sam Bird & Roman Rusinov |
Succeeded by Gustavo Menezes Nicolas Lapierre Stephane Richelmi |
Preceded by Nicolas Lapierre Gustavo Menezes Stephane Richelmi |
FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2017 With: Bruno Senna |
Succeeded by Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet |