Bruce Jouanny (born 11 June 1978 in
Paris
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,
France
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) is a French
racing driver
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
.
He started his career in his homeland of France, before moving on to international series. In 2000, he won his only career title to date – the
Formula Palmer Audi
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Junior series. He progressed onwards to
Formula Three
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series around the world, including the
British Formula Three Championship British Formula Three Championship may refer to:
*British Formula 3 International Series, a class of auto racing for Formula 3 open wheeled single seater racing cars, which took place from 1951 to 2014
*BRDC British Formula 3 Championship
Th ...
. His best series standing in the British version was 4th in 2002.
He then moved on to World Series by Nissan, now known as
World Series by Renault
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, which he participated in the
2003 season
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,
2004 season and
2006 season. His best series standing was 9th in 2004.
He now participates in the
Le Mans Series
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and the
Le Mans 24 hours
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, with a best
24 Hours of Le Mans
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ranking of 8th in the
2009 race. He currently drives for Pescarolo Sport in the Le Mans Series.
He is the official car developer and test driver of the
Superleague Formula
Superleague Formula was an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It used the slogan 'The Beautiful ...
.
Bruce is also a world feed commentator of the Superleague Formula and has commentated alongside
Ben Edwards and Jonathan Green.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(
key
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
Driver Database information
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1978 births
Living people
Racing drivers from Paris
French racing drivers
French Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
Formula Palmer Audi drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
Carlin racing drivers
OAK Racing drivers
RC Motorsport drivers
KTR drivers
Pescarolo Sport drivers
Team Kunimitsu drivers
Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
Le Mans Cup drivers