Gillian Henrion (born 23 March 2003) is a French racing driver. He is the reigning
Ligier European Series
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champion in the JS P4 category.
Career
Karting
Born in
Nancy, Henrion started his karting career in 2014. His only title came in the French Karting Championship in the Cadet class in 2015 against future
Formula Renault Eurocup champion
Victor Martins. Henrion moved into international karting in 2016, racing in the
European
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and
World Championships with his father's team. The Frenchman remained in karts until 2017, where he finished second in the
WSK Champions Cup to Ilya Morozov in the
OKJ-class.
Lower formulae
In 2018 Henrion made his single-seater racing debut with an appearance in the final round of the
French F4 Championship at
Le Castellet. He finished all races in the top ten, however due to him being a guest driver Henrion didn't score any points.
The next year the Frenchman continued racing in
French F4.
Despite only winning one race at the
Hungaroring, Henrion stayed very consistent throughout the campaign, finishing in the points in all races he contested. With four third-placed finishes the Frenchman finished fifth in the FFSA standings. Due to
Victor Bernier's classification as a rookie Henrion ended up fourth in the
FIA Formula 4 standings, earning him five
FIA Super Licence points.
Formula Regional European Championship
2020
In 2020 Henrion announced that he would drive for the family-run team Gillian Track Events GTE in the
Formula Regional European Championship. He scored points at every event and got one podium in the rookie championship. The most notable moment of his season came at the second race in
Mugello, where, due to a strategy gamble, Henrion found himself in the lead by almost half a minute, and finished the race in fourth place, which ended up being his best result of the year. Henrion finished tenth in the overall standings.
2022
Henrion made a substitute appearance for G4 Racing in
2022
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, replacing the injured
Axel Gnos at the
Red Bull Ring
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.
Endurance racing
After a year-long hiatus from racing, Henrion announced that he would be driving for Team Virage in the
2022 Ligier European Series. He would start out the campaign in brilliant fashion, as two pole positions were converted to two lights-to-flag victories at the season opener in
Le Castellet. This became the start of a dominant season for Henrion, as he would take both wins in
Imola, a pair of victories at
Le Mans
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, which came as part of the support races for the
24 Hours of Le Mans
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, and another two wins at
Monza
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. Henrion failed to win Race 1 at
Spa-Francorchamps, finishing second, before crowning himself as the champion prematurely by winning Sunday's race. He ended the season in style, taking both victories in the final weekend at the
Algarve International Circuit.
Karting record
Karting career summary
Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Karting World Championship results
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Henrion was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
*Season still in progress.
Complete French F4 Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† As Henrion was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† As Henrion was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
‡ Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete Ligier European Series results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
References
External links
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2003 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nancy, France
French racing drivers
Formula Regional European Championship drivers
French F4 Championship drivers
Karting World Championship drivers