Jérôme Grosset-Janin Explained

Jérôme Grosset-Janin

Nationality:

France

Birth Date:

19 June 1984

Birth Place:

Sallanches, France

Module:

Child:

yes

Current Series:

Rallycross

First Year:

2019

Current Team:

TitansRX

Last Series:

FIA World Rallycross Championship

First Year:

2003

Team:

GC Kompetition-->

Car Number:

Starts:

Wins:

Podiums:

Best Finish:

3rd

Year:

2018

Child:	yes
Prev Series:	FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years Active:	2012–2019
Best Finish:	2nd
Starts:	23
Wins:	1
Podiums:	4
Former Teams:	Albatec Racing Jérôme Grosset-Janin

Jérôme Grosset-Janin (born 19 June 1984) is a French rallycross driver from Sallanches, Haute-Savoie.

Biography

Grosset-Janin began his motorsport career in ice racing in 2003, and competed in the 2005 Andros Trophy, where he secured 14 podiums from 14 races. The following year, at age 22, he switched to rallying in the French Asphalt Rally Championship, finishing third to become the youngest driver to win a rally and reach the podium.

In 2009, Grosset-Janin returned to rallycross, finishing third in the French Rallycross Championship in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, he finished runner-up and in 2013 he was crowned French Rallycross Champion. In 2014, he piloted a Clio in the British round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship and finished sixth overall in the heats.^[1] In 2015, he raced a full-time campaign in the European Rallycross Championship with Albatec Racing, winning in Belgium on his way to second in the championship behind Tommy Rustad.

Grosset-Janin raced in the World Rallycross Championship for GC Kompetition behind the wheel of a Renault Megane RX. He took his first podium in Sweden 2018.

For the 2019 season, Grosset-Janin entered the TitansRX championship at the wheel of the single-design PanteraRX6 Supercar. He took first place in 2019 TitansRX in Estering, Germany.

This past year, Grosset-Janin has been working alongside Mercedes Benz Etoile Mont Blanc as an ambassador.

Racing record

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Division 1

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	910	ERX	Points
2005	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Citroën Xsara T16 4x4	FRA 14	POR	AUT	CZE	NOR	SWE	BEL	NED	POL	GER	40th	3
2010	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Citroën C4 T16 4x4	POR	FRA 8	GBR	HUN	SWE	FIN	BEL	GER	POL	CZE	27th	9

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	ERX	Points
2012	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Renault Clio	GBR	FRA 6	AUT	HUN	NOR	SWE	BEL 5	NED	FIN	GER	18th	23
2013	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Renault Clio	GBR	POR	HUN	FIN	NOR	SWE	FRA 17	AUT	GER		45th	0
2014	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Renault Clio	GBR 2	NOR 15	BEL 9	GER 9	ITA 21						7th	33
2015	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	BEL 1	GER 2	NOR 4	BAR 5	ITA 5						2nd	117
2016	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	BEL 2	NOR 5	SWE 9	BAR 4	LAT 4						2nd	105
2017	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier	Citroën DS3	BAR 11	NOR 8	SWE 18	FRA 10	LAT 7						9th	45

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WRX	Points
2014	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Renault Clio	POR	GBR 8	NOR 24	FIN	SWE	BEL 17	CAN	FRA 7	GER	ITA 31	TUR	ARG		17th	27
2015	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA 14	BAR	TUR	ITA	ARG	29th	3
2018	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	BAR 11	POR 14	BEL 14	GBR 10	NOR 14	SWE 3	CAN 12	FRA	LAT	USA	GER	RSA		11th	47

Notes and References

News: About Jérôme Grosset-Janin. Albatec Racing. 23 October 2015.