| Michel Jourdain, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Champ Races: | 152 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years In Champ: | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best Champ Pos: | 3rd (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Champ Race: | 1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Champ Race: | 2004 Gran Premio de Mexico (Mexico City) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Champ Win: | 2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 (Milwaukee) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Champ Win: | 2003 Molson Indy Montreal (Montreal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champ Wins: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champ Podiums: | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champ Poles: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Irl Races: | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years In Irl: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best Irl Pos: | 20th (1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Irl Race: | 1996 Dura Lube 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Irl Race: | 2012 Indianapolis 500 (Indy) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Irl Wins: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Irl Podiums: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Irl Poles: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michel Jourdain Lascurain, better known as Michel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976), is a Mexican racecar driver, best known for winning two Champ Car races in 2003. He is the 2020 Super Copa GTM Champion.
Jourdain started racing cars in the Mexican Formula Junior series at the age of 12. He then moved to the Mexican Formula K and Formula 2 series.
In 1996, Jourdain ran several races in the Indy Racing League (IRL) and the CART (now Champ Car) series, including the Indy 500. At the age of 19, he became one of the youngest drivers to race in both Champ Car and the Indy 500. Jourdain raced full-time in Champ Car from 1997 to 2004. In his early years, he was largely considered a back marker; however, after joining the Rahal team in 2002, he became a championship contender. Jourdain ended his Champ Car career in 2004 with 1 pole, 2 wins, and 9 podium (top three) finishes.
Jourdain was supported by Mexican sponsors throughout his years in Champ Car. After losing his sponsorship following the 2004 season, Jourdain looked to the NASCAR Busch Series. At the time, NASCAR was trying to expand its fan base among Mexicans and Hispanic Americans.
Jourdain made 18 starts driving the number 10 ppc Racing Ford in 2005. He was able to notch one top ten finish, however in July ppc Racing announced that the team could not continue with a full season due to insufficient sponsorship. He ran two races later in the season for Keith Barnwell. Michel drove in his home race in Mexico City at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as well as two more races in the #15 in 2006 for Jill Burgdoff as well as 7 Craftsman Truck Series races in the Roush Racing #50 truck.
In 2007 Jourdain competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for SEAT Sport. A troubled season saw him finish the year down in 18th place on points. Later in the year he was signed to drive in the A1GP series for A1 Team Mexico, returning to open-wheel racing for the first time since his Champ Car days.
In 2010, he returned to NASCAR for the Nationwide Series race at Road America when he practiced the #98 for Paul Menard since he was away racing at Infineon. Jourdain also competed in the P-WRC class of the 2010 Rally Mexico where he finished 7th in class.
During the 2003 Baja 1000 Jourdain, supported by girlfriend Ana Paola Romo, raced a SCORE Baja Challenge class vehicle finishing 6th in their class with a time of 31:01.31[1]
In October 2010 Jourdain and his co-driver Miguel Ángel Diez got the second overall in La Carrera Panamericana in a Studebaker 1953, just 12.9 seconds behind from Harri Rovanperä.
The 2010 and 2011 World Rally seasons saw him start eight rallies with a best finish of 14th in the 2011 Rally México.
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| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Team Scandia | 22 | Ford XB | WDW | PHX | INDY | 20th | 74 | [2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–97 | NHM | LVS | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | PPIR | CLT | NHM | LVS | 36th | 33 | [3] | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Dallara DW12 | 30 | Honda | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM | MDO | SNM | BAL | FON | 32nd | 16 | [4] | ||||
| 2013 | 17 | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY | DET | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | TOR | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | FON | NC | 0 | [5] | |||
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Lola | Cosworth-Ford | 8 | align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13 | Team Scandia |
| 2012 | Dallara | Honda | 22 | align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 19 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 2013 | Dallara | Honda | DNQ | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Rank | Points | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Dick Simon Racing | SRF | LBH | MIL | DET | POR | VAN | LAG | 37th | 0 | [6] | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Payton Coyne Racing | MIA | SRF | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | FON | 29th | 1 | [7] | ||||
| 1998 | Payton Coyne Racing | MIA | MOT | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | HOU | SRF | FON | 24th | 5 | [8] | ||
| 1999 | Payton Coyne Racing | MIA | MOT | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | POR | CLE | ROA | TOR | MCH | DET | MDO | CHI | VAN | LAG | HOU | SRF | FON | 25th | 7 | [9] | |
| 2000 | Bettenhausen Racing | MIA | LBH | RIO | MOT | NAZ | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAG | GAT | HOU | SRF | FON | 22nd | 18 | [10] | |
| 2001 | Bettenhausen Racing | MTY | LBH | NAZ | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MCH | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU | LAG | SRF | FON | 20th | 30 | [11] | |
| 2002 | Team Rahal | MTY | LBH | MOT | MIL | LAG | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | VAN | MDO | ROA | MTL | DEN | ROC | MIA | SRF | FON | MXC | 10th | 105 | [12] | ||
| 2003 | Team Rahal | STP | MTY | LBH 15* | BRH | LAU | MIL | LAG | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | MDO | MTL | DEN | MIA | MXC | SRF | 3rd | 195 | [13] | |||
| 2004 | RuSPORT | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL | LAG | LSV | SRF | MXC | 12th | 185^ | [14] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points | |
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| 2010 | Michel Jourdain | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE | MEX | JOR | TUR | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nextel-Televisa Deportes WRT | NZL | POR | BUL | FIN 60 | JPN | |||||||||||||
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | GER | FRA | ESP | GBR | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Michel Jourdain | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 |
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | Pts | Ref | |||
| 2005 | ppc Racing | 10 | Ford | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH | BRI | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | 37th | 1517 | [15] | |||||||||||
| 15 | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 91st | 214 | [16] | |||||
| 2007 | Roush Fenway Racing | 17 | Ford | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 107th | 203 | [17] | ||
| 2008 | Braun Racing | 32 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 134th | 55 | [18] | ||
| 2011 | Roush Fenway Racing | 16 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL | NSH | RCH | DAR | DOV | IOW | CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA | DAY | KEN | NHA | NSH | IRP | IOW | GLN | CGV QL† | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | NA | 0 | [19] | |||
| † - Qualified for Trevor Bayne· | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||