Jean Karl Vernay

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Jean Karl Vernay
Nationality Flag of France French
Date of Birth October 31, 1987 (1987-10-31) (age 20)
Place of Birth Villeurbanne (France)
2008 Formula 3 Euroseries
Debut season 2007
Current team Signature-Plus
Starts 26
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 9th in 2007
Previous series
2007-2008
2006-07
2006
2005
Formula 3 Euroseries
A1 Grand Prix
French Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Campus France
Championship titles
2005 Formula Campus France

Jean Karl Vernay (born October 31, 1987) is a French race car driver born in Villeurbanne, France. He is racing in the 2007 Formula Three Euroseries for the Signature-Plus team.

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[edit] Career history

[edit] Karting

  • 2000 : 3rd in France Cadet Championship
  • 2001 : 5th in Speedy junior world Cup in Paris Bercy
  • 2002 : 2nd in Monaco kart cup
  • 2004 : 2nd in Belgium Championship, Formula A and 21th in world championship, Formula A

[edit] Formula

In 2005, he drove French Formula Campus and finish 1st with 6 wins and 12 podiums on 14 races.

In 2006, he finish the French Formula Renault taking the second place and best rookie with 7 podiums.

In 2007, Jean Karl is selected to take part of the Red Bull Junior Team program that offers funding and support for promising young drivers. With Tom Dillman, they're the two first french driver to take part of this program.

The same year, he race on the Formula Three Euroseries with Signature-Plus team finishing 10th. A second place was is best result in this series that year. He finish 3rd on the non-championship Ultimate Masters of Formula 3 2007 race at Zolder behind Nicolas Hülkenberg and another french driver and team mate Yann Clairay.[1]

He drove 2 rounds as race driver in the A1 Grand Prix of Nation 2006-07 season and a last round as practice session driver.

[edit] Career results

Season Series Team Races wins Poles Fast laps Points Pos.
2008 Formula 3 Euroseries Signature Plus series in progress
2007 Formula 3 Euroseries Signature Plus 20 0 0 0 23 9th
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 4 0 0 0 3 4th
2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 SG Formula 2 0 0 0 7 23th
2006 French Formula Renault 2.0 SG Formula 13 2 3 108 2nd
2005 Formula Campus France 14 4 3 205 1st

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hülkenberg wins F3 Masters as Grosjean stalls. MaximumMotorsport.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.

[edit] External links

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