Michel Jourdain, Jr.

Michel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976, Mexico City, Mexico) is an IndyCar driver. Jourdain Jr. 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.

Champ Car

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 1997–2004. 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.

NASCAR

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.

WTCC

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.

Rally

Jourdain Jr., 2nd place in Carrera Panamericana 2010

During the 2003 Baja 1000 Jourdain and his father, Michel Jourdain, Sr., raced a SCORE Baja Challenge class vehicle finishing 6th in their class with a time of 31:01.31^[1]

In October 2010 Michel 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 season's saw him start eight rallies with a best finish of 14th in the 2011 Rally México.

Motorsports Career Results

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Racing League / IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
1996	Team Scandia	Lola T95/00	Ford XB	WDW	PHX 20	INDY 13																	20th	74
1996–1997	Team Scandia	Lola T94/00	Ford XB	NHM	LVS 2	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHM	LVS										36th	33
2012	RLL Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY 19	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	FON					32nd	16
2013	RLL Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY DNQ	DET	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	POC	TOR	TOR	MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU	HOU	FON	NC	0

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1996	Lola	Cosworth-Ford	8	13	Team Scandia
2012	Dallara	Honda	22	19	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2013	Dallara	Honda	DNQ		Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

CART/Champ Car

(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
1996	Dick Simon Racing	MIA	RIO	SRF	LBH 23	NAZ	500	MIL 23	DET DNQ	POR 22	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN 16	LAG 26					37th	0
1997	Payton Coyne Racing	MIA 18	SRF 18	LBH 17	NAZ 20	RIO 17	GAT 16	MIL 27	DET 22	POR 12	CLE 18	TOR 13	MCH 13	MDO 18	ROA 20	VAN 21	LAG 22	FON 18				29th	1
1998	Payton Coyne Racing	MIA 28	MOT 22	LBH 27	NAZ 12	RIO 24	GAT 17	MIL 15	DET 13	POR 19	CLE 26	TOR 18	MCH 18	MDO 28	ROA 14	VAN 10	LAG 24	HOU 25	SRF 26	FON 12		24th	5
1999	Payton Coyne Racing	MIA 18	MOT 18	LBH 18	NAZ 16	RIO 16	GAT 20	MIL 16	POR 20	CLE 27	ROA 7	TOR 21	MCH 21	DET 21	MDO 26	CHI 18	VAN 17	LAG 20	HOU 18	SRF 12	FON 13	25th	7
2000	Bettenhausen Racing	MIA 14	LBH 11	RIO 15	MOT 12	NAZ 18	MIL 18	DET 8	POR 23	CLE 22	TOR 19	MCH 15	CHI 11	MDO 15	ROA 18	VAN 23	LAG 24	GAT 16	HOU 18	SRF 7	FON 11	22nd	18
2001	Bettenhausen Racing	MTY 17	LBH 13	NAZ 13	MOT 11	MIL 13	DET 25	POR 15	CLE 25	TOR 16	MCH 3	CHI 23	MDO 17	ROA 17	VAN 6	LAU 17	ROC 19	HOU 25	LAG 23	SRF 7	FON 16	20th	30
2002	Team Rahal	MTY 4	LBH 4	MOT 5	MIL 5	LAG 9	POR 6	CHI 10	TOR 12	CLE 9	VAN 4	MDO 11	ROA 9	MTL 6	DEN 9	ROC 11	MIA 6	SRF 10	FON 13	MXC 13		10th	105
2003	Team Rahal	STP 2	MTY 2	LBH 15*	BRH 6	LAU 3	MIL 1*	LAG 4	POR 12	CLE 7	TOR 2	VAN 4	ROA 16	MDO 4	MTL 1	DEN 6	MIA 7	MXC 4	SRF 4			3rd	195
2004	RuSPORT	LBH 11	MTY 11	MIL 3	POR 14	CLE 15	TOR 15	VAN 2	ROA 9	DEN 14	MTL 6	LAG 4	LSV 11	SRF 17	MXC 9							12th	185^

^ New points system implemented in 2004.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2007	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	BRA 1 12	BRA 2 15	NED 1 15	NED 2 16	ESP 1 6	ESP 2 9	FRA 1 12	FRA 2 Ret	CZE 1 11	CZE 2 13	POR 1 12	POR 2 9	SWE 1 Ret	SWE 2 12	GER 1 12	GER 2 9	GBR 1 19	GBR 2 13	ITA 1 14	ITA 2 13	MAC 1	MAC 2	18th	3

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2007–08	A1 Team Mexico	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR 13	CZE FEA 22	MYS SPR 20	MYS FEA 11	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	16th	22

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2010	Michel Jourdain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE	MEX 19	JOR	TUR										NC	0
	Nextel-Televisa Deportes WRT	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX					NZL Ret	POR	BUL	FIN 60		JPN Ret
	Nextel-Televisa Deportes WRT	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X									GER Ret		FRA 38	ESP	GBR 26
2011	Michel Jourdain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE	MEX 14	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	NC	0

External links

[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Michel_Jourdain_Jr. Michel Jourdain, Jr.] driver statistics at Racing Reference
Official website

References

↑ SCORE Baja 1000 Official Finishers desertrides.com

Persondata
Name	Jourdain, Michel Jr.
Alternative names
Short description	Mexican racing driver
Date of birth	September 2, 1976
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death
Place of death

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