Michel Jourdain Jr.

Michel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976) is a Mexican race car driver, best known for winning two Champ Car races in 2003.

Michel Jourdain Jr.
Nationality	Mexican
Born	2 September 1976 Mexico City, Mexico
IndyCar Series career
4 races run over 3 years
Best finish	20th (1996)
First race	1996 Dura Lube 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2012 Indianapolis 500 (Indy)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 1 0
Champ Car career
152 races run over 9 years
Best finish	3rd (2003)
First race	1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Last race	2004 Gran Premio de Mexico (Mexico City)
First win	2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 (Milwaukee)
Last win	2003 Molson Indy Montreal (Montreal)
Wins Podiums Poles 2 9 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
26 races run over 4 years
Best finish	37th (2005)
First race	2005 Hershey's Take 5 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2008 Corona México 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
7 races run over 1 year
Best finish	39th (2006)
First race	2006 Sam's Town 400 (Texas)
Last race	2006 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of June 13, 2012.

Formula racing

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 1997–2004. 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, 2nd place in Carrera Panamericana 2010

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.

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

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
1996–97		Lola T94/00		NHM	LVS 2	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHM	LVS										36th	33
2012	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY 19	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	FON					32nd	16
2013				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						NZL Ret	POR	BUL	FIN 60		JPN Ret
		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

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
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	NNSC	Pts
2005	ppc Racing	10	Ford	DAY 25	CAL 25	MXC 37	LVS 40	ATL 10	NSH 22	BRI 32	TEX 20	PHO 37	TAL 30	DAR 41	RCH 21	CLT 15	DOV 41	NSH 40	KEN 23	MLW 30	DAY 39	CHI DNQ	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI										37th	1517
		15																												CAL 25	RCH	DOV	KAN 30	CLT DNQ	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2006				DAY	CAL	MXC 38	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN 18	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN 39	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	91st	214
2007	Roush Fenway Racing	17	Ford	DAY	CAL	MXC 25	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV 16	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	107th	203
2008	Braun Racing	32	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC 36	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
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
^† - Qualified for Trevor Bayne·

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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	NCTC	Pts
2006	Roush Racing	50	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD DNQ	DOV	TEX 13	MCH	MLW DNQ	KAN 32	KEN 26	MEM	IRP 19	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS 30	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX 24	PHO	HOM 31	39th	616

References

1. SCORE Baja 1000 Official Finishers desertrides.com Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Michel Jourdain Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Official website