Jacques Nicolet

Jacques Maurice Louis Nicolet (born 5 April 1956 in Gigondas) is a French businessman and racing driver. He is the chairman of the Supervisory Board for Altarea SCA, a French real estate investment and development company, which he co-founded in 1994 with Alain Taravela. He was previously the director of development at the Pierre & Vacances Group between 1984 and 1994. He is also the owner and a driver of OAK Racing, a Le Mans 24 Hours and FIA World Endurance Championship racing team.

Racing career Nicolet began his racing career in historic racing, competing in the V de V Historic Series between 2001 and 2006. In 2003, he formed Heritage Racing Cars, responsible for maintaining classic endurance sports cars. At the end of 2006, Nicolet bought Saulnier Racing. He began racing for the team in the Le Mans Series and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2008, he partnered with Henri Pescarolo of Pescarolo Sport to form Pescarolo Automobiles. In 2009, Nicolet established OAK Racing, with the Saulnier Racing operation becoming OAK Racing Mazda Team France and Heritage Racing Cars becoming OAK Racing Team Heritage.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Saulnier Racing Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny Courage LC75-AER LMP2 224 DNF DNF 2008 Saulnier Racing Marc Faggionato Richard Hein Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 311 26th 12th 2009 OAK Racing Team Mazda France Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon Pescarolo 01-Mazda LMP2 325 20th 3rd 2010 OAK Racing Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP2 341 9th 4th 2011 OAK Racing Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd LMP1 119 DNF DNF 2012 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye Olivier Pla Morgan LMP2-Judd LMP2 139 DNF DNF 2013 OAK Racing Jean-Marc Merlin Philippe Mondolot Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 248 DNF DNF 2015 OAK Racing Jean-Marc Merlin Erik Maris Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 328 29th 11th 2017 Eurasia Motorsport Pierre Nicolet Erik Maris Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 341 15th 13th 2018 Jackie Chan DC Racing David Cheng Nicholas Boulle Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 355 12th 8th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results