Jonny Kane

Kane driving the Lola B08/80 during the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. Jonathan Ernest Kane (born 14 May 1973) is a British racing driver who has competed at various levels of motorsport. He currently drives for Strakka Racing in the Le Mans Series.

Kane, who was born in Comber, Northern Ireland, began his career in karting and Formula Ford. In 1994 and 1995, he raced in Formula Vauxhall and Formula Opel where he was the 1994 British winter champion and the 1995 overall British champion. He then spent two years in British Formula 3 driving for Paul Stewart Racing where he captured 6 wins and won the 1997 championship. He made four starts in Formula 3000 in 1998 with marginal results, then came to the United States and raced in Indy Lights in 1999 and 2000, winning two races and finishing fourth in series points in 1999 for Team KOOL Green. He was a test driver for the Arrows Formula One team in 2001, then moved to sports cars, driving in the Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series with amongst others Aston Martin. In 2005, he made his FIA GT debut and has driven for TVR and Spyker.

Since 2006, Kane has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a best finish of fifth overall at the 2010 event which was also a LMP2 class victory in the HPD ARX-01C for Strakka Racing. Since 2008, Kane has completed in the LMP2 class of Le Mans Series for a number of teams including Embassy Racing and Strakka. At the 2010 1000 km of Hungaroring, Kane made history by winning the race outright in a LMP2 car co-driven by Danny Watts and Nick Leventis. This was the first time that a LMP2 car had taken first, both in qualifying (pole position) and the race.

Racing record

Complete American open-wheel racing results (key)

Indy Lights

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps MG Sport & Racing Ltd. Anthony Reid Warren Hughes MG-Lola EX257 LMP675 30 DNF DNF MG Sport & Racing Ltd. Anthony Reid Warren Hughes MG-Lola EX257 LMP675 129 DNF DNF Spyker Squadron b.v. Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 202 DNF DNF Spyker Squadron b.v. Jaroslav Janiš Mike Hezemans Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 70 DNF DNF Embassy Racing Warren Hughes Joey Foster Embassy WF01-Zytek LMP2 213 DNF DNF Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive Benjamin Leuenberger Xavier Pompidou Lola B08/80-Judd LMP2 343 12th 2nd Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Danny Watts HPD ARX-01C LMP2 367 5th 1st Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Danny Watts HPD ARX-01d LMP2 144 DNF DNF Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Danny Watts HPD ARX-03a LMP1 303 30th 8th Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Danny Watts HPD ARX-03c LMP1 332 6th 6th Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Danny Watts Strakka Dome S103-Nissan LMP2 264 DNF DNF Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Danny Watts Gibson 015S-Nissan LMP2 351 8th 4th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results