Michel Jourdain

Michel Jourdain Lascurain, better known as Michel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976), is a Mexican racecar driver who currently competes in the SuperCopa series for Andretti Jourdain Autosport, best known for winning two Champ Car races in 2003. He is the 2020 Super Copa GTM Champion.

Formula racing Jourdain started racing cars in the Mexican Formula Junior series at the age of twelve. 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 (later Champ Car) series, including the Indy 500. At the age of nineteen, 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 to 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 one pole, two wins, and nine 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 eighteen starts driving the No. 10 ppc Racing Ford in 2005. He was able to notch one top-ten finish in he early stages of the year. However, in July of that year, ppc Racing announced that the team could not continue with a full season due to insufficient sponsorship. He then ran two races later in the season for Keith Barnwell. Jourdain drove in his home race in Mexico City at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as well as two more races in the No. 15 in 2006 for Jill Burgdoff as well as seven Craftsman Truck Series races in the Roush Racing No. 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 eighteenth 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, Jordain returned to NASCAR for the Nationwide Series race at Road America when he practiced the No. 98 for Paul Menard since he was away racing at Infineon. Jourdain also competed in the P-WRC class of the 2010 Rally México where he finished seventh in class.

Rally

During the 2003 Baja 1000, Jourdain, supported by girlfriend Ana Paola Romo, raced a SCORE Baja Challenge class vehicle finishing sixth in their class with a time of 31:01.31

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 Jourdain start eight rallies with a best finish of fourteenth in the 2011 Rally México.

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing results (key)

IndyCar Series Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref 1996 Team Scandia 22 Lola T95/00 Ford XB WDW PHX INDY 20th 74 1996–97 Lola T94/00 NHM LVS WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NHM LVS 36th 33 2012 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 30 Dallara DW12 Honda STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON 32nd 16 2013 17 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR TOR MDO SNM BAL HOU HOU FON NC 0

Indianapolis 500

CART/Champ Car (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rank Points Ref 1996 Dick Simon Racing 22 MIA RIO SRF LBH NAZ 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG 37th 0 1997 Payton Coyne Racing 19 MIA SRF LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG FON 29th 1 1998 Payton Coyne Racing MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG HOU SRF FON 24th 5 1999 Payton Coyne Racing MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL POR CLE ROA TOR MCH DET MDO CHI VAN LAG HOU SRF FON 25th 7 2000 Bettenhausen Racing 16 MIA LBH RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SRF FON 22nd 18 2001 Bettenhausen Racing MTY LBH NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SRF FON 20th 30 2002 Team Rahal 9 MTY LBH MOT MIL LAG POR CHI TOR CLE VAN MDO ROA MTL DEN ROC MIA SRF FON MXC 10th 105 2003 Team Rahal STP MTY LBH15* BRH LAU MIL LAG POR CLE TOR VAN ROA MDO MTL DEN MIA MXC SRF 3rd 195 2004 RuSPORT LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR VAN ROA DEN MTL LAG LSV SRF MXC 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 BRA1 BRA2 NED1 NED2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 SWE1 SWE2 GER1 GER2 GBR1 GBR2 ITA1 ITA2 MAC1 MAC2 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 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA ZHUSPR ZHUFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 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 JOR TUR NC 0 Nextel-Televisa Deportes WRT NZL POR BUL FIN60 JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X GER FRA ESP GBR 2011 Michel Jourdain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE MEX 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 Pts Ref 2005 ppc Racing 10 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI 37th 1517 15 CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 2006 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 91st 214 2007 Roush Fenway Racing 17 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO 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 107th 203 2008 Braun Racing 32 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC 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 CGVQL† 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 Pts Ref 2006 Roush Racing 50 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 39th 616

Complete TCR World Tour 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 DC Points 2025 Peralta Racing Team Cupra León VZ TCR AHR1 AHR2 AHR3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 MNZ1 MNZ2 CVR1 CVR2 BEN1 BEN2 BEN3 INJ1 INJ2 INJ3 ZHZ1 ZHZ2 ZHZ3 MAC1 MAC2 18th 38