Jonathan Kennard (born 26 June 1985 in

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, England) is a British Professional

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. He has won 2 series titles,

Formula Palmer Audi Formula Palmer Audi, officially abbreviated to FPA, and sometimes informally abbreviated to Palmer Audi, was a one-make class of open wheel Formula racing founded in 1998 by former Formula One driver, Jonathan Palmer. It was based in the Unite ...

in 2004 and the FPA Winter Trophy the previous year in 2003. He was also a test driver for the

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team in 2009. He is race winner in both the National class (2005) and Championship class (2007) of British Formula Three. He also ran at the Zolder F3 Masters in 2007 and the Macau Grand Prix in 2007. In 2009 he raced in the

Superleague Formula Superleague Formula was an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It used the slogan 'The Beautiful ...

for

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in the 2009 season. He returned to the series driving for CR Flamengo at the Monza round of the series while Enrique Bernoldi was on

FIA GT The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout ...

duty. In 2010 he raced in the Le Mans Series for the Kruse Schiller Motorsport Team in the LMP2 Class using a Lola Judd. He also finished the Le Mans 24hrs on his first attempt with the same team. He was the FIA Formula Two Test Driver from 2010 to 2012. From 2016 to present, he races in Historic Formula One and Endurance Racing Legends in Le Mans Prototypes. Most recently in 2019, he secured pole position for the Silverstone Classic in a Pescarolo LMP1 and dominated the race weekend taking two wins. In 2020 he raced in the Le Mans 24hrs in the LMP2 Class driving an Oreca 07 for IDEC Sport, finishing 11th in class and 15th overall.

Motorsports Career results

Career summary

† – Team standings.

Superleague Formula

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

2009 Super Final results

*Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete GT1 World Championship results

References

External links

Official website

Driver Database information

Q&A with Jonathan Kennard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennard, Jonathan English racing drivers 1985 births Living people Superleague Formula drivers International Formula Master drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Formula Palmer Audi drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers European Le Mans Series drivers FIA GT1 World Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Alan Docking Racing drivers Double R Racing drivers Manor Motorsport drivers