Jonathan Kennard

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Jonathan Kennard (born 26 June 1985 in Tunbridge Wells, England) is a British professional racing driver. He has won 2 series titles, Formula Palmer Audi in 2004 and the FPA Winter Trophy the previous year in 2003.

Key Information

Jonathan Kennard
Kennard on the Podium at the British Grand Prix in 2018
Nationality	British
Born	(1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 40) Tunbridge Wells, England
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	IDEC Sport
Racing licence	FIA Platinum (until 2012)[1] FIA Gold (2013–2014)[2] FIA Silver (2015–)
Car number	17
Starts	1
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in LMP2 in 2020
Previous series
2020 2016-19 2017-18 2011 2010 2009 2005–07 2003–04 2003 2003 2002	FIA World Endurance Championship Masters Historic Racing Radical European Masters FIA GT1 World Championship European Le Mans Series International Formula Master British F3 Formula Palmer Audi FR2.0 UK Winter Series FPA Autumn Trophy T Cars
Championship titles
2004 2003	Formula Palmer Audi FPA Winter Trophy
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2010 2020 Teams Kruse Schiller Motorsport (KSM), IDEC Sport Best finish 26th, 15th Class wins 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2010 2020
Teams	Kruse Schiller Motorsport (KSM), IDEC Sport
Best finish	26th, 15th
Class wins	0
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Kennard was also a test driver for the WilliamsF1 team in 2009.

Kennard 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, Kennard raced in the Superleague Formula for A.S. Roma in the 2009 season.^[3] He returned to the series driving for CR Flamengo at the Monza round of the series while Enrique Bernoldi was on FIA GT duty.

In 2010, Kennard 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.

Kennard was the FIA Formula Two Test Driver from 2010 to 2012.

From 2016 to present, Kennard 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, Kennard raced in the Le Mans 24hrs in the LMP2 Class driving an Oreca 07 for IDEC Sport, finishing 11th in class and 15th overall.

Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	T Cars	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	6th
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series	Manor Motorsport	?	?	?	?	?	0	NC
	Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy	?	4	2	3	?	4	86	1st
	Formula Palmer Audi	?	12	1	1	?	4	139	6th
2004	Formula Palmer Audi	?	12	4	10	?	9	224	1st
2005	British F3 National Class	Alan Docking Racing	22	1	0	2	10	233	3rd
2006	British F3 Championship	Alan Docking Racing	22	0	0	0	0	36	12th
	Macau Grand Prix	Alan Docking Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
2007	British F3 Championship	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	22	1	2	3	5	130	6th
	Macau Grand Prix	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Masters of Formula 3	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	20th
2008	Formula One	WilliamsF1	Test Driver
2009	Superleague Formula	A.S. Roma	6	0	0	0	0	211†	13th†
		CR Flamengo	2	0	0	0	0	191†	16th†
	International Formula Master	Team JVA	2	0	0	0	0	4	14th
2010	Le Mans Series - LMP2	KSM Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	17	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	KSM	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	Test Driver
2011	FIA GT1 World Championship	DKR www.discount.de	6	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	Test Driver
2012	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	Test Driver
2016	FIA Masters Historic Sportscar Championship	WDK	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
2017	Masters Historic F1	Scuderia Classiche	2	0	1	2	2	N/A	N/A
	Radical European Masters	Radical	3	3	1	3	3	N/A	N/A
	Spa Historic 6 Hrs	O C Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
	Masters Endurance Legends	WDK	1	0	0	1	1	N/A	N/A
2018	Spa Historic 6 Hrs	O C Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	N/A
	Radical European Masters	Radical	6	1	0	0	1	140	6th
2019	Masters Endurance Legends	CGA	2	2	1	0	2	18	5th
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	IDEC Sport	1	0	0	0	0	0	11th

† – Team standings.

Superleague Formula

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

Year	Team	Operator	1		2		3		4		5		6		Position	Points
2009	A.S. Roma	Azerti Motorsport	MAG		ZOL		DON								13th	211
			15	14	11	5	7	10
	CR Flamengo								EST		MOZ		JAR		16th	191
											17	18

2009 Super Final results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	A.S. Roma Azerti Motorsport	MAG DNQ	ZOL N/A	DON DNQ	EST	MOZ	JAR
	CR Flamengo Azerti Motorsport	MAG	ZOL	DON	EST	MOZ N/A	JAR

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda	Lola B07/40-Judd	LMP2	291	26th	10th
2020	IDEC Sport	Patrick Pilet Kyle Tilley	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	363	15th	11th

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2011	DKR www-discount.de	Lamborghini	ABU QR	ABU CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	SAC QR	SAC CR	SIL QR	SIL CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	PRI QR	PRI CR	ORD QR 14	ORD CR 13	BEI QR Ret	BEI CR Ret	SAN QR 13	SAN CR Ret	40th	0