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Frederic Michel Henry Johais (born September 15, 1980 in Tours, France) is a French racing driver. He works in the Las Vegas-based racing school Exotics Racing since 2013.
Racing career
Johais raced in karting from 1991 to 1999, reaching top world class level in Karting World Championship in 1999, while he was racing alongside Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen and Heikki Kovalainen.
In 2000, Johais made his start in auto racing through the Citroen Saxo Cup. Despite a big crash at his second race's start in Nogaro, he was able to get a podium at the end of the season in the Junior category and to finish 11th overall (5th in Junior) and Rookie of the year.
In 2001, he decided to compete in 2 differents championship:The Citroen Saxo Cup and the french Formula Renault 2000 Championship, sharing the car with Patrick Pilet. In Saxo Cup, he finished 3rd overall after winning 1 race, and picked up the title in the Junior Category. In Formula Renault, he had a rough season with a small budget and had his best result in Estoril for the Renault International Finals (15th).
In 2002, thanks to Bernard Simmenauer, he is moving up to the French FFSA GT Championship with the Porsche 996 GT3 RS in the Mc Donald's Racing Team alongside Jean Louis Miloe. After a solid season start including a top 5, he has to stop at the middle of the season because of a lack of money. To finish his season, he raced in go kart finishing runner up in the French endurance championship and 2nd at Le Mans 24 hours race.
In 2003, he raced on a Porsche 996 GT3 Cup alongside Thierry Rabineau for Nourry Competition in the French GT3 Championship, finishing 4th overall with 4 podiums and 2 pole positions.
In 2004, after losing his main sponsor, he has to reduce his program and started the season in the French Formula France Championship, winning the first event in Nogaro, but he unfortunately had to stop the season despite he was leading the championship points. After few months, Jacky Foulatier called him to join the Kart Mag Racing Team to finish the season in the go kart category, finishing 5th at the Le Mans 24 hours race and 3rd at the ROK Cup World Final in Lonato (Italy).
2005-2006-2007: During those years, Johais went back in go kart in the Rotax Max Euro Challenge finishing 7th overall with 2 podiums in UK and Austria. During those years, he also won a new title at the Le Mans 24 hours race, a french champion title in endurance, and some win at the 24 hours of Barhain and 24 hours of Essaouira in Morocco. After a break to work on his professional career through FJ Driving Concept, he came back to the auto racing in 2012 through the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series and win the opening race at Tours Speedway.
Then he moved to the USA and raced in Super Late Model, finishing 5th in Las Vegas in 2013, and in the new EXR Series Championship finishing 2nd in COTA (Austin, Texas) in 2016. In 2015, he was also very close to win the SKUSA Supernats in Las Vegas, starting from the first row in the final, but he has been pushed in the barriers at the start.
He is racing in the 2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup on a BMW M4 for the BMW Team France alongside Julien Piguet,, taking back to back victories at Magny-Cours in September.