Quick Facts
Biography
Jean-Marc Gounon (born 1 January 1963) is a French racing driver. He raced in Formula One in 1993 and 1994, participating in a total of 9 Grands Prix and scoring no championship points.
Career
After winning the French Formula 3 Championship in 1989, Gounon moved into International Formula 3000 in 1990. He was the only man to win F3000 races in a non-Reynard in 1991 and 1992, in a RALT and Lola respectively. He also became known for his quick starts, and might have had another win at Enna in 1991, but was controversially adjudged to have jumped the start in the era before electronic detection.
In 1993 Gounon bought a two-race deal with Minardi after Christian Fittipaldi was dropped but he finished neither race, being withdrawn at Suzuka and spinning off in the season-closer, Adelaide's 1993 Australian Grand Prix.
The next year Gounon benefited from Andrea Montermini having broken his leg, and finished 9th for Simtek at his home race, France (Simtek's joint best ever result). He raced in seven grands prix that season and qualified for all of them, being finally replaced after the Portuguese Grand Prix by the better-funded Domenico Schiattarella, ending his F1 career.
Later in his career he went on to drive sports cars.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Madgwick International | DON Ret | SIL 13 | PAU DNQ | JER Ret | MNZ Ret | PER DSQ | HOC 3 | BRH 6 | BIR 4 | BUG 4 | NOG Ret | 9th | 11 |
| 1991 | 3001 International | VAL DNQ | PAU 1 | JER 6 | MUG 10 | PER 6 | HOC 5 | BRH Ret | SPA 7 | BUG Ret | NOG Ret | 6th | 13 | |
| 1992 | DAMS | SIL 4 | PAU Ret | CAT Ret | PER Ret | HOC Ret | NÜR 6 | SPA 9 | ALB 16† | NOG 2 | MAG 1 | 7th | 19 |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete Formula One results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Minardi Team | Minardi M193 | Ford V8 | RSA | BRA | EUR | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN Ret | AUS Ret | NC | 0 |
| 1994 | MTV Simtek Ford | Simtek S941 | Ford V8 | BRA | PAC | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA 9 | GBR 16 | GER Ret | HUN Ret | BEL 11 | ITA Ret | POR 15 | EUR | JPN | AUS | NC | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 |  Venturi Automobiles | Paul Belmondo Arnaud Trévisiol | Venturi 600LM | GT1 | 193 | NC | NC |
| 1996 |  Ennea SRL Igol | Éric Bernard Paul Belmondo | Ferrari F40 GTE | GT1 | 40 | DNF | DNF |
| 1997 |  Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing | Pierre-Henri Raphanel Anders Olofsson | McLaren F1 GTR | GT1 | 360 | 2nd | 1st |
| 1998 |  AMG-Mercedes |  Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut | Mercedes-Benz CLK-LM | GT1 | 31 | DNF | DNF |
| 2000 | Thomas Bscher Promotion David Price Racing | Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees | BMW V12 LM | LMP900 | 180 | DNF | DNF |
| 2003 | Courage Compétition | Jonathan Cochet Stéphan Grégoire | Courage C60-Judd | LMP900 | 360 | 7th | 5th |
| 2004 | Courage Compétition |  Alexander Frei Sam Hancock | Courage C65-JPX | LMP2 | 127 | DNF | DNF |
| 2005 | Audi PlayStation Team Oreca | Franck Montagny Stéphane Ortelli | Audi R8 | LMP1 | 362 | 4th | 4th |
| 2006 | Courage Compétition |  Shinji Nakano Haruki Kurosawa | Courage LC70-Mugen | LMP1 | 35 | DNF | DNF |
| 2007 | Courage Compétition | Guillaume Moreau Stefan Johansson | Courage LC70-AER | LMP1 | 175 | DNF | DNF |
| 2008 |  Epsilon Euskadi | Shinji Nakano Stefan Johansson | Epsilon Euskadi EE1-Judd | LMP2 | 158 | DNF | DNF |