Jean-Marc Gounon

Jean-Marc André Gounon (born 1 January 1963) is a French racing driver. He raced in Formula One in and , participating in a total of 9 Grands Prix and scoring no championship points. He is the father of fellow racing driver Jules Gounon.

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.

thumb|Gounon driving for [[Simtek at the 1994 British Grand Prix.|left]]

In 1993, Gounon was originally signed to drive in F1 for March but the team collapsed at the start of the season. He later bought a two-race deal with Minardi after Christian Fittipaldi was dropped but he finished neither race, being withdrawn at Suzuka and spinning off in the season-closer, Adelaide's 1993 Australian Grand Prix.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 ninth 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, Gounon 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.)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! DC

! Points

| 1990

! nowrap| Madgwick International

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| PAU

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ

|style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| PER

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BIR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BUG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOG

! 9th

! 11

| 1991

! nowrap| 3001 International

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| VAL

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PAU

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PER

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BUG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOG

! 6th

! 13

| 1992

! DAMS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ALB

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NOG

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAG

! 7th

! 19

!colspan="15"|

<nowiki>†</nowiki> Driver did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! WDC

! Points

! nowrap| Minardi Team

! nowrap| Minardi M193

! nowrap| Ford V8

| RSA

| BRA

| EUR

| SMR

| ESP

| MON

| CAN

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| HUN

| BEL

| ITA

| POR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS

! NC

! 0

! nowrap| MTV Simtek Ford

! nowrap| Simtek S941

! nowrap| Ford V8

| BRA

| PAC

| SMR

| MON

| ESP

| CAN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR

| EUR

| JPN

| AUS

! NC

! 0

!colspan="22"|

24 Hours of Le Mans results

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

|align="left"| Venturi Automobiles

|align="left"| Paul Belmondo Arnaud Trévisiol

|align="left"| Venturi 600 LM

| GT1

| 193

| NC

|align="left"| Ennea SRL Igol

|align="left"| Éric Bernard Paul Belmondo

|align="left"| Ferrari F40 GTE

| GT1

| 40

| DNF

|align="left"| Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing

|align="left" nowrap| Pierre-Henri Raphanel Anders Olofsson

|align="left"| McLaren F1 GTR

| GT1

| 360

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|align="left"| AMG-Mercedes

|align="left"| Ricardo Zonta Christophe Bouchut

|align="left"| Mercedes-Benz CLK-LM

| GT1

| 31

| DNF

|align="left"| AMG-Mercedes

|align="left"| Marcel Tiemann Mark Webber

|align="left"| Mercedes-Benz CLR

| LMGTP

| 0

| DNS

|align="left"| Thomas Bscher Promotion David Price Racing

|align="left"| Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees

|align="left"| BMW V12 LM

| LMP900

| 180

| DNF

|align="left"| Courage Compétition

|align="left"| Jonathan Cochet Stéphan Grégoire

|align="left"| Courage C60-Judd

| LMP900

| 360

| 7th

| 5th

|align="left"| Courage Compétition

|align="left"| Alexander Frei Sam Hancock

|align="left"| Courage C65-JPX

| LMP2

| 127

| DNF

|align="left" nowrap| Audi PlayStation Team Oreca

|align="left"| Franck Montagny Stéphane Ortelli

|align="left"| Audi R8

| LMP1

| 362

| 4th

|align="left"| Courage Compétition

|align="left"| Shinji Nakano Haruki Kurosawa

|align="left"| Courage LC70-Mugen

| LMP1

| 35

| DNF

|align="left"| Courage Compétition

|align="left"| Guillaume Moreau Stefan Johansson

|align="left"| Courage LC70-AER

| LMP1

| 175

| DNF

|align="left"| Epsilon Euskadi

|align="left"| Shinji Nakano Stefan Johansson

|align="left" nowrap| Epsilon Euskadi ee1-Judd

| LMP1

| 158

| DNF

!colspan="8"|

References

Sources

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