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Gunnar Jeannette

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Gunnar Jeannette
Jeannette in 2012
Nationality American
Born (1982-05-05) May 5, 1982 (age 42)
West Palm Beach, Florida
IMSA WeatherTech Championship career
Current teamWeatherTech Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Previous series
American Le Mans Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
World Endurance Championship
European LeMans Series
Championship titles
2005
2011
2013		Grand Am Cup Team Champion
ALMS LMPC Driver Champion
ELMS GTE Team Champion

Gunnar Patrick Jeannette[1] (born May 5, 1982 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is an American racing driver who serves as the Team Principal for AO Racing. He won the 2011 American Le Mans Series season LMPC Drivers' Championship.[2]

Early racing career

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Jeannette started racing, driving in Historic Sports Car racing at the age of 16. He made the jump to the professional ranks less than one year later.

American Le Mans Series

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Jeannette made his American Le Mans Series debut in 2000, scoring six top-10 finishes in seven starts in both the Prototype and GT classes. In 2002, he made his LMP900 class debut in a Panoz before moving to the factory supported JML Team Panoz squad in 2003, where he scored his best-ever overall finish of third (2nd in class) at Mosport.

For 2004, Jeannette moved back to GT2, piloting the Panoz Esperante GTLM for what turned out to be a three-year stint with two different teams. His best result was a fourth at Mosport and Petit Le Mans with co-driver Tommy Milner in 2006.

After making a handful of starts in 2008 for Corsa Motorsports, Jeannette returned to full-time ALMS competition in 2010 in the new LMPC class. Driving for his father's Green Earth Team Gunnar outfit, Jeannette became the first LMPC pole winner in series history. He went on to win four races with Elton Julian and finish 2nd in the Drivers Championship that year.

Jeannette joined CORE autosport for 2011 and continued his streak of success in LMPC, taking two wins, three pole positions and three fastest race laps en route to the LMPC Drivers Championship. He shared the honor with season-long co-driver Ricardo Gonzalez and Genoa Racing's Eric Lux, who ended up on equal points to the CORE autosport duo.

24 Hours of Le Mans

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At the age of 18, Jeannette became the youngest-ever driver to finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in his race debut in 2000. He's since competed an additional seven times, with a best finish of fifth overall in 2003.

Grand-Am

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Jeannette made his debut in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series GTU class at the 2000 Rolex 24 at Daytona. He won his first-ever Rolex Series race one year later in the GTS class and has since made sporadic starts in the series.

In 2005, Jeannette ran his first full season in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, finishing sixth in GS Points Standings with two victories to his credit driving for Multimatic Motorsports. He returned to full-time competition in 2010 with co-driver Frankie Montecalvo, finishing 10th in the GS class championship.

For 2012, Jeannette rejoined Multimatic Motorsports for its new Street Tuner-class Ford Focus ST-R development program.

FIA World Endurance Championship

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Jeannette made his FIA World Endurance Championship debut in the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on May 5, 2012, co-driving the No. 58 Luxury Racing Ferrari F458 Italia with Frankie Montecalvo and Pierre Ehret to a fifth-place finish in the GTE-Am class.[3] The trio did not finish the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans after suffering an accident during the overnight hours.

24H Series

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Jeannette made his 24H Series return, at the first round of 2021 in the Dubai 24 Hour at the Dubai Autodrome for Simpson Motorsport in a Audi RS3 LMS TCR. He had previously raced in 2013 in a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 for Ram Racing.

Personal life

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Jeannette is an avid extreme sporting enthusiast. Since 2004, he's racked up more than 1,500 skydives and 200 BASE jumps from all corners of the globe. Jeannette has also participated in world record skydives and has been featured on MTV, People Magazine, USA Today and several other local and national publications.[4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2000 Germany Manthey Racing
United States Gunnar Racing 		United States Michael Brockman
United States Mike Lauer 		Porsche 911 GT3-R GT 261 27th 6th
2001 Germany Freisinger Motorsport France Romain Dumas
France Philippe Haezebrouck 		Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 282 7th 2nd
2002 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bill Auberlen
United States David Donohue 		Panoz LMP01 Evo-Élan LMP900 230 DNF DNF
2003 United States JML Team Panoz Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Max Papis 		Panoz LMP01 Evo-Élan LMP900 360 5th 3rd
2004 France Epsilon Sport France Renaud Derlot
United Kingdom Gavin Pickering 		Courage C65-JPX LMP2 124 DNF DNF
2006 Canada Multimatic Motorsport Team Panoz Canada Scott Maxwell
United States Tommy Milner 		Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 34 DNF DNF
2008 United Kingdom Team Bruichladdich Radical France Marc Rostan
United Kingdom Ben Devlin 		Radical SR9-AER LMP2 297 31st 6th
2012 France Luxury Racing Germany Pierre Ehret
United States Frankie Montecalvo 		Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Am 		146 DNF DNF
2023 Germany Project 1 – AO Italy Matteo Cairoli
United States P. J. Hyett 		Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am 		309 35th 7th
Sources:[5][6]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2013 Ram Racing LMGTE Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5L V8 SIL
3 		IMO
3 		RBR
3 		HUN
6 		LEC
5 		5th 63
2020 JMW Motorsport LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 LEC
 SPA
9 		LEC
7 		MNZ
6 		ALG
7 		11th 26
Source:[5]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2014 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet 6.2L LS3 V8 DAY
4 		SEB
9 		LGA
4 		KAN
4 		WGL
3 		IMS
5 		ELK
7 		VIR
8 		COT
4 		PET
3 		4th 255 [7]
2016 Alex Job Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 DAY
13 		SEB
5 		LGA
 DET
 WGL
5† 		MOS
 LIM
 ELK
13 		VIR
 AUS
 PET
 23rd 66 [8]
2017 Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 V8 DAY
21 		SEB
21 		LBH
1 		COA
6 		DET
12 		WGL
4 		MOS
11 		LIM
10 		11th 254 [9]
Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 ELK
9 		VIR
6 		LGA
6 		PET
17
2018 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 DAY
10 		SEB
2 		MDO
 DET
 WGL
7 		MOS
 LIM
3 		ELK
 VIR
4 		LGA
8 		PET
1 		4th 295 [10]
2023 AO Racing Team GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY
14 		SEB
16 		LBH
 MON
11 		WGL
14 		MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 IMS PET
8 		27th 995 [11]
Source:[5]

† Jeannette did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.


References

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  1. ^ "Gunnar P Jeannette from Sandy, UT". Radaris.com. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ ACO. "Interview: Gunnar Jeannette & Frankie Montecalvo". Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  3. ^ ACO. "Interview: Gunnar Jeannette & Frankie Montecalvo". Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  4. ^ "CORE autosport Driver Bio". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Gunner Jeannette Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Gunnar Jeannette". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Gunnar Jeannette – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR DIgital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Gunnar Jeannette – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Gunnar Jeannette – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Gunnar Jeannette – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Gunnar Jeannette – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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