Jonny Kane

Jonny Kane
Jonny Kane
	Kane at the 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone
Nationality	British
Born	14 May 1973 (age 51); Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland
Racing licence	FIA Gold
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2001–2002, 2006–2013, 2015–2016
Teams	MG Sport & Racing Ltd., Spyker Squadron, Embassy Racing, Speedy Racing Team Sebah, Strakka Racing
Best finish	5th (2010)
Class wins	1 (2010)

Jonathan Ernest Kane^[1] (born 14 May 1973) is a British racing driver who has competed at various levels of motorsport. He currently drives for Strakka Racing in the Le Mans Series.

Kane, who was born in Comber, Northern Ireland, began his career in karting and Formula Ford. In 1994 and 1995 he raced in Formula Vauxhall and Formula Opel where he was the 1994 British winter champion and the 1995 overall British champion. He then spent two years in British Formula 3 driving for Paul Stewart Racing where he captured 6 wins and won the 1997 championship. He made four starts in Formula 3000 in 1998 with marginal results, then came to the United States and raced in Indy Lights in 1999 and 2000, winning two races and finishing 4th in series points in 1999 for Team KOOL Green. He was a test driver for the Arrows Formula One team in 2001, then moved to sports cars, driving in the Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series with amongst others Aston Martin.^[2] In 2005 he made his FIA GT debut and has driven for TVR and Spyker.^[3]

Since 2006 Kane has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a best finish of 5th overall at the 2010 event which was also a LMP2 class victory in the HPD ARX-01C for Strakka Racing. Since 2008 Kane has completed in the LMP2 class of Le Mans Series for a number of teams including Embassy Racing and Strakka. At the 2010 1000 km of Hungaroring Kane, made history by winning the race outright in a LMP2 car co-driven by Danny Watts and Nick Leventis. This was the first time that a LMP2 car has taken first, both in qualifying (pole position) and the race.^[4]

Racing record

Complete American open-wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
1999	Team Green	MIA 7	LBH 16	NAZ 12	MIL 9	POR 6	CLE 18	TOR 5	MIS 7	DET 3	CHI 9	LAG 3	FON 1	4th	89	^[5]
2000	Team Green	LBH 6	MIL 16	DET 1	POR 17	MIS 17	CHI DNS	MDO 10	VAN 15	LS 5	STL 9	HOU 13	FON 10	10th	52	^[6]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2001	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	Anthony Reid Warren Hughes	MG-Lola EX257	LMP675	30	DNF	DNF
2002	MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	Anthony Reid Warren Hughes	MG-Lola EX257	LMP675	129	DNF	DNF
2006	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	GT2	202	DNF	DNF
2007	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Jaroslav Janiš Mike Hezemans	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	GT2	70	DNF	DNF
2008	Embassy Racing	Warren Hughes Joey Foster	Embassy WF01-Zytek	LMP2	213	DNF	DNF
2009	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Benjamin Leuenberger Xavier Pompidou	Lola B08/80-Judd	LMP2	343	12th	2nd
2010	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts	HPD ARX-01C	LMP2	367	5th	1st
2011	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts	HPD ARX-01d	LMP2	144	DNF	DNF
2012	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts	HPD ARX-03a	LMP1	303	30th	8th
2013	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts	HPD ARX-03c	LMP1	332	6th	6th
2015	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts	Strakka Dome S103-Nissan	LMP2	264	DNF	DNF
2016	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts	Gibson 015S-Nissan	LMP2	351	8th	4th
Sources:^[7]^[8]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2012	Strakka Racing	LMP1	HPD ARX-03a	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8	SEB 8	SPA 6	LMS 22	SIL 5	SÃO 5	BHR 3	FUJ 6	SHA 6		7th	64
2013	Strakka Racing	LMP1	HPD ARX-03c	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8	SIL Ret	SPA 7	LMS 6	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		15th	22
2015	Strakka Racing	LMP2	Strakka Dome S103	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 3	SPA 5	LMS Ret	NÜR 7	COA 7	FUJ 6	SHA 6	BHR 5		6th	63
2016	Strakka Racing	LMP2	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 5	SPA Ret	LMS 4	NÜR 4	MEX 4	COA Ret	FUJ 6	SHA	BHR	8th	66
Sources:^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Jonathan Ernest Kane".
^ Kane Completes Aston Line-Up Autosport Website 2006-09-20 Retrieved 2010-02-16
^ Dumbreck set to join Spyker team Autosport Website 2006-05-04 Retrieved 2010-02-16
^ "LMS Hungaroring". Le Mans Series. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^ "Jonny Kane – 1999 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Jonny Kane – 2000 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Jonny Kane". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Jonny Kane Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ "Jonny Kane". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

External links

Official website Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (under construction — October 2010)
Jonny Kane career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ralph Firman	British Formula Three Champion 1997	Succeeded by Mario Haberfeld
Awards
Preceded by Jamie Davies	McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 1995	Succeeded by Darren Turner

[1] "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Jonathan Ernest Kane".

[2] Kane Completes Aston Line-Up Autosport Website 2006-09-20 Retrieved 2010-02-16

[3] Dumbreck set to join Spyker team Autosport Website 2006-05-04 Retrieved 2010-02-16

[4] "LMS Hungaroring". Le Mans Series. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

[5] "Jonny Kane – 1999 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[6] "Jonny Kane – 2000 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[LeMansResults-7] "Jonny Kane". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[MSportStats-8] "Jonny Kane Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[9] "Jonny Kane". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

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