23 Facts About Jean-Karl Vernay

Jean-Karl Vernay was 2010 Indy Lights and 2017 TCR International Series champion.

Jean-Karl Vernay has won races at the World Touring Car Cup, where he finished fifth in 2018 and won the WTCR Trophy in 2020.

In 2005, Villeurbanne-born Jean-Karl Vernay drove in the French Formula Campus series and finished 1st with 6 wins and 12 podiums on 14 races.

In 2007, Jean-Karl Vernay was selected to be part of the Red Bull Junior Team program that offers funding and support for promising young drivers.

Jean-Karl Vernay is still a part of the team, along with fellow Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne.

Jean-Karl Vernay continued in the series in 2008, continuing with Signature-Plus.

Jean-Karl Vernay ended up eighth in the championship, with 3 podiums coming at the Norisring, Brands Hatch and Le Mans.

Jean-Karl Vernay started his Brands Hatch podium race from pole position, thanks to the series' reverse grid system.

Jean-Karl Vernay competed in a third season in 2009 for Signature, with team-mates Mika Maki and Tiago Geronimi.

Jean-Karl Vernay finally took his first win in the Euroseries, at the 42nd attempt, winning the sprint race at Hockenheim.

Jean-Karl Vernay added a second win in the final race of the season, again at Hockenheim, passing Christopher Zanella on the final lap.

At the season-ending Macau Grand Prix, Jean-Karl Vernay set an outright lap record en route to a victory in the qualifying race, giving him pole position for the main event.

Jean-Karl Vernay has moved to the United States to race in the Firestone Indy Lights series in 2010 for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

Jean-Karl Vernay won in his series debut on the Streets of St Petersburg in a wet race.

Jean-Karl Vernay followed this up with another win at Barber Motorsports Park and a third-place finish at Long Beach, leaving him 28 points clear at the top of the standings after 3 rounds.

Jean-Karl Vernay went on to win four races that season and clinched the championship over James Hinchcliffe with one race to go, having to just start the final round.

Jean-Karl Vernay is the first Indy Lights champion since 1996's David Empringham to not go on to compete in IndyCar.

In 2011 Jean-Karl Vernay was the test and reserve driver for Peugeot Sport, testing the Peugeot 908 on several occasions.

In 2012, Jean-Karl Vernay won the Porsche Carrera Cup France driving for Sebastien Loeb Racing.

Jean-Karl Vernay won the 24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Am class in 2013 while competing for IMSA Performance Matmut, driving a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR.

Jean-Karl Vernay contested in the full 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

In 2014, Jean-Karl Vernay will drive for Weider Modulo Dome Racing in Super GT GT500 class.

In 2016, Jean-Karl Vernay will drive a W Racing Team Volkswagen Golf at the TCR International Series.