20 Facts About Jules Gounon

Jules Gounon is best known for his victories in the 24 Hours of Spa in 2017 and 2022, and the Bathurst 12 Hour in 2020,2022 and 2023.

Jules Gounon was crowned Rotax National French Champion in 2011.

Jules Gounon was promoted to single-seaters, joining the French F4 Championship for the 2013 season and finished second with six wins.

Jules Gounon competed one year in Formula Renault 2.0, but failed to impress as he "could not get on well with the team".

Jules Gounon scored his maiden win in the championship in Val de Vienne and finished sixth in the final standings.

Jules Gounon drove a brand new Corvette C7 GT3-R with his teammate Daniel Keilwitz.

Jules Gounon won three times and put himself in title contention for the last event.

However, Jules Gounon suffered a big crash at Hockenheim, staying conscious and alert, but with an injured left leg.

Jules Gounon scored his first win of the season in Red Bull Ring.

Jules Gounon then had two difficult weekends without podium with Albert Costa and van der Zende.

Jules Gounon clinched the Junior title for drivers under 25.

Jules Gounon was recruited by Audi Sport Team Sainteloc for the 2017 24 Hours of Spa, the greatest race of GT, teaming up with Christopher Haase and Markus Winkelhock.

Jules Gounon battled with a Bentley in the last hours and created an 11-second gap with it to win the biggest victory in his career.

Jules Gounon missed the win because of a bonnet problem.

Jules Gounon did a one-off in Super GT for the Fuji 500-mile race.

Jules Gounon finished thirteenth which represented the best result of the team that season in the Japanese championship.

Two weeks later, Jules Gounon participated in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans with Risi Competizione, teaming up with Oliver Jarvis and Pipo Derani on a Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.

Jules Gounon teamed up with Juncadella and Marciello once more at the rebranded AKKodis ASP Team for the 2022 season of the Endurance Cup.

Jules Gounon later apologised to fellow Mercedes-AMG driver Maro Engel, with whom he had collided merely half an hour before the finish.

Jules Gounon is the son of the former racing driver Jean-Marc Jules Gounon, who finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 and raced in Formula One with Minardi and Simtek.