Jacques Nicolet

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Jacques Nicolet
ILMC LMP2 winner OAK01.jpg
Nicolet (centre) after winning the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai with Patrice Lafargue (left) and Frédéric da Rocha.
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born5 April 1956 (1956-04-05) (age 69)
Gigondas, France
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 20072013, 2015, 2017, 2018
TeamsSaulnier Racing
OAK Racing
Best finish3rd (20th overall) (2009)
Class wins0

Jacques Nicolet (born 5 April 1956 in Gigondas) is a French businessman and racing driver. He is the chairman of the Supervisory Board for Altarea SCA, a French real estate investment and development company, which he co-founded in 1994 with Alain Taravela. [1] He was previously the director of development at the Pierre & Vacances Group between 1984 and 1994. He is also the owner and a driver of OAK Racing, a Le Mans 24 Hours and FIA World Endurance Championship racing team.

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Racing career

Nicolet began his racing career in historic racing, competing in the V de V Historic Series between 2001 and 2006. [2] In 2003, he formed Heritage Racing Cars, responsible for maintaining classic endurance sports cars. At the end of 2006, Nicolet bought Saulnier Racing. He began racing for the team in the Le Mans Series and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2008, he partnered with Henri Pescarolo of Pescarolo Sport to form Pescarolo Automobiles. In 2009 Nicolet established OAK Racing, with the Saulnier Racing operation becoming OAK Racing Mazda Team France and Heritage Racing Cars becoming OAK Racing Team Heritage.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of France.svg Saulnier Racing Flag of France.svg Alain Filhol
Flag of France.svg Bruce Jouanny
Courage LC75-AER LMP2224DNFDNF
2008 Flag of France.svg Saulnier Racing Flag of Monaco.svg Marc Faggionato
Flag of Monaco.svg Richard Hein
Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP131126th12th
2009 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing
Flag of France.svg Team Mazda France
Flag of Monaco.svg Richard Hein
Flag of France.svg Jean-François Yvon
Pescarolo 01-Mazda LMP232520th3rd
2010 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of Monaco.svg Richard Hein
Flag of France.svg Jean-François Yvon
Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP23419th4th
2011 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of Monaco.svg Richard Hein
Flag of France.svg Jean-François Yvon
OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd LMP1119DNFDNF
2012 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Morgan LMP2-Judd LMP2139DNFDNF
2013 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Merlin
Flag of France.svg Philippe Mondolot
Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2248DNFDNF
2015 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Merlin
Flag of France.svg Erik Maris
Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP232829th11th
2017 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport Flag of France.svg Pierre Nicolet
Flag of France.svg Erik Maris
Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP234115th13th
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jackie Chan DC Racing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg David Cheng
Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Boulle
Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP235512th8th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345678RankPts
2012 OAK Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 SEB
2
SPA
5
LMS
Ret
20th18.5
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
6
SÃO
3
BHR
6
FUJ
3
SHA
3
2013 OAK Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
8
SPA
6
LMS
Ret
SÃO
5
COA
8
FUJ
9
SHA
6
BHR
5
6th51
2015 OAK Racing LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
5
SPA
6
LMS
6
NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 26th34

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-06-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "02115008_253-copie3-300×200" . Retrieved 9 October 2019.