Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer

Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Nationality	French
Born	(2000-11-19) 19 November 2000 (age 24) Chambray-lès-Tours, France
GTWCE Endurance Cup career
Current team	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2022) FIA Gold (2023–)
Car number	30
Starts	5 (5 entries)
Wins	3
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st (Silver Cup) in 2022
Previous series
2018-2021 2017 2017	Porsche Supercup Formula Renault Eurocup Toyota Racing Series
Championship titles
2022	GTWCE Endurance Cup - Silver

Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer (born 19 November 2000) is a French racing driver who is set to compete for Inter Europol Competition in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2025 European Le Mans Series. He is the former champion of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in the Silver Cup category, a title he achieved alongside Benjamin Goethe and Thomas Neubauer, driving for ROFGO Racing with Team WRT. ^[1]

Early career

Karting

Simmenauer first began karting in 2012 with Italian team Tony Kart. In 2015, he claimed the title in the French Karting Championship.

Simmenauer competing in Formula Renault Eurocup.

Toyota Racing Series

In December 2016, it was announced Simmenauer would make his debut in single-seaters in the Toyota Racing Series, replacing reigning champion Lando Norris, following the latter's decision not to defend his title. ^[2]

Formula Renault 2.0

In January 2017, Simmenauer joined JD Motorsport for the Formula Renault Eurocup. ^[3] He went on to experience a disappointing campaign, failing to score points in a season he would end 27th in the standings.

Simmenauer driving at the Red Bull Ring during the 2021 Porsche Supercup season.

Sportscar career

Porsche Cup

Simmenauer switched to sportscar racing in 2018, driving for Lechner Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. With a best result of sixth at the Nürburgring the Frenchman ended up 12th in the standings, having missed one of the seven rounds. In the middle of the season, Simmenauer made his debut in the Porsche Supercup, driving in the Silverstone event. The following year, another season of PCCG would be in store for Simmenauer, who would start a further four races in the Supercup. Once again with Lechner Racing, his best individual placing improved to fourth at the Norisring, though a number of retirements dropped him to 15th in the championship.

GT World Challenge

The #30 Audi R8 LMS from Team WRT at the 2022 24 Hours of Spa

For the 2022 season, Simmenauer joined Team WRT to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup alongside Christopher Mies, whilst partnering Benjamin Goethe and Thomas Neubauer in the Silver Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. ^[4] Notable success would come in the latter, as the Frenchman won three races in his category, which included the 24 Hours of Spa, which meant that Simmenauer and his teammates were crowned Silver Cup champions with one round to spare. ^{[5] [6] [7]} Despite WRT's manufacturer change to BMW ahead of 2023, Simmenauer returned to the team. He partnered 2022 Endurance Cup co-driver Neubauer in the Pro class of the Sprint Cup, and joined Calan Williams and Niklas Krütten in the Endurance Cup. ^[8]

LMP2

Having made his prototype racing debut at the start of 2024, driving in the Abu Dhabi rounds of the Asian Le Mans Series with Duqueine Team, Simmenauer joined the team for a full season in the European Le Mans Series alongside James Allen and Niels Koolen. In addition, the Frenchman would take part in that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[9]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	Formula Renault Eurocup	JD Motorsport	22	0	0	0	0	0	27th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		7	0	0	0	0	47	15th
	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	0	0	0	0	253	19th
	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	Alex Caffi Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	64	32nd
	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 2		2	0	0	0	1	79	31st
2017-18	Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship	N/A	10	0	0	0	0	124	10th
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Lechner Racing	12	0	0	0	0	52	12th
	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux	Team 85 Bourgoin Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Porsche Supercup	Momo Megatron Lechner Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2018-19	Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship	N/A	16	3	0	2	8	293	3rd
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Lechner Racing Team	15	0	0	0	0	42.5	15th
	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Middle East	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2019-20	Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East	N/A	12	1	1	1	8	237	2nd
2020	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Middle East	8	0	0	0	0	65	9th
	Porsche Carrera Cup France	BWT Lechner Racing	10	1	0	2	5	152	4th
2021	Porsche Supercup	BWT Lechner Racing	8	0	0	0	0	30	13th
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		12	0	0	0	1	120	5th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	10	0	0	0	0	22	9th
	24H GT Series - GT3
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	5	0	0	0	0	1	35th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup			3	2	0	4	125	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	2	21st
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	MS7 by Team WRT
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Team WRT	10	0	0	0	1	12.5	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup		5	0	0	0	3	78	5th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	4	28th
	Ultimate Cup Series Endurance GT-Touring Challenge - Porsche Cup	Seblajoux Racing	1	0	0	0	0	24	15th
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Duqueine Team	2	0	0	0	1	23	11th
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Duqueine Team	6	0	0	0	0	20	16th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF

^† As Simmenauer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
2017	JD Motorsport	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 6	ASS 1	ASS 2	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 4	SPA 1 26	SPA 2 22	SPA 3 24	HOC 1	HOC 2	15th	47

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pos	Points
2017	JD Motorsport	MNZ 1 24	MNZ 2 19	SIL 1 25	SIL 2 20	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 20	MON 1 22	MON 2 DNQ	HUN 1 20	HUN 2 18	HUN 3 14	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 17	RBR 1 20	RBR 2 13	LEC 1 20	LEC 2 20	SPA 1 26	SPA 2 22	SPA 3 24	CAT 1 21	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 3 DNS	27th	0

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2018	Lechner Racing	OSC 1 15	OSC 2 14	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 10	NÜR1 1 12	NÜR1 2 13	NÜR2 1 9	NÜR2 2 6	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 24	SAC 1	SAC 2	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 10			12th	52
2019	Lechner Racing Team	HOC1 1 Ret	HOC1 2 Ret	MST 1 10	MST 2 20	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 DNS	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 7	ZAN 1 28	ZAN 2 5	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 18	HOC2 1 19	HOC2 2 Ret	SAC 1 16	SAC 2 17	15th	42.5

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup France results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2020	BWT Lechner Racing	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 2	LMS 3	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 4	LEC 3 1	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 4	CAT 1 3	CAT 2 Ret			4th	152
2021	BWT Lechner Racing	MAG 1 6	MAG 2 6	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 5	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 9	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 Ret	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 10	ALG 1 6	ALG 2 6	5th	120

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2018	Momo Megatron Lechner Racing Team	CAT	MON	RBR	SIL 20	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ	MEX	MEX	NC†	0†
2019	Lechner Racing Middle East	CAT	MON	RBR 19	SIL 15	HOC	HUN 13	SPA 14	MNZ	MEX	MEX	NC†	0
2020	Lechner Racing Middle East	RBR 6	RBR 8	HUN 5	SIL 10	SIL 5	CAT Ret	SPA 9	MNZ 6			9th	65
2021	BWT Lechner Racing	MON Ret	RBR 9	RBR 8	HUN 12	SPA 14	ZND 20	MNZ 17	MNZ 18			13th	30

^† As Simmenauer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2022	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	IMO 14	LEC 15	SPA 6H 15	SPA 12H 19	SPA 24H 13	HOC 10	CAT 11	1st	125
2023	BMW M Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Gold	MNZ 12	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 20	SPA 12H 18	SPA 24H 14	NÜR 16	CAT 21	5th	78

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2022	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 14	MAG 1 9	MAG 2 4	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 23	MIS 1 6	MIS 2 4	VAL 1 10	VAL 2 22	9th	22
2023	BMW M Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Pro	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 15	MIS 1 15	MIS 2 3	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 11	VAL 1 16	VAL 2 29	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 13	11th	12.5

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2024	Duqueine Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 11	LEC 6	IMO 9	SPA 12	MUG 8	ALG 7	16th	20

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2024	Duqueine Team	James Allen John Falb	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	112	DNF	DNF
				LMP2 Pro-Am

References

1. Lloyd, Daniel (5 September 2022). "WRT Drivers Secure Silver Cup Title With Round to Spare – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
2. "French karting champion takes place of defending champion Lando Norris in TRS". 23 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
3. "Simmenauer debutta con JD Motorsport (Simmenauer debuts with JD Motorsport)". 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
4. "WRT Confirm Five-Car Entry For Sprint & Endurance Cups, Rossi Joined By Vervisch & Muller | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
5. "Audi-Kundenteams feiern Doppelsieg im Silver-Cup". Audi MediaCenter (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-28.
6. Lloyd, Daniel (3 April 2022). "WRT Delivers Audi's First Endurance Cup Win in Two Years – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
7. Plümer, Jonas (2022-10-02). "GT World Challenge Europe: WRT siegt im Silver Cup". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-12-28.
8. Goodwin, Graham (28 February 2023). "Team WRT Confirm Two More BMW M4 GT3s For Sprint & Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
9. Bristol, David (18 May 2024). "Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer (Duqueine) : "Enfin, je vais pouvoir dire : je suis au Mans !"". endurance24.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-05.

External links

• Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alex Fontana Ricardo Feller Rolf Ineichen	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Silver Cup Champion 2022 With: Benjamin Goethe & Thomas Neubauer	Succeeded by Clemens Schmid Glenn van Berlo Benjamín Hites