Jonny Kane

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Jonny Kane
Jonny Kane Driver of Strakka Racing's Gibson 015S Nissan (27225740895) (2).jpg
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 (age 50)
Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 20012002, 20062013, 20152016
Teams MG Sport & Racing Ltd., Spyker Squadron, Embassy Racing, Speedy Racing Team Sebah, Strakka Racing
Best finish5th (2010)
Class wins1 (2010)
Kane driving the Lola B08/80 during the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. 33 Speedy Sebah.jpg
Kane driving the Lola B08/80 during the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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.

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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

(key)

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112RankPointsRef
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
4th89 [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
10th52 [6]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2001 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg MG Sport & Racing Ltd. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Reid
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hughes
MG-Lola EX257 LMP67530DNFDNF
2002 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg MG Sport & Racing Ltd. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Reid
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hughes
MG-Lola EX257 LMP675129DNFDNF
2006 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Spyker Squadron b.v. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike Hezemans
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-RGT2202DNFDNF
2007 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Spyker Squadron b.v. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Janiš
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mike Hezemans
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-RGT270DNFDNF
2008 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Embassy Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Warren Hughes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joey Foster
Embassy WF01-Zytek LMP2213DNFDNF
2009 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Speedy Racing Team
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebah Automotive
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Benjamin Leuenberger
Flag of France.svg Xavier Pompidou
Lola B08/80-Judd LMP234312th2nd
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
HPD ARX-01C LMP23675th1st
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
HPD ARX-01d LMP2144DNFDNF
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
HPD ARX-03a LMP130330th8th
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
HPD ARX-03c LMP13326th6th
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Strakka Dome S103-Nissan LMP2264DNFDNF
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Gibson 015S-Nissan LMP23518th4th
Sources: [7] [8]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456789RankPoints
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
7th64
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 15th22
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
6th63
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 8th66
Sources: [8] [9]

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References

  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.
  7. "Jonny Kane". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Jonny Kane Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  9. "Jonny Kane". FIA World Endurance Championship . Retrieved 10 August 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by British Formula Three Champion
1997
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
1995
Succeeded by