Jules Gounon

Jules Gounon
Gounon (left) celebrating his 2019 3H Barcelona win alongside teammates Jordan Pepper (middle) and Steven Kane (right)
Nationality	French
Born	(1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 29) Aubenas, France
Related to	Jean-Marc Gounon (father)
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Mercedes-AMG AKKodis ASP
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	88
Starts	33 (33 entries)
Wins	6
Podiums	12
Poles	5
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	1st in 2022, 2023
Previous series
2016–17 2015 2014 2014 2013	ADAC GT Masters Porsche Carrera Cup France Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2017, 2022 2017 2023	24 Hours of Spa ADAC GT Masters Intercontinental GT Challenge

Jules Jean-Louis Gounon (born 31 December 1994 in Aubenas) is an Andorran-based French professional racing driver. He 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. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

1994-2015: Youth in karting, single-seaters and Porsche Carrera Cup

Gounon started karting in 2010 at the age of 15. He was crowned Rotax National French Champion in 2011. ^[3] In the year after, he clinched the X30 world title. ^[4] He was promoted to single-seaters, joining the French F4 Championship for the 2013 season and finished second with six wins. ^[5] He competed one year in Formula Renault 2.0, but failed to impress as he "could not get on well with the team". As his career seemed to be in a deadlock after a difficult 2014 season, he was selected "Espoir Porsche Carrera Cup France 2015" to take part in Porsche Carrera Cup France for the next season with a grant of €30,000. ^[6] He scored his maiden win in the championship in Val de Vienne ^[7] and finished sixth in the final standings.

2016-2017: Success in German GT and win in the 24 Hours of Spa

In 2016, he joined Callaway Competition in ADAC GT Masters, the German championship of GT. ^[8] He drove a brand new Corvette C7 GT3-R with his teammate Daniel Keilwitz. ^[8] Callaway ran three Corvette for this season. He 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 (although not broken) left leg. ^[9] Finally he stood third in the final standings while developing his new car during the year. Callaway Competition decided to run only the car of Gounon and Keilwitz for the 2017 season. ^[10] He scored his first win of the season in Red Bull Ring. ^[11] After this round, his teammate Keilwitz got injured and was replaced by Renger van der Zande who won with Gounon in Zandvoort, letting the Frenchman take alone the championship's lead. ^[12] He then had two difficult weekends without podium with Albert Costa and van der Zende. However, he won his third race of the season in Hockenheim after the return of Keilwitz to competition. ^[13] This last win let him seal the title in the last event. ^[13] He also clinched the Junior title for drivers under 25. ^[14]

Also engaged with Jean-Luc Beaubelique and Nico Bastian in Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup (Pro-Am Cup), he took two podiums. He was recruited by Audi Sport Team Saintéloc for the 2017 24 Hours of Spa, the greatest race of GT, teaming up with Christopher Haase and Markus Winkelhock. ^[15] Despite running one lap down in the first half of the race because of a mis-threaded wheel, Gounon and his teammates came back in front. He battled with a Bentley in the last hours and created an 11-second gap with it to win the biggest victory in his career. ^{[16] [17]} This 2017 edition was very tight as six cars arrived in the same lap as the leader.

2018-2020: Official factory driver for Bentley

Bentley Continental GT3 during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa

In 2018, Jules Gounon at the age of 23, was signed by Bentley M-Sport as an official factory driver for Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and Intercontinental GT Challenge, replacing Oliver Jarvis. ^[18] With Steven Kane and Guy Smith, the Frenchman had to develop the new Bentley Continental GT3 which replaced the former generation. ^[18] In Paul Ricard, he scored his maiden podium with Bentley finishing second. ^[19] He missed the win because of a bonnet problem. ^[20] For the 2018 24 Hours of Spa, he had to leave the race after some braking problems. He also did a one-off in Super GT for the Fuji 500-mile race. ^[21] He finished thirteenth which represented the best result of the team that season in the Japanese championship. Jules Gounon said about that 2018 season: "I have progressed and learnt a lot. [...] I had to get used with a new car. The target was to have a good car at the end of the season. Unfortunately, we had a lack of speed in straight lines. With this new Continental GT3, Bentley started again from the beginning. 2018 was a season of development. After more than two years of work with German people, I discovered another vision of motorsport with a different way of working. The Bentley Continental GT3 will have a say in 2019". ^[22]

For the centenary of Bentley in 2019, Jules Gounon was engaged in Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and Intercontinental GT Challenge with Steven Kane and Jordan Pepper. After two complicated races, the Frenchman set the fastest time of the qualifying session in Paul Ricard, faster than his teammates and than his rivals. ^[23] Battling with the Ferrari 488 GT3 of Miguel Molina, Jules Gounon and Bentley won their first race of the year and also their first win since the introduction of their new car back in 2018. ^[24] 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. ^[25] Qualified 17th in the category LMGTE Pro, they finished 11th in this category and 40th overall, despite a mechanical problem in the last hours of the race. ^[26]

Since 2021: GT World Challenge success with Mercedes

2021

2021 would see Gounon become a works driver for the Mercedes team, as he took part in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Daniel Juncadella and Raffaele Marciello. ^[27] A strong start with a podium in Monza and a sixth place in Le Castellet was followed by disappointment at Spa, where the outfit was forced to retire, having previously taken pole position. The team ended their campaign positively, appearing on the rostrum in the final two races, which included a win at the season finale, ultimately putting Gounon second overall.

2022

Gounon's Mercedes AMG GT3 during the 2022 24 Hours of Spa

Gounon teamed up with Juncadella and Marciello once more at the rebranded AKKodis ASP Team for the 2022 season of the Endurance Cup. ^[28] Having taken the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Spa, the Frenchman and his teammates ended up winning the championship at the end of the year, beating out Antonio Fuoco by a mere two points. ^{[29] [30] [31]}

During the same year, Gounon raced in the ADAC GT Masters alongside junior driver Fabian Schiller. ^[32] The pair finished third in the standings, amassing four wins and a further podium. ^[33]

2023

Having switched to an Andorran racing license at the start of 2023, Gounon began the campaign in fine style, grabbing a class victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona and following that up by winning the Bathurst 12 Hour race outright for a record-breaking third year in a row, despite racing alongside an amateur driver in the form of Kenny Habul. ^{[34] [35] [36] [37] [38]} Gounon later apologised to fellow Mercedes-AMG driver Maro Engel, with whom he had collided merely half an hour before the finish. ^[39]

The season would contain campaigns in three championships: the GTWC Europe Endurance Cup, where Gounon and Marciello would attempt to defend their title alongside Timur Boguslavskiy, the GTD Pro class in IMSA, which the Andorran contested alongside Juncadella for WeatherTech Racing, and the British GT Championship as Ian Loggie's teammate. ^{[40] [41] [42]} Despite a retirement in the Endurance Cup season opener at Monza, Gounon would be able to retain the title, with wins at Le Castellet and the Nürburgring sandwiching a runner-up finish at the 24 Hours of Spa. ^{[43] [44] [45] [46]} Over in America, Gounon, together with Juncadella, Maro Engel and Cooper MacNeil, won the 24 Hours of Daytona at the start of the year. ^[47] Gounon and Juncadella combined for a further three victories that season, including a triumph at the season-ending Petit Le Mans race, which earned them second in the drivers' standings and the title in the Michelin Endurance Cup. ^[48] The British series proved to be less fruitful, as the Andorran scored a lone win at Oulton Park and finished sixth in the drivers' championship, having missed one race.

Throughout the year, Gounon took part in the full calendar of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. With a victory at Bathurst, third places at Kyalami and Abu Dhabi and runner-up finishes in Spa and Indianapolis, the Andorran would clinch the title, having completed a podium sweep whilst racing with four different Mercedes-affiliated teams. ^{[49] [50]}

Personal life

Gounon is the son of the former racing driver Jean-Marc Gounon, who finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 and raced in Formula One with Minardi and Simtek. ^[51] The Andorran has been in a relationship with WEC driver Michelle Gatting since 2022. ^[52]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	French F4 Championship	Auto Sport Academy	20	6	0	1	9	236.5	2nd
2014	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	KTR	2	0	0	0	0	0	30th
		AVF	2	0	0	0	0
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	KTR	2	0	0	0	0	54	23rd
		AVF	8	0	0	0	0
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Martinet by Alméras	11	1	1	1	4	125	6th
2016	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	14	3	1	0	4	152	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Konrad Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H Series - SPX	Spark Motorsport
	24H Series - CUP1	Sorg Rennsport
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	14	3	3	2	6	174	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	AKKA ASP	4	0	0	0	0	28	11th
		Audi Sport Team Saintéloc	1	1	0	1	1
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	AKKA ASP	8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Asia	Craft-Bamboo Racing	2	0	0	0	0	12	26th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	40	6th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team Saintéloc	1	1	0	1	1	25	6th
		RealTime Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	24H Series - A6	Konrad Motorsport
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	1	29	14th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		4	0	0	1	0	4	23rd
	Super GT Series - GT300	EIcars Bentley	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	1	1	0	2	49	4th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		5	0	0	0	0	10	25th
	International GT Open	Petri Corse	1	0	0	0	0	0	39th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Bentley K-PAX Racing	4	0	0	0	0	6	23rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	CMR	8	0	0	1	1	22.5	13th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	1	0	0	0	0	21	49th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	1	0	0	1	28	7th
		K-PAX Racing	2	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Phoenix Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2021	ADAC GT Masters	Team Zakspeed Mobil Krankenkasse Racing	14	2	2	2	2	136	6th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AKKA ASP Team	5	1	1	0	3	79	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	2	35.5	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Risi Competizione	2	0	0	1	0	308	13th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	1	1	1	0	0	25	10th
		Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2022	ADAC GT Masters	Drago Racing Team zvo	14	4	0	0	5	153	3rd
	British GT Championship - GT3	Ram Racing	4	1	1	0	4	92.5	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AKKodis ASP Team	5	1	1	1	3	89	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		6	0	0	1	2	41.5	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	WeatherTech Racing	2	0	0	1	1	542	19th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	0	1	0	533	39th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SunEnergy1 Racing by Triple Eight	1	1	0	0	1	65	2nd
		Mercedes-AMG Team AKKodis ASP	1	1	1	0	1
		Winward Racing	1	0	1	0	1
		Mercedes-AMG GruppeM Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	24H GT Series - GT3	SunEnergy1 by SPS automotive performance
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed BWT	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2022–23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Abu Dhabi Racing by HRT Bilstein
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	HubAuto Racing	4	0	2	0	0	12	12th
	British GT Championship - GT3	2 Seas Motorsport	8	1	1	0	3	122.5	6th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AKKodis ASP Team	5	2	2	1	3	104	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	WeatherTech Racing	11	4	1	2	6	3648	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SunEnergy1 Racing	2	1	0	0	2	91	1st
		AKKodis ASP Team	1	0	0	0	1
		Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing	1	0	0	0	1
		Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas	1	0	0	0	1
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	FIA GT World Cup	Climax Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Craft-Bamboo Racing	2	0	1	0	0	5	27th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Boutsen VDS
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SunEnergy1
	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Climax Racing
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	SunEnergy1 Racing
	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Alpine Endurance Team

^* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2013	LMS 1 6	LMS 2 Ret	LMS 3 2	PAU 1 8	PAU 2 1	PAU 3 9	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 17†	SPA 3 DNS	VDV 1 8	VDV 2 4	VDV 3 11	MAG 1 1	MAG 2 1	MAG 3 1	LÉD 1 1	LÉD 2 14	LÉD 3 1	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 2	LEC 3 7	2nd	236.5

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2016	Callaway Competition	Corvette C7 GT3-R	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 Ret	SAC 1 4	SAC 2 1	LAU 1 4	LAU 2 1	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 1	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 5	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 Ret	3rd	152
2017	Callaway Competition	Corvette C7 GT3-R	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 2	LAU 1 5	LAU 2 4	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 3	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 6	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 8	SAC 1 8	SAC 2 Ret	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 2	1st	174
2021	Team Zakspeed Mobil Krankenkasse Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	OSC 1 15	OSC 2 4	RBR 1 13	RBR 2 8	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 5	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 1	SAC 1 9	SAC 2 1	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 5	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 6	6th	136
2022	Drago Racing Team zvo	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	OSC 1 13	OSC 2 12	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 12	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 7	NÜR 1 32	NÜR 2 13	LAU 1 17	LAU 2 10	SAC 1 12	SAC 2 Ret	HOC 1 163	HOC 2 13	3rd	153

^* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2016	Konrad Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	MNZ Ret	SIL 24	LEC					NC	0
			Pro-Am				SPA 6H 28	SPA 12H 29	SPA 24H 30	NÜR 27	37th	6
2017	AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ 17	SIL 22	LEC 15				CAT 36	9th	46
	Audi Sport Team Saintéloc	Audi R8 LMS	Pro				SPA 6H 7	SPA 12H 13	SPA 24H 1		11th	28
2018	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ 24	SIL 21	LEC 2	SPA 6H 11	SPA 12H 5	SPA 24H 25	CAT 21	14th	29
2019	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	MNZ 12	SIL 12	LEC 1	SPA 6H 16	SPA 12H 28	SPA 24H 49	CAT 3	4th	49
2020	Bentley K-PAX Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro	IMO 30	NÜR Ret	SPA 6H 10	SPA 12H 5	SPA 24H 10	LEC Ret		23rd	6
2021	AKKA ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	MNZ 2	LEC 6	SPA 6H 8	SPA 12H 4	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 2	CAT 1	2nd	79
2022	AKKodis ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO 2	LEC 3	SPA 6H 3	SPA 12H 3	SPA 24H 1	HOC 40†	CAT 5	1st	89
2023	AKKodis ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	MNZ Ret	LEC 1	SPA 6H 3	SPA 12H 2	SPA 24H 2	NÜR 1	CAT 5	1st	104
2024	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	LEC 3	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	MNZ	JED	3rd*	15*

^*Season still in progress.

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap; small number denotes the finishing position)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2018	EIcars Bentley	Bentley Continental GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SUZ	CHA	FUJ 13	SUG	AUT	MOT	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Risi Competizione	Oliver Jarvis Pipo Derani	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	329	40th	11th
2020	Risi Competizione	Sébastien Bourdais Olivier Pla	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	339	23rd	4th

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2017	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	GTD	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY 2	SEB 4	LBH	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	41st	60
2020	Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 10	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB		51st	21
2021	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 4	SEB	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET		13th	308
2022	WeatherTech Racing	GTD Pro	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 11	SEB 3	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET			19th	542
		GTD			DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	MID	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM 7	ELK	VIR 6	PET	39th	533
2023	WeatherTech Racing	GTD Pro	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 1	SEB 3	LBH 5	LGA 1	WGL 4	MOS 3	LIM 5	ELK 5	VIR 5	IMS 1	PET 1		2nd	3648
2024	SunEnergy1 Racing	GTD Pro	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	ATL

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Ovr. Pos.	Cla. Pos.
2018	M-Sport	Guy Smith Steven Kane	Bentley Continental GT3 (2015)	Pro	265	16th	6th
2019	M-Sport	Steven Kane Jordan Pepper	Bentley Continental GT3 (2018)	Pro	311	8th	8th
2020	M-Sport	Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3 (2018)	Pro	314	1st	1st
2022	SunEnergy1 Racing / Triple Eight Race Engineering	Kenny Habul Martin Konrad Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro-Am	291	1st	1st
2023	SunEnergy1 Racing / AKKodis ASP Team	Kenny Habul Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	323	1st	1st
2024	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	275	2nd	2nd

Complete British GT Championship results

(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	DC	Points
2022	RAM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	GT3	OUL 1 2	OUL 2 3	SIL 1	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	SPA 1 3	BRH 1	DON 1 2	5th	92.5
2023	2 Seas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	GT3	OUL 1 4	OUL 2 1	SIL 1 7	DON 1 3	SNE 1 7	SNE 2 3	ALG 1	BRH 1 4	DON 1 5	6th	122.5

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos	Points
2023–24	Craft-Bamboo Racing	GT	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	SEP 1 Ret	SEP 2 8	DUB	ABU1	ABU2	27th	5

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External links

• Jules Gounon on Instagram
• Jules Gounon career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Connor De Phillippi Christopher Mies	ADAC GT Masters Champion 2017	Succeeded by Mathieu Jaminet Robert Renauer  [ de ]
Preceded by Matthew Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner	Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour 2020, 2022-2023 With: Jordan Pepper & Maxime Soulet (2020) Kenny Habul, Luca Stolz (2022-23) & Martin Konrad (2022)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Champion 2022-2023 With: Raffaele Marciello, Daniel Juncadella (2022) & Timur Boguslavskiy (2023)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Davide Rigon Daniel Serra	Michelin Endurance Cup GTD Pro Champion 2023 With: Daniel Juncadella	Succeeded by Incumbent