Jules Roussel | |
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Born | Jules Roussel 24 October 2006 Ancenis, France |
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Jules Roussel (born 24 October 2006) is a French racing driver who last competed in the French F4 Championship.
Roussel is the son of former racing driver Patrice Roussel, who won the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class, [1] [2] and is the grandson of Pierre Roussel, a former rally driver. [3]
Born in Ancenis, [4] Roussel began karting at the age of seven, competing until 2023. [5] Spending most of his career with Extreme Limite, Roussel was the National Series Karting champion in 2023 and was runner-up in the 2022 Coupe de France. [6] [7]
In 2024, Roussel stepped up to single-seaters, racing in the FFSA Academy-centrally run French F4 Championship. [8] In his rookie year in the series, Rousssel scored his maiden podium in race two at Spa by finishing second after starting on reverse-grid pole. [9] [10]
Roussel remained in French F4 for 2025. [11] In the season-opening round at Nogaro, Roussel finished fifth in race one before ending off the weekend with back-to-back second-place finishes. [12] [13] In the following round at Dijon, Roussel finished second in races one and three behind Alexandre Munoz. [14] [15] In the season's only trip outside of France, Roussel won race one from pole at Spa, [16] and then won race three at Munoz retired. [17] After two retirements and a second-place finish at Magny-Cours, [18] Roussel took what turned out to be his last podium of the season at Lédenon by finishing second in race two, [19] to enter the final round 68 points behind Munoz. [20] In the final round at Le Mans Roussel finished seventh in race one but failed to score points in the other two races and dropped to third in the standings. [21]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2014 | National Series Karting – KRA 7-11 | 11th | |
2015 | Kart Racing Academy – KRA 7-10 | 5th | |
Championnat de France – Mini Kart | Extreme Limite | 22nd | |
Challenge Rotax Max France – Mini Kart | 7th | ||
2016 | National Series Karting – Mini Kart | Extreme Limite | 10th |
Challenge Rotax Max France – Mini Kart | 14th | ||
Championnat de France – Mini Kart | Asphalt Racing | 9th | |
Coupe de de France – Mini Kart | 4th | ||
24H Karting – Mini Kart | |||
2017 | National Series Karting – Cadet | Extreme Limite | 7th |
Challenge Rotax Max France – Cadet | 5th | ||
Championnat de France – Cadet | 83rd | ||
24H Minutes Karting – Cadet | 5th | ||
2018 | National Series Karting – Cadet | Extreme Limite | 11th |
Coupe de France – Cadet | 2nd | ||
Championnat de France – Cadet | 20th | ||
Challenge Rotax Max France – Cadet | 5th | ||
24H Minutes Karting – OK | 1st | ||
2019 | National Series Karting – Nationale | Extreme Limite | 19th |
Championnat de France – Junior | 13th | ||
RMC International Trophy – Junior Max | Sodikart | ||
2020 | National Series Karting – Nationale | Extreme Limite | 11th |
RMC International Trophy – Junior Max | 43rd | ||
Champions of the Future – OK-J | Trefle Racing | NC | |
WSK Open Cup – OK-J | Roussel Patrice | 36th | |
2021 | Karting European Championship – OK-J | Sodikart | NC |
Champions of the Future – OK-J | 112nd | ||
Karting World Championship – OK-J | DNQ | ||
National Series Karting – Nationale | Extreme Limite | 24th | |
RMC International Trophy – Junior Max | Roussel Patrice | 13th | |
2022 | Rotax Max Euro Winter Cup – Senior Max | Roussel Patrice | 7th |
Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Senior Max | 17th | ||
RMC International Trophy – Senior Max | 4th | ||
National Series Karting – Nationale | Extreme Limite | 3rd | |
Coupe de France – Nationale | 2nd | ||
Championnat de France – Nationale | 3rd | ||
2023 | Rotax Max Euro Winter Cup – Senior Max | Roussel Patrice | 20th |
Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Senior Max | 27th | ||
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Senior Max | 15th | ||
National Series Karting – Rotax Max | Extreme Limite | 1st | |
RMC International Trophy – Senior Max | Roussel Racing | 35th | |
Sources: [22] [23] |
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2024 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 11th |
2025 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 186 | 3rd |
Sources: [24] [22] |
(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 |
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2024 | NOG 1 9 | NOG 2 C | NOG 3 17 | LÉD 1 6 | LÉD 2 15 | LÉD 3 5 | SPA 1 10 | SPA 2 2 | SPA 3 11 | NÜR 1 7 | NÜR 2 24 | NÜR 3 7 | MAG 1 18 | MAG 2 11 | MAG 3 16 | DIJ 1 4 | DIJ 2 8 | DIJ 3 11 | LEC 1 14 | LEC 2 12 | LEC 3 9 | 11th | 60 |
2025 | NOG 1 5 | NOG 2 2 | NOG 3 2 | DIJ 1 2 | DIJ 2 11 | DIJ 3 2 | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 5 | SPA 3 1 | MAG 1 23† | MAG 2 Ret | MAG 3 2 | LÉD 1 2 | LÉD 2 Ret | LÉD 3 6 | LMS 1 7 | LMS 2 22 | LMS 3 Ret | 3rd | 186 |