Julien Canal | |||||||||||
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Nationality | French | ||||||||||
Born | Le Mans, France | 15 July 1982||||||||||
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
Current team | Alpine Elf Team | ||||||||||
Racing licence | FIA Silver | ||||||||||
Car number | 36 | ||||||||||
Former teams | G-Drive Racing, Manor, Vaillante Rebellion, Larbre Compétition, Panis Barthez Competition | ||||||||||
Starts | 45 (45 entries) | ||||||||||
Wins | 15 | ||||||||||
Podiums | 26 | ||||||||||
Poles | 4 | ||||||||||
Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
Best finish | 1st (LMP2) in 2015, 2017 | ||||||||||
Previous series | |||||||||||
2011 2011 2010–11 2009 2008 2008, 10 2007–09 2003–2006 2003–06 2003 | Intercontinental Le Mans Cup American Le Mans Series Le Mans Series Formula Le Mans FIA GT Championship FFSA GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup France Eurocup Formula Renault French Formula Renault Formula Renault 2.0 Germany | ||||||||||
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Julien Antoine Jules Canal [1] (born 15 July 1982 in Le Mans) is a French racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with Panis Racing. In 2010 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and won his class in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
After competing in karting, where he finished third in the French Championship Elite in 2000, Canal stepped up to single-seaters in 2003. He raced in French Formula Renault for four seasons, scoring his first podium in his final season in 2006 and finishing sixth overall. [2] He also raced in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series in each of those four seasons.
Canal switched to GT racing in 2007 when he started racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup France. He finished ninth, tenth and eighth in the three seasons he contested, scoring one podium finish and two pole positions. In 2010 he took part in the FFSA GT Championship.
He joined the Larbre Compétition team to race their Saleen S7-R in the opening round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season at Circuit Paul Ricard, where they were the only team entered in the GT1 class. He returned to the team for the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they won the GT1 class in 13th overall.
In 2011 Larbre entered the new GTE-Am class in a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, with Canal again winning the class at Le Mans with the team. They repeated the feat in 2012.
Canal operated a McDonald's restaurant in his hometown Le Mans. As of 2022, Canal has opened 3 McDonald's restaurants in cities outside Le Mans.
† As Canal was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2010 | Larbre Compétition | GT1 | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0 L V8 | LEC 1 | SPA | ALG | HUN | SIL | 3rd | 33 | |
2010 | Larbre Compétition | GTE AM | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | LEC | SPA 3 | IMO 2 | SIL 4 | EST | NC | 0 | |
2015 | Krohn Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | SIL | IMO | RBR 5 | LEC | EST | 18th | 10 | |
2016 | Greaves Motorsport | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 8 | IMO 8 | RBR 6 | LEC 6 | SPA 4 | EST Ret | 10th | 36 |
2018 | Panis Barthez Competition | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 8 | MNZ 7 | RBR 10 | SIL 6 | SPA 3‡ | ALG 2 | 9th | 45.5 |
2019 | Panis Barthez Competition | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 10 | MNZ 9 | CAT 15 | SIL 7 | SPA 8 | ALG 7 | 18th | 19.5 |
2020 | Panis Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC Ret | SPA 3 | LEC 4 | MNZ 5 | ALG 5 | 4th | 47 | |
2021 | Panis Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 2 | RBR 14 | LEC 8 | MNZ 1 | SPA 3 | ALG 4 | 3rd | 74.5 |
2022 | Panis Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 3 | IMO 4 | MNZ 2 | CAT 2 | SPA 4 | ALG 2 | 2nd | 94 |
† There was no LMGTE Am drivers championship that year, the result indicates standings in overall standings.
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
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2017 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | P | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | AUS | BEL | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | ATL 10 | 41st | 21 |
2023 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB | LGA | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | NC | 0 |
* Season still in progress.
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