Michel Jourdain Jr.

Michel Jourdain Lascurain, better known as Michel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976), is a Mexican racecar driver who currently competes in the SuperCopa series for Andretti Jourdain Autosport, best known for winning two Champ Car races in 2003. He is the 2020 Super Copa GTM Champion.

Formula racing

Jourdain started racing cars in the Mexican Formula Junior series at the age of twelve. He then moved to the Mexican Formula K and Formula 2 series.

In 1996, Jourdain ran several races in the Indy Racing League (IRL) and the CART (later Champ Car) series, including the Indy 500. At the age of nineteen, he became one of the youngest drivers to race in both Champ Car and the Indy 500. Jourdain raced full-time in Champ Car from 1997 to 2004. In his early years, he was largely considered a back marker; however, after joining the Rahal team in 2002, he became a championship contender. Jourdain ended his Champ Car career in 2004 with one pole, two wins, and nine podium (top-three) finishes.

NASCAR

Jourdain was supported by Mexican sponsors throughout his years in Champ Car. After losing his sponsorship following the 2004 season, Jourdain looked to the NASCAR Busch Series. At the time, NASCAR was trying to expand its fan base among Mexicans and Hispanic Americans.

Jourdain made eighteen starts driving the No. 10 ppc Racing Ford in 2005. He was able to notch one top-ten finish in he early stages of the year. However, in July of that year, ppc Racing announced that the team could not continue with a full season due to insufficient sponsorship. He then ran two races later in the season for Keith Barnwell. Jourdain drove in his home race in Mexico City at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as well as two more races in the No. 15 in 2006 for Jill Burgdoff as well as seven Craftsman Truck Series races in the Roush Racing No. 50 truck.

WTCC

In 2007, Jourdain competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for SEAT Sport. A troubled season saw him finish the year down in eighteenth place on points. Later in the year he was signed to drive in the A1GP series for A1 Team Mexico, returning to open-wheel racing for the first time since his Champ Car days.

In 2010, Jordain returned to NASCAR for the Nationwide Series race at Road America when he practiced the No. 98 for Paul Menard since he was away racing at Infineon. Jourdain also competed in the P-WRC class of the 2010 Rally México where he finished seventh in class.

Rally

During the 2003 Baja 1000, Jourdain, supported by girlfriend Ana Paola Romo, raced a SCORE Baja Challenge class vehicle finishing sixth in their class with a time of 31:01.31[1]

In October 2010, Jourdain and his co-driver Miguel Ángel Diez got the second overall in La Carrera Panamericana in a Studebaker 1953, just 12.9 seconds behind from Harri Rovanperä.

The 2010 and 2011 World Rally seasons saw Jourdain start eight rallies with a best finish of fourteenth in the 2011 Rally México.

Motorsports career results

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