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Jonathan Kennard
Kennard on the Podium at the British Grand Prix in 2018
Nationality	British
Born	(1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 39) Tunbridge Wells, England
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	IDEC Sport
Car number	17
Starts	1
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in LMP2 in 2020
Previous series
2020 2016-19 2017-18 2011 2010 2009 2005–07 2003–04 2003 2003 2002	FIA World Endurance Championship Masters Historic Racing Radical European Masters FIA GT1 World Championship European Le Mans Series International Formula Master British F3 Formula Palmer Audi FR2.0 UK Winter Series FPA Autumn Trophy T Cars
Championship titles
2004 2003	Formula Palmer Audi FPA Winter Trophy
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2010 2020 Teams Kruse Schiller Motorsport (KSM), IDEC Sport Best finish 26th, 15th Class wins 0

Jonathan Kennard (born 26 June 1985 in Tunbridge Wells, England) is a British professional racing driver. He has won 2 series titles, Formula Palmer Audi in 2004 and the FPA Winter Trophy the previous year in 2003.

He was also a test driver for the WilliamsF1 team in 2009.

He is race winner in both the National class (2005) and Championship class (2007) of British Formula Three. He also ran at the Zolder F3 Masters in 2007 and the Macau Grand Prix in 2007.

In 2009 he raced in the Superleague Formula for A.S. Roma in the 2009 season. He returned to the series driving for CR Flamengo at the Monza round of the series while Enrique Bernoldi was on FIA GT duty.

In 2010 he raced in the Le Mans Series for the Kruse Schiller Motorsport Team in the LMP2 Class using a Lola Judd. He also finished the Le Mans 24hrs on his first attempt with the same team.

He was the FIA Formula Two Test Driver from 2010 to 2012.

From 2016 to present, he races in Historic Formula One and Endurance Racing Legends in Le Mans Prototypes. Most recently in 2019, he secured pole position for the Silverstone Classic in a Pescarolo LMP1 and dominated the race weekend taking two wins.

In 2020 he raced in the Le Mans 24hrs in the LMP2 Class driving an Oreca 07 for IDEC Sport, finishing 11th in class and 15th overall.

Motorsports Career results

Career summary

† – Team standings.

Superleague Formula

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

2009 Super Final results

• Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda	Lola B07/40-Judd	LMP2	291	26th	10th
2020	IDEC Sport	Patrick Pilet Kyle Tilley	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	363	15th	11th

Complete GT1 World Championship results

References

1. Elizalde, Pablo (23 June 2009). "Kennard lands AS Roma seat". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

External links

• Official website
• Jonathan Kennard career summary at DriverDB.com
• Q&A with Jonathan Kennard

• English racing drivers
• 1985 births
• Living people
• Superleague Formula drivers
• International Formula Master drivers
• British Formula Three Championship drivers
• Formula Palmer Audi drivers
• British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
• European Le Mans Series drivers
• FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
• 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
• Alan Docking Racing drivers
• Double R Racing drivers
• Manor Motorsport drivers
• IDEC Sport drivers
• Sportspeople from Royal Tunbridge Wells