| Jonathan Kennard | |||||||||||
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 Kennard on the Podium at the British Grand Prix in 2018 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1985 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 | ||||||||||
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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.[1] 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.
- ^ Elizalde, Pablo (23 June 2009). "Kennard lands AS Roma seat". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 9 July 2009.