Jonathan Kennard (born 26 June 1985 in Tunbridge Wells, England) is a British professional racing driver. He has won two series titles, Formula Palmer Audi in 2004 and the FPA Winter Trophy the previous year in 2003.
Kennard was also a test driver for the WilliamsF1 team in 2009.
Kennard 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, Kennard 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, Kennard 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.
Kennard was the FIA Formula Two Test Driver from 2010 to 2012.
From 2016 to present, Kennard 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, Kennard 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 SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2002T Cars? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6th 2003Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Manor Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? 0 NCFormula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy? 4 2 3 ? 4 86 1stFormula Palmer Audi? 12 1 1 ? 4 139 6th 2004Formula Palmer Audi? 12 4 10 ? 9 224 1st 2005British F3 National ClassAlan Docking Racing 22 1 0 2 10 233 3rd 2006British F3 ChampionshipAlan Docking Racing 22 0 0 0 0 36 12thMacau Grand PrixAlan Docking Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th 2007British F3 ChampionshipRäikkönen Robertson Racing 22 1 2 3 5 130 6thMacau Grand PrixRäikkönen Robertson Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NCMasters of Formula 3Räikkönen Robertson Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 20th 2008 Formula One WilliamsF1 Test Driver 2009 Superleague FormulaA.S. Roma 6 0 0 0 0 211† 13th†CR Flamengo 2 0 0 0 0 191† 16th† International Formula MasterTeam JVA 2 0 0 0 0 4 14th2010Le Mans Series - LMP2KSM Motorsport300001713th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2KSM10000N/A10thFIA Formula Two ChampionshipMotorSport VisionTest Driver2011FIA GT1 World ChampionshipDKR www.discount.de600000N/AFIA Formula Two ChampionshipMotorSport VisionTest Driver2012FIA Formula Two ChampionshipMotorSport VisionTest Driver2016FIA Masters Historic Sportscar ChampionshipWDK10000N/AN/A2017Masters Historic F1Scuderia Classiche20122N/AN/ARadical European MastersRadical33133N/AN/ASpa Historic 6 HrsO C Racing10000N/AN/AMasters Endurance LegendsWDK10011N/AN/A2018Spa Historic 6 HrsO C Racing10001N/AN/ARadical European MastersRadical610011406th2019Masters Endurance LegendsCGA22102185th2019-20FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2IDEC Sport10000011th
† – Team standings.
Superleague Formula (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Operator123456 Position Points2009A.S. RomaAzerti Motorsport MAG ZOL DON 13th 211 15 14 11 5 7 10CR FlamengoEST MOZ JAR 16th 191 17 18
2009 Super Final results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 2009A.S. RomaAzerti Motorsport MAG DNQ ZOL N/A DON DNQESTMOZJARCR FlamengoAzerti Motorsport MAG ZOL DONEST MOZ N/AJAR
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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 Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2011 DKR www-discount.de Lamborghini ABUQR ABUCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ALGQR ALGCR SACQR SACCR SILQR SILCR NAVQR NAVCR PRIQR PRICR ORDQR14 ORDCR13 BEIQRRet BEICRRet SANQR13 SANCRRet 40th 0
References
External links Official website
Q&A with Jonathan Kennard