Jean-Christophe Boullion

Jean -Christophe Boullion (born 27 December 1969 Saint- Brieuc ) is a French racing driver. It was in 1995 in Formula 1 is active.

• 2.1 Le Mans results
• 2.2 Statistics in Formula 1 2.2.1 Individual Results

Career

Jean -Christophe Boullion began in 1982 in karting. Six years later he moved to the French Formula Ford, which he left in 1989 as a champion. After two more years in the French Formula 3, he ran in 1993 alongside teammate Emmanuel Collard for the team Apomatox in the formula 3000th He finished the season in eighth place of the championship, while its performance increased over the year. So he finished the last two runs behind Franck Lagorce on the Siegerpotest. Boullion remained in Formula 3000, but moved to the champion team DAMS. With three victories in a row on the Hockenheim Ring, Estoril Circuit and Circuit de Nevers Magny -Cours, he secured the drivers' title and along with Guillaume Gomez the title of the team standings for DAMS. He also received in 1994 the opportunity to tackle the 24 - hour race at Le Mans. His first race at the Sarthe drove Boullion with the two Frenchmen Alain Cudini and Éric Hélary.

Formula 1

Then he received in 1995 a contract with Sauber Motorsport in Formula 1, he drove a total of eleven Formula 1 race, his first was the Grand Prix of Monaco and his last Grand Prix of the Pacific. He could reach three championship points that finished in 16th place of the F1 World Championship in 1995.

After the 1995 F1 season, Boullion was a test driver for the Williams -Renault team. There he worked, from the season 1996 to 1997 as a test driver. Despite his commitments at Williams, Boullion 1997 came with DAMS again at Le Mans. He was initially reported on two vehicles at DAMS. The vehicle with Wolfgang Kaufmann, however, was disqualified in the qualification and was therefore not allowed to start the race. So Boullion walked beside Éric Bernard and Franck Lagorce into the race, which he already knew from his Formula 3000 period. However, bouillon had to prematurely end his second race with an oil damage to the Panoz GTR -1. In the following season, 1998, he was hired as a test driver for the British team Tyrrell. Also in this year, Boullion tried in Le Mans, failed in his Ferrari 333SP but again technical defects. After that season, he left Tyrrell and turned to other motorsport racing series to. In 2006, Boullion commented on the situation:

"Les problème de la Formule 1, c'est qu'il faut être au bon endroit au bon moment. L' ne s'est jamais opportunité ouverte en ce quie me concerne et il donc mieux la VALAIT quitter, le plus possible dead même, pour se Reconvertir ailleurs. "

"The problem with the formula is 1, you have to be at the right place at the right time. That was never the case with me, so it was better to get out of there as quickly as possible and to seek other opportunities. "

Touring and sports cars

He sub Wrote at Williams -Renault into a contract and then drove in the British Touring Car Championship in a Renault Laguna, the season but finished behind his team-mate Jason Plato in tenth place overall. A start at Le Mans remained for him this year implies denying, though he was reported both at DAMS, as well as his previous team Jabouille - Bouresche in, he said, ultimately, none of the two teams. His involvement in the World Touring Car Championship ended with the departure of Renault and Williams. In 2000 Boullion was given the opportunity to Jérôme Policand, with whom he already drove at Le Mans in 1997, and Jordi Gené to deny his third 24 - hour race. Despite the failure of Le Mans prototypes Boullion drove another long distance race with Jordi Gené with the 1000 km Nürburgring. The passage of counted for American Le Mans Series, the driver line-up ended at the end of ninth place.

In 2001 he moved now sport for young team Pescarolo and denied under the leadership of former French racing driver Henri Pescarolo several sports car races on a Courage C60. He drove in a total of three championships. In addition to the 12 - hour race at Sebring, which was one of the American Le Mans Series, Pescarolo put here the focus on the FIA Sportscar Championship and the European Le Mans Series. Along with Laurent Redon and Sébastien Bourdais he drove the majority of the championship races in which he was able to win a race in each of the ELMS and the FIA ​​Sportscar Championship. In Le Mans, Boullion was inscribed with two teammates and finished the race with his first finish in 13th place. Boullion reflected on the possibility of Henri Pescarolo 2006:

" Trouve que l' aventure corn per humaine - car était vraiment une chen - était très à vivre excitante lui. J'avais tout à apprendre à son contact. "

"I found the human aspect of the adventure - and it really was - with him very exciting. I had to learn so much from him. "

In 2002 he stayed with Pescarolo Sport, which now Fully focused after the departure of ELMS on the FIA Championship. During the season he went either with Sebastien Bourdais and Franck Lagorce. He finished as the winner Two of the six races, but was beaten by Jan Lammers and Val Hillebrand. 2003 should Boullion one hand be with an eighth place at Le Mans achieve the best result in the race up to that point, on the other hand, remained with only two appearances in the FIA ​​Sportscar Championship implies denying the opportunity to gain the title. First, he won with Stéphane Sarrazin in Autódromo do Estoril, at the next race, however, he and Lagorce failed. Then rotated by the end of the driver pairing at Pescarolo between several pilots with whom he also drove over the years. With the decline of the FIA ​​Championship sat Boullion one years completely out, even a desirable starting at Epsilon Sport in Le Mans did not materialize, as the team withdrew his nomination.

For the 2005 season Boullion Pescarolo C60 piloted one now. He and his former team-mate Emmanuel Collard DAMS drove now in the newly founded Le Mans Endurance Series. In addition, the driver pairing at the 1000 km race at Spa -Francorchamps and not to the championship scoring 24 - hour race at Le Mans by Érik Comas was supported. The two races with Comas and Collard finished Boullion in second place, also the reduced team won the 1000- km race at Monza and the course in Istanbul. This secured him and Collard the drivers' championship and team owner Henri Pescarolo Team Championship 2005. For the 2006 season the team received now with the improved Pescarolo 01 an advanced prototype of the car from last year. He and Collard won all five races of the championship. In the legs, partially reinforced by Didier Andre and Eric Hélary, the driver pairing defended the team and driver championship series. With the entry of Peugeot in the following year the situation changed dramatically. None of the long-established teams could match the speed of the presented work teams, only Boullion supported by Collard, Romain Dumas and Harold Primat held thanks to its reliability, the championship until the last race in Brazil open. So Boullion finished four of the six races on the podium, both other runs in the top five. However, he lost the championship to end up with 4.5 points to Pedro Lamy and his former team-mate Stéphane Sarrazin. In the 2008 season, Joest Racing was now enrolled as an Audi works team for the championship. He and Boullion could retract the podium now only at the 1000 - km race at Silverstone, in the championship meant this fact to sixth place in the overall standings. The following year, Peugeot drove only 1000 km at Spa, Audi was only represented with two older Audi R10 in the championship, which were also used by a private team. So could Boullion, now win on the side of Christophe Tinseau to run on the new course in the Algarve and finish two more of the five races on the podium. Nevertheless, Boullion and Tinseau was beaten in the championship by the Czech-German driver Stefan Mücke Trio Jan Charouz and Tomáš Enge.

Pescarolo Sport became more and more throughout the season in financial difficulties and had in the spring of 2010, parts of the business sale. Therefore Boullion joined the young team Rebellion Racing, which in previous years already under the banner of Speedy Racing - Team Sebah was begun in the Le Mans Series.

Statistics

Le Mans results

Statistics in Formula 1

Individual results