# Michel Jourdain Jr.

Michel Jourdain Lascurain, better known as Michel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976), is a Mexican racecar driver, 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 12. 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 (now Champ Car) series, including the Indy 500. At the age of 19, 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 1 pole, 2 wins, and 9 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 18 starts driving the number 10 ppc Racing Ford in 2005. He was able to notch one top ten finish, however in July ppc Racing announced that the team could not continue with a full season due to insufficient sponsorship. He ran two races later in the season for Keith Barnwell. Michel drove in his home race in Mexico City at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as well as two more races in the #15 in 2006 for Jill Burgdoff as well as 7 Craftsman Truck Series races in the Roush Racing #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 18th 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, he returned to NASCAR for the Nationwide Series race at Road America when he practiced the #98 for Paul Menard since he was away racing at Infineon. Jourdain also competed in the P-WRC class of the 2010 Rally Mexico where he finished 7th in class.

## Rally

During the 2003 Baja 1000 Jourdain, supported by girlfriend Ana Paola Romo, raced a SCORE Baja Challenge class vehicle finishing 6th in their class with a time of 31:01.31
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 him start eight rallies with a best finish of 14th in the 2011 Rally México.

## Motorsports career results
### American open-wheel racing results

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#### IndyCar Series

| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points |
| 1996 | Team Scandia | Lola T95/00 | 22 | Ford XB | WDW | PHX 20 | INDY 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 74 |
| 1996–97 | Team Scandia | Lola T94/00 | 22 | Ford XB | NHM | LVS 2 | WDW | PHX | INDY | TXS | PPIR | CLT | NHM | LVS | | | | | | | | | | 36th | 33 |
| 2012 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Dallara DW12 | 30 | Honda | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY 19 | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM | MDO | SNM | BAL | FON | | | | | 32nd | 16 |
| 2013 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Dallara DW12 | 17 | Honda | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO | INDY DNQ | DET | DET | TXS | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | TOR | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU | HOU | FON | NC | 0 |

#### Indianapolis 500

| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
| 1996 | Lola | Cosworth-Ford | 8 | 13 | Team Scandia |
| 2012 | Dallara | Honda | 22 | 19 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 2013 | Dallara | Honda | DNQ | DNQ | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |

#### CART/Champ Car

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Rank | Points |
| 1996 | Dick Simon Racing | MIA | RIO | SRF | LBH 23 | NAZ | 500 | MIL 23 | DET DNS | POR 22 | CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN 16 | LAG 26 | | | | | 37th | 0 |
| 1997 | Payton Coyne Racing | MIA 18 | SRF 18 | LBH 17 | NAZ 20 | RIO 17 | GAT 16 | MIL 27 | DET 22 | POR 12 | CLE 18 | TOR 13 | MCH 13 | MDO 18 | ROA 20 | VAN 21 | LAG 22 | FON 18 | | | | 29th | 1 |
| 1998 | Payton Coyne Racing | MIA 28 | MOT 22 | LBH 27 | NAZ 12 | RIO 24 | GAT 17 | MIL 15 | DET 13 | POR 19 | CLE 26 | TOR 18 | MCH 18 | MDO 28 | ROA 14 | VAN 10 | LAG 24 | HOU 25 | SRF 26 | FON 12 | | 24th | 5 |
| 1999 | Payton Coyne Racing | MIA 18 | MOT 18 | LBH 18 | NAZ 16 | RIO 16 | GAT 20 | MIL 16 | POR 20 | CLE 27 | ROA 7 | TOR 21 | MCH 21 | DET 21 | MDO 26 | CHI 18 | VAN 17 | LAG 20 | HOU 18 | SRF 12 | FON 13 | 25th | 7 |
| 2000 | Bettenhausen Racing | MIA 14 | LBH 11 | RIO 15 | MOT 12 | NAZ 18 | MIL 18 | DET 8 | POR 23 | CLE 22 | TOR 19 | MCH 15 | CHI 11 | MDO 15 | ROA 18 | VAN 23 | LAG 24 | GAT 16 | HOU 18 | SRF 7 | FON 11 | 22nd | 18 |
| 2001 | Bettenhausen Racing | MTY 17 | LBH 13 | NAZ 13 | MOT 11 | MIL 13 | DET 25 | POR 15 | CLE 25 | TOR 16 | MCH 3 | CHI 23 | MDO 17 | ROA 17 | VAN 6 | LAU 17 | ROC 19 | HOU 25 | LAG 23 | SRF 7 | FON 16 | 20th | 30 |
| 2002 | Team Rahal | MTY 4 | LBH 4 | MOT 5 | MIL 5 | LAG 9 | POR 6 | CHI 10 | TOR 12 | CLE 9 | VAN 4 | MDO 11 | ROA 9 | MTL 6 | DEN 9 | ROC 11 | MIA 6 | SRF 10 | FON 13 | MXC 13 | | 10th | 105 |
| 2003 | Team Rahal | STP 2 | MTY 2 | LBH 15* | BRH 6 | LAU 3 | MIL 1* | LAG 4 | POR 12 | CLE 7 | TOR 2 | VAN 4 | ROA 16 | MDO 4 | MTL 1 | DEN 6 | MIA 7 | MXC 4 | SRF 4 | | | 3rd | 195 |
| 2004 | RuSPORT | LBH 11 | MTY 11 | MIL 3 | POR 14 | CLE 15 | TOR 15 | VAN 2 | ROA 9 | DEN 14 | MTL 6 | LAG 4 | LSV 11 | SRF 17 | MXC 9 | | | | | | | 12th | 185^ |
* ^ New points system implemented in 2004.

### Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2007 | SEAT Sport | SEAT León | BRA 1 12 | BRA 2 15 | NED 1 15 | NED 2 16 | ESP 1 6 | ESP 2 9 | FRA 1 12 | FRA 2 Ret | CZE 1 11 | CZE 2 13 | POR 1 12 | POR 2 9 | SWE 1 Ret | SWE 2 12 | GER 1 12 | GER 2 9 | GBR 1 19 | GBR 2 13 | ITA 1 14 | ITA 2 13 | MAC 1 | MAC 2 | 18th | 3 |

### Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2007–08 | A1 Team Mexico | NED SPR | NED FEA | CZE SPR 13 | CZE FEA 22 | MYS SPR 20 | MYS FEA 11 | ZHU SPR | ZHU FEA | NZL SPR | NZL FEA | AUS SPR | AUS FEA | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | SHA SPR | SHA FEA | GBR SPR | GBR SPR | 16th | 22 |

### WRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points |
| 2010 | Michel Jourdain | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE | MEX 19 | JOR | TUR | | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2010 | Nextel-Televisa Deportes WRT | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | | | | | NZL Ret | POR | BUL | FIN 60 | | JPN Ret | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2010 | Nextel-Televisa Deportes WRT | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | | | | | | | | | GER Ret | | FRA 38 | ESP | GBR 26 | NC | 0 |
| 2011 | Michel Jourdain | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | SWE | MEX 14 | POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 |

### NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

#### Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts |
| 2005 | ppc Racing | 10 | Ford | DAY 25 | CAL 25 | MXC 37 | LVS 40 | ATL 10 | NSH 22 | BRI 32 | TEX 20 | PHO 37 | TAL 30 | DAR 41 | RCH 21 | CLT 15 | DOV 41 | NSH 40 | KEN 23 | MLW 30 | DAY 39 | CHI DNQ | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 1517 |
| 2005 | ppc Racing | 15 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CAL 25 | RCH | DOV | KAN 30 | CLT DNQ | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 37th | 1517 |
| 2006 | ppc Racing | 15 | Ford | DAY | CAL | MXC 38 | LVS | ATL | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN 18 | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN 39 | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 91st | 214 |
| 2007 | Roush Fenway Racing | 17 | Ford | DAY | CAL | MXC 25 | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV 16 | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 107th | 203 |
| 2008 | Braun Racing | 32 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO | MXC 36 | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 134th | 55 |
| 2011 | Roush Fenway Racing | 16 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | TAL | NSH | RCH | DAR | DOV | IOW | CLT | CHI | MCH | ROA | DAY | KEN | NHA | NSH | IRP | IOW | GLN | CGV QL$^†$ | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | | NA | 0 |
| $^†$ - Qualified for Trevor Bayne· ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

#### Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2006 | Roush Racing | 50 | Ford | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | GTY | CLT | MFD DNQ | DOV | TEX 13 | MCH | MLW DNQ | KAN 32 | KEN 26 | MEM | IRP 19 | NSH | BRI | NHA | LVS 30 | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX 24 | PHO | HOM 31 | 39th | 616 | |