Jean-Marc Gounon

Template:Short description Template:BLP sources {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Jean-Marc André Gounon (born 1 January 1963) is a French racing driver. He raced in Formula One in Template:F1 and Template:F1, participating in a total of 9 Grands Prix and scoring no championship points. He is the father of fellow racing driver Jules Gounon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

After winning the French Formula 3 Championship in 1989, Gounon moved into International Formula 3000 in 1990. He was the only man to win F3000 races in a non-Reynard in 1991 and 1992, in a RALT and Lola respectively. He also became known for his quick starts, and might have had another win at Enna in 1991, but was controversially adjudged to have jumped the start in the era before electronic detection.

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Gounon driving for Simtek at the 1994 British Grand Prix.

In 1993 Gounon was originally signed to drive in F1 for March but the team collapsed at the start of the season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He later bought a two-race deal with Minardi after Christian Fittipaldi was dropped but he finished neither race, being withdrawn at Suzuka and spinning off in the season-closer, Adelaide's 1993 Australian Grand Prix.

The next year Gounon benefited from Andrea Montermini having broken his leg, and finished 9th for Simtek at his home race, France (Simtek's joint best ever result). He raced in seven grands prix that season and qualified for all of them, being finally replaced after the Portuguese Grand Prix by the better-funded Domenico Schiattarella, ending his F1 career.

Later in his career he went on to drive sports cars.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1990	Madgwick International	DON Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	JER Template:Small	MNZ Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	BIR Template:Small	BUG Template:Small	NOG Template:Small	9th	11
1991	3001 International	VAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	JER Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	BUG Template:Small	NOG Template:Small		6th	13
1992	DAMS	SIL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	CAT Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	ALB Template:Small	NOG Template:Small	MAG Template:Small		7th	19
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† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
Template:F1	Minardi Team	Minardi M193	Ford V8	RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN Template:Small	AUS Template:Small	NC	0
Template:F1	MTV Simtek Ford	Simtek S941	Ford V8	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	EUR	JPN	AUS	NC	0
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Venturi Automobiles	Template:Flagicon Paul Belmondo Template:Flagicon Arnaud Trévisiol	Venturi 600LM	GT1	193	NC	NC
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Ennea SRL Igol	Template:Flagicon Éric Bernard Template:Flagicon Paul Belmondo	Ferrari F40 GTE	GT1	40	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Gulf Team Davidoff Template:Flagicon GTC Racing	Template:Flagicon Pierre-Henri Raphanel Template:Flagicon Anders Olofsson	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	360	2nd	1st
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Christophe Bouchut	Mercedes-Benz CLK-LM	GT1	31	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Marcel Tiemann Template:Flagicon Mark Webber	Mercedes-Benz CLR	LMGTP	0	DNS	DNS
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher Promotion Template:Flagicon David Price Racing	Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees	BMW V12 LM	LMP900	180	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Cochet Template:Flagicon Stéphan Grégoire	Courage C60-Judd	LMP900	360	7th	5th
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Alexander Frei Template:Flagicon Sam Hancock	Courage C65-JPX	LMP2	127	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Audi PlayStation Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Franck Montagny Template:Flagicon Stéphane Ortelli	Audi R8	LMP1	362	4th	4th
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Shinji Nakano Template:Flagicon Haruki Kurosawa	Courage LC70-Mugen	LMP1	35	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Guillaume Moreau Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Courage LC70-AER	LMP1	175	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Epsilon Euskadi	Template:Flagicon Shinji Nakano Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Epsilon Euskadi ee1-Judd	LMP1	158	DNF	DNF
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Sources

• Profile at www.grandprix.com