Jacques Nicolet (born 5 April 1956 in Gigondas) is a French businessman and racing driver. He is the chairman of the Supervisory Board for Altarea SCA, a French real estate investment and development company, which he co-founded in 1994 with Alain Taravela.[1] He was previously the director of development at the Pierre & Vacances Group between 1984 and 1994. He is also the owner and a driver of OAK Racing, a Le Mans 24 Hours and FIA World Endurance Championship racing team.
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 Nicolet (centre) after winning the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai with Patrice Lafargue (left) and Frédéric da Rocha. | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  French | ||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1956 (age 68) Gigondas, France | ||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Bronze | ||||||||||
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Racing career edit
Nicolet began his racing career in historic racing, competing in the V de V Historic Series between 2001 and 2006.[2] In 2003, he formed Heritage Racing Cars, responsible for maintaining classic endurance sports cars. At the end of 2006, Nicolet bought Saulnier Racing. He began racing for the team in the Le Mans Series and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2008, he partnered with Henri Pescarolo of Pescarolo Sport to form Pescarolo Automobiles. In 2009 Nicolet established OAK Racing, with the Saulnier Racing operation becoming OAK Racing Mazda Team France and Heritage Racing Cars becoming OAK Racing Team Heritage.
Racing record edit
24 Hours of Le Mans results edit
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Saulnier Racing
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Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny
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Courage LC75-AER | LMP2 | 224 | DNF | DNF |
| 2008 | Saulnier Racing
|
 Marc Faggionato Richard Hein
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Pescarolo 01-Judd | LMP1 | 311 | 26th | 12th |
| 2009 | OAK Racing Team Mazda France
|
Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon
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Pescarolo 01-Mazda | LMP2 | 325 | 20th | 3rd |
| 2010 | OAK Racing
|
Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon
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Pescarolo 01-Judd | LMP2 | 341 | 9th | 4th |
| 2011 | OAK Racing
|
Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon
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OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd | LMP1 | 119 | DNF | DNF |
| 2012 | OAK Racing
|
Matthieu Lahaye Olivier Pla
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Morgan LMP2-Judd | LMP2 | 139 | DNF | DNF |
| 2013 | OAK Racing
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Jean-Marc Merlin Philippe Mondolot
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Morgan LMP2-Nissan | LMP2 | 248 | DNF | DNF |
| 2015 | OAK Racing
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Jean-Marc Merlin Erik Maris
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Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 328 | 29th | 11th |
| 2017 |  Eurasia Motorsport
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Pierre Nicolet Erik Maris
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Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 341 | 15th | 13th |
| 2018 |  Jackie Chan DC Racing
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David Cheng Nicholas Boulle
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Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 355 | 12th | 8th |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | OAK Racing | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | SEB 2 |
SPA 5 |
LMS Ret |
20th | 18.5 | |||||
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 6 |
SÃO 3 |
BHR 6 |
FUJ 3 |
SHA 3 | |||||||||
| 2013 | OAK Racing | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 8 |
SPA 6 |
LMS Ret |
SÃO 5 |
COA 8 |
FUJ 9 |
SHA 6 |
BHR 5 |
6th | 51 |
| 2015 | OAK Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 5 |
SPA 6 |
LMS 6 |
NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 26th | 34 |
References edit
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "02115008_253-copie3-300×200". Retrieved 9 October 2019.
External links edit
- Jacques Nicolet career summary at DriverDB.com