Jérémie Dufour
| Jérémie Dufour | |
|---|---|
 Dufour in 1995 | |
| Nationality |  French |
| Born | 2 November 1975 Roanne, France |
| Super GT | |
| Years active | 2001–2007 |
| Teams | Tsuchiya Engineering SARD Team Kunimitsu Team Impul |
| Starts | 41 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 7 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2004 |
| Previous series | |
| 2001 1993–1995 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship British Formula Three Championship |
Jérémie Dufour (born 2 November 1975) is a French businessman and former racing driver.
Dufour was a Ligier junior in British F3, and tested in Formula One for Ligier in 1995 and Footwork in 1996. Dufour then competed in the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) and its successor Super GT between 2001 and 2007. He was GT500 runner-up in 2004 for Denso Toyota Team SARD, and won the Suzuka 1000km in 2006 for Team Impul.
Career
[edit]Dufour began karting at the age of 10, competing nationally before progressing to Junior ICA.[1] He won the CIK-FIA Junior World Cup in 1990, ahead of Jarno Trulli, after a puncture for leader Bas Leinders, and placed third in the FIA Karting European Championship in 1991.[2][3][4]
Dufour made his single-seater debut in 1992, finishing runner-up in the Class B of the French Formula Three Championship with three wins to his name.[1][5] Following that, Dufour spent three seasons in the British Formula Three Championship, taking a season-high six fastest laps and four podiums for Fortec Motorsport in 1994,[6] before scoring a lone win at Silverstone and fifth in the overall standings for the Ligier Junior Team in 1995.[7] During this time span, Dufour won the Avon Park Supersprint and finished eighth at the Masters of Formula 3 in 1994 with Fortec.[8]
At the end of 1995, Dufour partook in a Formula One test at Mugello with Ligier.[9][10] In 1996, Dufour became a test driver for Footwork Arrows and drove the Footwork FA17 in free practice at the Argentine Grand Prix.[11] In 1999, Dufour briefly returned to Formula 3 competition, finishing runner-up in the MRF Madras Formula 3 Grand Prix for Carlin Motorsport,[12] and racing in the Pau Grand Prix for Graff Racing.[13]
In 2001, Dufour moved to Japan, joining Inging in Japanese F3,[14] and Denso Toyota Team SARD in the premier class of the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship.[15] In his only season in Japanese F3, Dufour scored a win at Fuji and eleven other podiums to secure third in the overall standings.[16][17] In JGTC meanwhile, Dufour was 14th in GT500 with a best result of fourth at Mine with countryman Romain Dumas.[18] Continuing with SARD alongside Manabu Orido for another campaign in JGTC in 2002,[19] Dufour began the year with a second-place finish at Okayama,[20] before scoring two top fives in the last three races to salvage 14th again.[21][22] During 2002, Dufour also finished third overall at the non-championship Suzuka 1000km, sharing SARD's Toyota Supra with Orido and Nobuteru Taniguchi.[23]
Switching to fellow Toyota customer Team Advan Tsuchiya for 2003,[24] Dufour took a best result of third at Motegi with Seiji Ara to close out the year 13th in GT500.[25] Returning to SARD for 2004, Dufour partnered André Couto for his best ever season in JGTC.[26] He began with third at Okayama, before achieving his first GT500 win at Sepang and finishing second at Autopolis to secure runner-up honours behind the No. 1 Nissan.[27][28][29][30]
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For 2005, Dufour moved to Raybrig Team Kunimitsu to share a Honda NSX with fellow Frenchman Sébastien Philippe, as JGTC rebranded to Super GT.[31] In his only season with Honda, Dufour won at Motegi to take 14th in GT500 as he fizzled out of full-time racing.[32] Across the next two years, Dufour only made sporadic appearances in Super GT at the wheel of Team Impul's Nissan Fairlady Z,[33] most notably winning the 2006 International Pokka 1000km at Suzuka with Kazuki Hoshino and Benoît Tréluyer.[34][35]
In 2007, Dufour relocated to Kyiv, Ukraine, in a bid to create a Ukrainian Formula One team.[36] After those plans went quiet, Dufour presented plans for a racing school in 2013,[37] before signing a cooperation agreement with Kyivpastrans in 2015 to help public transport drivers with their professional skills.[38]
Personal life
[edit]Dufour was previously married to Alexandra, a Ukrainian woman.[39]
In 2017, Dufour founded J Bikes, a website for selling or restoring bikes.[40] In 2025, he began competing regularly in mountain and trail runnings around France, as part of the Athlé Vaison Ventoux club.[41][42]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Karting European Championship — Junior A | Sodikart | 4th |
| Karting World Cup — Junior ICA | 1st | ||
| 1991 | Karting European Championship — Junior A | Sodikart | 3rd |
| Sources:[1] | |||
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | French Formula Three Championship – Class B | Mécathlon | 10 | 3 | 2 | ? | 5 | 78 | 2nd |
| 1993 | British Formula Three Championship | West Surrey Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9th |
| 1994 | British Formula Three Championship | Fortec Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 103 | 7th |
| Avon Park Supersprint – Formula 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/a | 1st | ||
| Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | DNF | ||
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 8th | ||
| German Formula Three Championship | Pilette Speed Tradition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 1995 | British Formula Three Championship | Ligier Junior Team | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 141 | 5th |
| Formula One | Ligier Gitanes Blondes | Test driver | |||||||
| 1996 | Formula One | Footwork Hart | Test driver | ||||||
| 1999 | MRF Madras Formula 3 Grand Prix | Carlin Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ? | 2nd |
| Pau Grand Prix | Graff Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 10th | |
| Masters of Formula 3 | Carlin Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | DNQ | |
| 2001 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Inging | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 177 | 3rd |
| All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship – GT500 | Denso Toyota Team SARD | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14th | |
| 2002 | All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship – GT500 | Denso Toyota Team SARD | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 14th |
| Suzuka 1000km | Team SARD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/a | 3rd | |
| 2003 | All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship – GT500 | Team Advan Tsuchiya | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 13th |
| Suzuka 1000km | Team SARD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 4th | |
| 2004 | All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship – GT500 | Denso Toyota Team SARD | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 2nd |
| Suzuka 1000km | Team SARD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | DNF | |
| 2005 | Super GT Series – GT500 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 14th |
| 2006 | Super GT Series – GT500 | Team Impul | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 13th |
| 2007 | Super GT Series – GT500 | Team Impul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23rd |
| Sources:[1] | |||||||||
Complete British Formula 3 results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | West Surrey Racing | Mugen-Honda | A | SIL 12 |
THR 19 |
BRH 3 |
DON 6 |
BRH 10 |
SIL 10 |
OUL 7 |
DON 5 |
SIL Ret |
DON |
SNE 24 |
PEM 6 |
SIL 9 |
SIL 12 |
THR 5 |
9th | 11 | |||
| 1994 | Fortec Motorsport | Mugen-Honda | A | SIL 7 |
DON DNS |
BRH 4 |
BRH 3 |
SIL 13 |
SIL 11 |
BRH 20 |
THR 5 |
OUL 3 |
DON 2 |
SIL 2 |
SNE 5 |
PEM Ret |
PEM DNS |
SIL 4 |
SIL 7 |
THR 4 |
SIL Ret |
7th | 103 |
| 1995 | Ligier Junior Team | Mugen | A | SIL 6 |
SIL 7 |
THR 4 |
THR 4 |
DON 7 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
DON 2 |
DON 7 |
OUL 11 |
BRH 6 |
BRH 7 |
SNE 3 |
PEM 8 |
PEM 2 |
SIL 23 |
SIL 23 |
THR 5 |
5th | 141 |
Complete Japanese Formula Three Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Inging | Torii-Toyota 3S-GE | SUZ 1 2 |
SUZ 2 3 |
TSU 1 2 |
TSU 2 2 |
FUJ 1 1 |
FUJ 2 Ret |
MIN 1 2 |
MIN 2 6 |
MOT 1 3 |
MOT 2 3 |
SUZ 4 |
SUG 1 3 |
SUG 2 4 |
SEN 1 4 |
SEN 2 3 |
TAI 1 Ret |
TAI 2 12 |
MOT 1 2 |
MOT 2 3 |
3rd | 177 |
Complete JGTC results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Denso Toyota Team SARD | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 7 |
FUJ 7 |
SUG 9 |
FUJ 13 |
MOT Ret |
SUZ 9 |
MIN 4 |
14th | 22 | ||
| 2002 | Denso Toyota Team SARD | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 3 |
FUJ Ret |
SUG 12 |
SEP DSQ |
FUJ 15 |
MOT 5 |
MIN 7 |
SUZ 5 |
14th | 33 | |
| 2003 | Team Advan Tsuchiya | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 10 |
FUJ1 Ret |
SUG 4 |
FUJ2 14 |
FUJ3 17 |
MOT 3 |
AUT 12 |
SUZ Ret |
13th | 35 | |
| 2004 | Denso Toyota Team SARD | Toyota Supra | GT500 | TAI 3 |
SUG Ret |
SEP 1 |
TOK 7 |
MOT 6 |
AUT 2 |
SUZ 8 |
2nd | 61 | ||
| 2005 | Raybrig Team Kunimitsu | Honda NSX | GT500 | OKA 10 |
FUJ1 11 |
SEP 10 |
SUG Ret |
MOT 1 |
FUJ2 14 |
AUT Ret |
SUZ Ret |
14th | 26 | |
| 2006 | Team Impul | Nissan Fairlady Z | GT500 | SUZ1 |
OKA |
FUJ1 |
SEP |
SUG |
SUZ2 1 |
MOT |
AUT |
FUJ2 |
14th | 32 |
| 2007 | Team Impul | Nissan Fairlady Z | GT500 | SUZ1 |
OKA |
FUJ1 |
SEP |
SUG 7 |
SUZ2 Ret |
MOT |
AUT |
FUJ2 |
23rd | 4 |
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External links
[edit]- Jérémie Dufour career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1975 births
- Living people
- French racing drivers
- Sportspeople from Roanne
- Karting World Championship drivers
- French Formula Three Championship drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- German Formula Three Championship drivers
- Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers
- Super GT drivers
- Suzuka 1000 km drivers
- Fortec Motorsport drivers
- Carlin racing drivers
- Graff Racing drivers
- Team Kunimitsu drivers
- SARD drivers
