Jacques Nicolet

Jacques Nicolet
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 60) Gigondas, France
24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2007 - 2013, 2015 Teams Saulnier Racing OAK Racing Best finish 3rd (20th overall) (2009) Class wins 0

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.

Racing career

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.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Saulnier Racing	Alain Filhol Bruce Jouanny	Courage LC75-AER	LMP2	224	DNF	DNF
2008	Saulnier Racing	Marc Faggionato Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	311	26th	12th
2009	OAK Racing Team Mazda France	Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon	Pescarolo 01-Mazda	LMP2	325	20th	3rd
2010	OAK Racing	Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP2	341	9th	4th
2011	OAK Racing	Richard Hein Jean-François Yvon	OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd	LMP1	119	DNF	DNF
2012	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Olivier Pla	Morgan LMP2-Judd	LMP2	139	DNF	DNF
2013	OAK Racing	Jean-Marc Merlin Philippe Mondolot	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	248	DNF	DNF
2015	OAK Racing	Jean-Marc Merlin Erik Maris	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	328	29th	11th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SEB 2	SPA 4	LMS Ret						4th†	100†
				Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8				SIL 4	SÃO 3	BHR 4	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	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	6th*	18*

* Season still in progress.
† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates rank in the LMP2 Trophy.

References

1. http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/businessProfile.asp?s=ALTA%3APAR
2. http://www.oak-racing.com/index.php?p=54&id=13&lang=uk

External links

• Jacques Nicolet career summary at DriverDB.com