Julien Canal

Julien Canal
Canal driving for Larbre Competition at the 2011 Petit Le Mans.
Nationality	French
Born	15 July 1982 Le Mans, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Larbre Compétition
Car no.	50
Previous series
2011 2011 2010–11 2009 2008 2008, 10 2007–09 2003–2006 2003–06 2003	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup American Le Mans Series Le Mans Series Formula Le Mans FIA GT Championship FFSA GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup France Eurocup Formula Renault French Formula Renault Formula Renault 2.0 Germany
24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2010– Teams Larbre Competition Best finish 13th (2010) Class wins 3 (2010, 2011, 2012)

Julien Canal (born 15 July 1982 in Le Mans) is a French racing driver. In 2010 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and won his class in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Career

Single-seaters

After competing in karting, where he finished third in the French Championship Elite in 2000, Canal stepped up to single-seaters in 2003. He raced in French Formula Renault for four seasons, scoring his first podium in his final season in 2006 and finishing sixth overall.^[1] He also raced in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series in each of those four seasons.

GT racing

Canal switched to GT racing in 2007 when he started racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup France. He finished ninth, tenth and eighth in the three seasons he contested, scoring one podium finish and two pole positions. In 2010 he took part in the FFSA GT Championship.

He joined the Larbre Compétition team to race their Saleen S7-R in the opening round of the 2007 Le Mans Series season at Circuit Paul Ricard, where they were the only team entered in the GT1 class. He returned to the team for the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they won the GT1 class in 13th overall.

In 2011 Larbre entered the new GTE-Am class in a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, with Canal again winning the class at Le Mans with the team. They repeated the feat in 2012.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	Larbre Compétition	Roland Bervillé Gabriele Gardel	Saleen S7-R	GT1	331	13th	1st
2011	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Gabriele Gardel	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	302	20th	1st
2012	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Pedro Lamy	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	329	20th	1st
2013	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Ricky Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	302	29th	5th
2014	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Olivier Pla	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	120	DNF	DNF
2015	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Sam Bird	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	358	11th	3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	Larbre Compétition	LMGTE Am	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	SEB Ret	SPA 4	LMS 1	SIL EX	SÃO EX	BHR 4	FUJ 1	SHA 1	1st†	179†
2013	Larbre Compétition	LMGTE Am	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 3	LMS 4	SÃO 6	COA 6	FUJ 8	SHA 5	BHR 4	5th	97
2014	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	SPA 1	LMS Ret						2nd	137
			Ligier JS P2					COA 3	FUJ 1	SHA 1	BHR 3	SÃO Ret
2015	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	SPA 9	LMS 2	NÜR 2	COA 1	FUJ 1	SHA 2	BHR 1	1st	178

† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates rank in the LMGTE Am Trophy.

References

1. "Julien Canal career statistics". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

External links

• Julien Canal career summary at DriverDB.com