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Jean-Karl Vernay

ジャン＝カール・ベルネイ　/　じゃん＝かーる・べるねい

Racing automobile driver from France

October 31, 1987 (age 38)　・　Villeurbanne, Rhône, France

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My Take

Jean-Karl Vernay is the rare driver whose résumé makes me sit up. Winning the 2010 Indy Lights title and then the 2017 TCR International championship means succeeding in radically different worlds, from American single-seaters to European touring cars, and that kind of adaptability is genuinely hard to find. Add the 2020 WTCR Trophy and you have a career built on results rather than hype. He never took the glossy Formula 1 route, yet he kept winning where it counted. I have a real soft spot for racers like him who prove their speed the quiet, versatile way.

Overview

Jean-Karl "J. K." Vernay (born 31 October 1987) is a French professional racing driver. He was 2010 Indy Lights and 2017 TCR International Series champion. He has won races at the World Touring Car Cup, where he finished fifth in 2018 and won the WTCR Trophy in 2020.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jean-Karl Vernay
Name (Japanese): ジャン＝カール・ベルネイ
Reading: じゃん＝かーる・べるねい
Born: October 31, 1987 (age 38)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Rabbit
Origin: Villeurbanne, Rhône, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: racing automobile driver / racing driver

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.jkvernay.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4

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