Jean-Karl Vernay

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.

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

Occupation

racing automobile driver / racing driver

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• Rhône
• racing automobile driver
• racing driver

Last updated

2026-06-02

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