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Jonathan Cochet

Jonathan Cochet is a French former racing driver. A national champion at Formula Renault and Formula 3 level, he notably won the Pau Grand Prix and Marlboro Masters in 2000. He was test driver for Prost Grand Prix in 2001 and the Renault F1 Team in 2006, and often raced for Courage Compétition in the Le Mans Series.

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Jonathan Cochet
Cochet's Courage in 2003.
NationalityFrance French
Born (1977-01-04) 4 January 1977
Alençon (France)1
RelativesLouis Cochet (nephew)
Categorisation FIA Gold (until 2019)
FIA Silver (2020–)2
Championship titles
2001
2000
2000
2000
1997		Korea Super Prix
Masters of Formula 3
Pau Grand Prix
French Formula 3
French Formula Renault

Jonathan Cochet (born 4 January 1977 in Alençon, France) is a French former racing driver. A national champion at Formula Renault and Formula 3 level, he notably won the Pau Grand Prix and Marlboro Masters in 2000.34 He was test driver for Prost Grand Prix in 2001 and the Renault F1 Team in 2006,5 and often raced for Courage Compétition in the Le Mans Series.678

In 2020, upon being downgraded to Silver by the FIA, Cochet was contacted by LMP2 outfit G-Drive Racing for a possible return.9

The PlayStation-liveried Oreca Chrysler Viper which Cochet drove to the podium at the 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans. source ↗
Cochet testing a Renault R25 around Donington Park in 2006. source ↗
Cochet's Courage LMP1 in 2007. source ↗

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1995 French Formula Renault Campus Elf La Filière ? 1 ? ? ? 207 5th
1996 French Formula Renault 2.0 Elf La Filière 16 0 1 0 0 15 14th
1997 French Formula Renault 2.0 Elf La Filière 18 4 5 7 9 173 1st
Eurocup Formula Renault ? 1 ? ? ? 30 9th
1998 French Formula 3 Championship La Filière Elf 20 0 0 0 0 39 11th
1999 French Formula 3 Championship Signature 20 0 0 0 0 39 11th
Pau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2000 French Formula 3 Championship Signature 12 4 7 3 8 162.5 1st
Pau Grand Prix 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st
Masters of Formula 3 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st
Macau Grand Prix Promatecme 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th
Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2001 International Formula 3000 Championship F3000 Prost Junior Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
Open Telefónica by Nissan Venturini Racing 6 0 0 1 2 51 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTS Équipe de France FFSA 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Macau Grand Prix Signature 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Korea Super Prix 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st
Formula One Prost Acer Test driver
2002 World Series by Nissan GD Racing 4 0 0 0 0 30 13th
KTR 2 0 0 0 0
Formula Nippon DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 19th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTS Équipe de France FFSA 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2003 World Series by Nissan GD Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 28th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP900 Courage Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2004 Le Mans Endurance Series - LMP2 Courage Compétition 1 1 1 1 1 10 11th
2005 Le Mans Endurance Series - LMP1 Courage Compétition 3 0 0 0 0 5 20th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Tuttle Team Racing / SAMAX 2 0 0 0 0 41 52nd
2006 Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Tuttle Team Racing / SAMAX 10 0 0 0 0 113 41st
Derhaag Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0
Formula One Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Test driver
2007 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Courage Compétition 5 0 0 0 0 5 18th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
Rolex Sports Car Series - DP SunTrust Racing 3 0 0 0 2 90 37th
2007–08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team France 2 0 0 0 0 118† 4th†
2009 FIA GT3 European Championship Reiter Engineering 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Lamborghini Super Trofeo - Pro AutoVitesse 10 1 0 0 4 73 4th
Sources:101112

† Team standings

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2001 France Equipe de France FFSA
France Epsilon Sport
France Oreca 		France David Terrien
France Jean-Philippe Dayraut 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 4 DNF DNF
2002 France Equipe de France FFSA
France Oreca 		France Benoît Tréluyer
France Jean-Philippe Belloc 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 326 14th 3rd
2003 France Courage Compétition France Stéphane Grégoire
France Jean-Marc Gounon 		Courage C60-Judd LMP900 360 7th 5th
2005 France Courage Compétition Japan Shinji Nakano
France Bruce Jouanny 		Courage C60H-Judd LMP1 52 DNF DNF
2007 France Courage Compétition Switzerland Alexander Frei
France Bruno Besson 		Courage LC70-AER LMP1 304 26th 9th
Sources:1213

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2001 F3000 Prost Junior Team INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR
16 		MAG
11 		SIL
9 		HOC
15 		HUN SPA MNZ 23rd 0
Sources:1112

Complete Formula Nippon results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2002 DoCoMo DANDELION SUZ
13 		FUJ
8 		MIN SUZ MOT SUG FUJ MIN MOT SUZ NC 0
Sources:11
References

References

  1. "Driver: Jonathan Cochet | Driver Database".
  2. Goodwin, Graham (19 November 2019). "2020 FIA Driver Categorisation List Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  3. "Cochet victorious in Pau F3". Crash.net. 12 June 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  4. "Cochet takes Malboro Masters victory". Autosport. Motorsport Network. 6 August 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  5. "Prost Sign Jonathan Cochet as Test Driver". Atlas F1. 17 April 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  6. Chevreuil, Romain (11 June 2015). "Les 24 Heures du Mans de Jonathan Cochet". Actu.fr (in French). L'Orne Hebdo. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  7. Baron, Maxime (27 February 2018). "Automobile. Cochet : « Mon podium aux 24 H ? J'étais décomposé… »". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  8. Bristol, David (15 March 2021). "Jonathan Cochet (part 2) : «Courage Compétition, une équipe de passionnés comme chez Henri Pescarolo ! »". Endurance-Info (in French). Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  9. Richard, Christophe (19 December 2019). "24 Heures du Mans. L'Alençonnais Jonathan Cochet de retour en 2020 ?". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  10. "Jonathan Cochet | Racing career profile". Driver Database. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  11. "Jonathan Cochet". Motor Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  12. "Jonathan Cochet Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  13. "Jonathan Cochet". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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