(1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 (age 51) Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland
Racing licence
FIA Gold
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
2001–2002, 2006–2013, 2015–2016
Teams
MG Sport & Racing Ltd., Spyker Squadron, Embassy Racing, Speedy Racing Team Sebah, Strakka Racing
Best finish
5th (2010)
Class wins
1 (2010)
Kane driving the Lola B08/80 during the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Jonathan Ernest Kane[1] (born 14 May 1973) is a British racing driver who has competed at various levels of motorsport. He currently drives for Strakka Racing in the Le Mans Series.
Kane, who was born in Comber, Northern Ireland, began his career in karting and Formula Ford. In 1994 and 1995 he raced in Formula Vauxhall and Formula Opel where he was the 1994 British winter champion and the 1995 overall British champion. He then spent two years in British Formula 3 driving for Paul Stewart Racing where he captured 6 wins and won the 1997 championship. He made four starts in Formula 3000 in 1998 with marginal results, then came to the United States and raced in Indy Lights in 1999 and 2000, winning two races and finishing 4th in series points in 1999 for Team KOOL Green. He was a test driver for the Arrows Formula One team in 2001, then moved to sports cars, driving in the Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series with amongst others Aston Martin.[2] In 2005 he made his FIA GT debut and has driven for TVR and Spyker.[3]
Since 2006 Kane has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a best finish of 5th overall at the 2010 event which was also a LMP2 class victory in the HPD ARX-01C for Strakka Racing. Since 2008 Kane has completed in the LMP2 class of Le Mans Series for a number of teams including Embassy Racing and Strakka. At the 2010 1000 km of Hungaroring Kane, made history by winning the race outright in a LMP2 car co-driven by Danny Watts and Nick Leventis. This was the first time that a LMP2 car has taken first, both in qualifying (pole position) and the race.[4]
^"Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Jonathan Ernest Kane".
^Kane Completes Aston Line-Up Autosport Website 2006-09-20 Retrieved 2010-02-16
^Dumbreck set to join Spyker team Autosport Website 2006-05-04 Retrieved 2010-02-16
^"LMS Hungaroring". Le Mans Series. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
"JonnyKane". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 10 August 2023. "JonnyKane Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 August 2023. "JonnyKane". FIA...
Scott Dixon JonnyKane Guy Smith Casey Mears Held October 30 at The California Speedway. JonnyKane won the pole. Top Five Results JonnyKane Ben Collins...
two laps behind in third. Strakka Racing's HPD ARX-01C car, driven by JonnyKane, Nick Leventis and Danny Watts, won the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category...
Zacchia Xavier Pompidou Andrea Chiesa Iradj Alexander Benjamin Leuenberger JonnyKane Teams' Championships 7 (2011 LMS, (2012 FIA WEC, 2013 FIA WEC, 2014 FIA...
Casey Mears Held June 18 at Belle Isle Raceway. JonnyKane won the pole. Top Five Results 27- JonnyKane 21- Felipe Giaffone 2- Casey Mears 17- Scott Dixon...
Matmut car in an impact with the wall at the first Mulsanne chicane. JonnyKane in the No. 21 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-03c caused the second red flag after...
Championship, won by JonnyKane. The season started on 23 March at Donington Park and ended at Thruxton on 12 October following sixteen races. Kane built on a strong...
clinch the crown on his second attempt from Kurt Mollekens and teammate JonnyKane. New Zealander Simon Wills took the Class B title. ^1 Round 11 was shortened...
engine compartment soon caught fire. The No. 42 Strakka Dome-Nissan of JonnyKane and Alexandre Imperatori in the No. 13 Rebellion car were caught off guard...
the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 category with Danny Watts and JonnyKane, breaking five records in the process. Nick Leventis was born in Kensington...
4 – Saturday Live, Russell Kane". Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021. "EP.22B – JONNY GREENWOOD (BONUSJONNYBITS)"...
successful in the American Le Mans Series. Peter Hardman left the team but JonnyKane was signed in time for the first round, the 8 Hours of Le Castellet. Watts...
in sixth. A red flag was necessitated when the No. 26 MG-Lola EX257 of JonnyKane had an engine failure on the Mulsanne Straight and his team changed engines...
American explorer, scientist and philanthropist JonnyKane (born 1973), British racing driver Jack Kane (1908–1988), Australian politician John Du Cane...
their more consistent finishes helped them to fend off Strakka Racing's JonnyKane, Danny Watts and Nick Leventis, who won three races to one for Erdos and...
Stéphane Richelmi All Strakka Racing Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 D 42 JonnyKane 1–7 Nick Leventis 1–6 Danny Watts 1–3 Lewis Williamson 4–7 RGR Sport by...
2–3 Seiji Ara 3 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-03a Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 M 21 JonnyKane All Nick Leventis All Danny Watts All JRM HPD ARX-03a Honda LM-V8 3.4 L...
Christian Horner All 23 Kurt Mollekens 1-8, 10-12 Redman & Bright F3000 24 JonnyKane 1-4 David Cook 7-9 25 Mark Shaw All Bob Salisbury Engineering 26 Dino...
followed by Alexander Wurz's No. 7 vehicle and Allan McNish's No. 3 Audi. JonnyKane's No. 42 Strakka HPD ARX-01d led LMP2 with a 3 minute, 42.863 second lap...
+31 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 LMP2 42 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis JonnyKane Danny Watts Gibson 015S D 351 +33 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 LMP2 33...
driver, but testing was carried out by Marc Gené, Patrick Friesacher, JonnyKane and Danny Watts during the sessions at Silverstone Circuit. On July 22...
Kaiser United States 2019 IndyCar Series JonnyKane United Kingdom 2017 Blancpain GT Series Steven Kane United Kingdom 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance...
Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive Benjamin Leuenberger Xavier Pompidou JonnyKane Lola B08/80 M 343 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 13 11 LMP1 008 Aston Martin Racing...
Kristensen Lola T96/50 1:43.180 1996 BRDC International Trophy Formula Three JonnyKane Dallara F396 1:48.460 1996 3rd Silverstone British F3 round Class 1 Touring...
Tatuus JD Motorsport Formula Three British Formula 3 Championship C: JonnyKane 1997 British Formula 3 season N: Martin O'Connell German Formula Three...
308 +70 Laps Judd HK 3.6 L V8 30 LMP1 21 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis JonnyKane Danny Watts HPD ARX-03a M 303 +75 Laps Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 31 LMGTE Am...
Peter van Merksteijn Sr. Donny Crevels Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans JonnyKane Peter Dumbreck Andrea Belicchi Andrea Chiesa Alex Caffi Jaroslav Janiš...
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