Motorsport Resume 2016
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Motorsport Resume 2016 Yann Zimmer racing career & racing highlights: 2015 NASCAR Late Model Test with Nelson Motorsport / Timothy Peters ABMoteurs NASCAR TV consultant 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Winner of the first race of the season Replacement of C. Bouchut for the Italian NASCAR Race - CN2: Development Race Driver for Oak Racing, Ligier Honda Development of the Ligier JS 53 & aero tests Development Ligier JS 55, race vdev at Paul Ricard - Web TV reporter & expert for the 24H du Mans 2014 2013 3rd NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Rookie Of The Year / 1 win - 7 podiums - 11 top-five on 12 races VdeV Estoril – Oak Racing, Ligier Honda Reserve Driver for Oak Racing WEC Lmp2 2012 NASCAR Euro at Tours Speedway : 1st Rookie (5th overall) SPEED EuroSeries at Imola: R1 3rd; R2 2nd Test Oak Racing LMP2 à Motorland Aragon 2011 2nd Alps Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship 1 victory, 7 podiums Test Formula Renault 3.5 at Motorland 2010 3rd LO MEC Formula Renault 2.0 & Best Rookie Best Rookie, 3 victories, 5 pole position, 4 best lap, 9 podiums, 3 hat trick 3rd at 1000 kms of Spa. LMS Championship. Cat. GT1 (Ford Matech) Reserve Driver for Ford Matech GT1 (24 Hours of Le Mans) 2009 2nd Formul’Academy Euro Series 1 victory, 7 podiums, 2 pole positions, 2 best lap 2008 Winner of the ACO - Auto Hebdo Driver Selection 2007-2006 Formule Kart (Auto Sport Academy) Runner-up of the French Championship 2005 Joined sport studies at Le Mans Sud High School (France) 2001-2004 First Go-kart races in Switzerland 1998 My first Go-kart! Why to hire YZ in for your team: - Despite of good results in Formula (2nd F4 Euro Series 2009, 2nd Alps FR 2.0) and good results in NASCAR (3rd in 2013 and Rookie Of The Year), the ACO-FIA categorization is still Silver. - Good race driver (raced against and beat experienced driver like Max Papis, Christophe Bouchut, Mathias Lauda, Ander Villarino, Anthony Kumpen; and have been compared to Olivier Pla during test sessions and races in cn2 car & Lmp2) - Good endurance racing experience (3rd at 1000km Spa 2010 in GT1 with Matech Ford GT & test driver / reserve driver; Reserve driver for Oak Racing in 2013 and development race driver for the Ligier JS 53 in 2014) - Fluent English and he speaks a bit of German (Mother tongue: French) - He will not take inconsiderate risk for the team, and execute all team orders (not like an average Silver/Bronze driver) - He has great and strong relationship with the ACO (Winner of the 2008 ACO selection) - Knows the media present during WEC event & 24 Hours of Le Mans (Strong PR connection, and former TV reporter for Le Mans Web TV 2014) YZ Driver database stats: Races entered 78 Wins 7 Podiums (top 3) 34 Pole positions 7 Fastest laps 6 Race win percentage 9% Podium percentage 43,6% https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/yann-zimmer/ 2016 FIA Driver Categorization Yann Zimmer SILVER http://www.fia.com/file/47939/download?token=Z8d4o901 Page 52 Web: Twitter: @yannzimmer Facebook: /yannzimmerofficial Instagram: @yannzimmer Website: yannzimmer.com Youtube: /yannzimmer YZ in pictures NASCAR NWES Rookie Of The Year NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Charlotte NC, 12.2013 Race Winner – 04.2014 1000km of Spa 2010 – Ford GT1 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series 2013 FR 2.0 Eurocup 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Tests – 11.2011 Battle with Robin Frijns & Will Stevens Contact: Yann Zimmer 633 Village Main Cr Davidson, North Carolina 28036 USA Cell: +1.704.957.2886 Email: [email protected] Petit Cortaillod 6 2016 Cortaillod Switzerland Cell: +41.79.425.91.05 Management – Racemax Dr Jérôme Jaquier Rue Marterey 1 Lausanne 1005 Switzerland Cell: +41.78.608.28.24 Email: [email protected] Testimonials: Tiago Monteiro (Ex F1 driver, WTCC Honda factory driver) Phone: +351.916.661.818 Email: [email protected] Max Papis (Ex F1, Indycar, NASCAR driver, IMSA pro driver) Phone: 1.704.7463170 Email: [email protected] Vincent Beaumesnil (ACO Sporting Director) Phone: +33.2.43.40.24.31 Email: [email protected] .