Jérémie Dufour

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Dufour began karting at the age of 10, competing nationally before progressing to Junior ICA.^[1] He won the CIK-FIA Junior World Cup in 1990, ahead of Jarno Trulli, after a puncture for leader Bas Leinders, and placed third in the FIA Karting European Championship in 1991.^[2][3][4]

Dufour made his single-seater debut in 1992, finishing runner-up in the Class B of the French Formula Three Championship with three wins to his name.^[1][5] Following that, Dufour spent three seasons in the British Formula Three Championship, taking a season-high six fastest laps and four podiums for Fortec Motorsport in 1994,^[6] before scoring a lone win at Silverstone and fifth in the overall standings for the Ligier Junior Team in 1995.^[7] During this time span, Dufour won the Avon Park Supersprint and finished eighth at the Masters of Formula 3 in 1994 with Fortec.^[8]

At the end of 1995, Dufour partook in a Formula One test at Mugello with Ligier.^[9][10] In 1996, Dufour became a test driver for Footwork Arrows and drove the Footwork FA17 in free practice at the Argentine Grand Prix.^[11] In 1999, Dufour briefly returned to Formula 3 competition, finishing runner-up in the MRF Madras Formula 3 Grand Prix for Carlin Motorsport,^[12] and racing in the Pau Grand Prix for Graff Racing.^[13]

In 2001, Dufour moved to Japan, joining Inging in Japanese F3,^[14] and Denso Toyota Team SARD in the premier class of the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship.^[15] In his only season in Japanese F3, Dufour scored a win at Fuji and eleven other podiums to secure third in the overall standings.^[16][17] In JGTC meanwhile, Dufour was 14th in GT500 with a best result of fourth at Mine with countryman Romain Dumas.^[18] Continuing with SARD alongside Manabu Orido for another campaign in JGTC in 2002,^[19] Dufour began the year with a second-place finish at Okayama,^[20] before scoring two top fives in the last three races to salvage 14th again.^[21][22] During 2002, Dufour also finished third overall at the non-championship Suzuka 1000km, sharing SARD's Toyota Supra with Orido and Nobuteru Taniguchi.^[23]

Switching to fellow Toyota customer Team Advan Tsuchiya for 2003,^[24] Dufour took a best result of third at Motegi with Seiji Ara to close out the year 13th in GT500.^[25] Returning to SARD for 2004, Dufour partnered André Couto for his best ever season in JGTC.^[26] He began with third at Okayama, before achieving his first GT500 win at Sepang and finishing second at Autopolis to secure runner-up honours behind the No. 1 Nissan.^{[27][28][29][30]}

For 2005, Dufour moved to Raybrig Team Kunimitsu to share a Honda NSX with fellow Frenchman Sébastien Philippe, as JGTC rebranded to Super GT.^[31] In his only season with Honda, Dufour won at Motegi to take 14th in GT500 as he fizzled out of full-time racing.^[32] Across the next two years, Dufour only made sporadic appearances in Super GT at the wheel of Team Impul's Nissan Fairlady Z,^[33] most notably winning the 2006 International Pokka 1000km at Suzuka with Kazuki Hoshino and Benoît Tréluyer.^[34][35]

In 2007, Dufour relocated to Kyiv, Ukraine, in a bid to create a Ukrainian Formula One team.^[36] After those plans went quiet, Dufour presented plans for a racing school in 2013,^[37] before signing a cooperation agreement with Kyivpastrans in 2015 to help public transport drivers with their professional skills.^[38]

Dufour is married to Alexandra, a Ukrainian woman.^[39]

In 2017, Dufour founded J Bikes, a website for selling or restoring bikes.^[40] In 2025, he began competing regularly in marathons around France, as part of the Athlé Vaison Ventoux club.^[41][42]

Karting career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Position
1990	Karting European Championship — Junior A	Sodikart	4th
	Karting World Cup — Junior ICA		1st
1991	Karting European Championship — Junior A	Sodikart	3rd
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Racing career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1992	French Formula Three Championship – Class B	Mécathlon	10	3	2	?	5	78	2nd
1993	British Formula Three Championship	West Surrey Racing	14	0	0	0	1	11	9th
1994	British Formula Three Championship	Fortec Motorsport	16	0	0	6	4	103	7th
	Avon Park Supersprint – Formula 3		1	1	1	0	1	—N/a	1st
	Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	8th
	German Formula Three Championship	Pilette Speed Tradition	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1995	British Formula Three Championship	Ligier Junior Team	18	1	1	5	5	141	5th
	Formula One	Ligier Gitanes Blondes	Test driver
1996	Formula One	Footwork Hart	Test driver
1999	MRF Madras Formula 3 Grand Prix	Carlin Motorsport	4	0	2	0	4	?	2nd
	Pau Grand Prix	Graff Racing	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	10th
	Masters of Formula 3	Carlin Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNQ
2001	Japanese Formula 3 Championship	Inging	19	1	3	0	12	177	3rd
	All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship – GT500	Denso Toyota Team SARD	7	0	0	0	0	22	14th
2002	All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship – GT500	Denso Toyota Team SARD	8	0	0	0	1	33	14th
	Suzuka 1000km	Team SARD	1	0	0	0	1	—N/a	3rd
2003	All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship – GT500	Team Advan Tsuchiya	8	0	1	0	1	35	13th
	Suzuka 1000km	Team SARD	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	4th
2004	All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship – GT500	Denso Toyota Team SARD	7	1	0	0	3	61	2nd
	Suzuka 1000km	Team SARD	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
2005	Super GT Series – GT500	Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	8	1	0	0	1	26	14th
2006	Super GT Series – GT500	Team Impul	1	1	1	0	1	32	13th
2007	Super GT Series – GT500	Team Impul	2	0	0	0	0	4	23rd
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Complete British Formula 3 results

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Year	Entrant	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Pts
1993	West Surrey Racing	Mugen-Honda	A	SIL 12	THR 19	BRH 3	DON 6	BRH 10	SIL 10	OUL 7	DON 5	SIL Ret	DON	SNE 24	PEM 6	SIL 9	SIL 12	THR 5				9th	11
1994	Fortec Motorsport	Mugen-Honda	A	SIL 7	DON DNS	BRH 4	BRH 3	SIL 13	SIL 11	BRH 20	THR 5	OUL 3	DON 2	SIL 2	SNE 5	PEM Ret	PEM DNS	SIL 4	SIL 7	THR 4	SIL Ret	7th	103
1995	Ligier Junior Team	Mugen	A	SIL 6	SIL 7	THR 4	THR 4	DON 7	SIL 1	SIL 2	DON 2	DON 7	OUL 11	BRH 6	BRH 7	SNE 3	PEM 8	PEM 2	SIL 23	SIL 23	THR 5	5th	141

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Complete Japanese Formula Three Championship results

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Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	DC	Pts
2001	Inging	Torii-Toyota 3S-GE	SUZ 1 2	SUZ 2 3	TSU 1 2	TSU 2 2	FUJ 1 1	FUJ 2 Ret	MIN 1 2	MIN 2 6	MOT 1 3	MOT 2 3	SUZ 4	SUG 1 3	SUG 2 4	SEN 1 4	SEN 2 3	TAI 1 Ret	TAI 2 12	MOT 1 2	MOT 2 3	3rd	177

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Complete JGTC results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2001	Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 7	FUJ 7	SUG 9	FUJ 13	MOT Ret	SUZ 9	MIN 4			14th	22
2002	Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 3	FUJ Ret	SUG 12	SEP DSQ	FUJ 15	MOT 5	MIN 7	SUZ 5		14th	33
2003	Team Advan Tsuchiya	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 10	FUJ1 Ret	SUG 4	FUJ2 14	FUJ3 17	MOT 3	AUT 12	SUZ Ret		13th	35
2004	Denso Toyota Team SARD	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI 3	SUG Ret	SEP 1	TOK 7	MOT 6	AUT 2	SUZ 8			2nd	61
2005	Raybrig Team Kunimitsu	Honda NSX	GT500	OKA 10	FUJ1 11	SEP 10	SUG Ret	MOT 1	FUJ2 14	AUT Ret	SUZ Ret		14th	26
2006	Team Impul	Nissan Fairlady Z	GT500	SUZ1	OKA	FUJ1	SEP	SUG	SUZ2 1	MOT	AUT	FUJ2	14th	32
2007	Team Impul	Nissan Fairlady Z	GT500	SUZ1	OKA	FUJ1	SEP	SUG 7	SUZ2 Ret	MOT	AUT	FUJ2	23rd	4

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