Jean-Maxime Bachot
Jean-Maxime Bachot (born September 19th, 1977, in Strasbourg, France) is a French former racing driver, best known for his appearances in Formula One and F3000. He is loosely related to ex-Formula One and touring car driver Silvio Bachot.
Early Career
1998-2000: French Formula Renault Campus
Bachot started his open-wheel career like many French Formula One hopefuls in Formula Campus, having previously competed in regional karting championships since he was 13. Bachot would compete around the midfield for his first couple of seasons, before mounting a title challenge in 2000, losing by just 1 point, ensuring his promotion to Formula 3.
2001-2002: French Formula 3
Bachot moved to the more competitive French F3 series in 2001, and would initially struggle with the more powerful cars, scoring few points in his debut season, and generally competing amongst the backmarkers of the field. However, he achieved a shock pole position at Magny-Cours, and impressed some with ever-growing pace in qualifying. The young Frenchman improved in 2002, and took 9 pole positions and 2 race wins on his way to an impressive fourth in the championship. However, due to erroneous driving and several accidents that took him out of 4 races from strong positions, Bachot would fail to materialise a true championship challenge.
2003-2004: International F3000
2003 would see Bachot move to International F3000, although unlike in previous years, he would compete with an uncompetitive outfit, the inexperienced Brand Motorsport. Despite this, Bachot performed relatively well, and ended the year with 7 points.
Bachot would continue in F3000 in 2004, moving to the more competitive Super Nova team, and would finish a respectable ninth place in the series' final year, his season's highlight being 2 pole positions and 2nd place at the Hockenheimring, and being appraised by many as 'the best qualifier since Ayrton Senna', something Bachot himself would deny, before choosing to focus on his F1 commitments.
Formula One
2004-2005: BAR
Bachot's F3000 exploits in 2003 (and his not-unsubstantial financial backing) caught the eye of BAR team principal David Richards, resulting in the then-27 year old Frenchman being employed as one of the team's test drivers for 2004, alongside young British stars James Rositter and Adam Carroll. At the 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix, Takuma Sato fell ill, and Bachot was appointed as his replacement for the race. He would qualify in an impressive 6th place, although a substandard strategy saw him finish the race in 12th place.
GT Super Series
2019: GB Racing
Bachot would return to international competition driving in the GT Super Series for his father's team GB Racing part-time alongside young German Michael Rohnstock.
Motorsports Results
Complete French Formula Three results
(Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Epsilon by Graff | Dallara F399 | Opel | NOG Ret |
NOG 11 |
LÉD 8 |
MAG 4 |
VDV Ret |
SPA 6 |
SPA 7 |
CRO 6 |
ALB 9 |
LMS Ret |
MAG Ret |
11th | 51 | |||
2002 | Saulnier Racing | Dallara F302 | Renault | NOG Ret |
NOG 2 |
LÉD 1 |
LÉD 4 |
DIJ 5 |
DIJ 2 |
CRO 4 |
CRO 5 |
ALB 7 |
ALB Ret |
LMS 2 |
LMS 1 |
MAG Ret |
MAG 11† |
4th | 139 |
Complete International Formula 3000 results
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Brand Motorsport | IMO Ret |
CAT 11 |
A1R 14 |
MON 7 |
NÜR Ret |
MAG 5 |
SIL 11 |
HOC 13 |
HUN 12 |
MNZ Ret |
14th | 7 |
2004 | Super Nova Racing | IMO Ret |
CAT 7 |
MON 6 |
NÜR 8 |
MAG Ret |
SIL 5 |
HOC 2 |
HUN 7 |
SPA 5 |
MNZ Ret |
9th | 24 |
Complete Formula 1 Results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Points | WDC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Lucky Strike BAR Honda | BAR 006 | Honda RA004E 3.0 V10 | AUS TD |
MAL TD |
BHR TD |
MON TD |
CAN TD |
USA TD |
CHN TD |
BRA TD |
ARG TD |
KOR C |
JPN TD |
N/A | N/A | |||||||||
2005 | Lucky Strike BAR Honda | BAR 007 | Honda RA005E 3.0 V10 | AUS TD |
MAL 12 |
BHR TD |
SMR TD |
ESP TD |
MON TD |
EUR TD |
CAN TD |
USA TD |
FRA TD |
GBR TD |
GER TD |
HUN TD |
TUR TD |
ITA TD |
BEL TD |
BRA TD |
URU TD |
JPN TD |
CHN TD |
0 | 21st |
2005 | Super Aguri F1 Team | Super Aguri SA05 | Honda RA806E 2.4 V8 | BHR | MAL | AUS | BEL | EUR | SMR | ESP | MON | GBR | CAN | USA | FRA | GER | HUN | TUR | ITA | BRA 18 |
URU 17 |
JPN | CHN | 0 |