Gillian Henrion

Gillian Henrion
Henrion racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.
NationalityFrance France
Born (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 21)
Nancy, France
Le Mans Cup career
Debut season2023
Current teamTeam Virage
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number16
Co-driverJulien Gerbi
Starts7 (7 entries)
Wins2
Podiums3
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish1st in 2023
Previous series
2022
2020
2018-2019		Ligier European Series
FR European Championship
French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2023
2022		Le Mans Cup
Ligier European Series

Gillian Henrion (born 23 March 2003) is a French racing driver. He is the 2022 Ligier European Series champion in the JS P4 category and the reigning Le Mans Cup champion, having won the title in 2023 alongside Julien Gerbi.[1][2]

Early career[edit]

Karting[edit]

Born in Nancy, Henrion started his karting career in 2014. His only title came in the French Karting Championship in the Cadet class in 2015 against future Formula Renault Eurocup champion Victor Martins.[3] Henrion moved into international karting in 2016, racing in the European and World Championships with his father's team. The Frenchman remained in karts until 2017, where he finished second in the WSK Champions Cup to Ilya Morozov in the OKJ-class.[4]

Lower formulae[edit]

In 2018 Henrion made his single-seater racing debut with an appearance in the final round of the French F4 Championship at Le Castellet. He finished all races in the top ten, however due to him being a guest driver Henrion didn't score any points.[5]

The next year the Frenchman continued racing in French F4.[6] Despite only winning one race at the Hungaroring, Henrion stayed very consistent throughout the campaign, finishing in the points in all races he contested. With four third-placed finishes the Frenchman finished fifth in the FFSA standings.[7] Due to Victor Bernier's classification as a rookie Henrion ended up fourth in the FIA Formula 4 standings, earning him five FIA Super Licence points.

Formula Regional European Championship[edit]

2020[edit]

In 2020 Henrion announced that he would drive for the family-run team Gillian Track Events GTE in the Formula Regional European Championship.[8] He scored points at every event and got one podium in the rookie championship. The most notable moment of his season came at the second race in Mugello, where, due to a strategy gamble, Henrion found himself in the lead by almost half a minute, and finished the race in fourth place, which ended up being his best result of the year.[9] Henrion finished tenth in the overall standings.[10]

2022[edit]

Henrion made a substitute appearance for G4 Racing in 2022, replacing the injured Axel Gnos at the Red Bull Ring.[11]

Sportscar career[edit]

2022: First endurance success[edit]

After a year-long hiatus from racing, Henrion announced that he would be driving for Team Virage in the 2022 Ligier European Series.[12] He would start out the campaign in brilliant fashion, as two pole positions were converted to two lights-to-flag victories at the season opener in Le Castellet.[13][14] This became the start of a dominant season for Henrion, as he would take both wins in Imola,[15] a pair of victories at Le Mans,[16] which came as part of the support races for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and another two wins at Monza.[17] Henrion failed to win Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps, finishing second, before crowning himself as the champion prematurely by winning Sunday's race.[18][19] He ended the season in style, taking both victories in the final weekend at the Algarve International Circuit.[20]

2023: Le Mans Cup glory[edit]

In 2023, the Frenchman teamed up with Julien Gerbi, returning to Team Virage - this time in the Michelin Le Mans Cup. The season began positively, as Henrion and Gerbi managed to keep their cool during a chaotic opening race in Barcelona to take their first victory of the campaign.[21][22] Having experienced a disappointing Road to Le Mans weekend, the pairing bounced back at Le Castellet, winning with a 4.9-second gap to the runners-up.[23] Although the next round at MotorLand Aragón saw Henrion being overtaken by Matt Bell following the pit stop phase, the Frenchman managed to extend Team Virage's championship lead by ending up second and would keep the advantage going into the final round despite contact for Gerbi at the start of the race in Belgium.[24] At the season finale held in the Algarve, the team took one further point as a result of Gerbi's maiden pole position in qualifying, and although the Algerian would be hit into the gravel by Torsten Kratz whilst in the lead of a rain-intensive race, with Henrion being unable to make up the lap lost thanks to the car's recovery from the sand trap, a second place for title rivals CD Sport meant that Henrion and Gerbi had taken the championship with a margin of four points.[25]

2024: ELMS debut[edit]

Remaining with Virage for the third year running, Henrion was able to step up to the European Le Mans Series, once again partnering Gerbi and being joined by Bernardo Pinheiro.[26] At the season opener in Barcelona, Henrion and his teammates performed flawlessly to take victory.[27][28]

Karting record[edit]

Karting career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Position
2011 Championnat Regional Alsace-Lorraine — Mini Kart 8th
2012 Championnat de France — Minime 54th
Sens Trophy — Minime 15th
Championnat Regional Bourgogne Franche-Comte — Mini Kart NC†
Championnat Regional Alsace-Lorraine — Mini Kart ?
Coupe de France — Minime 24th
2013 Trophée Interclub — Minime 5th
Championnat de France — Minime 13th
Coupe de France — Minime 11th
2014 Stars of Karting — Minime 3rd
Championnat de France — Minime 2nd
Championnat Regional Île-de-France — Minime 3rd
Coupe de France — Minime 3rd
2015 Trophée Interclub — Minime 2nd
Trophée Oscar Petit — Minime 4th
National Series Karting — Cadet 17th
Coupe de France — Cadet 1st
Challenge Rotax Max France — Cadet 3rd
Championnat de France — Cadet 1st
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Gillian Henrion Racing NC
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ NC
German Karting Championship — Junior 74th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 24th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 21st
Championnat de France — OKJ 31st
IAME International Final — X30 Junior 4th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ NC
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ CRG Spa 2nd
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OKJ 4th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 24th
Coupe de France — OKJ 9th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ Baby Race Srl 22nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 55th
Sources:[29][30]

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2016 Henrion, Samuel OKJ ZUE
QH
24 		ZUE
PF
12 		ZUE
R
15 		ADR
QH
28 		ADR
PF
34 		ADR
R
DNQ 		PRT
QH
3 		PRT
PF
11 		PRT
R
20 		GEN
QH
34 		GEN
PF
7 		GEN
R
30 		21st 33
2017 Baby Race Srl OKJ SAR
QH
49 		SAR
R
DNQ 		CAY
QH
32 		CAY
R
10 		LEM
QH
6 		LEM
R
34 		ALA
QH
35 		ALA
R
DNQ 		KRI
QH
20 		KRI
R
14 		22nd 13

Complete Karting World Championship results[edit]

Year Team Car Quali Heats Main race
2016 France Henrion, Samuel OKJ 37th DNQ

Racing record[edit]

Racing career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2019 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 20 1 0 0 5 125 5th
2020 Formula Regional European Championship Gillian Track Events GTE 22 0 0 0 0 78 10th
2022 Ligier European Series - JS P4 Team Virage 12 11 12 10 12 293 1st
Formula Regional European Championship G4 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Team Virage 7 2 0 0 3 73 1st
Ultimate Cup Series - Relais 208 Comte Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 6 29th‡
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Team Virage 1 1 0 0 1 25* 1st*

† As Henrion was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
*Season still in progress. ‡ Teams' standings

Complete French F4 Championship results[edit]

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2018 NOG
1 		NOG
2 		NOG
3 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		PAU
3 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		SPA
3 		DIJ
1 		DIJ
2 		DIJ
3 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		MAG
3 		JER
1 		JER
2 		JER
3 		LEC
1
9 		LEC
2
10 		LEC
3
7 		NC† 0
2019 NOG
1
7 		NOG
2
3 		NOG
3
5 		PAU
1
6 		PAU
2
3 		PAU
3
7 		SPA
1
9 		SPA
2
3 		SPA
3
6 		LÉD
1
6 		LÉD
2
6 		LÉD
3
6 		HUN
1
9 		HUN
2
1 		HUN
3
9 		MAG
1
5 		MAG
2
7 		MAG
3
DNS 		LEC
1
11 		LEC
2
6 		LEC
3
3 		5th 129

† As Henrion was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Points
2020 Gillian Track Events GTE MIS
1
8‡ 		MIS
2
10 		MIS
3
8 		LEC
1
9 		LEC
2
8 		LEC
3
10 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
Ret 		RBR
3
8 		MUG
1
DNS 		MUG
2
4 		MUG
3
10 		MNZ
1
6 		MNZ
2
Ret 		MNZ
3
Ret 		CAT
1
8 		CAT
2
7 		CAT
3
9 		IMO
1
7 		IMO
2
8 		IMO
3
Ret 		VLL
1
7 		VLL
2
C 		VLL
3
8 		10th 78
2022 G4 Racing MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		MCO
1 		MCO
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
1 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
20 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		NC† 0

† As Henrion was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
‡ Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Ligier European Series results[edit]

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2022 Team Virage JS P4 Ligier JS P4 LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
1 		IMO
1
1 		IMO
2
1 		LMS
1
1 		LMS
2
1 		MNZ
1
1 		MNZ
2
1 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
1 		ALG
1
1 		ALG
2
1 		1st 293

Complete Le Mans Cup results[edit]

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2023 Team Virage LMP3 Ligier JS P320 CAT
1 		LMS
1
8 		LMS
2
Ret 		LEC
1 		ARA
2 		SPA
18 		ALG
21 		1st 73

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2024 Team Virage LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 CAT
1 		LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 1st* 25*

* Season still in progress.

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External links[edit]

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