Jules Roussel

Jules Roussel (born 24 October 2006) is a French racing driver who last competed in the French F4 Championship.

Jules Roussel
Roussel in 2024
Born	Jules Roussel (2006-10-24) 24 October 2006 (age 18) Ancenis, France
Nationality	French

Personal life

Roussel is the son of former racing driver Patrice Roussel, who won the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class,^[1][2] and is the grandson of Pierre Roussel, a former rally driver.^[3]

Career

Born in Ancenis,^[4] Roussel began karting at the age of seven, competing until 2023.^[5] Spending most of his career with Extreme Limite, Roussel was the National Series Karting champion in 2023 and was runner-up in the 2022 Coupe de France.^[6][7]

In 2024, Roussel stepped up to single-seaters, racing in the FFSA Academy-centrally run French F4 Championship.^[8] In his rookie year in the series, Rousssel scored his maiden podium in race two at Spa by finishing second after starting on reverse-grid pole.^[9][10]

Roussel remained in French F4 for 2025.^[11] In the season-opening round at Nogaro, Roussel finished fifth in race one before ending off the weekend with back-to-back second-place finishes.^[12][13] In the following round at Dijon, Roussel finished second in races one and three behind Alexandre Munoz.^[14][15] In the season's only trip outside of France, Roussel won race one from pole at Spa,^[16] and then won race three at Munoz retired.^[17] After two retirements and a second-place finish at Magny-Cours,^[18] Roussel took what turned out to be his last podium of the season at Lédenon by finishing second in race two,^[19] to enter the final round 68 points behind Munoz.^[20] In the final round at Le Mans Roussel finished seventh in race one but failed to score points in the other two races and dropped to third in the standings.^[21]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2014	National Series Karting – KRA 7-11		11th
2015	Kart Racing Academy – KRA 7-10		5th
	Championnat de France – Mini Kart	Extreme Limite	22nd
	Challenge Rotax Max France – Mini Kart		7th
2016	National Series Karting – Mini Kart	Extreme Limite	10th
	Challenge Rotax Max France – Mini Kart		14th
	Championnat de France – Mini Kart	Asphalt Racing	9th
	Coupe de de France – Mini Kart		4th
	24H Karting – Mini Kart
2017	National Series Karting – Cadet	Extreme Limite	7th
	Challenge Rotax Max France – Cadet		5th
	Championnat de France – Cadet		83rd
	24H Minutes Karting – Cadet		5th
2018	National Series Karting – Cadet	Extreme Limite	11th
	Coupe de France – Cadet		2nd
	Championnat de France – Cadet		20th
	Challenge Rotax Max France – Cadet		5th
	24H Minutes Karting – OK		1st
2019	National Series Karting – Nationale	Extreme Limite	19th
	Championnat de France – Junior		13th
	RMC International Trophy – Junior Max	Sodikart
2020	National Series Karting – Nationale	Extreme Limite	11th
	RMC International Trophy – Junior Max		43rd
	Champions of the Future – OK-J	Trefle Racing	NC
	WSK Open Cup – OK-J	Roussel Patrice	36th
2021	Karting European Championship – OK-J	Sodikart	NC
	Champions of the Future – OK-J		112nd
	Karting World Championship – OK-J		DNQ
	National Series Karting – Nationale	Extreme Limite	24th
	RMC International Trophy – Junior Max	Roussel Patrice	13th
2022	Rotax Max Euro Winter Cup – Senior Max	Roussel Patrice	7th
	Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Senior Max		17th
	RMC International Trophy – Senior Max		4th
	National Series Karting – Nationale	Extreme Limite	3rd
	Coupe de France – Nationale		2nd
	Championnat de France – Nationale		3rd
2023	Rotax Max Euro Winter Cup – Senior Max	Roussel Patrice	20th
	Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Senior Max		27th
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Senior Max		15th
	National Series Karting – Rotax Max	Extreme Limite	1st
	RMC International Trophy – Senior Max	Roussel Racing	35th
Sources:[22][23]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2024	French F4 Championship	FFSA Academy	20	0	0	0	1	60	11th
2025	French F4 Championship	FFSA Academy	18	2	2	2	8	186	3rd
Sources:[24][22]

Complete French F4 Championship results

(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	DC	Points
2024	NOG 1 9	NOG 2 C	NOG 3 17	LÉD 1 6	LÉD 2 15	LÉD 3 5	SPA 1 10	SPA 2 2	SPA 3 11	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 24	NÜR 3 7	MAG 1 18	MAG 2 11	MAG 3 16	DIJ 1 4	DIJ 2 8	DIJ 3 11	LEC 1 14	LEC 2 12	LEC 3 9	11th	60
2025	NOG 1 5	NOG 2 2	NOG 3 2	DIJ 1 2	DIJ 2 11	DIJ 3 2	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 5	SPA 3 1	MAG 1 23†	MAG 2 Ret	MAG 3 2	LÉD 1 2	LÉD 2 Ret	LÉD 3 6	LMS 1 7	LMS 2 22	LMS 3 Ret				3rd	186