# JMB Racing > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/JMB_Racing > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/JMB_Racing.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JMB_Racing > Source revision: 1354055988 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Sports car racing team from Monaco}} {{refimprove|date=January 2026}} {{update|date=June 2025}} [[Image:JMB Racing Ferrari 98.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A JMB Racing [Ferrari F430](/source/Ferrari_F430) GT2 which competed in the [Le Mans Series](/source/Le_Mans_Series)]] '''JMB Racing''' is a racing team from [Monaco](/source/Monaco) that competes in [sports car racing](/source/sports_car_racing). It was founded in [Nice](/source/Nice), [France](/source/France), in 1995 as '''JB Racing''' by Jean-Michel Bouresche and [Jean-Pierre Jabouille](/source/Jean-Pierre_Jabouille). It was renamed JMB (Bouresche's initials) in 2000 after Jabouille left the partnership. JMB relocated its headquarters to Monaco in 2004, racing with a Monegasque license since then. The team first raced in the [Andros Trophy](/source/Andros_Trophy) and the [Porsche Pirelli Supercup](/source/Porsche_Supercup) in the 1995 season, winning the 2 litre class in the first with [Jean-Pierre Malcher](/source/Jean-Pierre_Malcher) and [Jacques Laffite](/source/Jacques_Laffite), and taking the title in the second with Malcher, repeating the win the following year with [Emmanuel Collard](/source/Emmanuel_Collard). For 1997, Bouresche and Jabouille went international, purchasing a [Porsche 911 GT1](/source/Porsche_911_GT1) to race in the brand new [FIA GT Championship](/source/FIA_GT_Championship), with Emmanuel Collard and Jürgen von Gartzen, also taking part in [Le Mans](/source/1997_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans). The team was backed by the primary sponsor [Marlboro](/source/Marlboro_(cigarette)). The increased presence of factory teams drove JB Racing away from the FIA GT Championship, so instead the team purchased two [Ferrari 333 SP](/source/Ferrari_333_SP)s to race in the [International Sports Racing Series](/source/International_Sports_Racing_Series) from 1998, dropping Marlboro as a sponsor in place of Italian manufacturing firm Giesse. The French team stayed in this [sports-prototype](/source/sports-prototype) championship for three years, winning the drivers titles with Collard and [Vincenzo Sospiri](/source/Vincenzo_Sospiri) in 1998 and 1999 and [David Terrien](/source/David_Terrien) and [Christian Pescatori](/source/Christian_Pescatori) in 2000, in addition to taking the teams titles for three years in a row. The team ran one Ferrari in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in {{24hLM|1998}} and {{24hLM|1999}}. In 2000 JB, now called JMB, also made a return to GT racing with the new [Ferrari 360 Modena](/source/Ferrari_360_Modena) as the official Ferrari demonstrator, taking second place overall in the [6 Hours of Vallelunga](/source/6_Hours_of_Vallelunga). In 2001 they switched full-time to GTs, winning the N-GT class in the FIA GT Championship, once more with Terrien and Pescatori, who also won the title in 2002. On both occasions, the team title was also retained. JMB also ran two cars in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Bouresche created the JMB Racing USA operation to run cars in the international American races, such as the [Daytona 24 Hours](/source/Daytona_24_Hours) and [Sebring 12 Hours](/source/Sebring_12_Hours). In 2003, in addition to taking second place in the N-GT category with [Andrea Bertolini](/source/Andrea_Bertolini) and [Fabrizio De Simone](/source/Fabrizio_De_Simone), JMB Racing graduated to the main GT category with a [Ferrari 550 Maranello](/source/Ferrari_550_Maranello). However, the French team used the car developed by [N.Technology](/source/N.Technology), more troublesome than the [Prodrive](/source/Prodrive) version, and drivers Pescatori and [Boris Derichebourg](/source/Boris_Derichebourg) were only competitive after upgrading to the [575 GTC](/source/Ferrari_575). In 2004, JMB Racing changed its address to [Monaco](/source/Monaco) and began racing under the Monegasque flag. The team however retained their workshops in Nice. The team scored third place in the FIA GT Championship with two 575 GTCs, in spite of a lack of consistency due to several drivers changes, but still won the Donington race with [Karl Wendlinger](/source/Karl_Wendlinger) and [Jaime Melo](/source/Jaime_Melo). JMB also took the Drivers title in the [Le Mans Endurance Series](/source/Le_Mans_Endurance_Series) with [Roman Rusinov](/source/Roman_Rusinov) in a 360 Modena and was third in the [Italian GT Championship](/source/Italian_GT_Championship), with the old 550 Maranello. thumb|200px|A JMB Racing Maserati MC12 and an Amprez Motorsports Lotus Exige at the Zhuhai round of the 2005 FIA GT Championship JMB was one of the first teams in the FIA GT to race the brand new [Maserati MC12](/source/Maserati_MC12) in 2005. Wendlinger and Bertolini won at [Magny-Cours](/source/Magny-Cours) but missed the win at the [Spa 24 Hours](/source/Spa_24_Hours) by two laps, taking third place at the end of the year for the driver's championship, with the team reaching second place. The 575 was also used in the LMES as well as at Le Mans. In 2006, JMB went back to the GT2 class with the new [Ferrari 430](/source/Ferrari_430), but in spite of a win in Silverstone, were outclassed by rivals Scuderia Ecosse as well as the Porsche teams and managed only fourth place in the team's championship at the end. JMB also entered three cars in the new [FIA GT3 European Championship](/source/FIA_GT3_European_Championship). In 2007, JMB divided its time between the FIA GT, European GT3{{Cite web |title=FIA GT3 European Championship - Team biography - JMB Racing |url=http://gt3europe.com/teaminfo.php?teamname=JMB%20Racing |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=gt3europe.com}} and the [Le Mans Series](/source/Le_Mans_Series). The highlight of the year was [Ben Aucott](/source/Ben_Aucott)'s win of the Citation Cup, a series within the FIA GT for gentleman drivers. The team also won one race in the European GT3 series and took second and third in the final round of the LMS at Interlagos. == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.jmbracing.com/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jmb Racing}} Category:French auto racing teams Category:Monegasque auto racing teams Category:Auto racing teams established in 1995 Category:1995 establishments in France Category:24 Hours of Le Mans teams Category:FIA GT Championship teams Category:FIA Sportscar Championship entrants Category:European Le Mans Series teams Category:International GT Open teams Category:Porsche Supercup teams Category:Red Bull sports clubs and teams Category:Auto racing teams disestablished in 2015 Category:GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup teams Category:GT4 European Series teams Category:FIA GT3 European Championship teams Category:Grand American Road Racing Association teams --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [JMB Racing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JMB_Racing) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JMB_Racing?action=history)). 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