Jean-Marc Perreault

Jean-Marc Perreault (born 20 April 1983 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Swiss racecar driver from Lausanne, Romandy, a city in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. A participant in the original season of the European Late Model Challegne, he currently drives the #3 FIAM for FIAM Engineering in the EuroV8 Cup.

Perreault can be described as very literal-minded. He usually uses very prosaic language, and does not express emotions as much or as often as most other racers.

Open-Wheel Career
A fan of motorsport for his entire life, Perreault began competing in various Junior Formula in France at the age of 20 in 2004, where he would compete for several years. His best finish in any open-wheel series was a 2nd-place finish in the Formula Gasnier championship at the Circuit Nogaro in 2011. His only other podium was 3rd-place finish in the same series at the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois in 2009. Lacking the resources to move to higher levels of open-wheel racing on his own, he was never fast enough to attract the attention of any teams in the Formula C championship where he had hoped to compete.

European Late Model Challenge
Failing to move up the ranks of Formula racing, Perreault decided to pursue another form of motorsport after the conclusion of the 2012 Formula Gasnier season. Taking particular interest in stock cars, he was hired by Autosport Rochambeau to race for the team for the inaugural ELMC season after testing with the team in Noeux-les-Mines, France in 2013. He drove the team's #09 Saar Eagle with sponsorship backing from | Auchan for the full 2014 season. His entry was the only Saar to ever start a race in the ELMC.

His first podium would be a 2nd-place finish in the sixth race of the championship at the Rockingham Motor Speedway. In the 2014 Late Models at Croft 150 the inversion of the top 10 results from Race 1 resulted in him starting from pole position for the first time in his career in Race 3. Taking full advantage of said inversion, he would lead every lap on his way to scoring the first ELMC victory for both himself and Autosport Rochambeau.

In the following race at Zandvoort, he would score a top 5 finish in all three races, including two more podiums. As the season continued, Perreault proved to be one of the series' most consistent drivers, finishing in the top 10 almost every race throughout the remainder of the year. He would score at least one podium finish in seven of the season's ten three-race weekends, and never saw a race weekend where his best finish was worse than 5th. He scored his second career victory in the second race of the final round of the season at Warneton.

Perreault would finish the season with a total of eight podiums and two victories, assuring him a third-place finish in the championship standings behind Christian McMillan and Mireille Allain.

EuroV8 Cup
With the introduction of the new name and the new chassis, Autosport Rochambeau decided not to convert from stock cars, initially leaving Perreault without a ride for the 2015 season. However, he would be hired to drive the #3 car for FIAM Engineering, alongside his new teammates Vittorio Amati and Giancarlo Corelli. Perreault brings his Auchan sponsorship with him from his former team.