Julien Briché

Julien Briché
Briché in 2006
NationalityFrance French
BornJulien Serge Briché
(1981-02-12) 12 February 1981
Ferrières, France
RelativesFlorian Briché (son)
Categorisation FIA Gold (until 2019)[1]
FIA Silver (2020–2025)
FIA Bronze (2026–)[2]
Championship titles
2019
2017, 2019
2010
2002, 2005
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship
Peugeot 308 Racing Cup
SEAT Leon Supercopa France
Peugeot 206 RCC Cup France

Julien Serge Briché (born 12 February 1981) is a French racing driver competing in TCR Europe for JSB Compétition, a team he founded in 2007.

Best known for his touring car and GT4 success, Briché finished runner-up in the 2019 TCR Europe and is a multi-time Peugeot and SEAT one-make champion. He raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans once in LMP2.

Career

Briché made his car racing debut in 2001, competing in Peugeot 206 RCC Cup France,[3] which he won the following year.[4] After racing in the French Supertouring Championship the following year,[5] Briché was runner-up in the Peugeot RC Cup in 2004,[6] before securing his second Peugeot 206 RCC Cup title in 2005.[4] In 2006, Briché made a surprise appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Gerard Welter's LMP2 outfit,[7] as well as a one-off appearance in the Danish Touringcar Challenge.[8]

Briché driving his WR–Peugeot LMP2 down pit lane at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The following year, Briché founded JSB Compétition and raced with them in the Peugeot THP Spider Cup, in which he finished runner-up in the overall standings with four wins to his name.[9] Remaining in the series for the following year, Briché took six wins in the ten races he contested en route to a third-place points finish.[10] In parallel, Briché competed in the GT3 class of the FFSA GT Championship for First Racing, taking five wins en route to fourth in points.[11] Two full seasons in the series for his own team then followed, in which he most notably scored an outright win at Magny-Cours in 2010 to take 11th in the standings.[12] During 2010, Briché also raced for the same team in SEAT Leon Supercopa France, in which he won five times as he clinched the series title.[13]

Switching to Porsche Carrera Cup France for 2011, Briché scored a lone win at Le Castellet as he ended the year seventh in points.[14] A tenth-place points finish with a win at Lédenon then followed the following year,[15] which was also accompanied by a third-place points finish on his return to Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France.[16] Following a part-time season in both the FFSA GT Championship and the Peugeot 208 Racing Cup France in 2013, Briché returned to his team to race in the SEAT León Eurocup the following year.[17] In his first season in the series, Briché took wins at Spa and Monza en route to a third-place points finish.[18] Two more seasons in the series then followed, in which Briché posted points finishes of fourth and fifth, as well as scoring a lone win at the Red Bull Ring in 2016.[19]

Briché's Peugeot 308 TCR, pictured in its awning at Spa-Francorchamps in 2018.

In 2017, Briché transitioned over to the Peugeot 308 Racing Cup, scoring seven wins and four other podiums to clinch the title at season's end.[20] A second season in the series then ensued, in which Briché took five wins and four other podiums en route to runner-up honours.[21] In parallel, Briché also raced in TCR Europe,[22] taking his maiden win at Spa en route to an 11th-place points finish in the outright standings and third in the TCR BeNeLux subchampionship.[23] Returning to TCR Europe for 2019,[24] Briché began the season with wins at Hungaroring,[25] Hockenheimring and Spa,[26][27] before ending the year with a win at Monza to clinch runner-up honours and the TCR BeNeLux title over Josh Files.[28] During 2019, Briché also clinched his second Peugeot 308 Racing Cup and finished second in the TCR Spa 500 for DG Sport Compétition.[29][30][31] At the beginning of 2020, Briché was set to race in and was set to compete in the TCR Asia Pacific Cup and TCR Australia,[32] but ultimately didn't race as the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled both seasons.[33] Returning to TCR Europe for the rest of the year,[34] Briché won in Monza and scored two other podiums to end the season 10th in points.[35]

Returning to sportscars in 2021, Briché returned to the now-named French GT4 Cup with his own team, fielding an Aston Martin Vantage,[36] before stepping up to the European series the following year,[37] scoring a Pro-Am podium on home turf at Le Castellet to take 13th in points with an Alpine A110 and a Mercedes-AMG GT4.[38] Another season in GT4 Europe then followed, as the team reverted to the Vantage,[39] before switching to a Porsche Cayman for 2024,[40] with which Briché took a Pro-Am win at Misano and three other podiums en route to fifth in points.[41] In 2025, Briché and JSB returned to TCR Europe with a Hyundai Elantra N TCR,[42] scoring a best result of fourth in race two at the Hockenheimring as he ended the year 18th in points.[43] The following year, Briché continued with his own team for a dual campaign in TCR Europe and the Am class of the French GT4 Cup and the GT4 European Series.[44][45]

Personal life

Briché's son Florian is also a racing driver,[21][46] whom he raced with in TCR Europe and the GT4 European Series.[47][48]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2001 Peugeot 206 RCC Cup France
2002 Peugeot 206 RCC Cup France 1st
2003 Brazilian Prototype Championship – Division 4 Gémo Sport 12 0 0 0 4 104 6th
2004 Peugeot RC Cup 86 2nd
2005 Peugeot 206 RCC Cup France 14 6 8 6 11 117 1st
Brazilian Prototype Championship – Division 4 Gémo Sport 2 0 0 0 1 0 19th
2006 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Gerard Welter 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
Danish Touringcar Championship Peugeot Sport Danmark 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2007 Peugeot THP Spider Cup JSB Compétition 14 4 1 1 9 176 2nd
Renault Clio Cup France Sport Garage 9 0 0 1 2 44 6th
2008 FFSA GT Championship – GT3 First Racing 13 5 0 0 6 184 4th
Peugeot THP Spider Cup JSB Compétition 10 6 1 1 7 174 3rd
2009 FFSA GT Championship – GT3 JSB Compétition 14 0 0 0 2 96 8th
Peugeot THP Spider Cup 4 0 0 0 1 21 18th
FIA GT3 European Championship AutoGT Racing 2 0 0 0 0 1 30th
International GT Open – Pro-Am Jean Claude Lagniez 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2010 FFSA GT Championship JSB Compétition 9 1 1 0 1 43 11th
SEAT Leon Supercopa France 12 5 3 2 7 162 1st
SEAT León Supercopa Spain Julien Briché 3 0 0 0 0 8 23rd
2011 Porsche Carrera Cup France JSB Compétition 10 1 0 2 4 72 7th
FIA GT3 European Championship Team Cine Cascade 2 0 0 0 0 0 58th
2012 Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France JSB Compétition 12 3 3 3 8 144 3rd
Porsche Carrera Cup France 7 1 0 1 1 78 10th
2013 FFSA GT Championship JMB Racing 4 0 0 0 0 6 25th
Peugeot 208 Racing Cup France Ropars Competition 2 0 0 0 0 16 18th
2014 SEAT León Eurocup JSB Compétition 12 2 1 2 5 58 3rd
Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup France 2 0 1 0 0 19 15th
2015 SEAT León Eurocup JSB Compétition 14 0 1 3 3 45 4th
2016 SEAT León Eurocup Julien Briché 12 1 1 3 6 151 5th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am MN Development 10 0 0 0 0 30 9th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals – Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 3 11th
2017 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup JSB Compétition 12 7 7 10 11 208 1st
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am MN Development 4 1 0 0 1 33 8th
2018 Peugeot 308 Racing Cup JSB Compétition 12 5 5 4 9 181 2nd
TCR Europe Touring Car Series 10 1 0 2 1 42 11th
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 10 1 0 0 3 117 3rd
TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series 2 0 0 0 0 6 18th
TCR Swiss Trophy 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series JSB Compétition 14 4 1 2 7 314 2nd
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 10 5 0 1 8 311 1st
Peugeot 308 Racing Cup 1st
TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series 2 0 0 1 2 33 7th
TCR Spa 500 DG Sport Compétition 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 2nd
2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series JSB Compétition 12 1 0 2 3 175 10th
TCR Iberico 2 0 0 0 0 2 22nd
2021 French GT4 Cup – Pro-Am JSB Compétition 10 0 0 0 0 22 18th
2022 GT4 European Series – Pro-Am JSB Compétition 10 0 0 0 1 38 13th
French GT4 Cup – Silver 2 0 0 0 0 1 15th
2023 GT4 European Series – Pro-Am JSB Compétition 4 0 0 0 1 40 15th
GT4 European Series – Silver 6 0 1 0 0 1 39th
2024 GT4 European Series – Pro-Am JSB Compétition 10 1 1 1 3 89 5th
TC France Series – TC 4 3 4 3 4 0 NC†
2025 TC France Series – TCR JSB Compétition 2 0 0 0 0 6 7th
TCR Europe Touring Car Series 10 0 0 1 0 51 18th
TCR World Tour 3 0 0 0 0 4 37th
2026 TCR Europe Touring Car Series JSB Compétition 2 0 0 0 0 0* 29th*
French GT4 Cup – Am
GT4 European Series – Am
GT4 European Series – Pro-Am
TCR World Tour 7 0 0 0 0 39 11th*
Sources:[49][50]

† As Briché was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2006 France Gerard Welter France Patrice Roussel
France Frédéric Hauchard
WR LMP04-Peugeot LMP2 134 DNF DNF

Complete FIA GT3 European Championship 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 Pos. Points
2009 AutoGT Racing Morgan Aero SuperSports GT3 BMW 5.0 L V8 SIL
1
SIL
2
ADR
1
ADR
2
OSC
1
OSC
2
ALG
1
ALG
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
ZOL
1

8
ZOL
2

11
30th 1
2011 Team Cine Cascade Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 ALG
1

ALG
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

NAV
1

NAV
2

LEC
1

LEC
2

SLO
1

SLO
2

ZAN
1

22
ZAN
2

23
58th 0

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2018 JSB Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR LEC
1

LEC
2

ZAN
1

Ret
ZAN
2

Ret
SPA
1

53
SPA
2

1
HUN
1

16
HUN
2

15
ASS
1

14
ASS
2

11
MNZ
1

MNZ
2

CAT
1

8
CAT
2

22
11th 42
2019 JSB Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR HUN
1

DSQ
HUN
2

1
HOC
1

4
HOC
2

1
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

1
RBR
1

Ret
RBR
2

12
OSC
1

11
OSC
2

14
CAT
1

23
CAT
2

3
MNZ
1

11
MNZ
2

2
2nd 314
2020 JSB Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR LEC
1

14
LEC
2

14
ZOL
1

15†7
ZOL
2

Ret
MNZ
1

14
MNZ
2

2
CAT
1

9
CAT
2

21
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

17
JAR
1

55
JAR
2

3
10th 175
2025 JSB Compétition Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) PRT
1

8
PRT
2

19
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

Ret
HOC
1

9
HOC
2

4
MIS
1

MIS
2

RBR
1

13
RBR
2

Ret
CAT
1

16
CAT
2

Ret
18th 51
2026 JSB Compétition Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) MUG
1

21
MUG
2

Ret
SPA
1

WD
SPA
2

WD
LEC
1
LEC
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
MNZ
1

MNZ
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

29th* 0*

† Briché did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete GT4 European Series results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2022 JSB Compétition Alpine A110 GT4 Pro-Am IMO
1

19
IMO
2

19
LEC
1

9
LEC
2

25
MIS
1

Ret
MIS
2

14
13th 38
Mercedes-AMG GT4 SPA
1

20
SPA
2

16
HOC
1

32
HOC
2

20
CAT
1

CAT
2

2023 JSB Compétition Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Pro-Am MNZ
1

22
MNZ
2

26
LEC
1

19
LEC
2

33
15th 40
Silver SPA
1

14
SPA
2

34
MIS
1

35
MIS
2

19
HOC
1

17
HOC
2

31
CAT
1

CAT
2

39th 1
2024 JSB Compétition Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Pro-Am LEC
1

33†
LEC
2

DNS
MIS
1

10
MIS
2

12
SPA
1

13
SPA
2

23
HOC
1

33
HOC
2

29
MNZ
1

39†
MNZ
2

DNS
JED
1

18
JED
2

16
5th 89

Complete TCR World Tour results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2025 JSB Compétition Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) AHR
1
AHR
2
AHR
3
CRT
1

12
CRT
2

Ret
CRT
3

17
MNZ
1

WD
MNZ
2

WD
CVR
1
CVR
2
BEN
1
BEN
2
BEN
3
INJ
1
INJ
2
INJ
3
ZHZ
1
ZHZ
2
ZHZ
3
MAC
1
MAC
2
37th 5
2026 JSB Compétition Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) MIS
1

17
MIS
2

13
CRT
1

7
CRT
2

Ret
CRT
3

9
LEC
1

8
LEC
2

Ret
CVR
1
CVR
2
INJ
1

INJ
2

INJ
3

CHE
1

CHE
2

CHE
3

ZHZ
1

ZHZ
2

ZHZ
3

MAC
1

MAC
2

11th* 39*

* Season still in progress.

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