Jacques Nicolet

Jacques Nicolet
Born	(1956-04-05) April 5, 1956 Gigondas, France
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, motorsport competitor
Known for	Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Altarea SCA; proprietor and driver for OAK Racing

Jacques Nicolet (born 5 April 1956 in Gigondas) is a French entrepreneur and motorsport competitor. He serves as the chairman of the Supervisory Board at Altarea SCA, a French property investment and development company he co-established in 1994 alongside Alain Taravela. Prior to this, from 1984 until 1994, he held the position of development director at the Pierre & Vacances Group. Nicolet is also the proprietor and driver for OAK Racing, a team active in the Le Mans 24 Hours and FIA World Endurance Championship.

Racing career

Nicolet’s motorsport journey commenced in historic racing events, where he took part in the V de V Historic Series between 2001 and 2006. In 2003, he founded Heritage Racing Cars, an outfit dedicated to the upkeep of vintage endurance sports vehicles. Toward the close of 2006, he purchased Saulnier Racing and initiated participation in both the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans. The year 2008 saw him collaborate with Henri Pescarolo to create Pescarolo Automobiles. By 2009, Nicolet had launched OAK Racing, rebranding Saulnier Racing as OAK Racing Mazda Team France and Heritage Racing Cars as OAK Racing Team Heritage.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Saulnier Racing	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alain Filhol Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Bruce Jouanny	Courage LC75-AER	LMP2	224	DNF	DNF
2008	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Saulnier Racing	Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marc Faggionato Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Hein	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP1	311	26th	12th
2009	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall OAK Racing Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Team Mazda France	Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Hein Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean-François Yvon	Pescarolo 01-Mazda	LMP2	325	20th	3rd
2010	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall OAK Racing	Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Hein Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean-François Yvon	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP2	341	9th	4th
2011	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall OAK Racing	Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Hein Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean-François Yvon	OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd	LMP1	119	DNF	DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Pts
2012	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SEB 2	SPA 5	LMS Ret						20th	18.5
				Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8				SIL 6	SÃO 3	BHR 6	FUJ maxsmall3 Note: The original text cuts off here; maintain original content only