Philippe Létourneau
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Philippe Létourneau is a former race car driver, a driving instructor, and expert on the reality-television show, Canada's Worst Driver since season 3.
Létourneau started racing at a young age. At age 11, he showed talent in the Québec karting championship. His compatriots, and notably his father Roger Blouin, former rally champion, encouraged him to pursue the sport and pushed him into Formula racing.
Létourneau finished on the podium more than 40 times in over 150 races. He competed in Formula 1600, Formula 2000, Champcar Light, Formula Renault
, Formula Vauxhall Junior, Touring car
, Spec Racer, Formula Atlantic
, and Daytona Prototype
s, and competed at circuits including Silverstone
, Magny Cours, Daytona Speedway, Mont Tremblant and Gilles Villeneuve
.
Létourneau is a high-performance driving and automobile racing instructor, and serves as chief instructor for the Jim Russell Racing School, principal instructor for BMW Driver Training, and principal instructor for the Ferrari Driving Experience. He also trains driving instructors for the Québec police and other organizations. He also serves as a critical analyst, aiding development for many car manufacturers and tire producers.
Létourneau served as an expert in the Discovery Channel Canada television series Canada's Worst Driver
for seasons 3
, 4
, 5
and 6
, as well as the Discovery Channel program Star Racer
.
Létourneau started racing at a young age. At age 11, he showed talent in the Québec karting championship. His compatriots, and notably his father Roger Blouin, former rally champion, encouraged him to pursue the sport and pushed him into Formula racing.
Létourneau finished on the podium more than 40 times in over 150 races. He competed in Formula 1600, Formula 2000, Champcar Light, Formula Renault
Formula Renault
Formula Renault is a class of formula racing founded in 1971. It is popular in Europe and other countries. Regarded as an entry-level series to motor racing, it is a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before moving on to Formula Three, World Series by Renault, GP2 or...
, Formula Vauxhall Junior, Touring car
Touring car racing
Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Scandinavia and Britain.-Characteristics of a touring car:...
, Spec Racer, Formula Atlantic
Formula Atlantic
Formula Atlantic is a specification of open wheel racing car developed in the 1970s. It was used in professional racing through the IMSA Atlantic Championship until 2009 and is currently primarily used in amateur racing through Sports Car Club of America Formula Atlantic.-History:The history of...
, and Daytona Prototype
Daytona Prototype
A Daytona Prototype is a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, replacing contemporary open cockpit sports cars, specifically Sports Racing Prototypes...
s, and competed at circuits including Silverstone
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Banbury...
, Magny Cours, Daytona Speedway, Mont Tremblant and Gilles Villeneuve
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a motor racing circuit, venue for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series....
.
Létourneau is a high-performance driving and automobile racing instructor, and serves as chief instructor for the Jim Russell Racing School, principal instructor for BMW Driver Training, and principal instructor for the Ferrari Driving Experience. He also trains driving instructors for the Québec police and other organizations. He also serves as a critical analyst, aiding development for many car manufacturers and tire producers.
Létourneau served as an expert in the Discovery Channel Canada television series Canada's Worst Driver
Canada's Worst Driver
Canada's Worst Driver , is a reality television series first aired on Discovery Channel Canada, based on the UK Channel 4 Television Corporation's Britain's Worst Driver...
for seasons 3
Canada's Worst Driver 3
Canada's Worst Driver 3 is the third season of Canada's Worst Driver, a Discovery Channel Canada television series which seeks to improve the driving of eight nominated contestants, each of which trying to avoid being named Canada's Worst Driver...
, 4
Canada's Worst Driver 4
Canada's Worst Driver 4 is the fourth season of Canada's Worst Driver, a Discovery Channel Canada television series which seeks to improve the driving of eight nominated contestants, each of which trying to avoid being named Canada's Worst Driver....
, 5
Canada's Worst Driver 5
Canada's Worst Driver 5 is the fifth season of Canada's Worst Driver, the Canadian automotive television series on Discovery Channel which seeks to improve the skills of eight of the worst motorists in Canada....
and 6
Canada's Worst Driver 6
Canada's Worst Driver 6 is the sixth season of the Canada's Worst Driver series, where eight contestants known by those close to them for being bad drivers are taught lessons on improving their driving skills. As with previous seasons, the contestants are taken to the Driver Rehabilitation Centre,...
, as well as the Discovery Channel program Star Racer
Star Racer
Star Racer is a reality-genre TV show which originally aired on Discovery Channel Canada in 2006. It has been airing from October 2008 on Discovery's HD Theater, partly filmed from Circuit Mont-Tremblant. Star Racer chronicles the discovery and episode-by-episode elimination of some of the top...
.