
JONO LESTER - DRIVING FORCE


- Meet our new driving force, JBS Masters Series sponsored Jono Lester
- What makes Jono so special?
- Porsche 911 GT3 Cup driver Jono Lester may be only 18 – but in the five years he's been racing in competitions around his native New Zealand, he's collected an impressive collection of titles and awards.
- With his recent achievement of becoming the youngest ever Porsche Carerra Cup round winner in world history, it looks like there's no stopping this rising motorsports star.
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- Fast facts
- Age: 18
- Height: 176cm
- Weight: 67kg
- Nicknames: Circules, Jacque
- Hobbies: Gym training, running, cycling, writing, partying, travel, spending time with family and friends
- Racing heroes: Sebastian Vettel, Stephane Ortelli
- Favourite racetrack: At home, it's Invercargill hands down. Overseas, a toss up between Spa, Bathurst and Nordschleife
- Goal: To become a professional racing car driver
- The car
- Jono currently drives the car of most boys racing dreams – a Porsche GT3, purpose built by Porsche Motorsport in Germany.
- Vital statistics
- Flat six cylinder boxer engine
- Max. power: 309kW (420 hp)
- Max. torque: 420Nm
- Max. rpm: 8,400rpm
- Max speed: 300km/h+
- Weight: 1,140kg
- Jono uses JBS Masters Series tools
- "For prestige cars, you need premium tools, and the JBS Masters Series range provides me with strength, durability and total peace of mind."
- Jono Lester




