Oliver Gavin

Oliver Gavin
Oliver Gavin
Oliver Gavin.jpg
Nationality United Kingdom British
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2001 -
Teams Saleen-Allen Speedlab, Corvette Racing
Best finish 4th overall (2006)
Class wins 4 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006)

Oliver Benjamin Gavin (born 29 September 1972 in Huntingdon),[1] is a GM factory racing driver from the United Kingdom. He was raised in the village of Felmersham, Bedfordshire. He attended the local Primary school, Pinchmill. At age nine he attended Lincroft Middle School and then took his GCSEs and A-levels at Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College. The school has produced other notable achievers, Matt Jackson, footballer for Luton, Norwich and Wigan; the athletics star and Women's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe and former premiership rugby player Stuart Glover.

Gavin won the British F3 championship in 1995 whilst driving for the Edenbridge Racing team.

Gavin was introduced to motor racing through the traditional karting route. After finishing as runner-up in the 1993 British F3 series to Kelvin Burt, Gavin graduated to Formula 3000 in 1994 with Omegaland. He failed to score any points in the five races he contested, and subsequently opted to drop back down to F3 for 1995. He managed to overcome rival Ralph Firman in the final round to snatch the title.

His previous work included being the test driver for the ill-fated mid-90s Pacific Grand Prix team as well as driving the safety car from 1997 to 1999 for the Formula One championship. He has also won his class in Le Mans on a number of occasions. [2] He lives in a village east of Northampton with his wife, Helen, and their three children.[1]


Contents

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2001 LMGTS 60 G Saleen S7-R
Ford 7.0L V8
United States Saleen-Allen Speedlab Austria Franz Konrad
United States Terry Borcheller
246 18th 3rd
2002 LMGTS 63 G Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8
United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
335 11th 1st
2003 LMGTS 50 G Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8
United States Corvette Racing United States Kelly Collins
United States Andy Pilgrim
326 11th 3rd
2004 LMGTS 64 M Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8
United States Corvette Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Denmark Jan Magnussen
345 6th 1st
2005 LMGT1 64 M Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8
United States Corvette Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Denmark Jan Magnussen
349 5th 1st
2006 LMGT1 64 M Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8
United States Corvette Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Denmark Jan Magnussen
355 4th 1st
2007 LMGT1 64 M Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8
United States Corvette Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Max Papis
22 DNF DNF
2008 LMGT1 64 M Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8
United States Corvette Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Max Papis
341 15th 3rd
2009 LMGT1 64 M Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8
United States Corvette Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
311 DNF DNF
2010 LMGT2 64 M Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
United States Corvette Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
France Emmanuel Collard
255 DNF DNF
2011 LMGTE-PRO 74 M Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Denmark Jan Magnussen
211 DNF DNF

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2010 Mad-Croc Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ABU
QR
ABU
CR
SIL
QR

13
SIL
CR

14
BRN
QR
BRN
CR
PRI
QR

19
PRI
CR

19
SPA
QR

18
SPA
CR

17
NÜR
QR
NÜR
CR
ALG
QR
ALG
CR
NAV
QR
NAV
CR
INT
QR
INT
CR
SAN
QR
SAN
CR
53rd 0


References

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jan Magnussen
British Formula Three
Champion

1995
Succeeded by
Ralph Firman
Preceded by
Unknown
F1 Safety Car Driver
1997-1999
Succeeded by
Bernd Mayländer
Awards
Preceded by
Gareth Rees
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
1991
Succeeded by
Dario Franchitti
Preceded by
Kelvin Burt
Autosport
British Club Driver of the Year

1992
Succeeded by
Dario Franchitti