Oliver Gavin

Oliver Gavin

Nationality	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]

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	Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Franz Konrad Terry Borcheller	246	18th	3rd
2002	LMGTS	63	G	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	335	11th	1st
2003	LMGTS	50	G	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim	326	11th	3rd
2004	LMGTS	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen	345	6th	1st
2005	LMGT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen	349	5th	1st
2006	LMGT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Jan Magnussen	355	4th	1st
2007	LMGT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Max Papis	22	DNF	DNF
2008	LMGT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Max Papis	341	15th	3rd
2009	LMGT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Marcel Fässler	311	DNF	DNF
2010	LMGT2	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Emmanuel Collard	255	DNF	DNF
2011	LMGTE-PRO	74	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8	Corvette Racing	Richard Westbrook 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

1. ^ ^{a b} "Corvette Racing Driver Profile: Oliver Gavin". Archived from the original on 2010-05-17. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corvetteracing.com%2Fdrivers%2Folivergavin%2Folivergavin.shtml&date=2010-05-17. 
2. ^ "FIA GT Championship Driver Biography: Oliver Gavin". Archived from the original on 2010-05-17. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistory.fiagt.com%2Fdriverbio.php%3Fcountkey%3D18&date=2010-05-17. 

External links

• Official Website

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

Persondata
Name	Gavin, Oliver
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1972-09-29
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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