Gijs van Lennep

Gijs van Lennep

Gijs van Lennep, 1971
Born	Gijsbert van Lennep (1942-03-16) 16 March 1942 Aerdenhout, Netherlands
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Dutch
Active years	1971, 1973 – 1975
Teams	S.A.N, Williams, Ensign
Entries	10 (8 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	2
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1971 Dutch Grand Prix
Last entry	1975 German Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1970 - 1976
Teams	David Piper Autorace, Martini Racing Team, Ecurie Bonnier Switzerland, Gelo Racing Team
Best finish	1st (1971, 1976)
Class wins	3 (1971, 1975, 1976)

Gijsbert van Lennep (born 16 March 1942, in Aerdenhout, North Holland) is a Dutch esquire and former racing driver who competed in eight Formula One races. However his main achievements were in sports car racing. He is a member of the untitled Dutch nobility with the honorific Jonkheer.

Career

Gijs van Lennep in his Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo during the 1000 km of Nürburgring in 1974.

Van Lennep drove for the Porsche sportscar team beginning in 1967. He shared the number 22 Martini Racing Porsche 917K with Helmut Marko, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1971. They set a distance record, covering 5,335 km (3,315 mi), which remained unbeaten until 2010.

Also in 1971, the Stichting Autoraces Nederland (Foundation for Car races in the Netherlands) hired a Surtees TS7 for him to make his F1 debut in his home GP where he finished a creditable eighth in a very wet GP. The following year Van Lennep won the 1972 Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship driving a Surtees TS11 and a McLaren M18.^[1] He also drove twice for the Williams GP team, earning his first World Championship point with sixth place in the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix. With Ensign, he scored a second point in the 1975 German Grand Prix, making him the fifth most successful Dutch Formula One driver behind Max Verstappen, Jos Verstappen, Carel Godin de Beaufort and Christijan Albers.

In 1973 he won the last Targa Florio, sharing the Martini Porsche Carrera RSR with Herbert Müller. He continued with sportscar racing]], sharing a Porsche 936 Turbo with Jacky Ickx to win Le Mans 24 for a second time in 1976, before retiring from racing.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1970	David Piper Autorace AAW Racing Team	David Piper	Porsche 917K	S 5.0	112	DNF	DNF
1971	Martini International Racing Team	Helmut Marko	Porsche 917K	S 5.0	397	1st	1st
1972	Ecurie Bonnier Switzerland	Jo Bonnier Gérard Larrousse	Lola T280	S 3.0	213	DNF	DNF
1973	Martini Racing Team	Herbert Müller	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	S 3.0	328	4th	4th
1974	Martini Racing Team	Herbert Müller	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo	S 3.0	331	2nd	2nd
1975	Gelo Racing Team	John Fitzpatrick Manfred Schurti Toine Hezemans	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	GT	315	5th	1st
1976	Martini Racing Porsche System	Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936	S 3.0	349	1st	1st

References

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