Gijs van Lennep
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Born | Gijsbert van Lennep 16 March 1942 Aerdenhout, Netherlands |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
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) |
Jonkheer Gijsbert van Lennep (born 16 March 1942, in Aerdenhout, North Holland) is a Dutch 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[]
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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. |
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1970 | ![]() |
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Porsche 917K | S 5.0 |
112 | DNF | DNF |
1971 | ![]() |
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Porsche 917K | S 5.0 |
397 | 1st | 1st |
1972 | ![]() |
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Lola T280-Ford Cosworth | S 3.0 |
213 | DNF | DNF |
1973 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | S 3.0 |
328 | 4th | 4th |
1974 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo | S 3.0 |
331 | 2nd | 2nd |
1975 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GTS | 315 | 5th | 1st |
1976 | ![]() |
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Porsche 936 | S 3.0 |
349 | 1st | 1st |
Source:[2]
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Complete Formula One World Championship results[]
(key)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Pts |
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1971 | Stichting Autoraces Nederland | Surtees TS7 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | NED 8 |
FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | NC | 0 | |||||
Team Surtees | Surtees TS9 | USA DNS |
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1973 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Iso-Marlboro IR | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | FRA | GBR | NED 6 |
GER | AUT 9 |
ITA Ret |
CAN | USA | 19th | 1 |
1974 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Iso-Marlboro FW | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL 14 |
MON | SWE | NED DNQ |
FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | NC | 0 |
1975 | HB Bewaking Team Ensign | Ensign N174 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | NED 10 |
19th | 1 | |||||||
Ensign N175 | FRA 15 |
GBR | GER 6 |
AUT | ITA | USA |
Complete Formula One Non-Championship results[]
(key)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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1972 | Speed International | Surtees TS11 (F5000) | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | ROC Ret |
BRA | INT 9 |
OUL Ret |
REP | VIC Ret |
1973 | ShellSPORT Luxembourg | Lola T330 (F5000) | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | ROC 12 |
INT 7 |
Complete European F5000 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts |
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1972 | Speed International Racing | Surtees TS11 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | BRH 3 |
MAL | SNE 1 |
BRH 3 |
NIV 5 |
SIL 3 |
MON 2 |
OUL 7 |
MAL 2 |
BRH 2 |
SIL 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 4 |
1st | 65 | ||||
McLaren M18 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | OUL 4 |
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1973 | ShellSPORT Luxembourg | Lola T330 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | BRH 6 |
MAL | SIL 11 |
SNE 2 |
BRH 12 |
OUL | MAL 7 |
MIS | MAL 5 |
MON 3 |
SIL C |
BRH 9 |
OUL | JYL 3 |
ZAN Ret |
SNE DNS |
BRH 11 |
10th | 59 |
References[]
- ^ Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pp.90-91
- ^ "All Results of Gijs van Lennep". RacingSportCars. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
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- 1942 births
- Living people
- People from Bloemendaal
- Dutch racing drivers
- Dutch Formula One drivers
- Williams Formula One drivers
- Ensign Formula One drivers
- European Formula Two Championship drivers
- Jonkheers of the Netherlands
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
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- World Sportscar Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers