Not so Olofsson

Unlike Olofsson in the Volvo 240 Turbo; during training for the 1985 touring car Grand Prix at the Nürburgring

Anders Olofsson (born March 31, 1953 , † January 21, 2008 ) was a Swedish racing driver .

Career

Olofsson started his career in Formula 3 and was twice Swedish champion. In 1977 and 1978 he was successful in the FIA ​​F3 European Championship. First he was a works driver for Nissan , later a driver in the Japanese touring car championship; together with Masahiro Hasemi , he becomes the master of sports prototypes in Japan. In 1991 he won the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race with Naoki Hattori and David Brabham in a Nissan Skyline . In 1995 and 1996, Olofsson was the leader in the “BPR Global GT Series” with a Ferrari F40 and a McLaren F1 GTR, including the winner in Anderstorp, Sweden .

After he started for the Gulf Racing / GTC McLaren team and second in the overall standings and first in its class in the 24-hour race at Le Mans - where he had nine times participated - with Jean-Marc Gounon and Pierre-Henri Raphanel was , he retired from racing in 1997 as an active driver.

Olofsson was later, together with Carl Rosenblad, team manager of the Elgh Motorsport Team, with which he competed in the European, World and Swedish touring car championships.

statistics

successes

• 1977 Swedish Formula 3 champion
• 1978 Swedish Formula 3 champion
• 1977 Formula 3 European Championships (second place)
• 1978 European Championship Formula 3 (second place)
• 1991 24-hour race from Spa-Francorchamps on Nissan Skyline with Naoki Hattori and David Brabham
• 1992 Daytona 24-hour race in a Nissan R91CP with Masahiro Hasemi , Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki
• 1997 FIA GT Championship ( 24 Hours of Le Mans ) in a McLaren F1 with Jean-Marc Gounon and Pierre-Henri Raphanel (category GT1; 3rd place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1987	Italya Sports	Nissan R86V	Alain Ferté	Patrick Gonin	failure	accident
1988	Italya sport	March 87C	Lamberto Leoni	Akio Marimoto	failure	Engine failure
1989	Team Le Mans	March 88S	Takao Wada	Akio Marimoto	failure	Cylinder overheated
1990	Team Le Mans	Nissan R89C	Takao Wada	Maurizio Sandro Sala	failure	ignition
1991	Courage Compétition	Courage C26S	Johnny Dumfries	Thomas Danielsson	failure	Engine failure
1994	Strandell	Ferrari F40	Max Angelelli	Sandro Angelastro	failure	electronics
1995	Ennea SRL	Ferrari F40E	Luciano della Noce	Tetsuya Ota	failure	Gearbox damage
1996	Ennea SRL Igol	Ferrari F40 GTE	Luciano della Noce	Carl Rosenblad	failure	Engine failure
1997	Gulf Team Davidoff	McLaren F1 GTR	Jean-Marc Gounon	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rank 2 and class win

Web links

Commons : Anders Olofsson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• In memoriam: Anders Olofsson (1953-2008)