Andrew Gilbert-Scott

Jaguar XJR-9; Jan Lammers , Patrick Tambay and Andrew Gilbert-Scott cars at the 1989 Le Mans 24-hour race

Andrew Gilbert-Scott (born July 11, 1958 in Cookham ) is a former British racing driver .

family

Andrew Gilbert-Scott comes from the Gilbert-Scott family, popular in the UK. The two architects Giles Gilbert Scott and George Gilbert Scott were known . Giles Gilbert-Scott designed the legendary British red telephone booths and designed Liverpool Cathedral . George Gilbert-Scott was the architect of the Nikolaikirche in Hamburg and the Albert Memorial in London's Hyde Park . His mother's family owns the Morgan Motor Company .

Racing career

Andrew Gilbert-Scott began his driving career in Formula Ford in 1980 . After finishing third in 1980, he won the British Championship in 1983 . When he switched to Formula 3 , he came to Japan for the first time , where he will contest a large number of races in the future. In addition to his single posto engagements , he drove parallel sports car and GT races .

Monopostor racing

Andrew Gilbert-Scott started in the Japanese Championship in 1987 after two seasons in the British Formula 3 Championship . In 1988 he finished the championship in sixth place in the final ranking (master Akihiko Nakaya ). In addition to the starts in Formula 3, there were also reports in Formula 3000 in the further course of his career . In 1989 , the first year of the British Championship , he was second for Eddie Jordan's team behind Gary Brabham . He reached the same position in 1994 in the Japanese championship (master Marco Apicella ). The highlight of his monoposto career was the Formula 1 test driver contract at the 2001 Jordan Grand Prix .

Sports car and GT races

Andrew Gilbert-Scott was involved in the Japanese Super GT for many years , where he won Class 2 of the previous championship, the All Japan Touring Car Championship , in 1993 . He competed twice in the Le Mans 24-hour race . 1989 he finished the race in the plant - Jaguar XJR-9LM with Patrick Tambay and Jan Lammers as fourth overall.

Hitoshi Ogawa's accident

On May 24, 1992 Andrew Gilbert-Scott was involved in the serious accident of Hitoshi Ogawa . On lap 27 of the Formula 3000 race in Suzuka, Ogawa collided with his Lola T92 / 50 on the start-finish straight while trying to overtake Andrew Gilbert-Scott's Reynard 92D . Both vehicles got off the track and crashed into the track in the first corner. While Gilbert-Scott's car was overturned in the gravel bed, Ogawa's car flew over the guardrail and got stuck between it and a frame for a television camera. Ogawa suffered severe injuries to his legs and head and died on the way to the hospital. In addition to Gilbert-Scott, the cameraman and several photographers also suffered serious injuries.

After the driver's career

After retiring as a driver, he worked as a driver manager. Among other things, he was in charge of Takuma Satō from 2001 to 2009.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1989	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	Jan Lammers	Patrick Tambay	Rank 4
1997	Gulf Team Davidoff	McLaren F1 GTR	Masanori Sekiya	Ray Bellm	failure	Wagon fire

Web links

• Andrew Gilbert-Scott at the Driver Database
• Andrew Gilbert-Scott at Old Racing Cars
• Andrew Gilbert-Scott at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ British Formula Ford Championship 1983
2. ↑ Japanese Formula 3 Championship 1988
3. ^ British Formula 3000 Championship 1989
4. ↑ Japanese Formula 3000 Championship
5. ^ All Japan Touring Car Championship Class 2