Andy Wallace (racing driver)

Andy Wallace in Macau in 1986

Andy Wallace (born February 19, 1961 in Oxford , England ) is a former British racing driver .

Career

Monopostosport

After attending Jim Russel's racing school in 1976, Wallace began his racing career in 1979. Up to and including 1984 he drove in Formula Ford . In the following two years he was active in the British Formula 3 championship , which he won in the 1986 season. In 1987 and 1988 he competed in the International Formula 3000 Championship .

Success in sports cars

At the same time, Wallace became a member of Jaguar's sports car team . This is where the most successful part of his career began. On his debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours , he won the race together with Jan Lammers and Johnny Dumfries in a Jaguar XJR -9. In 1990, 1997 and 1999 he won the Daytona 24 Hours with changing partners , and in 1993 and 1994 he won the Sebring 12 Hours .

Also in 1994, Wallace set the eleven-year world speed record with a production car. He drove a McLaren F1 386.403 km / h.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1988	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	Jan Lammers	Johnny Dumfries	Overall victory
1989	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	John Nielsen	Price Cobb	failure	Cylinder head
1990	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-12	Jan Lammers	Franz Konrad	Rank 2
1991	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-12	John Nielsen	Derek Warwick	Rank 4
1992	Toyota Team Tom's	Toyota TS010	Jan Lammers	Teo Fabi	Rank 8
1993	Toyota Team Tom's	Toyota TS010	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Kenny Acheson	failure	Gearbox damage
1995	Harrods Mach One Racing	McLaren F1 GTR	Derek Bell	Justin Bell	Rank 3
1996	Harrods Mach One Racing	McLaren F1 GTR	Derek Bell	Olivier Grouillard	Rank 6
1997	David Price Racing	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	James Weaver	Butch Leitzinger	failure	Engine failure
1998	Panoz Motorsports Inc.	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	David Brabham	Jamie Davies	Rank 7
1999	Audi Sport UK Ltd.	Audi R8C	James Weaver	Perry McCarthy	failure	Engine failure
2000	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Franck Lagorce	Butch Leitzinger	Rank 21
2001	Team Bentley	Bentley EXP Speed ​​8	Eric van de Poele	Butch Leitzinger	3rd place and class win
2002	Team Bentley	Bentley EXP Speed ​​8	Eric van de Poele	Butch Leitzinger	4th place and class win
2003	Racing for Holland	Dome S101	Jan Lammers	John Bosch	Rank 6
2004	Zytek Engineering Ltd.	Zytek 04S	David Brabham	Hayanari Shimoda	failure	Engine failure
2005	Creation Autosportif Ltd.	DBA 03S	Nicolas Minassian	Jamie Campbell-Walter	Rank 14
2006	Ray Mallock Racing	MG-Lola EX264	Mike Newton	Thomas Erdos	Rank 8 and class win	accident
2007	Ray Mallock Racing	MG-Lola EX264	Mike Newton	Thomas Erdos	failure	piston
2008	Ray Mallock Racing	MG-Lola EX265	Mike Newton	Thomas Erdos	failure	accident
2010	RML	Lola B08 / 80	Mike Newton	Thomas Erdos	Rank 8

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1990	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJR-12D	Davy Jones	Jan Lammers	Rank 3
1991	All American Racers	Eagle HF90	Rocky Moran		failure	Engine failure
1992	All-American Racers	Eagle MkIII	Juan Manuel Fangio II		Overall victory
1993	All-American Racers	Eagle MkIII	Juan Manuel Fangio II		Overall victory
1994	Auto toy store	Spice SE89	Derek Bell	James Weaver	Rank 2 and class win
1995	Auto toy store	Spice SE90	Derek Bell	Jan Lammers	Rank 2
1996	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	Butch Leitzinger		Rank 5
1997	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	Butch Leitzinger	James Weaver	Rank 2
1998	Panoz Motorsports	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	David Brabham		Rank 2 and class win
1999	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	Dorsey Schroeder	James Weaver	failure	Gearbox damage
2000	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Franck Lagorce		failure	accident
2001	Champion Racing	Audi R8	Dorsey Schroeder	Ralf Kelleners	Rank 3
2002	Champion Racing	Audi R8	Stefan Johansson	Jan Lammers	Rank 2
2003	Dyson Racing	MG-Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger	James Weaver	failure	Steering defect
2004	Dyson Racing Team Inc.	MG-Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger	James Weaver	Rank 6
2005	Dyson Racing Team	MG-Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger	James Weaver	Rank 3
2006	Dyson Racing Team	Lola B06 / 10	Butch Leitzinger	James Weaver	Rank 5
2007	Dyson Racing Team	Porsche RS Spyder	Butch Leitzinger	Andy Lally	Rank 9
2010	Genoa Racing	Oreca FLM09	Tom Sutherland	JR Hildebrand	Rank 25

Web links

Commons : Andy Wallace  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Career statistics on driverdb.com
• Andy Wallace at Racing Sports Cars