Andy Wallace (racing driver)

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

Sebring results

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

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