Gijs van Lennep

Gijs van Lennep

Nation:	Netherlands
Automobile world championship
First start:	Dutch Grand Prix 1971
Last start:	Grand Prix of Germany 1975
Constructors
1971 Stichting Autoraces Nederland · 1973–1974  Frank Williams Racing Cars  · 1975  HB Bewaking Team Ensign
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-19. ( 1973 , 1975 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 8th - - -
World Cup points :	2
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Jonkheer Gijsbert "Gijs" van Lennep (born March 16, 1942 in Aerdenhout ) is a former Dutch racing driver . He came from the Van Lennep family .

Career

Gijs van Lennep in the Porsche RSR Turbo at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1974

Gijs van Lennep in the Iso-Marlboro FW03 at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1974

The noble Jonkheer Gijsbert van Lennep drove his first race in 1958 in a VW . In the course of his career he came to Formula Vee as well as to Formula 3 with DAF and was later one of the fastest drivers in his country in the Porsche Carrera 6 . In 1970 he drove a Porsche 917 for the Finnish Wihuri team. In that year he also won the Porsche Cup as the best private Porsche driver. In 1971 he won together with the Austrian Helmut Marko in the 24-hour race at Le Mans , also in a Porsche 917. Up to 24-hour race in 2010 held Marko van Lennep and there the distance record. They drove 5335.313 km in 24 hours. In 2010 the victorious Audi R15 TDI driven by Mike Rockenfeller , Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas made it 75 kilometers. At the Targa Florio , he took second place. In 1973 he won this race together with Herbert Müller (Switzerland) in a Porsche Carrera RSR.

Apart from the brand world championship, van Lennep started in the Interseries .

Van Lennep made his Formula 1 debut at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1971 for the Stichting Autoraces Nederland team . This race remained his only start in the 1971 season . In 1973 and 1974 he competed a total of four times for the Frank Williams Racing Cars team , which fielded Iso Rivolta racing cars at that time , and three times for Ensign in the 1975 season . His best placings were a sixth place at the Grand Prix of the Netherlands in 1973 and at the Grand Prix of Germany in 1975 , so that he was able to achieve a total of two World Championship points in his Formula 1 career.

In 1972 van Lennep won the European Formula 5000 Championship .

Gijs van Lennep considered his greatest success to be the renewed victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976, this time together with Jacky Ickx in a Porsche 936 Spyder. In 1974 he was on the podium of the top three for the third time at Le Mans. With his partner Herbert Müller , he drove a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR to second place in the overall ranking. He reached fourth place for a year, again with the Swiss as a partner. 1972 was his blackest race on the Sarthe when his teammate Joakim Bonnier had a fatal accident in the night after a collision. At the end of 1976 he officially resigned from racing.

Gijsbert van Lennep has two brothers who were also automobile athletes, David van Lennep and Hugo van Lennep. Gerard van Lennep, a cousin, was primarily active as a rally driver , but was nevertheless the 1966 and 1967 Dutch national champion as a racing driver in the class up to 850 cc with a Steyr-Puch .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1970	AAW Racing with David Piper	Porsche 917K	David Piper				failure	accident
1971	Martini Racing Team	Porsche 917K	Helmut Marko				Overall victory
1972	Ecurie Bonnier Switzerland	Lola T280	Gérard Larrousse	Joakim Bonnier			failure	Fatal accident by Bonnier
1973	Martini Racing Team	Porsche Carrera RSR	Herbert Mueller				Rank 4
1974	Martini Racing Team	Porsche Carrera RSR	Herbert Mueller				Rank 2
1975	Gelo Racing Team	Porsche Carrera RSR	J. Fitzpatrick	M. Schurti	T. Hezemans	G. Loos	5th place and class win
1976	Martini Racing Porsche	Porsche 936	Jacky Ickx				Overall victory

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1967	Porsche car	Porsche 906	Udo Schütz	Rolf Stommelen	failure	accident
1970	Racing Team AAW	Porsche 908/02	Hans Laine		failure	malfunction
1972	Gulf Research Racing Company	Mirage M6	Derek Bell		failure	differential

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
1966	Racing Team Holland Ben Pon	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
							15th	7th				DNF			6th
1967	Porsche	Porsche 906 Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			DNF	DNF							3
1968	Ben Pon	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
					DNF	DNF
1969	SRT Holland Alpine Abarth	Abarth 2000S Alpine A220	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
					23			21st	39
1970	Racing Team AAW David Piper Martini Racing	Porsche 908 Porsche 917	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			DNF	DNF	4th	11	4th	5		DNF	9
1971	Martini Racing Autodelta J. W. Automotive	Porsche 917 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Porsche 908	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			DNF	DNF		9	DNF	DNF	2	3	1		2
1972	Gulf Racing Autodelta Ecurie Bonnier	Mirage M6 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Lola T280	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
					DNF	DNF		4th	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF
1973	Porsche	Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				8th	9	DNF	5	1	5	4th	8th
1974	Porsche	Porsche Carrera RSR	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
			5	3	6th	DNF	2	6th	2	7th	5
1975	Dannesberger Gelo Racing	Porsche 908	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
				3	9	DNF			DNF
1976	Kannacher Racing	Porsche 934	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
					5

Web links

Commons : Gijs van Lennep  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Gijs van Lennep at Racing Sports Cars