Gregor Fisken

Gregor Fisken at Vauxhall 30-98 2015 in Prescott

Roland Bervillé , Patrick Bornhauser and Gregor Fisken's Aston Martin DBR9 at the 2007 Le Mans 24-hour race

Gregor Fisken (born September 28, 1964 in Forfar ) is a British entrepreneur and former racing driver .

Entrepreneur

Gregor Fisken trained as a mechanic and in the early 1980s worked for Bunty Scott-Moncrieff, a well-known Scottish restorer and dealer of automobiles built before the Second World War . In the late 1980s he worked in sales for a historic vehicle dealer and founded his own company in 1996. Fiskens , based in the London borough of Kensington , sells exclusive and very expensive automobiles and racing vehicles.

Racing career

Gregor Fisken was active as a professional racing driver between 1998 and 2013. He began his career in the British GT championship and, from 2000, mainly competed in international sports car races such as the Daytona 24-hour race , the Sebring 12-hour race and the Le Mans 24-hour race . 2006 and 2007 were the two most intense seasons in sports car racing . In 2006 he was a member of the Courage racing team and, together with Jean-Marc Gounon and Alexander Frei, finished fifth overall in the 1000 km race in Donington . The following year he drove the Aston Martin DBR9 of Larbre Compétition in the European Le Mans Series . The best result of the season was sixth place in the Mil Milhas Brasileiras .

He contested the Le Mans 24-hour race four times. In 2004 he made his debut and achieved 18th place in the end, his best result in this 24-hour race . He also achieved this placement in 2004 in Sebring.

Even during his time as a professional racing driver, which lasted until the end of the 2013 season, Fisken competed in races with historic racing vehicles and is still active in this form of motorsport.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2004	The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Lars-Erik Nielsen	Ian Donaldson	Rank 18
2005	Intersport Racing	Lola B05 / 40	Liz Halliday	Sam Hancock	failure	malfunction
2006	Courage Compétition	Courage LC70	Alexander Frei	Sam Hancock	failure	Engine failure
2007	Aston Martin Racing Larbre	Aston Martin DBR9	Roland Bervillé	Patrick Bornhauser	Rank 29

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2003	PK Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Ian Donaldson	Bart Hayden	Rank 29
2004	New Century Mortgage Racers Group	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Ian Donaldson	Piers Masarati	Rank 18
2005	Telessis Intersport Racing	Lola B05 / 40	Jon Field	Duncan Dayton	failure	Gearbox damage
2006	Highcroft Racing	MG-Lola EX257	Rick knoop	Duncan Dayton	failure	mechanics

Web links

Commons : Gregor Fisken  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Fiskens website
• Gregor Fiskens at the Driver Database
• Gregor Fisken at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Donington 1000km race in 2006
2. ↑ 1000 Mile Race of Brazil 2007