Justin Bell
Justin Bell (born February 23, 1968 in Rustington ) is a former British automobile racing driver and son of five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell .
Career
Justin Bell primarily competes in sports car races. In 1992 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Together with his father Derek Bell and Tiff Needell , he drove a Porsche 962C GTI . The trio reached twelfth overall. He achieved his best race on the Sarthe in 1995 when he again drove a McLaren F1 GTR with his father and British Andy Wallace . The team was always at the top of the race for 17 hours, but had to be content with third place overall at the finish.
In 1996 he tried unsuccessfully to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 mile race . In 1997 he won the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship on a Chrysler Viper GTS-R of ORECA . In recent years he has competed regularly in the Grand American Road Racing Championship .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1992 | ADA engineering | Porsche 962C GTI | Derek Bell | Tiff Needell | Rank 12 | |
1994 | Rent a Car Racing Team | Dodge Viper R / T10 | René Arnoux | Bertrand Balas | Rank 12 | |
1995 | Harrods Mach One Racing | McLaren F1 GTR | Derek Bell | Andy Wallace | Rank 3 | |
1996 | Société Viper Team ORECA | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Dominique Dupuy | Perry McCarthy | failure | Engine failure |
1997 | Société Viper Team ORECA | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Pierre Yver | John Morton | Rank 14 | |
1998 | Société Viper Team ORECA | Chrysler Viper GTS R | David Donohue | Luca Drudi | 11th place and class win | |
1999 | Viper Team ORECA | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Tommy Archer | Marc Duez | Rank 12 | |
2000 | Corvette Racing Garry Pratt | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Ron Fellows | Chris Kneifel | Rank 11 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1993 | Champion Porsche | Porsche 911 Carrera 2 | Mike Peters | Oliver Kuttner | Rank 21 | |
1996 | Auto toy store | Spice HC94 | Morris Shirazi | Gustl Spreng | Rank 13 | |
2000 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Ron Fellows | Chris Kneifel | failure | Valve damage |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th |
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1992 | ADA engineering | Porsche 962 | MON | SIL | LEM | DON | SUZ | LIKE |
12 |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bell, Justin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rustington |