Justin Bell

The Dodge Viper R / T10 of René Arnoux , Justin Bell and Bertrand Balas at the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans

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
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
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
1992	ADA engineering	Porsche 962	MON	SIL	LEM	DON	SUZ	LIKE
					12

Web links

Commons : Justin Bell  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Justin Bell at Racing Sports Cars