Oliver Gavin
Nation: | United Kingdom | ||||||||
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First race: | Hockenheimring I 1996 | ||||||||
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Podiums: | - | ||||||||
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Points: | 16 |
Oliver Benjamin Gavin (born September 29, 1972 in Huntingdon ) is a British automobile racing driver .
Career
Monoposto
Oliver Gavin, who like many other racing drivers started his career in karting , celebrated some successes in the monoposto , but is best known as a sports car driver. In 1990 he won the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. In 1995 the professional world first noticed him when he won the British Formula 3 Championship . He drove in 1996 in the ITC and later in Formula 3000 and was a test driver for the Pacific Formula 1 team for a while . Before Bernd Mayländer became involved , he drove the Formula 1 Safety Car from 1997 (since the Silverstone Grand Prix) to 1999 .
Sports car
Oliver Gavin is currently working for Chevrolet in the USCC (formerly ALMS ). He has competed 13 times at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001. He made his debut in this 24-hour race in 2001 at the wheel of a Saleen S7R , together with the Austrian Franz Konrad , who drives with a German license, and the American Terry Borcheller ; the trio reached the 26th place overall.
Gavin has been a works driver at Corvette Racing since 2002 and has been at the start at Le Mans on various GT racing car models of the Chevrolet Corvette ever since . In 2004, 2005 and 2006 he won the LM-GT1 class together with Olivier Beretta from Monegas and Jan Magnussen from Denmark . In 2006 he was fourth overall; only two Audi R10 TDIs and the Pescarolo C60 used by Henri Pescarolo were faster than the Corvette team at the time.
By the end of the 2016 season, the Briton had celebrated 3 overall and 49 class wins in GT and sports car races. This makes him one of the most successful GT drivers in motorsport history.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2001 | Saleen-Allen Speedlap | Saleen S7R | Franz Konrad | Terry Borcheller | Rank 26 | |
2002 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Johnny O'Connell | Ron Fellows | 11th place and class win | |
2003 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Kelly Collins | Andy Pilgrim | Rank 11 | |
2004 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Olivier Beretta | Jan Magnussen | Rank 6 and class win | |
2005 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Olivier Beretta | Jan Magnussen | 5th place and class win | |
2006 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Olivier Beretta | Jan Magnussen | 4th place and class win | |
2007 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Olivier Beretta | Massimiliano Papis | failure | malfunction |
2008 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Olivier Beretta | Massimiliano Papis | Rank 15 | |
2009 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Olivier Beretta | Marcel Fässler | failure | malfunction |
2010 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 | Olivier Beretta | Emmanuel Collard | failure | accident |
2011 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Richard Westbrook | Jan Magnussen | failure | accident |
2012 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Richard Westbrook | Tommy Milner | not classified | |
2013 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R-ZR1 | Richard Westbrook | Tommy Milner | Rank 23 | |
2014 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Richard Westbrook | Tommy Milner | Rank 18 | |
2015 | Corvette Racing GM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Jordan Taylor | Tommy Milner | 17th place and class win | |
2016 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Jordan Taylor | Tommy Milner | failure | |
2017 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Marcel Fässler | Tommy Milner | Rank 24 | |
2018 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Marcel Fässler | Tommy Milner | failure | malfunction |
2019 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Marcel Fässler | Tommy Milner | failure | accident |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2001 | Konrad Team Saleen | Saleen S7-R | Franz Konrad | Terry Borcheller | Rank 6 and class win | |
2002 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Johnny O'Connell | Ron Fellows | 9th place and class win | |
2003 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Kelly Collins | Andy Pilgrim | failure | Gearbox damage |
2004 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Jan Magnussen | Olivier Beretta | failure | Clutch damage |
2005 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Jan Magnussen | Olivier Beretta | Rank 6 | |
2006 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Jan Magnussen | Olivier Beretta | 3rd place and class win | |
2007 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Massimiliano Papis | Olivier Beretta | Rank 7 and class win | |
2008 | Chevrolet Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Massimiliano Papis | Olivier Beretta | Rank 10 | |
2009 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Marcel Fässler | Olivier Beretta | Rank 6 | |
2010 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Emmanuel Collard | Olivier Beretta | Rank 16 | |
2011 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 | Jan Magnussen | Richard Westbrook | Rank 14 | |
2012 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 | Tommy Milner | Richard Westbrook | Rank 20 | |
2013 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Tommy Milner | Richard Westbrook | 15th place and class win | |
2014 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Tommy Milner | Robin Liddell | Rank 17 | |
2015 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Tommy Milner | Simon Pagenaud | failure | malfunction |
2016 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Tommy Milner | Marcel Fässler | Rank 10 and class win | |
2017 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Tommy Milner | Marcel Fässler | failure | malfunction |
2018 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Tommy Milner | Marcel Fässler | Rank 15 | |
2019 | Corvette Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Tommy Milner | Marcel Fässler | Rank 18 |
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Gavin, Oliver |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gavin, Oliver Benjamin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 29th September 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Huntingdon |