Phil Bennett (racing driver)

Phil Bennett (right) at Le Mans in 2009

Philip "Phil" Bennett (born October 6, 1971 in Kingswinford ) is a former British racing driver .

Racing career

After his early years in monoposto racing, Phil Bennett was mainly active in the British Touring Car Championship in the 2000s . In 2001 he drove a Vauxhall Astra Coupé and finished fourth in the championship behind Jason Plato , Yvan Muller and James Thompson . He could not match this good result in the following seasons.

In 2005 he got into sports car racing . He made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and competed in the European and American Le Mans Series . In 2005 he finished the Le Mans Series season in fourth in the LMP2 class.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2005	Kruse Motorsport	Courage C65	Tim Mullen	Ian Mitchell	Rank 24
2009	Barazi epsilon	Zytek 07S / 2	Juan Barazi	Stuart Moseley	Rank 28

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2005	Kruse Motorsport	Courage C65	Harold Primate	Ian Mitchell	failure	Engine failure

Web links

Commons : Phil Bennett  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Phil Bennett at the Driver Database
• Phil Bennett at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ British Touring Car Championship 2001
2. ↑ Le Mans Series 2005