Robert Nearn

Robert Nearn (born April 24, 1967 in London ) is a British racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Robert Nearn is the son of Graham Nearn , the founder of Caterham Cars . He competed in GT and sports car races from 1994 . He made his first appearance in an international race at the Daytona 24-hour race in 1994 , which he finished in 18th place overall. In 1996 he made his debut in a Porsche 911 GT2 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished the race in 14th place overall. In total, he competed four times in Le Mans and just as often in the 12-hour race at Sebring .

In 2010 he mainly drove in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and has been a regular starter in the Blancpain Endurance Series since 2012 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1996	New Hardware Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Bill Farmer	Greg Murphy	Rank 14
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Franz Konrad	Mauro Baldi	failure	Suspension breakage
1998	Roock Racing	Porsche 993 GT2	Claudia Huertgen	Michel Ligonnet	Rank 17
2004	Freising Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Nikolai Fomenko	Alexei Igorewitsch Wassiljew	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1997	Rohr Corp.	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Andy Pilgrim	Jochen Rohr	Rank 7
1998	Larry Schumacher	Porsche 911 GT2	Larry Schumacher	John O'Steen	Rank 9
1999	Schumacher Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Larry Schumacher	John O'Steen	failure	malfunction
2003	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Franz Konrad	Toni Seiler	Rank 28

Web links

• Robert Nearn at the Driver Database