Robert Nearn

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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 ZealandNew Zealand New Hardware Racing Porsche 911 GT2 New ZealandNew Zealand Bill Farmer New ZealandNew Zealand Greg Murphy Rank 14
1997 GermanyGermany Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 AustriaAustria Franz Konrad ItalyItaly Mauro Baldi failure Suspension breakage
1998 GermanyGermany Roock Racing Porsche 993 GT2 GermanyGermany Claudia Huertgen FranceFrance Michel Ligonnet Rank 17
2004 GermanyGermany Freising Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 RSR RussiaRussia Nikolai Fomenko RussiaRussia Alexei Igorewitsch Wassiljew failure accident

Sebring results

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

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