Robin Donovan

Robin Donovan

Robin Donovan (born December 19, 1955 ) is a retired British automobile racing driver .

Career

Donovan was primarily active in sports car racing and has competed 14 times in the Le Mans 24-hour race in his long career . He made his debut in 1986 for the small British Bartlett team, which ran a Bardon DB1 with a Cosworth V8 engine. Donovan's team was not rated because the distance was too short at the end of the race. He achieved his first place in 1988 when he finished 25th overall for the team of the Norwegian European Rallycross Champion Martin Schanche . In 1992 he was the Porsche 962 of Kremer Racing eleventh and 1994 he achieved his best result when he in Kremer K8 Spyder was the overall ranking sixth.

His last start at the Sarthe ended prematurely in 2001 in a Porsche 911 GT3 after an accident after 44 laps.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1986	John Bartlett Racing	Bardon DB1	Richard Jones	Nick Adams	not classified
1987	John Bartlett Racing	Bardon DB2	Tim Lee-Davey	Raymond Boutinaud	failure	Power transmission
1988	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Argo JM19C	Martin Schanche	Robin Smith	Rank 25
1989	Tiga Race Team	Tiga GC289	Max Cohen-Olivar	John Sheldon	failure	Power transmission
1990	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE90C	Philippe de Henning	Charles Zwolsman senior	failure	Engine failure
1991	Euro Racing Chamberlain	Spice SE89C	Richard Jones	Nick Adams	failure	Electrical damage
1992	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	Charles Rickett	Almo Coppelli	Rank 11
1993	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	Steve Fossett	Almo Coppelli	failure	Defect in the fuel pump
1994	Gulf Oil Racing	Kremer K8 Spyder	Derek Bell	Jürgen Lässig	Rank 6
1995	Augusta Racing Team	Callaway Super Naturel Corvette	Eugene O'Brien	Riccardo Agusta	Rank 11
1996	Ennea SRL Igol Ferrari Club Italia	Ferrari F40 GTE	Piero Nappi	Tetsuya Ota	failure	Engine failure
1998	Sociéte Labre Compétition	Porsche 911GT2	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Carl Rosenblad	failure	Power transmission
1999	Autoexe Motorsports	Autoexe LMP99	Yōjirō Terada	Franck Fréon	failure	Engine failure
2001	Racing engineering	Porsche 911GT3	Terry Lingner	Chris MacAllister	failure	Engine failure

Web links

Commons : Robin Donovan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Robin Donovan in the Driver Database