Steven Andskar
Steven Andskär (born October 30, 1964 in Stockholm ) is a former Swedish racing driver .
Career
After starting out in karting , Andskär began monoposto racing in the mid-1980s . In 1984 he finished fifth overall in the Swedish Formula 3 Championship and a year later he won the overall ranking of the Nordic Formula 3 Championship. After he failed to gain a foothold in Formula 3000 at the end of the 1980s , he concentrated entirely on a career in sports cars from 1989 onwards .
He had already competed sporadically in the Japanese sports car championship since 1986 , where in 1989 he was able to celebrate his best international result to date in a Porsche 962C GTi from Trust Racing behind compatriot Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi with third place in the championship.
He competed six times in the Le Mans 24-hour race , with fourth place in 1994 as the best result. Andskär drove until 1998 when he retired from racing.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1989 |
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Porsche 962C GTi |
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failure | Engine failure |
1990 |
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Porsche 962C |
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Rank 13 | |
1991 |
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Porsche 962C |
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failure | Gearbox damage | |
1992 |
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Toyota 92C-V |
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5th place and class win | |
1993 |
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Toyota 93C-V |
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Rank 6 | |
1994 |
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Toyota 94C-V |
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Rank 4 |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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1986 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Tom's 85C |
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1988 | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Toyota 87C-L |
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1989 | Lloyd Racing | Porsche 962 |
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1990 |
Brun Motorsport Kremer Racing Lloyd Racing |
Porsche 962 |
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7th | 5 | 6th | DNF | 11 | |||||||||
1991 | Courage Compétition | Porsche 962 |
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5 | DNF | 8th | |||||||||||
1992 | Greedy Trust Racing Team | Toyota 92C-V |
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literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. 2 volumes. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Andskar, Steven |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |