Steven Andskar

Steven Andskär, Bob Wollek and George Fouché's Toyota 94C-V at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

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
1989	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962C GTi	Damon Hill	David Hobbs	failure	Engine failure
1990	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 962C	George Fouché	Shunji Kasuya	Rank 13
1991	Courage Compétition	Porsche 962C	George Fouché		failure	Gearbox damage
1992	Greedy Trust Racing Team	Toyota 92C-V	George Fouché	Stefan Johansson	5th place and class win
1993	Nisso Trust Racing Team	Toyota 93C-V	George Fouché	Eje Elgh	Rank 6
1994	Nisso Trust Racing Team	Toyota 94C-V	George Fouché	Bob Wollek	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
1986	Auto Beaurex Motorsport	Tom's 85C	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
											DNF
1988	Auto Beaurex Motorsport	Toyota 87C-L	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
												DNF
1989	Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962	SUZ	DIJ	JAR	BRH	ONLY	DON	SPA	MEX
			13				11		DNF
1990	Brun Motorsport Kremer Racing Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962	SUZ	MON	SIL	SPA	DIJ	ONLY	DON	MOT	MEX
			7th		5	6th		DNF	11
1991	Courage Compétition	Porsche 962	SUZ	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	LIKE	MEX	AUT
			5			DNF				8th
1992	Greedy Trust Racing Team	Toyota 92C-V	MON	SIL	LEM	DON	SUZ	LIKE
					5

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

Commons : Steven Andskär  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Steven Andskär at the Driver Database
• Steven Andskär at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Japanese Sports Car Championship 1989