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Gijs van Lennep
Gijs van Lennep, 1971
BornGijsbert van Lennep
(1942-03-16) 16 March 1942 (age 82)
Aerdenhout, Netherlands
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Active years1971, 1973 – 1975
TeamsS.A.N, Williams, Ensign
Entries10 (8 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points2
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1971 Dutch Grand Prix
Last entry1975 German Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1970 - 1976
TeamsDavid Piper Autorace, Martini Racing Team, Ecurie Bonnier Switzerland, Gelo Racing Team
Best finish1st (1971, 1976)
Class wins3 (1971, 1975, 1976)

Jonkheer Gijsbert van Lennep (born 16 March 1942, in Aerdenhout, North Holland) is a Dutch esquire and former racing driver who competed in eight Formula One races. However his main achievements were in sports car racing. He is a member of the untitled Dutch nobility with the honorific, Jonkheer.

Career

Gijs van Lennep in his Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo during the 1000 km of Nürburgring in 1974.

Van Lennep drove for the Porsche sportscar team beginning in 1967. He shared the number 22 Martini Racing Porsche 917K with Helmut Marko, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1971. They set a distance record, covering 5,335 km (3,315 mi), which remained unbeaten until 2010.

Also in 1971, the Stichting Autoraces Nederland (Foundation for Car races in the Netherlands) hired a Surtees TS7 for him to make his F1 debut in his home GP where he finished a creditable eighth in a very wet GP. The following year Van Lennep won the 1972 Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship driving a Surtees TS11 and a McLaren M18.[1] He also drove twice for the Williams GP team, earning his first World Championship point with sixth place in the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix. With Ensign, he scored a second point in the 1975 German Grand Prix, making him the fifth most successful Dutch Formula One driver behind Max Verstappen, Jos Verstappen, Carel Godin de Beaufort and Christijan Albers.

In 1973, he won the last Targa Florio, sharing the Martini Porsche Carrera RSR with Herbert Müller. He continued with sportscar racing, sharing a Porsche 936 Turbo with Jacky Ickx to win Le Mans 24 for a second time in 1976, before retiring from racing.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1970 Finland A.A.W. Racing Team United Kingdom David Piper Porsche 917K S
5.0 		112 DNF DNF
1971 Germany Martini International Racing Team Austria Helmut Marko Porsche 917K S
5.0 		397 1st 1st
1972 Switzerland Ecurie Bonnier Switzerland Sweden Jo Bonnier
France Gérard Larrousse 		Lola T280-Ford Cosworth S
3.0 		213 DNF DNF
1973 Germany Martini Racing Team Switzerland Herbert Müller Porsche 911 Carrera RSR S
3.0 		328 4th 4th
1974 Germany Martini Racing Team Switzerland Herbert Müller Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo S
3.0 		331 2nd 2nd
1975 Germany Gelo Racing Team United Kingdom John Fitzpatrick
Liechtenstein Manfred Schurti
Netherlands Toine Hezemans 		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GTS 315 5th 1st
1976 Germany Martini Racing Porsche System Belgium Jacky Ickx Porsche 936 S
3.0 		349 1st 1st
Source:[2]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Pts
1971 Stichting Autoraces Nederland Surtees TS7 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA ESP MON NED
8 		FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN NC 0
Team Surtees Surtees TS9 USA
DNS
1973 Frank Williams Racing Cars Iso-Marlboro IR Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR NED
6 		GER AUT
9 		ITA
Ret 		CAN USA 19th 1
1974 Frank Williams Racing Cars Iso-Marlboro FW Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL
14 		MON SWE NED
DNQ 		FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA NC 0
1975 HB Bewaking Team Ensign Ensign N174 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED
10 		19th 1
Ensign N175 FRA
15 		GBR GER
6 		AUT ITA USA

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6
1972 Speed International Surtees TS11 (F5000) Chevrolet 5.0 V8 ROC
Ret 		BRA INT
9 		OUL
Ret 		REP VIC
Ret
1973 ShellSPORT Luxembourg Lola T330 (F5000) Chevrolet 5.0 V8 ROC
12 		INT
7

Complete European F5000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos. Pts
1972 Speed International Racing Surtees TS11 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 BRH
3 		MAL SNE
1 		BRH
3 		NIV
5 		SIL
3 		MON
2 		OUL
7 		MAL
2 		BRH
2 		SIL
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
4 		1st 65
McLaren M18 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 OUL
4
1973 ShellSPORT Luxembourg Lola T330 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 BRH
6 		MAL SIL
11 		SNE
2 		BRH
12 		OUL MAL
7 		MIS MAL
5 		MON
3 		SIL
C 		BRH
9 		OUL JYL
3 		ZAN
Ret 		SNE
DNS 		BRH
11 		10th 59

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pp.90-91
  2. ^ "All Results of Gijs van Lennep". RacingSportCars. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1971 with:
Helmut Marko 		Succeeded by
Preceded by European Formula 5000 Champion
1972 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1976 with:
Jacky Ickx 		Succeeded by
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