Gijs van Lennep

Gijs van Lennep
Formula One World Championship career
Gijs van Lennep, 1971
Born	Gijsbert van Lennep (1942-03-16) 16 March 1942 Aerdenhout, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Active years	1971, 1973 – 1975
Teams	S.A.N, Williams, Ensign
Entries	10 (8 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	2
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1971 Dutch Grand Prix
Last entry	1975 German Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1970 - 1976
Teams	David Piper Autorace, Martini Racing Team, Ecurie Bonnier Switzerland, Gelo Racing Team
Best finish	1st (1971, 1976)
Class wins	3 (1971, 1975, 1976)

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 Dutch nobility with the title 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.

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	Points
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
1971	Team Surtees	Surtees TS9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8											USA DNS					NC	0
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
1975	HB Bewaking Team Ensign	Ensign N175	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8									FRA 15	GBR	GER 6	AUT	ITA	USA		19th	1

References

↑ Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pp.90-91

Sources

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Hans Herrmann Richard Attwood	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1971 with: Helmut Marko	Succeeded by Henri Pescarolo Graham Hill
Preceded by Frank Gardner	European Formula 5000 Champion 1972	Succeeded by Teddy Pilette
Preceded by Jacky Ickx Derek Bell	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1976 with: Jacky Ickx	Succeeded by Jacky Ickx Hurley Haywood Jürgen Barth

Winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Nine-time	Tom Kristensen
Six-time	Jacky Ickx
Five-time	Derek Bell Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro
Four-time	Yannick Dalmas Olivier Gendebien Henri Pescarolo
Three-time	Woolf Barnato Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Marcel Fässler Hurley Haywood Phil Hill Al Holbert André Lotterer Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Benoît Tréluyer Marco Werner
Two-time	Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard Tim Birkin Ivor Bueb Romain Dumas Ron Flockhart Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gérard Larrousse JJ Lehto Manuel Reuter André Rossignol Raymond Sommer Hans-Joachim Stuck Gijs van Lennep Jean-Pierre Wimille Alexander Wurz
One-time	Aïello Alboreto Amon Ara Attwood Baldi Bandini Barilla Barth Benjafield Benoist Bianchi Bloch Blundell Bouchut D. Brabham G. Brabham Brundle Chaboud Clement Cobb Davis de Courcelles Dickens Duff Dumfries Duval Étancelin Fontés Foyt Frère Gachot Gené González Gregory Guichet Gurney Hamilton Hartley Hawthorn Hélary Herbert Herrmann G. Hill Hindmarsh Howe Hülkenberg Jani Johansson Jones Kidston Krages Lagache Lammers Lang Léonard Lieb Marko Martini Mass McLaren Mitchell-Thomson Nielsen Nuvolari Oliver Ortelli Pironi Riess Rindt Rockenfeller Rodríguez Rolt Rondeau J. Rosier L. Rosier Rubin Salvadori Sanderson Scarfiotti Schuppan Sekiya Shelby Smith Tandy Trémoulet Trintignant Vaccarella Veyron Walker Wallace Warwick Weidler Whitehead B. Whittington D. Whittington Winkelhock

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