Gijs van Lennep

Gijs van Lennep

Gijs van Lennep, 1971
Born	Gijsbert van Lennep 16 March 1942 Aerdenhout, Netherlands
Formula One World Championship career
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
Participating 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 Gaudin 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
	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

References

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

Sources

• Profile at www.grandprix.com