Gijs van Lennep

Template:Pre-nominal styles Gijsbert "Gijs" van Lennep (Template:IPA; born 16 March 1942) is a Dutch 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.

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 Template:Convert, 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.<ref name=Kopfler>Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pp.90-91</ref> 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	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1970	Template:Flagicon A.A.W. Racing Team	Template:Flagicon David Piper	Porsche 917K	S 5.0	112	DNF	DNF
1971	Template:Flagicon Martini International Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Helmut Marko	Porsche 917K	S 5.0	397	1st	1st
1972	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Bonnier Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse	Lola T280-Ford Cosworth	S 3.0	213	DNF	DNF
1973	Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Herbert Müller	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	S 3.0	328	4th	4th
1974	Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Herbert Müller	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo	S 3.0	331	2nd	2nd
1975	Template:Flagicon Gelo Racing Team	Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Template:Flagicon Manfred Schurti Template:Flagicon Toine Hezemans	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	GTS	315	5th	1st
1976	Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Porsche System	Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936	S 3.0	349	1st	1st
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

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

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1972	Speed International Racing	Surtees TS11	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH Template:Small	MAL	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	NIV Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small		BRH Template:Small				1st	65
		McLaren M18	Chevrolet 5.0 V8													OUL Template:Small
1973	ShellSPORT Luxembourg	Lola T330	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH Template:Small	MAL	SIL Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	OUL	MAL Template:Small	MIS	MAL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	OUL	JYL Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	10th	59

References

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Sources

• Profile at www.grandprix.com