Gijsbert van Lennep (born 16 March 1942, in

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) is a Dutch

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who competed in eight

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races. However his main achievements were in

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. He is a member of the untitled

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Career

Van Lennep drove for the

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sportscar team beginning in 1967. He shared the number 22

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Porsche 917K with

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, winning the

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. They set a distance record, covering , which remained unbeaten until 2010. Also in 1971, the ''Stichting Autoraces Nederland'' (Foundation for Car races in the Netherlands) hired a

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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

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driving a Surtees TS11 and a

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.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pp.90-91 He also drove twice for the Williams GP team, earning his first World Championship point with sixth place in the

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. With

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, he scored a second point in the 1975 German Grand Prix, making him the fifth most successful Dutch Formula One driver behind

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, Carel Godin de Beaufort and Christijan Albers. In 1973, he won the last

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, sharing the Martini Porsche Carrera RSR with Herbert Müller. He continued with

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, sharing a Porsche 936 Turbo with

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to win Le Mans 24 for a second time in

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, before retiring from racing.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

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Complete European F5000 Championship results

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

References

Sources

Profile at www.grandprix.com
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