Mitchell Gilbert (born 10 May 1995) is a Malaysian-Australian racing driver. He has participated under both nationalities at various points in his career.

Career

Born in

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, Gilbert began his

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career in 2002 in karting, where he was active until 2010. In 2009 he finished third in the KF2 - class of the CIK-FIA World Cup. At the end of 2010 Gilbert debuted in

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in the winter championship of the

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for Fortec Motorsport, under an Australian licence. While his teammate

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was champion in this class, Gilbert was tenth, with a best result of third place. In 2011 he made his debut in the main championship of British Formula Renault. While his teammates Lynn and

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ended the season first and second, respectively, Gilbert was fifth in the championship, including a victory at Croft. In 2011, he participated in three race weekends of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for Fortec. In 2012 Gilbert made his debut in

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in the German Formula 3 Championship for Performance Racing. With two victories on the

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and

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, he finished fourth in the championship behind Jimmy Eriksson, Lucas Auer and Kimiya Sato. At the end of the season he also took part in the

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for Mücke Motorsport, where he finished eighteenth. In

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Gilbert stepped up to the FIA European Formula Three Championship, where he also drove for Mücke. Only at the

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and Circuit Park Zandvoort did he manage to score points, with a best result of eighth at the

, and finished 23rd in the championship with ten points. In

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Gilbert moved to Fortec Motorsport, contesting the first six rounds and finishing 16th in the standings with four points finishes. In 2014, Gilbert made his debut in the

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, where he replaced Denis Nagulin at

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. He competed in five rounds and was replaced twice with Luca Ghiotto and Patrick Kujala having failed to score a point. Gilbert remained in GP3 in 2015, switching to Carlin Motorsport. He netted a sole point at

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in his only full season and was dropped at seasons' end. From 2016, Gilbert switched to GT racing and began competing with a Malaysian licence. He finished third in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, before moving into GT3 with Audi in 2017. Gilbert left the GT racing scene at the end of 2018, and now runs his fathers' furniture business in

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whilst sporadically competing in the Indian Racing League.

Racing record

Career summary

‡ Team standings.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

( key) ^† Guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete GP3 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Indian Racing League results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ‡ Standings based on entry points, not individual drivers.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Mitchell 1994 births Living people Racing drivers from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian people of Australian descent Malaysian racing drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Australian GP3 Series drivers Carlin racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers Australian racing drivers Tech 1 Racing drivers Performance Racing drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers Trident Racing drivers W Racing Team drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Saintéloc Racing drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Asia drivers Indian Racing League drivers