Gabriele Gardel

Gabriele Gardel (born 22 October 1977 in Milan, Italy) is a Swiss racing driver. He is the 2005 FIA GT Champion.

Gabriele Gardel
Roland Berville and Gabriele Gardel Drivers of Larbre Competition's Saleen
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1977-10-22) 22 October 1977 (age 46) Milan, Italy
Blancpain Endurance Series career
Debut season	2012
Previous series
2003–05 2006–07, 2010	FIA GT Championship Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2005 2006	FIA GT Championship GT1 Le Mans Series GT1

Career

Complete chronology:^[1]

• 1995: Formula Ford, best finish: 4th.
• 1996: Italian F3, Italian runner, best driver under 21 (2 wins, 7 podiums).
• 1997: Italian F3, best finish: 6th.
• 1998: Italian F3, best finish: 5th.
• 1999: German F3, Junior Team Benetton, best finish: 4th.
• 2000–2002: Euroseries 3000, 8th absolute.
• 2003: 2003 FIA GT Championship season, N-GT class best finish: 3rd.
• 2004: 2004 FIA GT Championship season, vice world champion GT1 (2 wins, 7 podiums) with Ferrari Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello.
• 2005: 2005 FIA GT Championship season, GT1 World Champion (3 wins, 6 podiums) with Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello.
• 2006: 2006 Le Mans Series season, World Champion GT1 (2 wins, 3 podiums) with Aston Martin DBR9.
• 2007: 2007 Le Mans Series season, 4th absolute GT1 category (5 podiums) with Aston Martin DBR9.
• 2007: 24 Hours of Silverstone, 3rd absolute category GTR.
• 2008: Grand-Am, best finish: 6th and participation in the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona.
• 2009: Porsche Carrera Cup Italy.
• 2010: 2010 Le Mans Series season, LMS GT1 champion with Ford Saleen S7R.
• 2010: 24 Hours of Le Mans, GT1 winner with Saleen S7R with Ford.
• 2010: 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, Intercontinental Champion with Ford Saleen S7R in GT1 category.
• 2011: 24 Hours of Le Mans, winner of the GTE-am class with Corvette C6 – ZR1.
• 2011: 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup Intercontinental Champion category Gt-am with Corvette C6-ZR1.
• 2012: 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series season with Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar Racing and 2012 International GT Open season with Maserati MC3.
• 2013: 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series season with Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar Racing and 2013 Italian GT Championship season with Porsche.
• 2014: 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series season with Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar Racing. Trofeo Maserati, 4th absolute (2 wins, 6 podiums). NASCAR Whelen Euro Series 2 Elite 2 race winner at Le Mans.
• 2015: 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series season with Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar Racing.

Motorsport results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Blanchemain   Patrick Bornhauser	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	222	DNF	DNF
2010	Larbre Compétition	Roland Bervillé   Julien Canal	Saleen S7-R	GT1	331	13th	1st
2011	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser   Julien Canal	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	302	20th	1st
Sources:^[2]^[3]

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	NWES	Pts	Ref
2014	PK Carsport	11	Chevy	VAL	VAL	BRH	BRH	TOU	TOU	NÜR	NÜR	UMB	UMB	BUG 4	BUG 1	–	–	^[4]
2016	PK Carsport	24	Chevy	VAL 4	VAL 23	VEN 11	VEN 4	BRH 23	BRH 6	TOU 5	TOU 5	ADR 1	ADR 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 5	2nd	604	^[5]

References

1. "Human Resource".
2. "Gabriele Gardel Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
3. "Gabriele Gabriel". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
4. "Gabriele Gardel – 2014 Whelen Euro Elite 2 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
5. "Gabriele Gardel – 2016 Whelen Euro Elite 2 Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

External links

 

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• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Fabrizio Gollin Luca Cappellari	FIA GT Champion 2005	Succeeded by Andrea Bertolini Michael Bartels