Gijs van Lennep

Gijs Van Lennep, born March 16, 1942, was a Dutch journeyman racecar driver who gave a good account for himself in his four F1 drives. He drove for the Porsche sports car team from 1967 and won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1971 with Helmut Marko.

That year his sponsors hired a Surtees for him to make his F1 debut in his home GP where he finished 8th. The following year Van Lennep won the F5000 Championship in a Surtees and drove twice for the Williams GP team winning his only championship point with 6th place in the Austrian Grand Prix.

In 1973 he won the Targa Florio, with Herbert Müller, in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR.

He continued with sports car racing winning the Le Mans 24 Hours for a second time in 1976 with Jacky Ickx before retiring.

Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Team
1971	Surt	SAF	SPA	MON	DUT	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA					Surt
1973	Iso	ARG	BRA	SAF	SPA	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	DUT	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Iso
1974	Iso	ARG	BRA	SAF	SPA	BEL	MON	SWE	DUT	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	Iso
1975	Ensi	ARG	BRA	SAF	SPA	MON	BEL	SWE	DUT	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA		Ensi