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Encyclopedia > Bertrand Gachot
Bertrand Gachot
Nationality French
Active years 1989 - 1992, 1994 - 1995
Team(s) Onyx, Rial, Coloni, Jordan, Larrousse, Pacific
Race starts 84
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First Grand Prix 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix
First win
Last win
Last Grand Prix 1995 Australian Grand Prix
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Bertrand Gachot (born December 23, 1962 in Luxembourg) is a French former Formula One driver. Onyx was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... Rial (ريال in Arabic, ریال in Persian) is the title of the official currency of Iran, Oman, and Yemen. ... Coloni (Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems) is an Italian Formula One racing car constructor. ... The Larrousse-Calmels Formula One team was founded in 1987 by Didier Calmels and former racer Gérard Larrousse. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... The FIA has awarded the Formula One World Drivers Championship (abbr. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Results from the 1989 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix held at Jacarepagua on March 26, 1989 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Riccardo Patrese 132. ... The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil) is a Formula One championship race which occurs at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos, Brazil. ... Results from the 1995 Formula One Australian Grand Prix held at Adelaide on November 12, 1995 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Damon Hill 1m 17. ... The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park as part of the annual Formula One championship season. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Main Article: History of Formula One See List of Formula One Grands Prix for results from past seasons and individual races. ...


Gachot was the son of a French European Commission official. He began karting at the relatively old age of 15. In 1983, he attended the famous French university Winfield School. He dropped out after a year to begin his racing career, competing first in the Formula Ford 1600 series. By 1986, he had won the British Formula Ford championship. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 1987, Gachot joined the British Formula 3 series, finishing second in the championship for the West Surrey Racing team. In 1988, he switched to the Formula 3000 series, but met with limited success. In 1989, he entered the storied world of Formula One, driving for the newly-formed (and short-lived) Onyx team. After making controversial statements detrimental to the team, though, Gachot lost his race seat, switching in 1990 to the Subaru-powered Coloni team. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Onyx was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Subaru (In katakana: スバル), a Japanese car company, is a subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries. ...


In 1991, he joined the Jordan Grand Prix racing team, helping them to fifth in the constructor championship. However, his season was cut short by a six-month prison stint, received for spraying CS gas into a London taxicab driver's face after a traffic altercation. (His race seat was filled, momentarily at least, by then-unknown Michael Schumacher, who was just making his F1 debut). 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jordan Grand Prix is a Formula One constructor that debuted in 1991. ... The FIA has awarded the Formula One World Drivers Championship (abbr. ... In an organized sport league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. ... chemical structure of CS gas CS gas (commonly called tear gas), or ortho-chloro-benzal malonitrile, is a usually non-lethal riot control agent. ... St. ... A taxicab (sometimes called taxi, cab, or hack) is a vehicle for hire which conveys passengers between locations of their choice. ... This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. ... Michael Schumacher (born January 3, 1969) is a German Formula One (F1) driver. ...


Gachot spent the next several years racing in various formulae, not lasting long with any team. The high point of Gachot's career is winning the renowned 24 hours of Le Mans sports car race in 1991 (with co-drivers Johnny Herbert and Volker Weidler). In later years, Gachot's career included marketing "Hype", a high-energy beverage, as well as running an F1 website. 1952 Le Mans race, depicted on cover of Auto Sport Review magazine 24 hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is the most famous sports car endurance race held at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with purpose-built cars that nevertheless have enclosed wheel wells and often have closed cockpits. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnny Herbert driving for the Benetton Formula One team in 1995 John Paul Herbert (born June 25, 1964, Brentwood, England) was regarded by many as one of Grand Prix Racings lost talents. ... Volker Weidler was a professional racing driver from Germany best known for winning the historic 24 hours of Le Mans. ... Traditionally, Marketing is the process or act of bringing together buyers and sellers. ... The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ...


Gachot competed in a total of 47 grand prix for eight different teams. He never won a race, but he did score five championship points during his F1 career, and even recorded the fastest lap of the 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix for Jordan. Results from the 1991 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix held at Hungaroring on August 11, 1991 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Bertrand Gachot 121. ...


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 16 17 Team
1989 Onyx BRA SAN MON MEX USA CAN FRA GBR DEU HUN BEL ITA POR SPA JPN AUS   Rial
1990 Colo USA BRA SAN MON CAN MEX FRA GBR DEU HUN BEL ITA POR SPA JPN AUS   Colo
1991 Jord USA BRA SAN MON CAN MEX FRA GBR DEU HUN BEL ITA POR SPA JPN AUS   Jord
1992 Larr SAF MEX BRA SPA SAN MON CAN FRA GBR DEU HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS   Larr
1994 Paci BRA PAC SAN MON SPA CAN FRA GBR DEU HUN BEL ITA POR EUR JPN AUS   Paci
1995 Paci BRA ARG SAN SPA MON CAN FRA GBR DEU HUN BEL ITA POR EUR PAC JPN AUS Paci

  Results from FactBites:
 
F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Bertrand Gachot (487 words)
The son of a French European Commission official, Gachot was born in Luxembourg.
In 1987 Gachot moved to the British F3 Championship driving for the highly-successful West Surrey Racing team and finished runner-up to Johnny Herbert.
After his release Gachot tried to rebuild his F1 career with the Larrousse team but the cars were not competitive and his only result was sixth at Monaco in 1992.
Bertrand Gachot - Biocrawler (342 words)
Bertrand Gachot (born December 23, 1962 in Luxembourg) is a Belgian former Formula One driver.
Gachot was the son of a French European Commission official.
The high point of Gachot's career is winning the renouned 24 hours of Le Mans sports car race in 1991 (with co-drivers Johnny Herbert and Volker Weidler).
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