Gary Formato

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The Courage C60 that Gary Formato drove during the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Philipe Gache and Didier Cottaz. Courage C60 - Philippe gache, Didier Cottaz & Gary Formato heads for Dunlop Chicane at the 2000 Le Mans (52533486046).jpg
The Courage C60 that Gary Formato drove during the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Philipe Gache and Didier Cottaz.

Gary Formato (born 19 November 1974) [1] is a South African former racing driver and current director and co-founder of the Sasol GTC Championship, alongside Vic Maharaj.

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He is most notable for his 4 wins in the FIA Sportscar Championship and European Le Mans Series between 1998 and 2001. [2] Gary also competed in the 1995 International Formula 3000 Championship for the Durango team, starting all eight races but scoring no points. [3] Formato also started the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times between 1999 and 2001 but did not finish a race.[ citation needed ]

Sportscar career

1998

Formato drove the #19 Solution F Riley & Scott MKIII, [4] getting a 3rd place during the first round in Barcelona behind two Ferrari 333 SPs [5] and a win during the season finale in Kyalami, where he and teammate Jerome Policand beat the #61 Dyson Racing of James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger in second place, and the #60 Risi Competitzione of Eric van de Poele and Wayne Taylor in third. [6]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class

Pos.

1999 Flag of France.svg Riley & Scott Europe Flag of France.svg Philippe Gache
Flag of France.svg Olivier Thévenin
Riley & Scott MKIII-Ford LMP24DNFDNF
2000 Flag of France.svg SMG Compétition Flag of France.svg Didier Cottaz
Flag of France.svg Philippe Gache
Courage C60-Judd LMP900219DNFDNF
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Davies
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Panoz LMP07-Élan LMP90086DNFDNF
Sources: [7] [8] [9]

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References

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