Phil Bennett (racing driver)

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Phil Bennett pictured at the Drivers Parade for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours race. Phil Bennet (2009).jpg
Phil Bennett pictured at the Drivers Parade for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours race.

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2005, 2009
TeamsKruse Motorsport, Team Barazi-Epsilon
Best finish24th (2005)
Class wins0

Phil Bennett (born 6 October 1971 in Kingswinford) is a British auto racing driver.

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He started circuit racing in 1998 with a one make Rover 216GTi, racing in the BRSCC Super Coupe Cup - finishing 2nd. He then finished 3rd in the 1999 Renault Spider Cup. In 2001 he joined Team Egg Sport to race a Vauxhall Astra in the BTCC, in the first year of BTC-Touring regulations. Against a thin field he came 4th overall, behind only the other Vauxhalls of Jason Plato, Yvan Muller and James Thompson. For 2002 and 2003 he raced for Proton's unsuccessful factory team. He also made a one-off appearance in the RenaultSport Clio Trophy at Donington in 2002

In 2004 Bennett raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES) in a GTS Saleen S7-R, whilst 2005 he moved to sportscars and a Courage C-65 LMP2 machine, racing in the LMES, Le Mans 24hrs, Sebring 12hr (ALMS) and Petit Le Mans. In 2006 he won a V8Star race at Donington Park.

He has appeared on the TV show Faking It , helping a young man pretend to be a professional racing driver.

He is now a fully qualified flying instructor and owner of Silverstone-based Gyrocopter Flying Club. [1]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded (2001-2002 just for feature race, 2003 all races)

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Pen.PosPts
2001 egg:sport Vauxhall Astra Coupé T BRH
1

4
BRH
2

3*
THR
1

4
THR
2

3*
OUL
1

11
OUL
2

Ret
SIL
1

6
SIL
2

2
MON
1

15
MON
2

4
DON
1

4
DON
2

Ret
KNO
1

9
KNO
2

2*
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

6
CRO
1

19
CRO
2

Ret
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1

1
SIL
2

Ret*
DON
1

4
DON
2

Ret
BRH
1

6
BRH
2

1*
4th173
2002 Petronas Syntium Proton Proton Impian T BRH
1

11
BRH
2

6
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

DNS
THR
1

14
THR
2

Ret
SIL
1

7
SIL
2

13
MON
1

8
MON
2

9
CRO
1

12
CRO
2

8
SNE
1

8
SNE
2

18
KNO
1

Ret
KNO
2

DNS
BRH
1

7
BRH
2

12
DON
1

8
DON
2

9
-2516th9
2003 Petronas Syntium Proton Proton Impian T MON
1

Ret
MON
2

Ret
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

Ret
THR
1

14
THR
2

9
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

Ret
ROC
1

12
ROC
2

8
CRO
1

10
CRO
2

15
SNE
1

9
SNE
2

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

9
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

12
OUL
1

9
OUL
2

10
17th14

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2005 Flag of Germany.svg Kruse Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Mullen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Mitchell
Courage C65-Judd LMP226824th4th
2009 Flag of France.svg Barazi-Epsilon Flag of Denmark.svg Juan Barazi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Moseley
Zytek 07S/2LMP230628th4th

Britcar 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarCar No.ClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg KTF Group Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Dwyer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Finneran
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff
Chrysler Viper GTS-R 6GT3142DNFDNF
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wessex Vehicles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kelvin Burt
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Huff
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mustill
Aquila CR1 31178DNFDNF

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References

  1. "The Gyrocopter Experience - Silverstone". www.gyrocopterexperience.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016.