Mitchell Gilbert

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Mitchell Gilbert
Nationality Australia Australian
Born (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team Carlin
Car no. 3
Starts 26
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 22nd in 2015
Previous series
2013-14
2012
2011
2011
FIA European F3 Championship
ATS F3 Cup
Formula Renault UK
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Mitchell Gilbert (born 10 May 1994) is an Australian racing driver.

Career

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Gilbert began his racing career in 2002 in karting, where he was active until 2010. In 2009 he finished third in the KF2 - class of the CIK-FIA World Cup.

At the end of 2010 Gilbert debuted in Formula Racing in the winter championship of the British Formula Renault Championship for Fortec Motorsport. While his teammate Alex Lynn was champion in this class, Gilbert was tenth, with a best result of third place. In 2011 he made his debut in the main championship of British Formula Renault. While his teammates Alex Lynn and Oliver Rowland ended the season first and second, respectively, Gilbert was fifth in the championship, including a victory at Croft . In 2011, he participated in three race weekends of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for Fortec.

In 2012 Gilbert made his debut in Formula 3 in the German Formula 3 Championship for the team Performance Racing. With two victories on the TT Circuit Assen and Lausitzring, he finished fourth in the championship behind Jimmy Eriksson, Lucas Auer and Kimiya Sato. At the end of the season he also took part in the Macau Grand Prix for Mücke Motorsport, where he finished eighteenth.

In 2013 Gilbert stepped over to the new FIA European Formula Three Championship, where he also drove for Mücke Motorsport. Only at the Nurburgring and Circuit Park Zandvoort did he manage to score points, with a best result of eighth at the Nurburgring, he finished 23rd in the championship with ten points.

In 2014 Gilbert moved to Fortec Motorsports in European Formula Three. He also made his debut in the GP3 Series during the race weekend at Silverstone, where he replaced Denis Nagulin at the team Trident.

In 2015, Gilbert will remain in GP3, switching to Carlin Motorsport.

Racing record

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2011 Formula Renault UK Fortec Motorsports 18 1 0 0 4 317 5th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsports 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Tech 1 Racing
2012 German Formula Three Performance Racing 27 2 2 4 10 277 4th
2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Mücke Motorsport 30 0 0 0 0 10 23rd
2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Fortec Motorsports 18 0 0 0 0 28 16th
GP3 Series Trident Racing 8 0 0 1 0 0 26th
2015 GP3 Series Carlin 16 0 0 0 0 1 22nd

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2014 Trident ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
AUT
FEA
AUT
SPR
GBR
FEA

DNS
GBR
SPR

DNS
GER
FEA

14
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

20
HUN
SPR

24
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
ITA
FEA

18
ITA
SPR

20
RUS
FEA

20
RUS
SPR

14
ABU
FEA
ABU
SPR
26th 0
2015 Carlin ESP
FEA

22†
ESP
SPR

22
AUT
FEA

Ret
AUT
SPR

11
GBR
FEA

21
GBR
SPR

21
HUN
FEA

11
HUN
SPR

10
BEL
FEA

11
BEL
SPR

11
ITA
FEA

10
ITA
SPR

9
RUS
FEA

12
RUS
SPR

15
BHR
FEA

15
BHR
SPR

11
ABU
FEA

14
ABU
SPR

17
22nd 1

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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