Gabriele Gardel

Gabriele Gardel
Gabriele Gardel
Nationality	Swiss
Born	22 October 1977 (age 46); Milan (Italy)
Blancpain Endurance Series career
Debut season	2012
Previous series
2003-05; 2006-07, 2010	FIA GT Championship; Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2005; 2006	FIA GT Championship GT1; Le Mans Series GT1

Gabriele Gardel (born 22 October 1977 in Milan, Italy) is a Swiss racing driver. He is the 2005 FIA GT Champion.

Career

Complete chronology:^[1]

1995: Formula Ford, best finish: 4th.
1996: Italian F3, Italian runner, best driver under 21 (2 wins, 7 podiums).
1997: Italian F3, best finish: 6th.
1998: Italian F3, best finish: 5th.
1999: German F3, Junior Team Benetton, best finish: 4th.
2000-2002: Euroseries 3000, 8th absolute.
2003: 2003 FIA GT Championship season, N-GT class best finish: 3rd.
2004: 2004 FIA GT Championship season, vice world champion GT1 (2 wins, 7 podiums) with Ferrari Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello.
2005: 2005 FIA GT Championship season, GT1 World Champion (3 wins, 6 podiums) with Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello.
2006: 2006 Le Mans Series season, World Champion GT1 (2 wins, 3 podiums) with Aston Martin DBR9.
2007: 2007 Le Mans Series season, 4th absolute GT1 category (5 podiums) with Aston Martin DBR9.
2007: 24 Hours of Silverstone, 3rd absolute category GTR.
2008: Grand-Am, best finish: 6th and participation in the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona.
2009: Porsche Carrera Cup Italy.
2010: 2010 Le Mans Series season, LMS GT1 champion with Ford Saleen S7R.
2010: 24 Hours of Le Mans, GT1 winner with Saleen S7R with Ford.
2010: 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, Intercontinental Champion with Ford Saleen S7R in GT1 category.
2011: 24 Hours of Le Mans, winner of the GTE-am class with Corvette C6 - ZR1.
2011: 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup Intercontinental Champion category Gt-am with Corvette C6-ZR1.
2012: 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series season with Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar Racing and 2012 International GT Open season with Maserati MC3.
2013: 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series season with Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar Racing and 2013 Italian GT Championship season with Porsche.
2014: 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series season with Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar Racing. Trofeo Maserati, 4th absolute (2 wins, 6 podiums). NASCAR Whelen Euro Series 2 Elite 2 race winner at Le Mans.
2015: 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series season with Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar Racing.

Motorsport results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrick Bornhauser	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	222	DNF	DNF
2010	Larbre Compétition	Roland Bervillé Julien Canal	Saleen S7-R	GT1	331	13th	1st
2011	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	302	20th	1st

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)