Mitchell Gilbert

Mitchell Gilbert (born 10 May 1995) is a Malaysian-Australian racing driver. He has participated under both nationalities at various points in his career.

Mitchell Gilbert
Nationality Australian
 Malaysian
via dual nationality
Born (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
GP3 Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamCarlin
Car number88
Starts73
Wins25
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish22nd in 2015
Previous series
2013-14
2012
2011
2011
FIA European F3 Championship
ATS F3 Cup
Formula Renault UK
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

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, under an Australian licence. 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. He netted a sole point in his only full season and was dropped by Carlin at seasons' end.

From 2016, Gilbert switched to GT racing and began competing with a Malaysian licence. He finished third in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, before moving into GT3 with Audi in 2017.

Racing record

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2011 Formula Renault UK Fortec Motorsports 18 1 0 10 4 317 5th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Tech 1 Racing 2 0 0 0 0
2012 German Formula 3 Championship Performance Racing 27 2 2 4 10 277 4th
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Mücke Motorsport 30 0 0 0 0 10 23rd
2014 FIA Formula 3 European 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
2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Absolute Racing 12 2 0 1 2 173 3rd
2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia OD Racing Team 12 3 2 0 8 160 2nd
Blancpain GT Series Asia - Silver 12 4 3 4 9 188 2nd
2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia OD Racing Team WRT 12 0 0 0 0 40 18th
Blancpain GT Series Asia - Silver 12 0 0 0 0 82 10th

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2013 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

Ret
MNZ
3

23
SIL
1

15
SIL
2

14
SIL
3

Ret
HOC
1

17
HOC
2

15
HOC
3

18
BRH
1

20
BRH
2

19
BRH
3

DSQ
RBR
1

25
RBR
2

14
RBR
3

Ret
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

22
NOR
3

17
NÜR
1

12
NÜR
2

14
NÜR
3

8
ZAN
1

12
ZAN
2

9
ZAN
3

10
VAL
1

24
VAL
2

14
VAL
3

12
HOC
1

14
HOC
2

17
HOC
3

Ret
23rd 10
2014 Fortec Motorsport Mercedes SIL
1

13
SIL
2

16
SIL
3

Ret
HOC
1

6
HOC
2

11
HOC
3

14
PAU
1

Ret
PAU
2

6
PAU
3

5
HUN
1

9
HUN
2

11
HUN
3

23
SPA
1

20
SPA
2

12
SPA
3

18
NOR
1

11
NOR
2

20
NOR
3

17
MSC
1
MSC
2
MSC
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
IMO
1
IMO
2
IMO
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
16th 28

Guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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 CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA

DNS
SIL
SPR

DNS
HOC
FEA

14
HOC
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

20
HUN
SPR

24
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA

18
MNZ
SPR

20
SOC
FEA

20
SOC
SPR

14
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
26th 0
2015 Carlin CAT
FEA

22†
CAT
SPR

22
RBR
FEA

Ret
RBR
SPR

11
SIL
FEA

21
SIL
SPR

21
HUN
FEA

11
HUN
SPR

10
SPA
FEA

11
SPA
SPR

11
MNZ
FEA

10
MNZ
SPR

9
SOC
FEA

12
SOC
SPR

15
BHR
FEA

15
BHR
SPR

11
YMC
FEA

14
YMC
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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