Phil Bennett (racing driver)

Phil Bennett is an auto racing driver, born 6 October 1971.

Phil Bennett pictured at the Drivers Parade for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours race.

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2005, 2009
TeamsKruse Motorsport, Team Barazi-Epsilon
Best finish24th (2005)
Class wins0

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)

Year Team Car Class 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 Pen. Pos Pts
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*		 4th 173
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		 -25 16th 9
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		 17th 14

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2005 Kruse Motorsport Tim Mullen
Ian Mitchell		 Courage C65-Judd LMP2 268 24th 4th
2009 Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi
Stuart Moseley		 Zytek 07S/2 LMP2 306 28th 4th

Britcar 24 Hour results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Car No. Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 KTF Group Mark Dwyer
Ken Finneran
Robert Huff		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R 6 GT3 142 DNF DNF
2010 Wessex Vehicles Kelvin Burt
Rob Huff
Nigel Mustill		 Aquila CR1 3 1 178 DNF DNF

References
  1. http://www.gyrocopterexperience.com/component/gyrocom/abcj/location/location/24/airfield
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