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Bertrand Gachot
Gachot at the 1991 United States Grand Prix
Born
(1962-12-23) 23 December 1962 (age 61) Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Bertrand Jean Gachot (French pronunciation:[bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃ʒɑ̃ɡa.ʃo]; born 23 December 1962)[1] is a Belgian-French former racing driver. Gachot enjoyed some success in the junior formulae, winning titles in Formula Ford before progressing through Formula 3 and Formula 3000, reaching Formula One in 1989. After winning the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans, Gachot was sentenced to 18 months in prison for an aggravated assault that had occurred the previous December. He was released after two months on appeal, but his enforced absence enabled Michael Schumacher to make his Grand Prix debut.
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Bertrand Jean Gachot (French pronunciation: [bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ ɡa.ʃo]; born 23 December 1962) is a Belgian-French former racing driver. Gachot enjoyed some...
car driver Mark Blundell. Jordan hired BertrandGachot and Andrea de Cesaris as their first pair of drivers. Gachot promoted from Coloni, De Cesaris from...
Watson. Jordan hired Italian veteran Andrea de Cesaris and Belgian BertrandGachot to race his first cars, which were powered by Ford. The team had a...
in 1991 when a 787B driven by Johnny Herbert, Volker Weidler, and BertrandGachot went on to victory in the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans. As of 2023, this...
place at both races. Driving the 191 at the 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix, BertrandGachot took the fastest lap of the race. Eddie Jordan was an Irishman who...
has been headed since May 2000 by former Formula One racing driver, BertrandGachot; Hype Energy Drinks was an official sponsor of Formula One racing team...
hired Paul Belmondo, returning after his drive for March in 1992, and BertrandGachot, for his fifth season in F1. Ayrton Senna fatally crashed during the...
Huysman's advice, Pacific entered BertrandGachot in British Formula Ford with a Reynard in 1985. The following year, Gachot, also part of the Marlboro World...
flat-12 engine; however, this engine was large, heavy and underpowered. BertrandGachot, Coloni's only driver for 1990, failed to pre-qualify in any of the...
row the Frenchman had pre-qualified. The fourth pre-qualifier was BertrandGachot in the other Jordan. Those failing to progress to the main qualifying...
for the final three races of the season. Before that same weekend, BertrandGachot stepped away from driving duties with Pacific. The seat was temporarily...
Paul Frère and Willy Mairesse who each finished on the podium once. BertrandGachot, who was born in Luxembourg as the son of French-German parents carried...
This would also prove to be the last Grand Prix for Mark Blundell, BertrandGachot, Roberto Moreno, Taki Inoue and Karl Wendlinger. In a race of attrition...
built since Venturi had bought a controlling stake in the team, with BertrandGachot and Ukyo Katayama being selected to drive the car. Although the LC92...
Benettons of Michael Schumacher and Martin Brundle and the Larrousse of BertrandGachot. After the first five races of the championship, Williams driver Nigel...
Mansell made. Senna won from Mansell, Patrese, Schumacher, Brundle and BertrandGachot. There was a change in Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada...
hired the respected Stefan Johansson and the young Belgian rookie BertrandGachot, who had actually been responsible for the arrival of Van Rossem and...
engine deal was agreed and BertrandGachot was kept on alongside Ukyo Katayama. In a season dominated by the Williams team, Gachot scored Larrousse's only...
first year in Formula One. The PR01 was driven by Paul Belmondo and BertrandGachot for the whole season, with the test drivers being Oliver Gavin and...
of Andrea de Cesaris, who was a fraction faster than his team-mate BertrandGachot in third. The fourth pre-qualifier was the other Scuderia Italia Dallara...
where he only qualified for two races and was usually behind teammate BertrandGachot. Thereafter he concentrated on GT racing, at the wheel of a Chrysler...
Italian driver Andrea de Cesaris, plus last season's Coloni driver BertrandGachot, who had much experience in pre-qualifying sessions. Their car was...
faster than BertrandGachot in fourth. Missing out in fifth place was Eric van de Poele in the other Lambo, just 0.056 of a second behind Gachot. Over six...
Ratzenberger lost the financial support of a "major sponsor". In the end, BertrandGachot got the seat. In 1994, he achieved his ambition of becoming one of...
collided at the chicanes as they were both on lap 40 at the time as BertrandGachot hit his Japanese teammate Ukyo Katayama and went off into the gravel...
and BertrandGachot was hired to drive it. The engine made its début at the 1990 United States Grand Prix, but it was not a happy one; Gachot finished...
chasing Mercedes fell to the #55 Mazda of youngsters Johnny Herbert, BertrandGachot and Volker Weidler. Mazda had not been viewed as victory contenders...