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Revision as of 08:29, 5 March 2017

Shane van Gisbergen
Van Gisbergen in 2016
Nationality New Zealander
Born9 May 1989 (1989-05-09) (age 35)
Auckland, New Zealand
Supercars Championship career
Car number97
Current teamTriple Eight Race Engineering
Championships1 (2016)
Races303
Wins19
Podiums65
Pole positions16
2016 position1st (3,368 pts)

Shane van Gisbergen (born 9 May, 1989) is a New Zealand racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 97 Holden VF Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering.

Van Gisbergen has also forged a successful GT career, including multiple entries in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Alex Job Racing and competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series for McLaren with Von Ryan Racing and Garage 59. Van Gisbergen, with Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb, also won the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour for Tekno Autosports.[1]

New Zealand racing history

After competing in Motocross, Quarter Midgets and karts from 1998 to 2004, Van Gisbergen placed third in the 2004/2005 New Zealand Formula First Championship and won the associated Rookie of the Year award.[2] Van Gisbergen had previously obtained a Speedsport Star of Tomorrow Scholarship. A win in the 2005/06 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship was accompanied by another Rookie of the Year title and was followed by a second-place finish in the 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series.[2]

In 2014, Van Gisbergen co-drove to the BNT NZ Supertourers Hankook Super Series championship with primary driver Simon Black. Shane won 7 of the 9 races in total of the Endurance rounds including sweeping the entire Fuchs 500 weekend at Pukekohe Park Raceway with winning race #3 in spectacular fashion driving from 1 lap down.[3]

V8 Supercars

Van Gisbergen on the 2011 Sydney 500 podium.

Van Gisbergen became the 200th driver to start a race in a V8 Supercar at the Jim Beam 400 at Oran Park Raceway in Round 8 of 2007. Driving for Team Kiwi Racing, Van Gisbergen finished the first race in 20th position before improving to 13th for race 2 but then dropped down to 23rd in race 3. Having impressed in his 2007 races, Van Gisbergen was picked up by Stone Brothers Racing in 2008. He would continue with the team for five seasons until 2012, securing a best of fourth in the championship in 2011. In late 2012, he announced a retirement from V8 Supercars, before controversially moving to Tekno Autosports for the start of the 2013 season. The move to Tekno proved fruitful, with Van Gisbergen finishing runner-up in the championship in 2014.

Van Gisbergen has also shown strong pace at the series' most famous race, the Bathurst 1000. He was in the lead in the 2009 Bathurst 1000 until pitting on lap 108 when his car would not start, resulting in a 1:14 pit stop and losing him a number of positions in the race. A near-identical issue repeated itself in the 2014 edition, where – with 10 laps to go – he stalled and the starter motor failed, costing him almost certain victory. Van Gisbergen had started the 2014 race from pole position, his first at the event.

In 2016, Van Gisbergen moved to the successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team, alongside two of the most successful drivers in series history; Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. Van Gisbergen won his first race for the team at the Tasmania SuperSprint in 2016, which was also Holden's 500th win in championship history. He went on to win 8 races that season on the way to clinching the championship with a race to spare.

GT racing

Through his connections with Tekno Autosports sponsor Tony Quinn, Van Gisbergen's first foray into GT racing was a guest co-drive in Quinn's team in the 2013 Australian GT Championship. In 2014, he entered both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the Bathurst 12 Hour for the first time, the latter again in partnership with Quinn, this time in a McLaren. His Daytona entry was with Alex Job Racing, where he finished 26th overall and sixth in the GTD class. He returned to Daytona in 2015 and 2016 with the team.

Having impressed in previous outings, in 2015 he entered the Blancpain Endurance Series in a McLaren 650S GT3 run by Von Ryan Racing. Racing in conjunction with his V8 Supercars commitments, he was forced to miss one round due to a date clash, however achieved two victories in the four races he entered. The team was dissolved after the 2015 season, and for the 2016 season, Van Gisbergen moved to McLaren's new Garage 59 team.[4] He will once again miss the final round of the championship at the Nürburgring in Germany due to the Sandown 500 V8 Supercar race being held on the same weekend. As of 25 June 2016, Van Gisbergen leads the 2016 Blancpain Endurance Series having won the 3 Hours of Monza, finishing 6th in the 3 Hours of Silverstone before winning the 1000 km Paul Ricard on 25 June.[5] During qualifying for the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, Van Gisbergen claimed provisional pole position in the Garage 59 McLaren. Unfortunately, an electrical fault during the Top 20 Superpole qualifying session saw him fail to complete a lap.[6]

Through his McLaren and Tekno Autosports connections, he drove one of Tekno's factory-supported McLaren 650S GT3s at the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour. In qualifying on Saturday, Van Gisbergen set the fastest ever officially recorded lap of the Mount Panorama Circuit to achieve pole position.[7] He went on to set the fastest ever race lap on the way to securing victory alongside Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb.[1]

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
2004/05 New Zealand Formula First Championship 3rd
2005/06 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 1st Stealth Evo 2
2006/07 Toyota Racing Series 2nd Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota International Motorsport
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 43rd Ford BF Falcon Team Kiwi Racing
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 15th Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 12th Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 6th Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 4th Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 6th Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 5th Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports
V8SuperTourer 3rd Ford FG Falcon MPC Motorsport
Australian GT Championship 16th Porsche 997 GT3 R VIP Petfoods Racing
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 2nd Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 4th Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 4th McLaren 650S GT3 Von Ryan Racing
Australian GT Championship 21st Keltic Racing
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 1st Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1st McLaren 650S GT3 Garage 59
Intercontinental GT Challenge 3rd Tekno Autosports
Garage 59
K-PAX Racing

Complete Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup results

Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2014 New Zealand Von Ryan Racing Pro Cup McLaren MP4-12C GT3 MNZ SIL PAU SPA
Ret
NUR NC 0
2015 New Zealand Von Ryan Racing Pro Cup McLaren 650S GT3 MNZ
15
SIL
1
PAU SPA
29
NUR
1
4th 54
2016 United Kingdom Garage 59 Pro McLaren 650S GT3 MNZ
1
SIL
6
PAU
1
SPA
31
NUR 1st 68

Complete Intercontinental GT Challenge Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 Rank Points
2016 Australia Tekno Autosports AP McLaren 650S GT3 BAT
1
3rd 42
United Kingdom Garage 59 Pro SPA
931
United States K-PAX Racing Pro SEP
610

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year No. Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2007 021 Team Kiwi Racing Ford BF Falcon New Zealand John McIntyre DNF 148
2008 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon Australia Jonathon Webb DNF 91
2009 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon Australia Alex Davison 13th 161
2010 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon New Zealand John McIntyre 21st 158
2011 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon New Zealand John McIntyre 6th 161
2012 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon Australia Luke Youlden 12th 161
2013 97 Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 11th 161
2014 97 Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore Australia Jonathon Webb 16th 158
2015 97 Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore Australia Jonathon Webb 8th 161
2016 97 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore France Alexandre Prémat 2nd 161

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013 Australia VIP Petfoods Racing Australia Matt Kingsley
Australia Klark Quinn
United Kingdom Tony Quinn
Porsche 997 GT3-R A 267 3rd 3rd
2014 Australia Darrell Lea United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy
Australia Klark Quinn
United Kingdom Tony Quinn
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 A 296 4th 4th
2016 Australia Tekno Autosports Portugal Álvaro Parente
Australia Jonathon Webb
McLaren 650S GT3 AP 297 1st 1st
2017 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsports New Zealand Craig Baird
Germany Maro Engel
Mercedes AMG GT3 AA 283 DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen
United States Shane Lewis
Canada Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
Porsche 911 GT America GTD 656 26th 8th
2015 United States Alex Job Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen
United States Andrew Davis
Porsche 911 GT America GTD 704 12th 2nd
2016 United States Alex Job Racing United States David MacNeil
United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Leh Keen
United States Gunnar Jeannette
Porsche GT3 R GTD 695 28th 13th
2017 United States Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing United States Cooper MacNeil
United States Gunnar Jeannette
Germany Thomas Jäger
Mercedes-AMG GT3 GTD 373 48th 21st

Complete Spa 24 Hours results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 New Zealand Von Ryan Racing United Kingdom Tim Mullen
United Kingdom Robert Bell
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Pro Cup 40 DNF DNF
2015 New Zealand Von Ryan Racing United Kingdom Robert Bell
France Kévin Estre
McLaren 650S GT3 Pro Cup 457 29th 13th
2016 United Kingdom Garage 59 United Kingdom Robert Bell
France Côme Ledogar
McLaren 650S GT3 Pro 513 31st 19th

References

  1. ^ a b "SVG leads McLaren to Bathurst 12 Hour victory". Speedcafe. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b Current CV at www.shanevangisbergen.com Retrieved on 15 October 2010
  3. ^ https://www.facebook.com/V8SuperTourers/posts/740365559382188
  4. ^ "Van Gisbergen to join new McLaren GT team". Speed Cafe. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ McLaren takes win at Paul Ricard
  6. ^ Van Gisbergen fastest in qualifying for the Total 24 Hours of Spa
  7. ^ "Shane van Gisbergen puts Tekno McLaren on Bathurst 12 Hour pole". Autosport. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Clipsal 500
2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
2016
(with Álvaro Parente & Jonathon Webb)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the V8 Supercars Endurance Cup
2016
(with Alexandre Prémat)
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Winner of the Clipsal 500
2017
Succeeded by
Incumbent