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| Mitch Gilbert | |
|---|---|
Gilbert in 2012 | |
| Nationality | via dual nationality |
| Born | (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (age 30) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| GP3 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Carlin |
| Car number | 88 |
| Starts | 24 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 22nd in2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 2013-14 2012 2011 2011 | FIA European F3 Championship ATS F3 Cup Formula Renault UK Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
Mitchell "Mitch" Gilbert (born 10 May 1995) is aMalaysian-Australian racing driver. He has participated under both nationalities at various points in his career.
Born inKuala Lumpur, Gilbert began hisracing career in 2002 inkarting, where he was active until 2010. In 2009 he finished third in theKF2 - class of the CIK-FIA World Cup.
At the end of 2010 Gilbert debuted inFormula racing in the winter championship of theBritish Formula Renault Championship forFortec Motorsport, under an Australian licence. While his teammateAlex 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 Lynn andOliver Rowland ended the season first and second, respectively, Gilbert was fifth in the championship, including a victory atCroft. In 2011, he participated in three race weekends of theEurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for Fortec.
In 2012 Gilbert made his debut inFormula 3 in theGerman Formula 3 Championship forPerformance Racing. With two victories on theTT Circuit Assen andLausitzring, he finished fourth in the championship behindJimmy Eriksson,Lucas Auer andKimiya Sato. At the end of the season he also took part in theMacau Grand Prix forMücke Motorsport, where he finished eighteenth.
In2013 Gilbert stepped up to theFIA European Formula Three Championship, where he also drove for Mücke. Only at theNürburgring andCircuit Park Zandvoort did he manage to score points, with a best result of eighth at theNürburgring, and finished 23rd in the championship with ten points. In2014 Gilbert moved toFortec Motorsport, contesting the first six rounds and finishing 16th in the standings with four points finishes.
In 2014, Gilbert made his debut in theGP3 Series atSilverstone, where he replaced Denis Nagulin atTrident.[1] He competed in five rounds and was replaced twice withLuca Ghiotto andPatrick Kujala having failed to score a point. Gilbert remained in GP3 in 2015, switching toCarlin Motorsport. He netted a sole point atMonza in his only full season and was dropped 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.[2]
Gilbert left the GT racing scene at the end of 2018, and now runs his fathers' furniture business inHo Chi Minh City whilst sporadically competing in theIndian Racing League.[3][4]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | 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 | ||
| 2017–18 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | TianShi Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11th |
| 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 | ||
| 2022 | Indian Racing League | Speed Demons Delhi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 21st |
| 2023 | Indian Racing League | Speed Demons Delhi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28‡ | 10th‡ |
‡ Team standings.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tech 1 Racing | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | HUN 1 19 | HUN 2 24 | SIL 1 13 | SIL 2 24 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 11 | CAT 2 19 | 30th | 0 |
(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 | kfzteile24Mücke 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.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Franchise | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Speed Demons Delhi | HYD1 1 C | HYD1 2 C | HYD1 3 C | IRU1 1 3 | IRU1 2 | IRU1 3 DNS | IRU2 1 | IRU2 2 4 | IRU2 3 Ret | HYD2 1 | HYD2 2 Ret | HYD2 3 DNS | 21st | 27 |
| 2023‡ | Speed Demons Delhi | IRU1 1 | IRU1 2 Ret | IRU2 1 | IRU2 2 5 | IRU3 1 | IRU3 2 Ret | 10th | 28 |
‡ Standings based on entry points, not individual drivers.