Robert Bell (racing driver)
Robert Bell | |||||||||||
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||
Born |
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom | 30 April 1979||||||||||
Le Mans Series career | |||||||||||
Current team | JMW Motorsport | ||||||||||
Car no. | 92 | ||||||||||
Championship titles | |||||||||||
2001 2002 2007 2008 |
Formula Renault UK (Winter) Formula Renault UK (Winter) Le Mans Series (GT2 class) Le Mans Series (GT2 class) | ||||||||||
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Robert "Rob" Bell (born 30 April 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British professional racing driver.[1] He has competed in such series as the FIA GT Championship, the British GT Championship and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, and is best known as the winner of the 2016 Blancpain Endurance Series with Shane van Gisbergen and Côme Ledogar. He has also won the Winter Series of Formula Renault UK in both 2001 and 2002.
Bell was the Le Mans Series GT2 class champion for Virgo Motorsport in the 2007 and 2008 seasons, and vice-champion for JMW in 2009 and 2011. In 2009 he also finished 7th at the FIA GT Championship GT2 class for CRS Racing, collecting a 2nd place at the 24 Hours of Spa. Since 2012, Bell has competed at the Blancpain Endurance Series Pro Cup class with a McLaren MP4-12C for Gulf Racing UK.
Bell also finished 2nd in the GT class at the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona as a Paul Miller Racing driver. He returned to the team for the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, resulting 5th in the GT class.
His brother Matt has raced in FIA GT3 and British GT3.
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2007 | ![]() |
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Panoz Esperante GT-LM | GT2 | 308 | 22nd | 5th |
2008 | ![]() |
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Ferrari F430 GT2 | GT2 | 289 | DNF | DNF |
2009 | ![]() |
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Ferrari F430 GT2 | GT2 | 320 | 23rd | 4th |
2010 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GT2 | 71 | DNF | DNF |
2011 | ![]() |
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Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Pro |
290 | 24th | 9th |
2013 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GTE Pro |
248 | DNF | DNF |
2015 | ![]() |
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Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro |
110 | DNF | DNF |
2016 | ![]() |
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Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am |
329 | 30th | 4th |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2013 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA 2 |
LMS Ret |
SÃO Ret |
COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 24th | 19 |
2015 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA 5 |
LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 11th* | 10* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA GT Series results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
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2013 | Hexis Racing | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | Pro | NOG QR |
NOG CR |
ZOL QR |
ZOL CR |
ZAN QR |
ZAN CR |
SVK QR |
SVK CR |
NAV QR |
NAV CR |
BAK QR 3 |
BAK CR 3 |
NC | 0‡ |
‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
References
External links
- Official website
- Robert Bell career summary at DriverDB.com