Oliver Gavin
Oliver Benjamin Gavin, is a British racing driver who joined Corvette Racing in 2002. He has won five American Le Mans Series class championships, five 24 Hours of Le Mans class wins, five 12 Hours of Sebring class wins and five Petit Le Mans class wins.
Biography
He was raised in the village of Felmersham, Bedfordshire. He attended the local Primary school, Pinchmill. At age nine he attended Lincroft Middle School and then took his GCSEs and A-levels at Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College.team.
Born in Huntingdon, Gavin was introduced to motor racing through the traditional karting route. After finishing as runner-up in the 1993 British F3 series to Kelvin Burt, Gavin graduated to Formula 3000 in 1994 with Omegaland. He failed to score any points in the five races he contested, and subsequently opted to drop back down to F3 for 1995. He managed to overcome rival Ralph Firman in the final round to snatch the title.
He was test driver for the ill-fated mid-1990s Pacific Grand Prix team. It was proposed that he would drive for the team in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, but he was not granted the required FIA Super Licence. Gavin also drove the Safety Car from 1997 to 1999 for the Formula One championship.
Gavin became a Corvette Racing factory driver in 2002, having raced full-time in the American Le Mans Series GT1 and GT2 classes and currently the IMSA SportsCar Championship GTLM class. His full-time codrivers have been Olivier Beretta, Jan Magnussen and Tommy Milner, whereas Max Papis, Richard Westbrook and Jordan Taylor have been his endurance codrivers.
He has won his class in Le Mans on five occasions, the 12 Hours of Sebring five times, and Petit Le Mans another five times. Also, he won the ALMS GT1 titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007, plus the GT2 title in 2012.
Gavin lives in a village east of Northampton with his wife, Helen, and their three children.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 results
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | |
| 1994 | Omegaland | Lola T94/50 | Zytek-Judd | SIL 10 | PAU DNQ | CAT Ret | PER Ret | NC | 0 | ||||||
| 1994 | Nordic Racing | Lola T94/50 | Ford Cosworth | HOC DNS | SPA | EST | MAG | NC | 0 | ||||||
| 1997 | BSE Salisbury Engineering | Lola T96/50 | Zytek-Judd | SIL DNQ | PAU DNQ | HEL DNQ | NÜR | PER | HOC | A1R | SPA | MUG | JER | NC | 0 |
| 1999 | European Edenbridge Racing | Lola T99/50 | Zytek | IMO 12 | MON 4 | CAT DNQ | MAG DNQ | SIL 14 | A1R DNQ | HOC DNQ | HUN DNQ | SPA 9 | NÜR 8 | 16th | 3 |
Complete International Touring Car Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 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 | Pts | |
| 1996 | Joest Racing Opel | Opel Calibra V6 4x4 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 DNS | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 Ret | EST 1 6 | EST 2 6 | HEL 1 10† | HEL 2 Ret | NOR 1 10 | NOR 2 12 | DIE 1 17 | DIE 2 9 | SIL 1 11 | SIL 2 Ret | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 Ret | MAG 1 12 | MAG 2 15 | MUG 1 17 | MUG 2 Ret | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | INT 1 11 | INT 2 15 | SUZ 1 16 | SUZ 2 11 | 23rd | 16 |
- † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete GT1 World Championship results
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | |
| 2014 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet 5.5 V8 | DAY 5 | SEB 6 | LBH 3 | LGA 5 | WGL 4 | MOS 6 | IMS 5 | ELK 7 | VIR 9 | COA 10 | PET 4 | 10th | 291 |
| 2015 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet 5.5 V8 | DAY 3 | SEB 9 | LBH 7 | LGA 6 | WGL 7 | MOS 5 | ELK 7 | VIR 8 | COA 8 | PET 3 | 8th | 261 | |
| 2016 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet 5.5 V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 1 | LBH 2 | LGA 7 | WGL 4 | MOS 2 | LIM 1 | ELK 1 | VIR 9 | COA 5 | PET 3 | 1st | 345 |
| 2017 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 V8 | DAY 9 | SEB 10 | LBH 1 | COA 7 | WGL 5 | MOS 8 | LIM 8 | ELK 5 | VIR 6 | LGA 9 | PET 4 | 8th | 276 |
| 2018 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 6 | LBH 1 | MOH 8 | WGL 5 | MOS 3 | LIM 4 | ELK 2 | VIR 6 | LGA 5 | PET 2 | 3rd | 310 |
| 2019 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 V8 | DAY 8 | SEB 8 | LBH 3 | MDO 8 | WGL 8 | MOS 8 | LIM 6 | ELK 6 | VIR 4 | LGA 4 | PET 7 | 8th | 275 |
| 2020 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 7 | DAY 5 | SEB 1 | ELK | VIR | WGL | LIM | MDO | PET | LGA | SEB | 4th* | 85* |
* Season still in progress.