Phil Bennett (racing driver)

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Phil Bennett pictured at the Drivers Parade for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours race.

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox". Phil Bennett (born 6 October 1971 in Kingswinford) is a British racing driver.

He started circuit racing in 1998 with a one make Rover 216GTi, racing in the BRSCC Super Coupe Cup - finishing 2nd. He then finished 3rd in the 1999 Renault Spider Cup. In 2001 he joined Team Egg Sport to race a Vauxhall Astra in the BTCC, in the first year of BTC-Touring regulations. Against a thin field he came 4th overall, behind only the other Vauxhalls of Jason Plato, Yvan Muller and James Thompson. For 2002 and 2003 he raced for Proton's unsuccessful factory team. He also made a one-off appearance in the RenaultSport Clio Trophy at Donington in 2002 [1]

In 2004 Bennett raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES) in a GTS Saleen S7-R, whilst 2005 he moved to sportscars and a Courage C-65 LMP2 machine, racing in the LMES, Le Mans 24hrs, Sebring 12hr (ALMS) and Petit Le Mans. In 2006 he won a V8Star race at Donington Park.

He has appeared on the TV show Faking It, helping a young man pretend to be a professional racing driver.

He is now a fully qualified flying instructor and owner of Silverstone-based Gyrocopter Flying Club.[1]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded (2001-2002 just for feature race, 2003 all races)

Year Team Car Class 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 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pen.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pos Pts
2001 egg:sport Vauxhall Astra Coupé <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />TScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". BRH
1
4† 		BRH
2
ovr:3*
cls:3 		THR
1
ovr:4
cls:4 		THR
2
ovr:3*
cls:3 		OUL
1
ovr:11
cls:4 		OUL
2
Ret 		SIL
1
ovr:6
cls:4 		SIL
2
ovr:2
cls:2 		MON
1
ovr:15
cls:6 		MON
2
ovr:4
cls:4 		DON
1
ovr:4
cls:4 		DON
2
Ret 		KNO
1
ovr:9
cls:5 		KNO
2
ovr:2*
cls:2 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
ovr:6
cls:6 		CRO
1
ovr:19
cls:7 		CRO
2
Ret 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		SIL
1
ovr:1
cls:1 		SIL
2
Ret* 		DON
1
ovr:4
cls:1 		DON
2
Ret 		BRH
1
ovr:6
cls:5 		BRH
2
ovr:1*
cls:1 		4th 173
2002 Petronas Syntium Proton Proton Impian <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />TScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". BRH
1
ovr:11
cls:7 		BRH
2
ovr:6
cls:6 		OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
DNS 		THR
1
ovr:14
cls:14 		THR
2
Ret 		SIL
1
ovr:7
cls:7 		SIL
2
ovr:13
cls:13 		MON
1
ovr:8
cls:8 		MON
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		CRO
1
ovr:12
cls:10 		CRO
2
ovr:8
cls:8 		SNE
1
ovr:8
cls:8 		SNE
2
ovr:18
cls:12 		KNO
1
Ret 		KNO
2
DNS 		BRH
1
ovr:7
cls:7 		BRH
2
ovr:12
cls:11 		DON
1
ovr:8
cls:8 		DON
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		-25 16th 9
2003 Petronas Syntium Proton Proton Impian <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />TScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MON
1
Ret 		MON
2
Ret 		BRH
1
ovr:10
cls:10 		BRH
2
Ret 		THR
1
ovr:14
cls:12 		THR
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
Ret 		ROC
1
ovr:12
cls:12 		ROC
2
ovr:8
cls:8 		CRO
1
ovr:10
cls:10 		CRO
2
ovr:15
cls:13 		SNE
1
ovr:9
cls:9 		SNE
2
Ret 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
ovr:12
cls:12 		OUL
1
ovr:9
cls:9 		OUL
2
ovr:10
cls:10 		17th 14
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† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
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2005 Template:Flagicon Kruse Motorsport Template:Flagicon Tim Mullen
Template:Flagicon Ian Mitchell 		Courage C65-Judd LMP2 268 24th 4th
2009 Template:Flagicon Barazi-Epsilon Template:Flagicon Juan Barazi
Template:Flagicon Stuart Moseley 		Zytek 07S/2 LMP2 306 28th 4th
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Britcar 24 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Car No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
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2007 Template:Flagicon KTF Group Template:Flagicon Mark Dwyer
Template:Flagicon Ken Finneran
Template:Flagicon Robert Huff 		Chrysler Viper GTS-R 6 GT3 142 DNF DNF
2010 Template:Flagicon Wessex Vehicles Template:Flagicon Kelvin Burt
Template:Flagicon Rob Huff
Template:Flagicon Nigel Mustill 		Aquila CR1 3 1 178 DNF DNF
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References

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External links

  • Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Archived)
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