Robert Bell (racing driver)

Robert Bell
Nationality British
Born (1979-04-30) 30 April 1979
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 20072011, 2013, 2015 -
Teams Team LNT
Virgo Motorsport
JMW Motorsport
Best finish 23rd (2007, 2009)
Class wins 0

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.
2007 United Kingdom Team LNT United Kingdom Lawrence Tomlinson
United Kingdom Richard Dean
Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 308 22nd 5th
2008 United Kingdom Virgo Motorsport United Kingdom Tim Mullen
United Kingdom Tim Sugden
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 289 DNF DNF
2009 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy
United Kingdom Tim Sugden
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 320 23rd 4th
2010 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom Tim Sugden
United States Bryce Miller
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 GT2 71 DNF DNF
2011 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport United Kingdom Tim Sugden
Netherlands Xavier Maassen
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTE
Pro
290 24th 9th
2013 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing France Frédéric Makowiecki
Brazil Bruno Senna
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 GTE
Pro
248 DNF DNF
2015 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
110 DNF DNF
2016 Singapore Clearwater Racing Japan Keita Sawa
Malaysia Weng Sun Mok
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
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
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

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