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United Kingdom David Hobbs

Nationality
United Kingdom
 
Born
9 June 1936
Leamington Spa
Age
90 years 2 months 30 days
 
Le Mans debut
23 June 1962
Age: 26 years 14 days
Latest Le Mans
10 June 1989
Age: 53 years 1 day
Starts21
Wins0
Podiums2
Class wins1
Class podiums1
Laps3,635

Le Mans participations (21)

YearNo.TeamCarClass OverallClassStatusLapsTeammates
1962 44 Team Lotus Engineering Lotus Elite MK XIV GT 8th 6th classified 286 Frank Gardner
1963 6 Lola Cars Ltd Lola GT Mk6 - Ford 'Indy' P — — retired 151 Richard Attwood
1964 50 Standard Triumph Motor Compagny Triumph Spitfire P 21st 9th classified 272 Rob Slotemaker
1965 52 Standard Triumph Motor Compagny Triumph Spitfire GT — — retired 71 Rob Slotemaker
1966 36 Maranello Concessionaires Dino Ferrari 206s P — — retired 14 Mike Salmon
1967 11 Lola Cars Ltd / Team Surtees Lola T70 MK II P — — retired 3 John Surtees
1968 10 John Wyer Automotive Engineering Ltd Ford Gt40 S — — retired 107 Paul Hawkins
1969 7 John Wyer Automotive Engineering Ford Gt40 S 3rd 2nd classified 368 Mike Hailwood
1970 22 John Wyer Automotive Engineering Porsche 917 K S — — retired 49 Mike Hailwood
1971 11 Roger Penske / Kirk F. White Ferrari 512 M S — — retired 3 Mark Donohue
1972 16 Equipe Matra-Simca Shell Matra Simca MS 660 C S — — retired 278 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
1979 11 Grand Touring Cars Inc. / Ford Concessionaires France (USA/F) Ford M10 VI — — retired 3 Derek Bell / Vern Schuppan
1979 10 Grand Touring Cars Inc. / Ford Concessionaires France (USA/F) Ford M10 VI — — retired 3 Vern Schuppan / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
1981 53 Emka Productions Ltd / Michael Cane Racing BMW M1 V — — retired 236 Eddie Jordan / 'Steve' O'Rourke
1982 79 John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 935-81 Moby Dick IGTX 4th 1st classified 329 John Fitzpatrick
1983 11 John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 Gr C — — retired 135 John Fitzpatrick / Dieter Quester
1984 33 John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 B Gr C 3rd 3rd classified 350 Philippe Streiff / Sarel van der Merwe
1985 33 John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 B Gr C1 4th 4th classified 365 Jo Gartner / Guy Edwards
1987 7 Joest Racing Porsche 962 C C1 — — retired 4 Sarel van der Merwe / Chip Robinson
1988 7 Joest Racing Porsche 962 C C1 5th 5th classified 380 Didier Theys / Franz Konrad
1989 15 Richard Lloyd Racing Porsche 962 C Gti C1 — — retired 228 Steven Andskär / Damon Hill
Legend: Overall = overall finishing position · Class = class position · Retired/DNF = retired · DNS = did not start · NC = not classified