Mitchell Gilbert

Mitchell Gilbert
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Carlin
Car no.	3
Starts	26
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	22nd in 2015
Previous series
2013-14 2012 2011 2011	FIA European F3 Championship ATS F3 Cup Formula Renault UK Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Mitchell Gilbert (born 10 May 1994) is an Australian racing driver.

Career

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Gilbert began his racing career in 2002 in karting, where he was active until 2010. In 2009 he finished third in the KF2 - class of the CIK-FIA World Cup.

At the end of 2010 Gilbert debuted in Formula Racing in the winter championship of the British Formula Renault Championship for Fortec Motorsport. While his teammate Alex Lynn was champion in this class, Gilbert was tenth, with a best result of third place. In 2011 he made his debut in the main championship of British Formula Renault. While his teammates Alex Lynn and Oliver Rowland ended the season first and second, respectively, Gilbert was fifth in the championship, including a victory at Croft . In 2011, he participated in three race weekends of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for Fortec.

In 2012 Gilbert made his debut in Formula 3 in the German Formula 3 Championship for the team Performance Racing. With two victories on the TT Circuit Assen and Lausitzring, he finished fourth in the championship behind Jimmy Eriksson, Lucas Auer and Kimiya Sato. At the end of the season he also took part in the Macau Grand Prix for Mücke Motorsport, where he finished eighteenth.

In 2013 Gilbert stepped over to the new FIA European Formula Three Championship, where he also drove for Mücke Motorsport. Only at the Nurburgring and Circuit Park Zandvoort did he manage to score points, with a best result of eighth at the Nurburgring, he finished 23rd in the championship with ten points.

In 2014 Gilbert moved to Fortec Motorsports in European Formula Three. He also made his debut in the GP3 Series during the race weekend at Silverstone, where he replaced Denis Nagulin at the team Trident.

In 2015, Gilbert will remain in GP3, switching to Carlin Motorsport.

Racing record

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Renault UK	Fortec Motorsports	18	1	0	0	4	317	5th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Fortec Motorsports	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Tech 1 Racing
2012	German Formula Three	Performance Racing	27	2	2	4	10	277	4th
2013	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Mücke Motorsport	30	0	0	0	0	10	23rd
2014	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsports	18	0	0	0	0	28	16th
	GP3 Series	Trident Racing	8	0	0	1	0	0	26th
2015	GP3 Series	Carlin	16	0	0	0	0	1	22nd

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2014	Trident	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	AUT FEA	AUT SPR	GBR FEA DNS	GBR SPR DNS	GER FEA 14	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA 20	HUN SPR 24	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA 18	ITA SPR 20	RUS FEA 20	RUS SPR 14	ABU FEA	ABU SPR	26th	0
2015	Carlin	ESP FEA 22†	ESP SPR 22	AUT FEA Ret	AUT SPR 11	GBR FEA 21	GBR SPR 21	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 10	BEL FEA 11	BEL SPR 11	ITA FEA 10	ITA SPR 9	RUS FEA 12	RUS SPR 15	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR 11	ABU FEA 14	ABU SPR 17	22nd	1

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

External links

• Official website