bio

Formula 1

Gachot was considered one of the sport's most promising young drivers. He was signed by the newly-formed Onyx team, having played a role in attracting the team's Moneytron sponsorship from the erratic Jean-Pierre van Rossem and partnered with the experienced Stefan Johansson.

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The team was well-funded but late in getting their car prepared. As a new entrant they were consigned to the hugely competitive Friday morning prequalifying sessions and it wasn't until the French Grand Prix that Gachot made it onto the grid. There he impressed, starting 11th (two places ahead of Johansson) and ran in the points until battery problems dropped him to an eventual 13th and last.

1990 was initially more promising as he switched to the Coloni team. The small Italian outfit had signed an exclusive deal with Subaru to use their new Carlo Chiti designed Motori Moderni built 1235 flat-12 engine and Gachot was selected to drive the sole entry.

However, the engine was overweight and underpowered, resulting in an ill-handling car that rarely ran for more than a few laps and Gachot didn't look like getting out of prequalifying. Subaru withdrew entirely after the British Grand Prix. After that the car ran with a Cosworth DFR engine and performances improved; the withdrawal of Onyx ironically promoted Gachot to the main qualifying sessions but the car still wasn't quick enough and he failed to make the grid all season.

Despite this Gachot was still highly regarded and was signed to lead the new Jordan Grand Prix team, well-backed by 7-Up and using Ford HB engines. The Gary Anderson designed 191 was a good car and after some initial reliability problems became a regular points scorer; Gachot finished 5th in Canada and 6th twice. He gathered considerable acclaim for his Grand Prix performances and for winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in a Mazda (with co-drivers Johnny Herbert and Volker Weidler). However, shortly after setting fastest lap at the Hungarian Grand Prix his season was cut short by a two-month prison stint, received for spraying CS gas on a London taxicab driver after a traffic altercation (his race seat was filled temporarily by then-unknown Michael Schumacher, making his Formula One debut).

When he was finally released from prison after two months, he had missed four Grands Prix (including his home Grand Prix in Belgium). He travelled to Suzuka to try and retake his Jordan seat from Alessandro Zanardi. The team refused, though Gachot found employment with Larrousse, replacing the injured Éric Bernard for the Australian Grand Prix. He failed to qualify the unfamiliar car but impressed the team enough to be offered the seat for the following season.

In later years, Gachot has concentrated on his business interests which include marketing "Hype", a high-energy beverage; he still keeps his contacts with Formula One and owns an F1 website.

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racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
1988	Spirit/TOM's Racing	JER Ret	VAL 2	PAU Ret	SIL 2	MNZ Ret	PER Ret	BRH Ret	BIR 5	BUG 4	ZOL 6	DIJ 4	5th	21

Complete Formula One results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1989	Moneytron Onyx Formula One	Onyx ORE-1	Ford DFR 3.5 V8	BRA DNPQ	SMR DNPQ	MON DNPQ	MEX DNPQ	USA DNPQ	CAN DNPQ	FRA 13	GBR 12	GER DNQ	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR	ESP				NC	0
1989	Rial Racing	Rial ARC2	Ford DFR 3.5 V8															JPN DNQ	AUS DNQ		NC	0
1990	Subaru Coloni Racing	Coloni C3B	Subaru 1235 F12	USA DNPQ	BRA DNPQ	SMR DNPQ	MON DNPQ	CAN DNPQ	MEX DNPQ	FRA DNPQ	GBR DNPQ										NC	0
1990	Coloni Racing Srl	Coloni C3C	Ford DFR 3.5 V8									GER DNPQ	HUN DNPQ	BEL DNQ	ITA DNQ	POR DNQ	ESP DNQ	JPN DNQ	AUS DNQ		NC	0
1991	Team 7UP Jordan	Jordan 191	Ford HB4 3.5 V8	USA 10	BRA 13	SMR Ret	MON 8	CAN 5	MEX Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER 6	HUN 9	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN			13th	4
1991	Larrousse F1	Lola LC91	Ford DFR 3.5 V8																AUS DNQ		13th	4
1992	Central Park Venturi Larrousse	Venturi Larrousse LC92	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	RSA Ret	MEX 11	BRA Ret	ESP Ret	SMR Ret	MON 6	CAN DSQ	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 14	HUN Ret	BEL 18	ITA Ret	POR Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret		19th	1
1994	Pacific Grand Prix Ltd	Pacific PR01	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	BRA Ret	PAC DNQ	SMR Ret	MON Ret	ESP Ret	CAN Ret	FRA DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER DNQ	HUN DNQ	BEL DNQ	ITA DNQ	POR DNQ	EUR DNQ	JPN DNQ	AUS DNQ		NC	0
1995	Pacific Grand Prix Ltd	Pacific PR02	Ford EDC 3.0 V8	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 12	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 8	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1990	GTP	201	D	Mazda 787 Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Volker Weidler Johnny Herbert	148	DNF	DNF
1991	C2	55	D	Mazda 787B Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Volker Weidler Johnny Herbert	362	1st	1st
1992	C1	5	M	Mazda MXR-01 Mazda (Judd) MV10 3.5L V10	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Oreca	Johnny Herbert Volker Weidler Maurizio Sandro Sala	336	4th	4th
1994	GT2	48	D	Honda NSX Honda-935 3.0L V6	Kremer Honda Racing	Armin Hahne Christophe Bouchut	257	14th	6th
1995	GT1	47	D	Honda NSX GT1Honda 3.0L Turbo V6	Honda Motor Co. Ltd.	Armin Hahne Ivan Capelli	7	DNF	DNF
1997	GT1	30	G	Porsche 911 GT1 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Andy Evans	207	DNF	DNF

American Open Wheel racing results

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
1993	Dick Simon Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR 12	MIS	NHM	ROA	VAN	MDO	NZR	LS	34th	1

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