Formula 1

Born the 23 of December 1968 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. 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. To read more, please click here

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Complete Formula One results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1990	GTP	201	D	Mazda 787Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Volker Weidler Johnny Herbert	148	DNF	DNF
1991	C2	55	D	Mazda 787BMazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Volker Weidler Johnny Herbert	362	1st	1st
1992	C1	5	M	Mazda MXR-01Mazda (Judd) MV10 3.5L V10	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Oreca	Johnny Herbert Volker Weidler Maurizio Sandro Sala	336	4th	4th
1994	GT2	48	D	Honda NSXHonda-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 GT1Porsche 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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