Mitchell Gilbert

Mitchell Gilbert
Gilbert in 2012
Nationality	Australian Malaysian via dual nationality
Born	(1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Carlin
Car number	88
Starts	24
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
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 1995) is a Malaysian-Australian racing driver. He has participated under both nationalities at various points in his career.

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, under an Australian licence. 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 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 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 up to the FIA European Formula Three Championship, where he also drove for Mücke. Only at the Nürburgring and Circuit Park Zandvoort did he manage to score points, with a best result of eighth at the Nürburgring, and finished 23rd in the championship with ten points. In 2014 Gilbert moved to Fortec Motorsport, contesting the first six rounds and finishing 16th in the standings with four points finishes.

In 2014, Gilbert made his debut in the GP3 Series at Silverstone, where he replaced Denis Nagulin at Trident. He competed in five rounds and was replaced twice with Luca Ghiotto and Patrick Kujala having failed to score a point. Gilbert remained in GP3 in 2015, switching to Carlin Motorsport. He netted a sole point at Monza in his only full season and was dropped at seasons' end.

From 2016, Gilbert switched to GT racing and began competing with a Malaysian licence. He finished third in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, before moving into GT3 with Audi in 2017.

Gilbert left the GT racing scene at the end of 2018, and now runs his fathers' furniture business in Ho Chi Minh City whilst sporadically competing in the Indian Racing League.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Renault UK	Fortec Motorsports	18	1	0	10	4	317	5th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Tech 1 Racing	2	0	0	0	0
2012	German Formula 3 Championship	Performance Racing	27	2	2	4	10	277	4th
2013	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Mücke Motorsport	30	0	0	0	0	10	23rd
2014	FIA Formula 3 European 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
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Absolute Racing	12	2	0	1	2	173	3rd
2017	Blancpain GT Series Asia	OD Racing Team	12	3	2	0	8	160	2nd
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - Silver		12	4	3	4	9	188	2nd
2017-18	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	TianShi Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	11	11th
2018	Blancpain GT Series Asia	OD Racing Team WRT	12	0	0	0	0	40	18th
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - Silver		12	0	0	0	0	82	10th
2022	Indian Racing League	Speed Demons Delhi	4	0	0	0	1	27	21st
2023	Indian Racing League	Speed Demons Delhi	3	0	0	0	0	28‡	10th‡

‡ Team standings.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	DC	Points
2013	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 3 23	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 14	SIL 3 Ret	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 15	HOC 3 18	BRH 1 20	BRH 2 19	BRH 3 DSQ	RBR 1 25	RBR 2 14	RBR 3 Ret	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 22	NOR 3 17	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 14	NÜR 3 8	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 9	ZAN 3 10	VAL 1 24	VAL 2 14	VAL 3 12	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 17	HOC 3 Ret				23rd	10
2014	Fortec Motorsport	Mercedes	SIL 1 13	SIL 2 16	SIL 3 Ret	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 11	HOC 3 14	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 6	PAU 3 5	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 11	HUN 3 23	SPA 1 20	SPA 2 12	SPA 3 18	NOR 1 11	NOR 2 20	NOR 3 17	MSC 1	MSC 2	MSC 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	16th	28

^† Guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA DNS	SIL SPR DNS	HOC FEA 14	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA 20	HUN SPR 24	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA 18	MNZ SPR 20	SOC FEA 20	SOC SPR 14	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	26th	0
2015	Carlin	CAT FEA 22†	CAT SPR 22	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 11	SIL FEA 21	SIL SPR 21	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 10	SPA FEA 11	SPA SPR 11	MNZ FEA 10	MNZ SPR 9	SOC FEA 12	SOC SPR 15	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR 11	YMC FEA 14	YMC SPR 17	22nd	1

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

Indian Racing League results

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

Year	Franchise	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
2022	Speed Demons Delhi	HYD1 1 C	HYD1 2 C	HYD1 3 C	IRU1 1 3	IRU1 2	IRU1 3 DNS	IRU2 1	IRU2 2 4	IRU2 3 Ret	HYD2 1	HYD2 2 Ret	HYD2 3 DNS	21st	27
2023‡	Speed Demons Delhi	IRU1 1	IRU1 2 Ret	IRU2 1	IRU2 2 5	IRU3 1	IRU3 2 Ret							10th	28

‡ Standings based on entry points, not individual drivers.

External links

• Official website