Robert Bell (racing driver)

Robert Bell

Nationality

British

Born

Current team

JMW Motorsport

Car no.

Championship titles

2001
2002
2007
2008

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2007 – 2011, 2013, 2015 -
Teams	Team LNT Virgo Motorsport JMW Motorsport
Best finish	23rd (2007, 2009)
Class wins	0

Robert "Rob" Bell (born 30 April 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British professional racing driver.^[1] He has competed in such series as the FIA GT Championship, the British GT Championship and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, and is best known as the winner of the 2016 Blancpain Endurance Series with Shane van Gisbergen and Côme Ledogar. He has also won the Winter Series of Formula Renault UK in both 2001 and 2002.

Bell was the Le Mans Series GT2 class champion for Virgo Motorsport in the 2007 and 2008 seasons, and vice-champion for JMW in 2009 and 2011. In 2009 he also finished 7th at the FIA GT Championship GT2 class for CRS Racing, collecting a 2nd place at the 24 Hours of Spa. Since 2012, Bell has competed at the Blancpain Endurance Series Pro Cup class with a McLaren MP4-12C for Gulf Racing UK.

Bell also finished 2nd in the GT class at the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona as a Paul Miller Racing driver. He returned to the team for the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, resulting 5th in the GT class.

His brother Matt has raced in FIA GT3 and British GT3.

Racing record

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Team LNT	Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	GT2	308	22nd	5th
2008	Virgo Motorsport	Tim Mullen Tim Sugden	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	289	DNF	DNF
2009	JMW Motorsport	Andrew Kirkaldy Tim Sugden	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	320	23rd	4th
2010	JMW Motorsport	Tim Sugden Bryce Miller	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	GT2	71	DNF	DNF
2011	JMW Motorsport	Tim Sugden Xavier Maassen	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	290	24th	9th
2013	Aston Martin Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Bruno Senna	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	GTE Pro	248	DNF	DNF
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	110	DNF	DNF
2016	Clearwater Racing	Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	329	30th	4th

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2013	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA 2	LMS Ret	SÃO Ret	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	24th	19
2015	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA 5	LMS	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	11th*	10*

* Season still in progress.

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	Hexis Racing	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	Pro	NOG QR	NOG CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	ZAN QR	ZAN CR	SVK QR	SVK CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	BAK QR 3	BAK CR 3	NC	0‡

‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.

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