Gary Formato

Gary Formato (born 19 November 1974)^[1] is a South African former racing driver and current director and co-founder of the Sasol GTC Championship, alongside Vic Maharaj.

He is most notable for his 4 wins in the FIA Sportscar Championship and European Le Mans Series between 1998 and 2001.^[2] Gary also competed in the 1995 International Formula 3000 Championship for the Durango team, starting all eight races but scoring no points.^[3] Formato also started the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times between 1999 and 2001 but did not finish a race.^{[citation needed]}

Sportscar career

Formato drove the #19 Solution F Riley & Scott MKIII,^[4] getting a 3rd place during the first round in Barcelona behind two Ferrari 333 SPs^[5] and a win during the season finale in Kyalami, where he and teammate Jerome Policand beat the #61 Dyson Racing of James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger in second place, and the #60 Risi Competitzione of Eric van de Poele and Wayne Taylor in third.^[6]


Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1999	Riley & Scott Europe	Olivier Thévenin Philipe Gache	Riley & Scott MKIII-Ford	LMP	24	DNF	DNF
2000	SMG Compétition	Philipe Gache Didier Cottaz	Courage C60-Judd	LMP900	219	DNF	DNF
2001	Panoz Motor Sports	Klaus Graf Jamie Davies	Panoz LMP07-Élan	LMP900	86	DNF	DNF
Sources:^[7]^[8]^[9]

^ "Gary Formato • Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ Magazine, Speedsport. "Gary Formato: Racedriver biography - career and success". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Driver: Gary Formato | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ Magazine, Speedsport. "International Sports Racing Series - 1998: Entrylist". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ O'Neil, Terry (1 June 2015). Ferrari 333 SP. Veloce Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84584-758-6.
^ Magazine, Speedsport. "Race result: International Sports Racing Series, Race 8 of season 1998 in Kyalami". www.speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Le Mans 24 Hours 1999 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Le Mans 24 Hours 2000 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Le Mans 24 Hours 2001 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.