From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Allan McNish
Allan McNish
Allan McNish Allan McNish (born 29 December 1969) is a Scottish rac-
ing driver. He is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le
Mans, most recently in 2008, and two-time American Le
Mans Series champion.
Early life
McNish who was born in Dumfries, Scotland played foot-
ball while at school. He was a fan of Nottingham Forest
and also supported his local club Queen of the South. It
wasn’t until McNish began in karting that he found some-
thing at which he excelled.[1]
Early career
McNish began his career in karting like fellow Dumfries
and Galloway driver David Coulthard. McNish credited
Born 29 December 1969 (1969-12-29) the start given to both of them and Dario Franchitti as be-
ing largely down to David Leslie senior and junior.[2]
Formula One World Championship career
McNish and Coulthard both were recognised with a
Nationality British McLaren/Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year
award having moved up to car racing. In 1988 he won the
Active years 2002
Formula Vauxhall Lotus championship and in 1989 fin-
Teams Toyota, Renault (Test Driver) ished runner up to David Brabham in a close fought Bri-
Races 17 (16 starts) tish Formula Three Championship. During the late 1980s
McNish shared a house with team mate Mika Häkki-
Championships 0 nen.[3]
Wins 0 Tipped as a future F1 driver, he tested with both
McLaren and Benetton, whilst also competing in F3000,
Podiums 0
then the recognised second tier of European motorsport,
Career points 0 in 1990-1992. Whilst racing his first season in F3000,
McNish suffered a crash at a race in Donington Park
Pole positions 0
where a bystander was fatally injured.[4] He went on to
Fastest laps 0 finish 4th overall in the championship that season. Con-
centrating on F1 opportunities meant he appeared in
First race 2002 Australian Grand Prix
F3000 only once during 1994, at Pau.
Last race 2002 Japanese Grand Prix When an F1 drive failed to materialise, he returned to
F3000 in 1995 with Paul Stewart Racing (run by the son
24 Hours of Le Mans career of Sir Jackie Stewart who went on to form Stewart Grand
Prix). While he was arguably the fastest driver of the
Participating 1997 - 2000, 2004 -
years year, a series of mishaps saw him well beaten by Super
Nova drivers Vincenzo Sospiri and Ricardo Rosset in the
Teams Roock Racing, Porsche AG, Toyota title race. McNish’s career appeared to stall in early 1996
Motorsports, Audi Sport Joest, Audi Sport
after a deal to race in Formula Nippon fell through and
UK, Champion Racing
Mark Blundell was preferred for a drive with the PacWest
Best finish 1st (1998, 2008) CART team. He also tested for Benetton during the year.
Class wins 2 (1998, 2008)
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Sports cars After Formula One
Having devoted his career to the pursuit of an F1 chance,
it is ironic that McNish has become one of the world’s
most highly rated sportscar drivers. His sportscar career
began in 1996 with Porsche, at a time when their 911 GT1
model revolutionized sportscar racing. With the facto-
ry team he took this car to victory in the 1998 24 Hours
of Le Mans, partnered by Laurent Aïello and Stephane
Ortelli. He subsequently appeared for Toyota and Audi
in the race, and after losing a likely victory in the dying
stages of the 2007 event, scored a second triumph in 2008
with Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello driving an Au-
di R10.[5] He has also raced with great success for Audi in
the American Le Mans Series, winning the title with Din-
do Capello in 2006 and 2007, and taking three overall vic-
tories at the 12 Hours of Sebring (2004, 2006 and 2009). McNish driving an Audi R10 TDI at the 2008 1000km of Silver-
stone
Formula One In 2003 he was a test driver for Renault F1, also doing
a little TV work for ITV, but the next year he returned
to his successful sports car racing career, winning the
12 Hours of Sebring, combining this in 2005 with a ven-
ture into the highly competitive DTM (German Touring
Car Championship), where he competed against the likes
of former F1 men Mika Häkkinen and Jean Alesi. He also
won Sportscar Driver of the Year awards from the Au-
tosport and Le Mans magazines and the (Jackie) Stewart
Medal Award for services to Scottish Motor Sport. He was
made the President of the Scottish Motor Racing Club at
their annual Prize Giving and Dinner in 2007, succeeding
Sir Jackie Stewart.
McNish’s Toyota engine fails at the 2002 French Grand Prix.
In 2006, he continued racing with the Audi factory
team and was part of the driving line up which won the
McNish finally found an opening into Formula One in
12 Hours of Sebring in the new Audi R10 TDI diesel, set-
2001, when the newly formed Toyota F1 team required a
ting pole position and breaking the lap record. In 2008,
development driver. Given his link with Toyota through
McNish won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Audi alongside
sportscars he was an obvious choice for this role, and af-
Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello. It was his first win
ter impressing in testing he was hired to race for the sea-
at la Sarthe since 1998.
son. He did not score any points during the season’s 17
Since Formula 1 has introduced the Drivers’ Repre-
races, and he and team-mate Mika Salo were replaced
sentative on the stewards panel at all Grands Prix,
with a new line-up of Olivier Panis and Cristiano da Matta
McNish has featured as the Drivers’ Representative twice
for 2003. Salo had scored points for the team on their
in the 2011 season, in Monaco and most recently in Hun-
debut in Melbourne and McNish had very nearly done
gary and on both occasions he has penalised the McLaren
the same in the Malaysian Grand Prix, only for a pit lane
driver Lewis Hamilton for various trangressions. He has
mistake by the team to cost him the result. Both drivers
also appeared in a Scania video test driving their new
were told of their replacement before Da Matta was an-
R730 V8.
nounced, and ITV’s Martin Brundle commented that "re-
placing Salo and McNish with Panis and A.N. Other" was
not, in his view, a step forward[citation needed]. Other formulae
McNish had a dramatic accident at the 130R corner
As well as those above, McNish has also raced in the fol-
while practising for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka,
lowing racing series:
but escaped serious injury. This led to the corner being
• Karting
reprofiled the following year[citation needed].
• Formula Ford
• Vauxhall Lotus
• British Formula 3
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Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1989 Pacific Racing SIL VAL PAU JER PER BRH BIR SPA BUG DIJ NC 0
8
1990 DAMS DON SIL PAU JER MNZ PER HOC BRH BIR BUG NOG 4th 26
Ret 1 6 16 6 2 Ret 1 Ret Ret 8
1991 DAMS VAL PAU JER MUG PER HOC BRH SPA BUG NOG 16th 2
DNQ 13 DNQ 5 8 Ret Ret 8 Ret 8
1992 3001 International SIL PAU CAT PER HOC NÜR SPA ALB NOG MAG 11th 8
Ret 5 Ret 3 Ret 12 5
1994 Vortex Motorsport SIL PAU CAT PER HOC SPA EST MAG 9th 6
Ret
1995 Paul Stewart Racing SIL CAT PAU PER HOC SPA EST MAG 7th 11
3 Ret 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret 7
Year Team Car Team mate Team mate Position
1997 Rook Racing Porsche 911 GT1 Evo Karl Wendlinger Stephane Ortelli DNF
1998 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1-98 Laurent Aiello Stephane Ortelli 1st
1999 Toyota Motorsports Toyota GT-One Thierry Boutsen Ralf Kelleners DNF
2000 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 Laurent Aiello Stephane Ortelli 2nd
2004 Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx Audi R8 Frank Biela Pierre Kaffer 5th
2005 ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro 3rd
2006 Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello 3rd
2007 Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello DNF
2008 Audi Sport North America Audi R10 TDI Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello 1st
2009 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15 TDI Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello 3rd
2010 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R15+ TDI Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello 3rd
2011 Audi Sport North America Audi R18 TDI Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello DNF
• North American GT Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
• FIA GT
Complete American Le Mans Series re-
Personal life sults
He lives in Monaco with his wife Kelly. Prior to his mar-
riage, McNish’s stag party in Dumfries was attended by Complete Formula One results
Dario Franchitti and Marino Franchitti and included tak- (key)
ing in a Queen of the South football match.[1]
Complete DTM results
Racing record (key)
Complete International Formula 3000 References
results [1] ^ Allan McNish interview 30th August 2009, part 1
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics on qosfc.com
indicate fastest lap.) [2] Allan McNish interview 30th August 2009, part 2 on
qosfc.com
[3] "Allan McNish" interview 30th August 2009, part 3
on qosfc.com
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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
1999 Champion LMP Porsche Porsche SEB ATL MOS SON POR PET MON LSV 25th 47
Racing 911 GT1 3.2 L ovr:6 ovr:12 ovr:8 ovr:7 ovr:Ret ovr:Ret
Evo Turbo cls:6 cls:12 cls:8 cls:7 cls:Ret cls:Ret
Flat-6
2000 Audi LMP Audi R8 Audi SEB NÜR SON MOS TEX ROS PET MON LSV ADE 1st 270
Sport 3.6L ovr:2 ovr:Ret ovr:1 ovr:1 ovr:2 ovr:1 ovr:1 ovr:1 ovr:2 ovr:1
North Turbo cls:2 cls:Ret cls:1 cls:1 cls:2 cls:1 cls:1 cls:1 cls:2 cls:1
America Audi V8 CHA SIL
R8R ovr:20 ovr:3
cls:8 cls:3
2004 Audi LMP1 Audi R8 Audi SEB MID LIM SON POR MOS AME PET MON 7th 26
Sport UK 3.6L ovr:1
Team Turbo cls:1
Veloqx V8
2005 ADT LMP1 Audi R8 Audi SEB ATL MID LIM SON POR AME MOS PET MON 10th 22
Champion 3.6L ovr:2
Racing Turbo cls:2
V8
2006 Audi LMP1 Audi Audi SEB UTA POR AME MOS PET MON 1st 204
Sport R10 TDI 5.5L ovr:1 ovr:4 ovr:1 ovr:2 ovr:1 ovr:1 ovr:1
North Turbo cls:1 cls:3 cls:1 cls:2 cls:1 cls:1 cls:1
America V12
Diesel)
(Diesel)
Audi R8 Audi TEX MID LIM
3.6L ovr:1 ovr:3 ovr:1
Turbo cls:1 cls:1 cls:1
V8
2007 Audi LMP1 Audi Audi SEB STP LNB TEX UTA LIM MID AME MOS DET PET MON 1st 246
Sport R10 TDI 5.5L ovr:4 ovr:1 ovr:7 ovr:3 ovr:2 ovr:5 ovr:5 ovr:2 ovr:2 ovr:3 ovr:1 ovr:1
North Turbo cls:2 cls:1 cls:1 cls:1 cls:1 cls:1 cls:2 cls:1 cls:1 :cls:2 cls:1 cls:1
America V12
Diesel)
(Diesel)
2008 Audi LMP1 Audi Audi SEB STP LNB UTA LIM MID AME MOS DET PET MON 8th 60
Sport R10 TDI 5.5L ovr:3 ovr:1
North Turbo cls:1 cls:1
America V12
Diesel)
(Diesel)
2009 Audi LMP1 Audi Audi SEB STP LNB UTA LIM MID AME MOS PET MON 10th 30
Sport R15 TDI 5.5L ovr:1 ovr:3
Team Turbo cls:1 cls:3
Joest V10
Diesel)
(Diesel)
2010 Audi LMP1 Audi Audi SEB LNB MON UTA LIM MID AME MOS PET NC -
Sport R15 TDI 5.5L ovr:3
Team plus Turbo cls:3
Joest V10
Diesel)
(Diesel)
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2011 Audi LMP1 Audi Audi SEB LNB LIM MOS MID AME BAL MON NC -
Sport R15 TDI 5.5L ovr:4
Team plus Turbo cls:4
Joest V10
Diesel)
(Diesel)
Audi Audi PET
R18 TDI 3.7L ovr:Ret
Turbo cls:Ret
V6
Diesel)
(Diesel)
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC
2002 Panasonic Toyota Toyota AUS MAL BRA SMR ESP AUT MON CAN EUR GBR FRA GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN 19th
Toyota TF102 V10 Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret 11 Ret 14 9 Ret 15 DNS
Racing
2003 Mild Renault Renault AUS MAL BRA SMR ESP AUT MON CAN EUR FRA -
Seven Re- R23 V10 TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
nault F1 Renault GBR GER HUN ITA USA JPN
Team R23B TD TD TD TD TD TD
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points
2005 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC1 LAU1 SPA BRN OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU2 IST HOC2 10th 13
11 Ret Ret 7 6 4 6 Ret 9 15 17
[4] Allsop, Derick (2002). "McNish finally bursts into
the fast lane". London: Independent.co.uk.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-
racing/mcnish-finally-bursts-into-the-fast-
lane-672093.html. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
[5] "Audi edges Peugeot in classic Le Mans 24 Hours
duel". MaximumMotorsport.co.uk. 2008.
http://www.maximummotorsport.co.uk/2008/06/
15/audi-edges-peugeot-in-classic-le-
mans-24-hours-duel/. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
External links
• Allan McNish’s official website
• Allan McNish’s official blog
• Richard’s F1 interview with Allan McNish
• Profile - by FIA GT Championship official website
Persondata
Name McNish, Allan
Alternative names
Short description Scottish racing driver
Date of birth 29 September 1969
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Succeeded by
Michele Alboreto 1998 with: Pierluigi Martini
Stefan Johansson Laurent Aïello Yannick Dalmas
Tom Kristensen Stéphane Ortelli Joachim Winkelhock
Preceded by American Le Mans Series champion Succeeded by
Elliott Forbes-Robinson 2000 Emanuele Pirro
Preceded by American Le Mans Series champion Succeeded by
Frank Biela 2006-2007 Lucas Luhr
Emanuele Pirro with Rinaldo Capello Marco Werner
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Succeeded by
Frank Biela 2008 with: David Brabham
Emanuele Pirro Rinaldo Capello Marc Gené
Marco Werner Tom Kristensen Alexander Wurz
Awards
Preceded by Autosport Succeeded by
Eddie Irvine British Club Driver of the Year David Coulthard
1988
Preceded by Autosport Succeeded by
JJ Lehto National Racing Driver of the Year Robb Gravett
1989
Preceded by Autosport Succeeded by
Lewis Hamilton British Competition Driver of the Year Jenson Button
2008
Preceded by Segrave Trophy Succeeded by
Lewis Hamilton 2008 Paul Bonhomme
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• Living people
• Scottish Formula One drivers
• Scottish racing drivers
• British Formula Three Championship drivers
• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
• FIA GT Championship drivers
• 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
• People from Dumfries
• American Le Mans Series drivers
• International Formula 3000 drivers
• Segrave Trophy recipients
• Le Mans Series drivers
• People educated at St. Joseph's College, Dumfries
• Sportspeople from Dumfries
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