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]}

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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]

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Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Pts
1995	Nordic Racing	Lola T95/50	Cosworth AC	SIL 14	CAT 14	PAU Ret	PER 9	HOC Ret	SPA Ret	EST 12	MAG 13	21st	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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