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Bert Anders Olofsson[1] (31 March 1952 – 22 January 2008) was a Swedish racing driver.[2]

Racing career

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He won back-to-back Swedish Formula Three titles in 1977 and 1978 and finished runner-up in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship in the same seasons.[3]

He won three consecutive Japanese Touring Car titles as a works Nissan driver and triumphed in the 1991 Spa 24 Hours, driving a Nissan Skyline with David Brabham and Naoki Hattori.

From 1988 to 1995, Olofsson competed six times in the Bathurst 1000 touring car race in Australia, all with Gibson Motorsport. He drove in the 1988 Tooheys 1000 with Glenn Seton in a Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, though the pair failed to complete a lap after the gearbox broke when Seton changed from second to third gear only seconds after the rolling start (the same fate had befallen Seton and Olofsson on lap 3 of the Sandown 500 just three weeks earlier, the traditional lead in to Bathurst). In 1989 he returned, driving with George Fury in a HR31 Skyline to finish fourth. After a two-year absence he returned for Winfield Racing (Gibson) in 1992 (the final year of Group A) in a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R to finish third outright with television commentator turned racer Neil Crompton. Despite Australian touring car racing abandoning Group A at the end of 1992 and moving to a V8 formula, Olofsson was held in such regard by the Fred Gibson run team that he was invited to return in 1993 and finished fourth with David Brabham in a Holden VP Commodore and 1994 to drive with veteran Colin Bond (the 1969 race winner) to finish sixth in a VP Commodore. Olofsson's last Bathurst 1000 was again with the Gibson team in 1995 where he teamed with Steven Richards in a Holden VR Commodore to again finish fourth.

Olofsson finished second overall and won the GT1 class of the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing a Gulf McLaren F1 with Jean-Marc Gounon and Pierre-Henri Raphanel.

He retired from racing at the end of 1997 and worked in driver management with Swedish racers in the Swedish Touring Car Championship.

Death

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Olofsson died in his sleep on 22 January 2008, aged 55.[4]

Career Results

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Complete European Formula 3 results

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

Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Pts
1975 Rotel Racing Ford MON
DNQ
NÜR 10th 6
Anders Olofsson AND
8
MNZ
7
CET DJU
2
1976 Viktor Trave Ford NÜR
25
ZAN
18
AVU
Ret
NC 0
Toyota MAN
DNQ
PER MNZ CET KAS
DNQ
KNU
7
VLL
1977 Puss o Kram Jeans Racing Toyota LEC
4
NÜR
2
ZAN
1
ZOL
Ret
ÖST
1
IMO
5
PER MNZ
Ret
CET
6
KNU
1
KAS
3
DON
8
JAR
4
VLL 2nd 46
1978 Strike Up Racing Team Toyota ZAN
4
NÜR
1
ÖST
1
ZOL
2
IMO
3
NÜR
Ret
DIJ
3
MNZ
Ret
PER
3
MAG
10
KNU
1
KAR
2
DON
5
KAS
1
JAR
2
VLL
7
2nd 71
1979 Anders Olofsson Toyota VLL ÖST
DNS
ZOL MAG DON
DNS
ZAN PER MNZ KNU
2
KIN JAR KAS 13th 6
1980 Anders Olofsson Toyota NÜR ÖST ZOL MAG ZAN LAC MUG MNZ MIS KNU
Ret
SIL JAR KAS ZOL NC 0

Complete Spa 24 Hour results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1985 Sweden  Magnum Racing Sweden  Ulf Granberg
Sweden  Ingvar Carlsson
Volvo 240T Div. 3 98 DNF DNF
1986 Belgium  RAS Sport Venezuela  Johnny Cecotto
Italy  Mauro Baldi
Volvo 240T Div. 3 456 12th 7th
1987 Belgium  Bastos Toyota Team Belgium  Pierre-Alain Thibaut
Belgium  Eric Bachelart
Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70 Div. 3 346 DNF DNF
1988 United Kingdom  Nissan Motorsports Europe Australia  Allan Grice
United Kingdom  Win Percy
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R Div. 3 482 6th 4th
1991 Japan  Nismo Zexel Australia  David Brabham
Japan  Naoki Hattori
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A/Div. 3 517 1st 1st
1992 Japan  Nismo Australia  David Brabham
Japan  Masahiro Hasemi
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A/Div. 3 102 DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1987 Japan  Italya Sports France  Alain Ferté
France  Patrick Gonin
Nissan R86V C1 86 DNF DNF
1988 Japan  Italya Sports
Japan  Team Le Mans Co.
Italy  Lamberto Leoni
Japan  Akio Morimoto
March 88SNissan C1 69 DNF DNF
1989 Japan  Team Le Mans Co.
France  Courage Compétition
Japan  Takao Wada
Japan  Akio Morimoto
March 88SNissan C1 221 DNF DNF
1990 Japan  Team Le Mans Japan  Takao Wada
Brazil  Maurizio Sandro Sala
Nissan R89C C1 182 DNF DNF
1991 France  Courage Compétition United Kingdom  Johnny Dumfries
Sweden  Thomas Danielsson
Cougar C26SPorsche C2 45 DNF DNF
1994 Sweden  Strandell
Germany  Obermaier Racing
Italy  Max Angelelli
Switzerland  Sandro Angelastri
Ferrari F40 GT1 51 DNF DNF
1995 Italy  Ennea SRL
Italy  Ferrari Club Italia
Italy  Luciano Della Noce
Japan  Tetsuya Ota
Ferrari F40 GTE GT1 42 DNF DNF
1996 Italy  Ennea SRL Igol Italy  Luciano Della Noce
Sweden  Carl Rosenblad
Ferrari F40 GTE GT1 98 DNF DNF
1997 United Kingdom  Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom  GTC Racing
France  Jean-Marc Gounon
France  Pierre-Henri Raphanel
McLaren F1 GTR GT1 360 2nd 1st

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1988 Australia  Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Australia  Glenn Seton Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 0 DNF DNF
1989 Australia  Nissan Motorsport Australia Australia  George Fury Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 160 4th 4th
1992 Australia  Winfield Team Nissan Australia  Neil Crompton Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A 143 3rd 3rd
1993 Australia  Winfield Racing Australia  David Brabham Holden VP Commodore A 159 4th 4th
1994 Australia  Winfield Racing Australia  Colin Bond Holden VP Commodore A 161 6th 6th
1995 Australia  Winfield Racing New Zealand  Steven Richards Holden VR Commodore 161 4th 4th

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (–1993) results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
1986 RAS Volvo 240 DIV.3 NIS SUG TSU SEN FUJ
1
SUZ
1987 Volvo 240 DIV.3 NIS SEN TSU
Ret
SUG
Ret
Nismo Nissan Skyline GTS-R DIV.3 FUJ
9
SUZ
4
1988 Nismo Nissan Skyline GTS-R JTC-1 SUZ
1
NIS
1
SEN
4
TSU
3
SUG
7
FUJ
Ret
134
1989 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Skyline GTS-R JTC-1 NIS
4
SEN
2
TSU
1
SUG
1
SUZ
1
FUJ
Ret
1st 161
1990 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 NIS
2
SUG
2
SUZ
1
TSU
Ret
SEN
2
FUJ
2
3rd 160
1991 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 SUG
2
SUZ
1
TSU
1
SEN
2
AUT
1
FUJ
4
1st 200
1992 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 TAI
5
AUT
1
SUG
2
SUZ
4
MIN
NC
TSU
3
SEN
2
FUJ
1
5th 100
1993 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 JTC-2 MIN AUT
3
17th 12
Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 SUG
2
SUZ TAI TSU TOK SEN FUJ 15th 15

Complete JGTC results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Pts
1997 Team Ferrari Club of Japan Ferrari F355 GT300 SUZ
11
FUJ
4
SEN FUJ
2
MIN SUG
Ret
9th 25
1998 Team Ferrari Club of Japan Ferrari F355 GT300 SUZ
Ret
NC 0
Inging Toyota Supra GT500 FUJ
C
SEN FUJ MOT MIN SUG NC 0
1999 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ FUJ
5
SUG MIN FUJ TAI MOT 21st 8

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts
1997 Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren F1 GTR GT1 HOC SIL HEL NÜR
Ret
SPA
Ret
A1R
5
SUZ
3
DON
7
MUG
8
SEB
10
LAG
6
20th 7

References

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  1. ^ "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Bert Anders Olofsson". www.24h-en-piste.com (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Profile". mitorosso.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ^ Brown, Allen. "European Formula 3 1978". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ^ English, Steven (24 January 2008). "Anders Olofsson dies aged 55". Autosport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.