Anders Olofsson

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

Racing career Olofsson 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.

Olofsson 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.

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

Death Olofsson died in his sleep on 22 January 2008, aged 55.

Career Results

Complete European Formula 3 results (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 NÜR 10th 6 Anders Olofsson AND MNZ CET DJU 1976 Viktor Trave Ford NÜR ZAN AVU NC 0 Toyota MAN PER MNZ CET KAS KNU VLL 1977 Puss o Kram Jeans Racing Toyota LEC NÜR ZAN ZOL ÖST IMO PER MNZ CET KNU KAS DON JAR VLL 2nd 46 1978 Strike Up Racing Team Toyota ZAN NÜR ÖST ZOL IMO NÜR DIJ MNZ PER MAG KNU KAR DON KAS JAR VLL 2nd 71 1979 Anders Olofsson Toyota VLL ÖST ZOL MAG DON ZAN PER MNZ KNU KIN JAR KAS 13th 6 1980 Anders Olofsson Toyota NÜR ÖST ZOL MAG ZAN LAC MUG MNZ MIS KNU SIL JAR KAS ZOL NC 0

Complete Spa 24 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1985 Magnum Racing Ulf Granberg Ingvar Carlsson Volvo 240T Div. 3 98 DNF DNF 1986 RAS Sport Johnny Cecotto Mauro Baldi Volvo 240T Div. 3 456 12th 7th 1987 Bastos Toyota Team Pierre-Alain Thibaut Eric Bachelart Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70 Div. 3 346 DNF DNF 1988 Nissan Motorsports Europe Allan Grice Win Percy Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R Div. 3 482 6th 4th 1991 Nismo Zexel David Brabham Naoki Hattori Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A/Div. 3 517 1st 1st 1992 Nismo David Brabham Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A/Div. 3 102 DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1988 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Glenn Seton Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 0 DNF DNF 1989 Nissan Motorsport Australia George Fury Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 160 4th 4th 1992 Winfield Team Nissan Neil Crompton Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A 143 3rd 3rd 1993 Winfield Racing David Brabham Holden VP Commodore A 159 4th 4th 1994 Winfield Racing Colin Bond Holden VP Commodore A 161 6th 6th 1995 Winfield Racing Steven Richards Holden VR Commodore 161 4th 4th

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (–1993) results (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 SUZ ？ ？ 1987 ？ Volvo 240 DIV.3 NIS SEN TSU SUG ？ ？ Nismo Nissan Skyline GTS-R DIV.3 FUJ SUZ 1988 Nismo Nissan Skyline GTS-R JTC-1 SUZ NIS SEN TSU SUG FUJ ？ 134 1989 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Skyline GTS-R JTC-1 NIS SEN TSU SUG SUZ FUJ 1st 161 1990 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 NIS SUG SUZ TSU SEN FUJ 3rd 160 1991 Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 SUG SUZ TSU SEN AUT FUJ 1st 200 1992 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 TAI AUT SUG SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ 5th 100 1993 Hitotsuyama Racing BMW M3 JTC-2 MIN AUT 17th 12 Impul Nissan Skyline GT-R JTC-1 SUG SUZ TAI TSU TOK SEN FUJ 15th 15

Complete JGTC results (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 FUJ SEN FUJ MIN SUG 9th 25 1998 Team Ferrari Club of Japan Ferrari F355 GT300SUZ NC 0 Inging Toyota Supra GT500 FUJ SEN FUJ MOT MIN SUG NC 0 1999 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ FUJ SUG MIN FUJ TAI MOT 21st 8

Complete FIA GT Championship results 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 SPA A1R SUZ DON MUG SEB LAG 20th 7