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.
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 him 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]
1999 | Riley & Scott Europe | Olivier Thévenin Philipe Gache | Riley & Scott MKIII-Ford | LMP | 24 | DNF | DNF | |
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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] |