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Anders Olofsson

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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 88S−Nissan C1 69 DNF DNF
1989 Japan Team Le Mans Co.
France Courage Compétition 		Japan Takao Wada
Japan Akio Morimoto 		March 88S−Nissan 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 C26S−Porsche 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.


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