Anders Olofsson

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

He won back-to-back Swedish

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

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.

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

(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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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	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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1987	Italya Sports	Alain Ferté Patrick Gonin	Nissan R86V	C1	86	DNF	DNF
1988	Italya Sports Team Le Mans Co.	Lamberto Leoni Akio Morimoto	March 88S−Nissan	C1	69	DNF	DNF
1989	Team Le Mans Co. Courage Compétition	Takao Wada Akio Morimoto	March 88S−Nissan	C1	221	DNF	DNF
1990	Team Le Mans	Takao Wada Maurizio Sandro Sala	Nissan R89C	C1	182	DNF	DNF
1991	Courage Compétition	Johnny Dumfries Thomas Danielsson	Cougar C26S−Porsche	C2	45	DNF	DNF
1994	Strandell Obermaier Racing	Max Angelelli Sandro Angelastri	Ferrari F40	GT1	51	DNF	DNF
1995	Ennea SRL Ferrari Club Italia	Luciano Della Noce Tetsuya Ota	Ferrari F40 GTE	GT1	42	DNF	DNF
1996	Ennea SRL Igol	Luciano Della Noce Carl Rosenblad	Ferrari F40 GTE	GT1	98	DNF	DNF
1997	Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing	Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	360	2nd	1st

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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

(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

(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

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