🇬🇧 Michael Gilbert

Michael Gilbert holds a Racer Rating of 2,421, placing him in the competitive amateur band; this represents a driver who races at club and regional level, typically quick and consistent but operating outside the professional mainstream. His record spans from 2015 to 2026 across two series, with seven race starts yielding two wins and five podium finishes. His average finishing position of third across all classified starts reflects a strong record in the fields he has contested, though the limited number of starts constrains how much can be drawn from the aggregate.[1]

Gilbert's primary competition came in American Endurance Racing between 2015 and 2020, where he accumulated six starts with one win and four podiums. His rivals in these races were typically drivers rated in the low thousands; he holds a mixed 2-2 record against Brian Cincera, a much weaker competitor, and decisively outran Eric Pennington in all four shared races. More notably, Gilbert has single wins over several substantially stronger drivers: Steven Thomas, a FIA Bronze graded driver and 2025 International GT CAY3.8 champion; Aristotle Balogh, also FIA Bronze and rated over 3,900; and Johan Schwartz and Brad Mccall, both professional-level competitors. These instances suggest occasional competitive performance against higher-calibre fields, though they remain isolated results rather than patterns of sustained rivalry against that standard.[2]

Gilbert returned to racing in 2026 with Team GTR 99 in the Zenith Racing Series, winning his single start. The team itself has shown modest strength, posting three wins across its programme with a peak driver in Jeff Segal, a professional-rated competitor. Gilbert's recent involvement with endurance racing and his entry to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2025 indicate an endurance racing focus, though his limited recent activity leaves his current competitive standing unclear.