1. Gillian Henrion was born on 23 March 2003 and is a French racing driver.
12 Facts About Gillian Henrion
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Gillian Henrion is the 2022 Ligier European Series champion in the JS P4 category and the reigning Le Mans Cup champion, having won the title in 2023 alongside Julien Gerbi.
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Gillian Henrion moved into international karting in 2016, racing in the European and World Championships with his father's team.
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In 2018 Gillian Henrion made his single-seater racing debut with an appearance in the final round of the French F4 Championship at Le Castellet.
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Gillian Henrion finished all races in the top ten, however due to him being a guest driver Henrion didn't score any points.
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Gillian Henrion scored points at every event and got one podium in the rookie championship.
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The most notable moment of his season came at the second race in Mugello, where, due to a strategy gamble, Gillian Henrion found himself in the lead by almost half a minute, and finished the race in fourth place, which ended up being his best result of the year.
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Gillian Henrion made a substitute appearance for G4 Racing in 2022, replacing the injured Axel Gnos at the Red Bull Ring.
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Gillian Henrion would start out the campaign in brilliant fashion, as two pole positions were converted to two lights-to-flag victories at the season opener in Le Castellet.
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Gillian Henrion failed to win Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps, finishing second, before crowning himself as the champion prematurely by winning Sunday's race.
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Gillian Henrion ended the season in style, taking both victories in the final weekend at the Algarve International Circuit.
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At the season finale held in the Algarve, the team took one further point as a result of Gerbi's maiden pole position in qualifying, and although the Algerian would be hit into the gravel by Torsten Kratz whilst in the lead of a rain-intensive race, with Gillian Henrion being unable to make up the lap lost thanks to the car's recovery from the sand trap, a second place for title rivals CD Sport meant that Gillian Henrion and Gerbi had taken the championship with a margin of four points.