Corvette hero Gavin retires

GARY WATKINS

SPORTSCARS Oliver Gavin hung up his helmet after climbing out of the solo Chevrolet Corvette C8.R racing in last weekend’s Spa round of the World Endurance Championship. The Briton, a five-time class winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours, revealed ahead of the race that it would be his final outing as a professional driver. The announcement last Thursday followed Gavin standing down from the full-time Corvette Racing line-up at the end of last season’s IMSA SportsCar Championship. At the same time he took the wraps off a new initiative called the Oliver Gavin Driving Academy based around the latest Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that goes on sale in Europe this year. “I’ve been working on the academy for the past three or four years, but last November I couldn’t announce it and at…

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Autosport (Digital) - 1 Issue, 06/05/21

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