Tony Gillet


Tony Gillet is a Belgian former racing driver and founder of the Gillet sports car company.

Racing career

Gillet started racing in 1968 in provincial rallies, at the wheel of a Renault 4. In 1979 and 1980 he won the Belgian hill-climb championship driving a Formula 2 Renault previously driven by Jean-Pierre Jabouille. In the 1980s he built prototype cars for competitions including the Paris-Dakar rally.

Gillet automobiles

Tony Gillet founded Automobiles Gillet in 1991. It released its first car in 1994.