James Allen (racing driver)
James Allen | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Full name | James Allen |
Born | Perth, Australia | 4 July 1996
IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |
Debut season | 2019 |
Current team | G-Drive Racing by APR |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 69 |
Former teams | DragonSpeed |
Starts | 1 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 13th in 2019 |
Finished last season | 13th (30 pts) |
Previous series | |
2014–15 2014–16 2016 2019 | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC TCR Australia Touring Car Series |
James Allen (born 4 July 1996) is a professional racing driver from Australia. He currently competes in the European Le Mans Series.[1]
Career
[edit]European Le Mans Series
[edit]Allen first contested the European Le Mans Series in 2017 with Graff Racing's LMP2 entry. Allen, along with co-drivers Richard Bradley, Franck Matelli and Gustavo Yacamán drove the #40 Oreca 07 to a 3rd-place finish in the championship. Allen would stay on with Graff in 2018, driving the (now G-Drive branded) #40 entry to a 12th-place finish.
Allen would switch teams in ELMS 2019 to join DragonSpeed alongside Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley and Renger van der Zande in the #21 entry. The team drove the Oreca 07 to a 5th-place finish.
Allen would return to Graff for the 2020 season, racing the #39 entry alongise Alexandre Cougnaud and Thomas Laurent. The team took 5th place in the championship.[2]
Allen would change teams once again in 2021, joining Panis Racing alongside Julien Canal and Will Stevens.[3] After testing positive for COVID-19 prior to round 1 at Barcelona, Allen was replaced by Gabriel Aubry,[4] but would return in time for round 2. The team would finish 3rd in the championship, with Allen finishing 6th in the drivers championship.
FIA World Endurance Championship
[edit]Allen made his FIA World Endurance Championship debut in 2018 for DragonSpeed at the 6 hours of Fuji.[5]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]† Ineligible for points.
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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2014 | ARTA Engineering | ALC 1 24 | ALC 2 22 | SPA 1 31 | SPA 2 Ret | MSC 1 | MSC 2 | NÜR 1 27 | NÜR 2 25 | HUN 1 22 | HUN 2 22 | LEC 1 20 | LEC 2 17 | JER 1 17 | JER 2 24 | 27th | 0 | |||
2015 | ARTA Engineering | ALC 1 25 | ALC 2 20 | ALC 3 5 | SPA 1 21 | SPA 2 28 | HUN 1 20 | HUN 2 18 | SIL 1 22 | SIL 2 22 | SIL 3 22 | NÜR 1 24 | NÜR 2 26 | LMS 1 20 | LMS 2 18 | JER 1 12 | JER 2 Ret | JER 3 Ret | 17th | 10 |
2016 | JD Motorsport | ALC 1 17 | ALC 2 13 | ALC 3 17 | MON 1 13 | MNZ 1 19 | MNZ 2 11 | MNZ 3 17 | RBR 1 12 | RBR 2 15 | LEC 1 13 | LEC 2 16 | SPA 1 5 | SPA 2 Ret | EST 1 Ret | EST 2 13 | 17th | 11 |
† As Allen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
[edit]Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2017 | Graff | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 4 | MNZ 8 | RBR 4 | LEC 6 | SPA 1 | ALG 1 | 3rd | 86 |
2018 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 6 | MNZ Ret | RBR 13 | SIL 12 | SPA 11‡ | ALG 7 | 15th | 15.25 |
2019 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 1 | MNZ 10 | CAT 10 | SIL 4 | SPA 7 | ALG 9 | 7th | 48 |
2020 | Graff | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 9 | SPA 2 | LEC 3 | MNZ 9 | ALG 7 | 6th | 43 | |
2021 | Panis Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | RBR 14 | LEC 8 | MNZ 1 | SPA 3 | ALG 4 | 6th | 56.5 |
2022 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 17 | IMO 15 | MNZ 9 | CAT 8 | SPA 10 | ALG Ret | 21st | 7 |
Pro-Am Cup | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 6th | 59 | ||||
2023 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 5 | LEC 1 | ARA 3 | SPA 1 | POR 2 | ALG 2 | 1st | 113 |
2024 | Duqueine Team | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 11 | LEC 6 | IMO 9 | SPA | MUG | ALG | 13th* | 10* |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2018–19 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | LMS Ret | SIL | 29th | 8 | |||||
DragonSpeed | LMP1 | BR Engineering BR1 | Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 | FUJ Ret | SHA 6 | SEB | SPA | LMS | ||||||
2022 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 11 | SPA 11 | LMS 9 | MNZ 7 | FUJ 13 | BHR 12 | 19th | 10 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2017 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 361 | 6th | 5th |
2018 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 197 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 357 | DNF | DNF |
2021 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 362 | 8th | 3rd |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 363 | 19th | 15th |
LMP2 Pro-Am | 1st | ||||||
2023 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 322 | 20th | 10th |
LMP2 Pro-Am | 1st | ||||||
2024 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 112 | DNF | DNF |
LMP2 Pro-Am |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
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2019 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB | MDO | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 13th | 30 |
2022 | G-Drive Racing by APR | LMP2 | Aurus 01 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 9 | SEB | LGA | MDO | WGL | ELK | PET | NC | 0 | |
2023 | Proton Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB | LGA | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | NC | 0 | |
2024 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 7 | SEB | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL | * | * |
References
[edit]- ^ "ELMS". www.europeanlemansseries.com.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (11 February 2021). "Graff LMP3 Crew Steps Up to Top Category – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (11 February 2021). "Panis Sets LMP2 Driving Squad – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com.
- ^ "Aubry In For Allen At Panis Racing For Barcelona, #88 AF Corse Ferrari Withdrawn | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (8 September 2018). "Hedman to Skip Fuji; Allen Joins DragonSpeed in Revised Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com.
- ^ "IMSA: Rene Rast reunites with G-Drive Racing for Rolex 24". www.motorsport.com. 17 December 2021.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (17 December 2021). "Rast to Lead G-Drive LMP2 Crew at Daytona – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com.
External links
[edit]- James Allen career summary at DriverDB.com