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James Allen (racing driver)

January 01, 1970

This article is about the racing driver. For the motorsports journalist, see James Allen (journalist).

James Allen (born 4 July 1996) is a professional racing driver from Australia. He currently competes in the European Le Mans Series.[1]

James Allen
Allen in 2019
Nationality Australian
Full nameJames Allen
Born (1996-07-04) 4 July 1996 (age 27)
Perth, Australia
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamG-Drive Racing by APR
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number69
Former teamsDragonSpeed
Starts1
Championships0
Wins0
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish13th in 2019
Finished last season13th (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

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

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
2013 Formula BMW Talent Cup N/A 3 0 1 ? ? 31 5th
2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series ARTA Engineering 14 0 0 0 0 2 23rd
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 12 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series ARTA Engineering 16 0 0 0 0 48 11th
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 17 0 0 0 0 10 17th
2016 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC JD Motorsport 15 1 0 0 3 177 7th
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 15 0 0 0 0 11 17th
2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff Racing 6 2 0 0 2 86 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 6 0 0 0 0 15.25 15th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship DragonSpeed 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 2 0 1 2 48 7th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 1 0 1 0 1 30 13th
TCR Australia Touring Car Series Ashley Seward Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 24 32nd
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff Racing 5 0 0 0 2 43 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 SO24-HAS by Graff 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2021 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Panis Racing 5 1 0 0 1 56.5 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Mühlner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 44th
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 6 0 0 0 0 10 19th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 6 0 0 0 0 7 21st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 G-Drive Racing by APR[6][7] 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 4 1 0 0 1 51 3rd
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 6 2 1 0 5 113 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Proton Competition 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Team
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 DragonSpeed

† 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
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
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 LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG

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
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.
2017   Graff Racing   Richard Bradley
  Franck Matelli 		Oreca 07 LMP2 361 6th 5th
2018   G-Drive Racing   José Gutiérrez
  Enzo Guibbert 		Oreca 07 LMP2 197 DNF DNF
2020   SO24-HAS by Graff   Vincent Capillaire
  Charles Milesi 		Oreca 07 LMP2 357 DNF DNF
2021   Panis Racing   Julien Canal
  Will Stevens 		Oreca 07 LMP2 362 8th 3rd
2022   Algarve Pro Racing   René Binder
  Steven Thomas 		Oreca 07 LMP2 363 19th 15th
LMP2 Pro-Am 1st
2023   Algarve Pro Racing   Colin Braun
  George Kurtz 		Oreca 07 LMP2 322 20th 10th
LMP2 Pro-Am 1st

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
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 SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS ATL

References edit

  1. ^ "ELMS". www.europeanlemansseries.com.
  2. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (11 February 2021). "Graff LMP3 Crew Steps Up to Top Category – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (11 February 2021). "Panis Sets LMP2 Driving Squad – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com.
  4. ^ "Aubry In For Allen At Panis Racing For Barcelona, #88 AF Corse Ferrari Withdrawn | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com.
  5. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (8 September 2018). "Hedman to Skip Fuji; Allen Joins DragonSpeed in Revised Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com.
  6. ^ "IMSA: Rene Rast reunites with G-Drive Racing for Rolex 24". www.motorsport.com. 17 December 2021.
  7. ^ 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
Sporting positions
Preceded by European Le Mans Series
LMP2 Champion
2023
With: Alex Lynn & Kyffin Simpson 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

January 01, 1970
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This article is about the racing driver For the motorsports journalist see James Allen journalist James Allen born 4 July 1996 is a professional racing driver from Australia He currently competes in the European Le Mans Series 1 James AllenAllen in 2019NationalityAustralianFull nameJames AllenBorn 1996 07 04 4 July 1996 age 27 Perth AustraliaIMSA SportsCar Championship careerDebut season2019Current teamG Drive Racing by APRRacing licenceFIA GoldCar number69Former teamsDragonSpeedStarts1Championships0Wins0Poles1Fastest laps0Best finish13th in 2019Finished last season13th 30 pts Previous series2014 152014 1620162019Formula Renault 2 0 AlpsFormula Renault 2 0 EurocupFormula Renault 2 0 NECTCR Australia Touring Car Series Contents 1 Career 1 1 European Le Mans Series 1 2 FIA World Endurance Championship 2 Racing record 2 1 Career summary 2 2 Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2 0 results 2 3 Complete European Le Mans Series results 2 4 Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results 2 5 Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results 2 6 Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results 3 References 4 External linksCareer editEuropean 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 Yacaman 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 editCareer summary edit Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F laps Podiums Points Position 2013 Formula BMW Talent Cup N A 3 0 1 31 5th 2014 Formula Renault 2 0 Alps Series ARTA Engineering 14 0 0 0 0 2 23rd Formula Renault 2 0 Eurocup 12 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2015 Formula Renault 2 0 Alps Series ARTA Engineering 16 0 0 0 0 48 11th Formula Renault 2 0 Eurocup 17 0 0 0 0 10 17th 2016 Formula Renault 2 0 NEC JD Motorsport 15 1 0 0 3 177 7th Formula Renault 2 0 Eurocup 15 0 0 0 0 11 17th 2017 European Le Mans Series LMP2 Graff Racing 6 2 0 0 2 86 3rd 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N A 5th 2018 European Le Mans Series LMP2 G Drive Racing 6 0 0 0 0 15 25 15th 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N A DNF 2018 19 FIA World Endurance Championship DragonSpeed 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2019 European Le Mans Series LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 2 0 1 2 48 7th IMSA SportsCar Championship LMP2 1 0 1 0 1 30 13th TCR Australia Touring Car Series Ashley Seward Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 24 32nd 2020 European Le Mans Series LMP2 Graff Racing 5 0 0 0 2 43 6th 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 SO24 HAS by Graff 1 0 0 0 0 N A DNF 2021 European Le Mans Series LMP2 Panis Racing 5 1 0 0 1 56 5 6th 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N A 3rd Le Mans Cup LMP3 Muhlner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 44th 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 6 0 0 0 0 10 19th European Le Mans Series LMP2 6 0 0 0 0 7 21st 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N A 15th IMSA SportsCar Championship LMP2 G Drive Racing by APR 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2023 Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 4 1 0 0 1 51 3rd European Le Mans Series LMP2 6 2 1 0 5 113 1st 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N A 10th IMSA SportsCar Championship LMP2 Proton Competition 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC 2024 European Le Mans Series LMP2 Duqueine Team IMSA SportsCar Championship LMP2 DragonSpeed 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 2014 ARTA Engineering ALC124 ALC222 SPA131 SPA2Ret MSC1 MSC2 NUR127 NUR225 HUN122 HUN222 LEC120 LEC217 JER117 JER224 27th 0 2015 ARTA Engineering ALC125 ALC220 ALC35 SPA121 SPA228 HUN120 HUN218 SIL122 SIL222 SIL322 NUR124 NUR226 LMS120 LMS218 JER112 JER2Ret JER3Ret 17th 10 2016 JD Motorsport ALC117 ALC213 ALC317 MON113 MNZ119 MNZ211 MNZ317 RBR112 RBR215 LEC113 LEC216 SPA15 SPA2Ret EST1Ret EST213 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 2017 Graff LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 SIL4 MNZ8 RBR4 LEC6 SPA1 ALG1 3rd 86 2018 G Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 LEC6 MNZRet RBR13 SIL12 SPA11 ALG7 15th 15 25 2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 LEC1 MNZ10 CAT10 SIL4 SPA7 ALG9 7th 48 2020 Graff LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 LEC9 SPA2 LEC3 MNZ9 ALG7 6th 43 2021 Panis Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 CAT RBR14 LEC8 MNZ1 SPA3 ALG4 6th 56 5 2022 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 LEC17 IMO15 MNZ9 CAT8 SPA10 ALGRet 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 CAT5 LEC1 ARA3 SPA1 POR2 ALG2 1st 113 2024 Duqueine Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 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 2018 19 G Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 SPA LMSRet SIL 29th 8 DragonSpeed LMP1 BR Engineering BR1 Gibson GL458 4 5L V8 FUJRet SHA6 SEB SPA LMS 2022 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 SEB11 SPA11 LMS9 MNZ7 FUJ13 BHR12 19th 10 Season still in progress Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos Classpos 2017 nbsp Graff Racing nbsp Richard Bradley nbsp Franck Matelli Oreca 07 LMP2 361 6th 5th 2018 nbsp G Drive Racing nbsp Jose Gutierrez nbsp Enzo Guibbert Oreca 07 LMP2 197 DNF DNF 2020 nbsp SO24 HAS by Graff nbsp Vincent Capillaire nbsp Charles Milesi Oreca 07 LMP2 357 DNF DNF 2021 nbsp Panis Racing nbsp Julien Canal nbsp Will Stevens Oreca 07 LMP2 362 8th 3rd 2022 nbsp Algarve Pro Racing nbsp Rene Binder nbsp Steven Thomas Oreca 07 LMP2 363 19th 15th LMP2 Pro Am 1st 2023 nbsp Algarve Pro Racing nbsp Colin Braun nbsp George Kurtz Oreca 07 LMP2 322 20th 10th LMP2 Pro Am 1st 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 2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 DAY3 SEB MDO WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 13th 30 2022 G Drive Racing by APR LMP2 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 DAY9 SEB LGA MDO WGL ELK PET NC 0 2023 Proton Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 DAY1 SEB LGA WGL ELK IMS PET NC 0 2024 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4 2 L V8 DAY SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS ATLReferences 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 editJames Allen career summary at DriverDB com Sporting positions Preceded byLouis DeletrazFerdinand Habsburg European Le Mans SeriesLMP2 Champion2023 With Alex Lynn amp Kyffin Simpson Succeeded byIncumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Allen racing driver amp oldid 1219773494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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