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

James Allen
Allen in 2019
NationalityAustralia Australian
Full nameJames Allen
Born (1996-07-04) 4 July 1996 (age 28)
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

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

Career

European Le Mans Series

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.

Allen would change teams once again in 2021, joining Panis Racing alongside Julien Canal and Will Stevens. After testing positive for COVID-19 prior to round 1 at Barcelona, Allen was replaced by Gabriel Aubry, 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

Allen piloting the No. 45 Oreca 07 at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

Allen made his FIA World Endurance Championship debut in 2018 for DragonSpeed at the 6 hours of Fuji.

Racing record

Career summary

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 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 6 0 0 0 0 20 16th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Duqueine Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 DragonSpeed 1 0 0 0 0 262 48th
2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 RD Limited

Ineligible for points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(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 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

(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 Pos Points
2014 ARTA Engineering IMO
1
20 		IMO
2
24 		PAU
1
13 		PAU
2
Ret 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
19 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
22 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
16 		MUG
1
30 		MUG
2
29 		JER
1
Ret 		JER
2
15 		23rd 2
2015 ARTA Engineering IMO
1
15 		IMO
2
17† 		PAU
1
16 		PAU
2
Ret 		RBR
1
5 		RBR
2
9 		RBR
3
11 		SPA
1
11 		SPA
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
13 		MNZ
2
12 		MNZ
3
4 		MIS
1
16 		MIS
2
14 		JER
1
13 		JER
2
13 		11th 48

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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
11 		LEC
6 		IMO
9 		SPA
12 		MUG
8 		ALG 19th* 14*

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(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

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2017 France Graff Racing United Kingdom Richard Bradley
France Franck Matelli 		Oreca 07 LMP2 361 6th 5th
2018 Russia G-Drive Racing Mexico José Gutiérrez
France Enzo Guibbert 		Oreca 07 LMP2 197 DNF DNF
2020 France SO24-HAS by Graff France Vincent Capillaire
France Charles Milesi 		Oreca 07 LMP2 357 DNF DNF
2021 France Panis Racing France Julien Canal
United Kingdom Will Stevens 		Oreca 07 LMP2 362 8th 3rd
2022 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Austria René Binder
United States Steven Thomas 		Oreca 07 LMP2 363 19th 15th
LMP2 Pro-Am 1st
2023 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz 		Oreca 07 LMP2 322 20th 10th
LMP2 Pro-Am 1st
2024 France Duqueine Team United States John Falb
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 		Oreca 07 LMP2 112 DNF DNF
LMP2 Pro-Am

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(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
7 		SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS ATL 48th 262

References

  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.

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Preceded byLouis Delétraz
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