Alex Buncombe

Alexander Buncombe
Born	(1981-08-28) August 28, 1981 Taunton, England
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2001–present

Alexander John Buncombe (born 28 August 1981 in Taunton, England) is a British professional racing driver and a participant in the Nismo Global Driver Exchange. He is also the sibling of fellow competitor Chris Buncombe.

Career

Between 2001 and 2003, Buncombe took part in the British Formula Renault Championship, concluding the 2003 Winter Series in fifth place. His transition to GT racing began in 2005 with the Trofeo Maserati, where he won his inaugural race at Monza by a margin of thirty-five seconds. From 2007 through 2011, he competed in the GT4 European Series representing RJN Motorsport, securing third place in 2007 and finishing as runner-up in both 2008 and 2009. During this timeframe, he amassed five pole positions and ten victories.

Starting in 2011, Buncombe participated in the Blancpain Endurance Series, capturing the GT4 Cup title alongside teammates Jordan Tresson and Christopher Ward during his rookie year. Following the discontinuation of the GT4 category, he progressed to the GT3 Pro-Am Cup, where he achieved two wins and attained a highest overall ranking of fourth place in 2013.

Since 2008, Buncombe has also been involved in prominent endurance competitions such as the Bathurst 12 Hour, Dubai 24 Hour, 24 Hours Nürburgring, Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour, and Spa 24 Hours events.

Australia

In the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour, Buncombe competed under the Nismo Global Driver Exchange banner, piloting a Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 alongside Katsumasa Chiyo, Rick Kelly, and Wolfgang Reip. Unfortunately, an early accident involving Chiyo after 58 laps curtailed their race. Although Buncombe intended to participate again in 2015, he withdrew due to the imminent birth of his first child.

Following his appearance at the 2014 Bathurst event, Buncombe joined Nissan's V8 Supercar outfit as co-driver to Todd Kelly for the 2014 Endurance Cup. Their results included twentieth place at the Sandown 500 and seventh at the Bathurst 1000.

Career summary

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Full FIA GT Series Results

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Aztec International	8	0	0	0	0	54	23rd
2002	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Saxon International	4	0	0	0	0	13	29th
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series	Falcon Motorsport	4	0	0	0	2	44	5th
2007	GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	4	2	1	3	4	36	3rd
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Trackspeed Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	19th
2008	GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	12	5	3	6	9	88	2nd
	2008 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP6		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2009	2009 GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	12	2	1	2	6	57	2nd
2010	2010 GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	'8	'0	'0	'2	'1	'21	'7th
	2010 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7		'1	'0	'0	'0	'0	'N/A	'10th
2011	2011 Blancpain Endurance Series - GT4	RJN Motorsport	'5	'2	'1	'0	'4	'116	1st
	2011 GT4 European Cup		'3	'1	'?	'?	'?	'?	'?
	2011 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP10		'1	'0	'0	'0	'0	'N/A	'6th
2012	2012 British GT Championship - GT3	RJN Motorsport	'10	'1	'0	'0	'3	'108.5	'6th
	2012 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	GT Academy RJN Motorsport	'4	'0	'0	'0	'0	'0	'NC'
	2012 European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Greaves Motorsport	'1	'0	'0	'0	'1	'30	'6th'
	2012 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series C	Jaguar Cars	'1	'1	'1	'1	'1	'N/A'	1st
2013	2013 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Nissan GT Academy RJN Motorsport	'5	'1	'0	'0	'2	'53	'4th'
	2013 FIA GT Series - Pro-Am		'10	'0	'0	'2	'4	'70	'7th'
	FFSA GT Championship	JMB Racing	'2	'0	'0	'0	'0	'2	'28th'
2014	2014 British GT Championship - GT3	Nissan GT Academy RJN Motorsport	'4	'0	'0	'0	'0	'11	'33rd

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final Position	Points Accumulated
2013	RJN Motorsport	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Pro-Am	NOG QR 19	NOG CR 7	ZOL QR 18	ZOL CR Ret	ZAN QR 13	ZAN QR 8	SVK QR 12	SVK CR 8	NAV QR 13	NAV CR 11	BAK QR	BAK CR	7th	70

Full Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Results

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final Standing	Points Earned
2016	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Pro	MIS QR 17	MIS CR 14	BRH QR 21	BRH CR 18	NÜR QR 16	NÜR CR 14	HUN QR 20	HUN CR 18	CAT QR 9	CAT CR 11	NC	0

Complete British GT Championship Results

Year	Team Name	Vehicle Model	Class Category	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Championship Position	Total Points
2012	RJN Motorsport	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT3	OUL 1 < br >5	OUL < br >2 < br >11	NUR < br >1 < br >3	NUR < br >2 < br >5	ROC < br >1 < br >5	BRH < br >1 < br >1	SNE < br >1 < br >Ret	SNE < br >2 < br >3	SIL < br >1 < br >8	DON < br >1 < br >16	!6th	!108.5
2014	RJN Motorsport	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT3	OUL < br >1 < br >9	OUL < br >2 < br >13	ROC < br >1 < br >13	style = " background :#dfffdf " |SIL < br >1 < br >7	SNE < br >1	SNE < br >2	SPA < br >1	SPA < br >2	BRH < br >1	DON < br >1	!33rd	!11
2024	Team RJN	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	GT3	OUL < br >1 < br >8	OUL < br >2 < br >6	style = " background :#FFFFFF; " |SIL < br >1 < br >WD	style = " background :#EFCFFF; " |DON < br >1 < br >Ret	style = " background :#CFCFFF; " |SPA < br >1 < br >29	SNE < br >1	SNE < br >2	DON < br >1	style = " background :#FFFFBF; " | BRH 1 "1†"		!18th	!12

^† Buncombe participated as a guest driver and was therefore not eligible to score points.

24 Hours of Le Mans outcomes

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2015	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nissan Motorsports	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Harry Tincknell Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	LMP1	242	NC	NC

Supercar competition results

Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	Final standing	Points scored
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	WIN R7	WIN R8	WIN R9	PUK R10	PUK R11	PUK R12	PUK R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	BAR R16	HID R17	HID R18	HID R19	TOW R20	TOW R21	TOW R22	QLD R23	QLD R24	QLD R25	SMP R26	SMP R27	SMP R28	SAN R29 20	BAT R30 7	SUR R31 Ret	SUR R32 19	PHI R33	PHI R34	PHI R35	SYD R36	SYD R37	SYD R38	41st	330

Year	Team	Vehicle	-- Race results omitted for brevity --	-- Final standing and points --
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship	Nissan Motorsport (Australia)	Nissan Altima	-- Race results omitted for brevity --	-- Final standing and points --
47th	276

Bathurst 1000 performance

Year	Team	Vehicle	Co-driver	Final position	Laps completed
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Todd Kelly	7th	161
2015	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Todd Kelly	20th	156 -|} Britcar 24 Hour Outcomes Year Team Drivers Vehicle Car Number Category Completed Laps Overall Position Position in Class 2007 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall RJN Motorsport Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Owen Mildenhall Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Anthony Reid Template:Country data DNKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kurt Thiim Nissan 350Z 40 GTC 50 23rd 8th 2011 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall RJN Motorsport Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jann Mardenborough Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Christopher Ward Bryan Heitkotter Nissan 370Z 31 2 50 DNF DNF