Alexander Sims (racing driver)

Alexander Sims
Alexander Sims
Born	Alexander George Oliver Sims; March 15, 1988 (age 38); London, England
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2006–present
Known for	IMSA SportsCar Championship champion, Formula E race winner

Alexander George Oliver Sims (born 15 March 1988 in London) is a professional British racing driver currently active in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Corvette Racing under Pratt Miller Motorsports. Prior to this, he competed for Whelen Engineering Racing in IMSA, where he claimed the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship title. Sims has also raced in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, representing both Mahindra Racing and BMW i Andretti Motorsport, achieving victory at the 2019 Saudi Arabia ePrix.

In 2008, Sims received the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, which honors emerging British driving talent.

Karting

Sims embarked on his karting journey in 1998 and by 2000 had already secured notable victories including the Super 1 MSA Cadet Championship, Kartmasters Grand Prix, and the 5 Nations Cup, alongside finishing as runner-up in the British Cadet Championship. His karting accolades further expanded with triumphs such as the JICA British Championship, Monaco Kart Cup, three British Grands Prix wins, and capturing the Formula A World Championship before advancing to single-seater racing in 2006.

Formula Renault

Transitioning to car racing late in 2006, Sims debuted in the Formula Renault UK 2.0 Winter Series, finishing second in his first race and concluding the series ninth overall. The following year, he competed with Manor Competition in the main championship, securing eighth place overall with a victory at Donington Park and podium finishes at both Brands Hatch and Thruxton. Additionally, Sims participated in the French and Northern European Cup Formula Renault series, where he earned his inaugural pole position at Val de Vienne. His involvement extended to the 2007 UK Winter Series, although with limited race completions.

In 2008, continuing with Manor Competition, Sims emerged as a leading contender for the championship. Despite amassing the highest total points tally of 473 throughout the season, a regulation requiring drivers to discard their two poorest results deprived him of the title, which went to rival Adam Christodoulou, who benefited from excluding retirements. That year also saw Sims compete in the final round of Formula BMW Pacific at Macau, finishing eighth and setting the fastest lap. His outstanding performances culminated in receiving the esteemed McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in December 2008.

Formula Three

During the 2008 Autosport Awards, Sims revealed his intention to join German outfit Mücke Motorsport for competition in the Formula 3 Euro Series. In a season largely dominated by Jules Bianchi, Sims finished fourth overall, highlighted by a victory at the Nürburgring circuit and four runner-up finishes. He also took part in two rounds of the International Formula Master championship, securing two fourth-place results at the Hungaroring. For the subsequent 2010 campaign, Sims switched to ART Grand Prix.

In 2013, Sims made a partial entry into GP3 racing. He debuted at the Nürburgring with Status Grand Prix, stepping in for Adderly Fong, before contesting the final three rounds with Carlin, replacing Eric Lichtenstein. Despite only participating in half of the season’s events, he achieved eighth place overall with one victory and two further podium finishes.

Sports car racing

In 2012, Sims competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two rounds of the European Le Mans Series driving a Lola-Judd LMP2 for Status Grand Prix. The following year, he joined Hexis Racing to participate in the Blancpain Endurance Series piloting a McLaren MP4-12C, alongside teammates Álvaro Parente and Stef Dusseldorp.

During 2014 and 2015, Sims took part in the British GT Championship representing Ecurie Ecosse with a BMW Z4. He then raced with Rowe Racing in the 2016 Blancpain GT Series behind the wheel of a BMW M6, securing victory at the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa. In 2017, Sims moved to the GT Le Mans category of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving a factory-supported BMW M6. Additionally, he contested two events in the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship for BMW Team MTEK.

Formula E

In May 2017, Sims served as a reserve driver for Robin Frijns during the 2017 Monaco ePrix. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed development driver for MS Amlin Andretti in the 2017–18 Formula E season. Sims officially joined BMW’s Formula E squad for Season 5, partnering with Antonio Felix Da Costa. At the season finale, he earned pole position and achieved his maiden Formula E podium by finishing second at the 2019 New York City ePrix. Continuing with BMW into the 2019–20 Formula E season, Sims claimed his first race win at the second round of the 2019 Diriyah ePrix.

In August 2020, Sims took over from Jérôme d'Ambrosio at Mahindra Racing for the 2020–21 Formula E season, following d'Ambrosio’s retirement to assume a role as deputy team principal at Venturi Racing. Sims concluded that season with a podium finish at the 2021 Rome ePrix, scoring points in five races and accumulating 54 points overall, placing him 19th in the championship standings. He remained with Mahindra for 2022, joined by new teammate Oliver Rowland. Sims exited Formula E after completing the 2021–22 campaign.

Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Formula Renault UK Winter Cup	Manor Competition	4	0	0	1	1	52	9th
2007	Formula Renault UK	Manor Competition	20	1	0	1	3	272	8th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		2	0	0	0	0	16	37th
	Formula Renault UK Winter Cup		4	0	0	0	0	20	19th
	French Formula Renault 2.0		5	0	1	0	0	19	15th
	French Formula Renault 2.0	Pole Services	4	0	0	0	0	19	15th
2008	Formula Renault UK	Manor Competition	20	2	1	3	12	449	2nd
	2023	Manor Competition	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	Whelen Engineering Racing	9	1	2	3	3	2733	1st
		24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar	Action Express Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
		24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Scherer Sport PHX	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	"Corvette Racing" by Pratt Miller Motorsports	10	1	2	2	3	2646	3rd

^† Guest driver, not eligible for points.
^* Ongoing season.

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position; those in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Points
2007	Manor Competition	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	NUR 1 Retired	NUR 2 5th	OSC 1	OSC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	37th	16

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

(key) (Pole positions are indicated in bold; fastest laps appear in italics)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Points
2008	SG Formula	SPA 1	SPA 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	LMS 1 6th	LMS 2 9th	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	19th	7

Full Formula 3 Euro Series Performance

(legend) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps are marked in italics)

Year	Team	Car	Power Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Final Position	Points
2009	Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F308/005	Mercedes	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 8	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 22	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 16	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 9	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 4	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 1	BRH 1 4	BRH 2 2	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 2	DIJ 1 8	DIJ 2 4	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 14†					4th	54

2010	ART Grand Prix	Dallara F308/048	Mercedes-Benz	LEC 1 3	LEC < br >2 < br > 1	HOC < br >1 < br > Ret	HOC < br >2 < br > 8	VAL < br >1 < br > 3	VAL < br >2 < br > 5	NOR < br >1 < br > 4	NOR < br >2 < br > 4	NÜR < br >1 < br > 4	NÜR < br >2 < br > 3	ZAN < br >1 < br > 4	ZAN < br >2 < br > 5	BRH < br >1 < br > 5	BRH < br >2 < br > 8	OSC < br >1 < br > 2	OSC < br >2 < br > 8							4th	63

^† Although the driver did not cross the finish line, classification was awarded for completing more than 90% of the race distance.
^‡ Sims participated as a guest and was not eligible to earn championship points.

Full Auto GP results

(key) (Entries shown in bold denote pole position; entries in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final Position	Points Scored
2010	Charouz-Gravity Racing	BRN Round 1	BRN Round 2	IMO Race 1	IMO Race 2	SPA Race 1	SPA Race 2	MAG Race 1	MAG Race 2	NAV Race 1 11th	NAV Race 2 Retired	MNZ Race 1 9th	MNZ Race 2 15th	25th	0

Full GP3 Series results

(key) (Bold races indicate pole position; italic races indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Classification	Total Points
2011	Status Grand Prix	IST Feature 8th	IST Sprint 1st	CAT Feature Retired	CAT Sprint Retired	VAL Feature 6th	VAL Sprint 2nd	SIL Feature 2nd	SIL Sprint 3rd	NÜR Feature 12th	NÜR Sprint 2nd	HUN Feature Disqualified	HUN Sprint 9th	SPA Feature Retired	SPA Sprint Retired	MNZ Feature 21†	MNZ Sprint Ret	6th	34
2013	Status Grand Prix	CAT Feature	CAT Sprint	VAL Feature	VAL Sprint	SIL Feature	SIL Sprint	NÜR Feature 8th	NÜR Sprint 2nd	HUN Feature	HUN Sprint							8th	77
2013	Carlin Motorsport												SPA Feature 5th	SPA Sprint 1st	MNZ Feature 5th	MNZ Sprint 6th	YMC Feature 2nd	8th	77	YMC Sprint 7th

Full FIA Formula 3 European Championship Results

(legend) (Bold race numbers denote pole position) (Italicized race numbers signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	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	31	32	33	Final Position (DC)	Points Scored
2012	ThreeBond in collaboration with T-Sport	ThreeBond Nissan	HOC 1	HOC 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 12	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2													NC‡	0‡
2013	ThreeBond with T-Sport	ThreeBond Nissan	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 4	NOR 3 5	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 3	NÜR 3 Ret	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 10	ZAN 3 9	VAL 1 2	VAL 2 2	VAL 3 3			10th	112
2015	HitechGP	Mercedes	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps SPA 1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps SPA 2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps SPA 3	Norisring NOR 1	Norisring NOR 2	Norisring NOR 3	Red Bull Ring RBR 1	Red Bull Ring RBR 2	Red Bull Ring RBR 3	Circuit Park Zandvoort ZAN 1	Circuit Park Zandvoort ZAN 2	Circuit Park Zandvoort ZAN 3	style="background:#CFCFFF;"	Algarve International Circuit ALG 1 < br>Template:Small 15	style ="background:#CFCFFF;"	Algarve International Circuit ALG	[13]	[ Nürburgring NÜR ]	[ Nürburgring NÜR ]	[ Nürburgring NÜR ]	style = "background: # CFCFFF; "	[ Hockenheimring HOC ]< br>Template:Small 5	style = "background: #000000; color: white "	[ Hockenheimring HOC ]< br>Template:Small DSQ	style = "background: # CFCFFF; "	[ Hockenheimring HOC ]< br>Template:Small 4	NC‡	0‡
2016 European Formula 3 Championship	nowrap HitechGP	nowrap Mercedes	LEC LEC LEC HUN HUN HUN PAU PAU PAU RBR RBR RBR NOR NOR NOR ZAN ZAN ZAN SPA SPA SPA NÜR NÜR NÜR IMO IMO IMO HOC HOC HOC	NC‡	0‡

^‡ As Sims participated as a guest competitor, he was not eligible to earn championship points.

Full European Le Mans Series results

(legend) (Entries in bold represent pole positions) (Entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Season	Team	Category	Vehicle	Power Unit	1	2	3	Final Standing	Total Points
2012	Status Grand Prix	LMP2	Lola B12/80	Judd-BMW HK 3.6L V8	LEC 3rd	DON Retired	PET	10th place	15 points
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Full 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	Template:Country data IRL Template:Namespace detect showall Status Grand Prix	Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Yelmer Buurman Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Romain Iannetta	Lola B12/80-Judd	LMP2	239 laps	Did Not Finish	Did Not Finish
2018	Germany BMW Team MTEK	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall António Félix da Costa Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	223 laps	Did Not Finish	Did Not Finish
2021	United States Corvette Racing	United States Tommy Milner Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Nick Tandy	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	GTE Pro	313 laps	44th overall	6th in class
2022	United States Corvette Racing	United States Tommy Milner Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Nick Tandy	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	GTE Pro	260 laps	Did Not Finish	Did Not Finish
2023	United States Action Express Racing	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jack Aitken Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pipo Derani	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	324 laps completed	17th overall	10th in category

Full British GT Championship results

(legend) (Pole positions shown in bold; fastest laps marked in italics)

Season	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final Classification	Points Scored

|- | 2014

! nowrap |Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull 
! nowrap |BMW Z4 GT3 
! GT3 
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | OUL
Race 1
 
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Race 2
 
|style="background:#DFDFDF;" | ROC
Race 1
 
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SIL
Race 1
 
| SNE
Race 1 
| SNE
Race 2 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA
Race 1
 
|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SPA
Race 2
 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | BRH
Race 1
 
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DON
Race 1
 
!style="background:#FFDF9F;" | Finished 3rd 
!style="background:#FFDF9F;" |129.5 points |-

|- |2015

! nowrap |Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull 
! nowrap |BMW Z4 GT3 
! GT3 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | OUL
Race 1
 
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | OUL
Race 2
 
|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | ROC
Race 1
 
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SIL
Race 1
 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA
Race 1
 
|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | BRH
Race 1
 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SNE
Race 1
 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SNE
Race 2
 
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"  |||DON  |||Retired|||  |
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"  |||Runner-up|||143.5 points |-

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Full GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

Season	Team	Vehicle	Category	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Final Position	Total Points
2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Rowe Racing	(BMW M6 GT3)	Pro	"Misano Qualifying (MIS QR)" "P2"	"Misano Race (MIS CR)" "P3"	"Brands Hatch Qualifying (BRH QR)" "Retired"	"Brands Hatch Race (BRH CR)" "16th"	"Nürburgring Qualifying (NÜR QR)" "7th"	"Nürburgring Race (NÜR CR)" "9th"	"Hungaroring Qualifying (HUN QR)" "21st"	"Hungaroring Race (HUN CR)" "13th"	"Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Qualifying (CAT QR)" "8th"	"Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Race (CAT CR)" "24th"	!11th place	!23 points
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	! nowrap	Madpanda Motorsport	! nowrap	(Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo)	! Pro	style=background:#CFCFFF;	BRH Race 1 "19th"	style=background:#CFCFFF;	BRH Race 2 "17th"	MIS Race 1	MIS Race 2	HOC Race 1	HOC Race 2	MAG Race 1	MAG Race 2	CAT Race 1	CAT Race 2	! Not Classified	!0 points

Full Formula E results

(get legend) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps appear in italics)

Season	Team Name	Chassis Model	Power Unit Model	! 1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Standing	Total Points

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|'2021–22 Formula E World Championship' !'Mahindra Racing' !'(Spark SRT05e)' !'(M8Electro)' |

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! 17th place ! 14 points

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Full FIA World Endurance Championship results

(legend) (Events in bold denote pole positions; events in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Power Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Position	Points Scored
2018–19	BMW Team MTEK	LMGTE Pro	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbocharged V8	SPA	LMS Retired	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB 2nd	SPA	LMS	19th	23
2022	Corvette Racing	LMGTE Pro	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	SEB	SPA	LMS Retired	MNZ	FUJ	BHR			28th	1

Full IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(legend) (Events in bold indicate pole position; events in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Category	Model	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Season Standing	Total Points
2017	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L Turbocharged V8	DAY 8th	SEB 6th	LBH 4th	COA 2nd	WGL 1st	MOS 1st	LIM 6th	ELK 6th	VIR 4th	LGA 8th	PET 1st	2nd	317
2018	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW N63#BMW S63 Twin-turbo V8, 4.0 L	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|DAY 9th	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \|SEB 2nd	style="background:#EFCFFF;" \|LBH 8th	style="background:#DFDFDF;" \|MDO 2nd	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|WGL 7th	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|MOS 7th	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|LIM 7th	style="background:#EFCFFF;" \|ELK 6th	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \|VIR 1st	style="background:#FFFFBF;" \|LGA 1st	style="background:#DFFFDF;" \|PET 4th	6th	304

External links

Official website