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James Allen (racing driver)

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James Allen
Born (1996-07-04) July 4, 1996 (age 30)
Australia
OccupationRacing driver
Years active2013–present
Known forEuropean Le Mans Series, FIA World Endurance Championship

James Allen (born 4 July 1996) is an Australian professional racing driver currently active in the European Le Mans Series.

European Le Mans Series

Allen made his first appearance in the European Le Mans Series in 2017, competing for Graff Racing in their LMP2 squad. Partnering with Richard Bradley, Franck Matelli, and Gustavo Yacamán, he contributed to the #40 Oreca 07 achieving a third-place finish in the overall championship. He continued with Graff in 2018, piloting the #40 car—rebranded under G-Drive—to a 12th-place standing.

In 2019, Allen transferred to DragonSpeed, where he teamed up with Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley, and Renger van der Zande in the #21 Oreca 07, concluding the season fifth in the rankings. He returned to Graff Racing for 2020, sharing driving duties of the #39 vehicle with Alexandre Cougnaud and Thomas Laurent, again securing fifth position in the championship.

For the 2021 season, Allen signed with Panis Racing alongside teammates Julien Canal and Will Stevens. After missing the opening round due to COVID-19 and being temporarily replaced by Gabriel Aubry, he rejoined the team from round two onward. The squad finished third overall, with Allen ranking sixth among drivers.

FIA World Endurance Championship

Allen's debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship occurred in 2018 when he raced for DragonSpeed at the 6 Hours of Fuji event.

Karting career summary

Season Series Position
2011 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 12th
Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman 24th
Northern Territory Karting Championship - Junior Rotax 2nd
Northern Territory Karting Championship - National Heavy 3rd
2012 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 29th
SKUSA SuperNationals XVI - TaG Senior 52nd
Northern Territory Karting Championship - National Heavy 2nd
Australian Non Gearbox Nationals - Junior 3rd
West Australian Kart Championship - Junior Clubman 3rd
West Australian Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 1st
Queensland Karting Championship - Junior National Heavy 2nd
Australian Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Heavy 1st
IAME International B Final - X30 4th


Career overview

Season Championship Team Events Victories Pole positions Fastest laps Podium finishes Championship points Final standing
2013 2013 Formula BMW Talent Cup Not applicable 3 0 1 ? ? 31 5th place
2014 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series ARTA Engineering 14 0 0 0 0 2 23rd place
2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 12 0 0 0 0 0 Not Classified (NC)
2015 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series rowspan=2 align=left | ARTA Engineering 16 0 0 0 0 48 11th place
align=left |2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 17 0 0 0 0 10 17th place
2016 align=left |2016 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup rowspan=2 align=left | JD Motorsport 15 1 0 0 3 177 7th place
align=left |2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 15 0 0 0 0 11 17th place
2017 align=left |2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 align=left rowspan=2 | Graff Racing 6 2 0 0 2 86 style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd place
align=left |2017 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 Not applicable 5th place
2018 align=left |2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 6 0 0 0 0 15.25 15th place
align=left |2018 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 Not applicable Did Not Finish (DNF)
2018–19 align=left |2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship DragonSpeed 2 0 0 0 0 0 Not Classified (NC)
2019 align=left |2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 2 0 1 2 48 7th place
align=left | 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 1 0 1 0 1 30 13th place
align=left |2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Ashley Seward Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 24 32nd place
2020 align=left |2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 align=left | Graff Racing 5 0 0 0 2 43 6th place
align=left |2020 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 align=left | SO24-HAS by Graff 1 0 0 0 0 Not applicable Did Not Finish (DNF)
2021 align=left |2021 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 rowspan=2 align=left:Panis Racing 5 1 0 0 1 56.5 6th place
align=left |2021 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 Not applicable style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd place
align=left |2021 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 align=left:Mühlner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 44th place
2022 align=left |2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 rowspan=3 align=left:Algarve Pro Racing 6 0 0 0 0 10 19th place
align=left |2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 6 0 0 0 0 7 21st place
align=left |2022 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 Not applicable 15th place
align=left |2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 align=left:G-Drive Racing by Algarve Pro Racing (APR) 1 0 ۰ ۰ ۰ ۰ Not Classified (NC)†
2023 align=left |2023 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 rowspan=3 align=left:Algarve Pro Racing 4 1 ۰ ۰ ۱ 51 style="background:#FFDF9F;"3rd place
align=left:2023 European Le Mans Series - LMP۲ ۶ ۲ ۱ ۰ ۵ ۱۱۳ style="background:#FFFFBF;"۱st place
align = left:۲۰۲۳ ۲۴ ساعت لمانز – LMP۲ ۱ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۰ Not applicable ۱۰th place
align = left:۲۰۲۳ IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP۲ align = left:Proton Competition ۱ ۱ ۰ ۰ ۱ ۰ Not Classified (NC)†
rowspan =۳│۲۰۲۴ align = left:۲۰۲۴ European Le Mans Series – LMP۲ align = left:Duqueine Team ۶ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۲۰ ۱۶th place
align = left:۲۰۲۴ ۲۴ ساعت لمانز – LMP۲ align = left:Duqueine Team ۱ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۰ Not applicable Did Not Finish (DNF)
align = left:۲۰۲۴ IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP۲ align = left:DragonSpeed ۱ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۲۶۲ ۴۸th place
۲۰۲۴–۲۵ align = left:۲۰۲۴–۲۵ Asian Le Mans Series – LMP۲ align = left:RD Limited ۶ ۱ ۰ ۰ ۴ ۸۸ style ="background:#DFDFDF;"۲nd place
rowspan =۳│۲۰۲۵ = align = left:۲۰۲۵ IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP۲ = align = left:United Autosports USA
= align = left:۲۰۲۵ European Le Mans Series – LMP۲ Pro-Am = align = left:Nielsen Racing =۳ =۱ =۰ =۰ =۱ =۳۵* =۷th*
= align = left:۲۰۲۵ GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup = align = left:Optimum Motorsport

† Not eligible to score championship points.

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

(Legend) (Events highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Events in italics signify fastest laps)

Season Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ranking 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 		17th 10


Full Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Position 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


Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final Position Points Total
2016 JD Motorsport MNZ
1
14th 		MNZ
2
16th 		SIL
1
6th 		SIL
2
12th 		HUN
1
12th 		HUN
2
12th 		SPA
1
3rd 		SPA
2
4th 		ASS
1
17th 		ASS
2
11th 		NÜR
1
14th 		NÜR
2
9th 		HOC
1
8th 		HOC
2
11th 		HOC
3
1st 		7th 177

Full European Le Mans Series results

Year Team Category Chassis Model Engine Type Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final Standing Points Accumulated
2017 Graff Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
4th 		MNZ
8th 		RBR
4th 		LEC
6th 		SPA
1st 		ALG
1st 		3rd overall 86 points
2018 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
6th 		MNZ
Retired 		RBR
13th 		SIL
12th 		SPA
11th‡ 		ALG
7th 		15th place 15.25 points
2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
1st 		MNZ
10th 		CAT
10th 		SIL
4th 		SPA
7th 		ALG
9th 		7th place overall 48 points total
2020 Graff Racing LMP2 Oreca 07

... [Truncated for brevity]

Full FIA World Endurance Championship Results

(key) (Events in bold denote pole position; events in italics denote fastest lap)

Year Team Category Chassis Power Unit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Overall Standing Points
2018–19 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA LMS
Retired 		SIL 29th 8
DragonSpeed LMP1 BR Engineering BR1 Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 FUJ
Retired 		SHA
6th 		SEB SPA LMS
2022 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
11th 		SPA
11th 		LMS
9th 		MNZ
7th 		FUJ
13th 		BHR
12th 		19th 10

* Current season ongoing.

Full 24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Year Team Name Co-Drivers Vehicle Category Completed Laps Overall Position Class Position
2017 Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Graff Racing Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Richard Bradley
Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Franck Matelli 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 361 6th overall 5th in class
2018 Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall G-Drive Racing Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Namespace detect showall José Gutiérrez
Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Enzo Guibbert 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 197 laps Did Not Finish (DNF) DNF
2020 Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall SO24-HAS by Graff Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Vincent Capillaire
Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Charles Milesi 		Oreca 07- Gibson LMP2 357 laps DNF DNF

- ! 2021

Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallPanis Racing Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showallJulien Canal < br />Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showallWill Stevens Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 362 laps 8th overall 3rd in class 
- !rowspan = "2" |2022
Template:Country data PORTemplate:Namespace detect showallAlgarve Pro Racing Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showallRené Binder < br />United States Steven Thomas Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 363 laps 19th overall 
- ! LMP2 Pro-Am class
1st 
- !rowspan = "2" |2023
Template:Country data PORTemplate:Namespace detect showallAlgarve Pro Racing United StatesColin Braun < br />United StatesGeorge Kurtz Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 322 laps 20th overall 
- ! LMP2 Pro-Am category
1st 
- !rowspan = "2" |"2024"
rowspan = "2" align= "left" Template:Country data "FRA"Template:Namespace detect showall Duqueine Team rowspan = "2" align= "left" Template:Country data "USA"Template:Namespace detect showall John Falb
Template:Country data "FRA"Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 		rowspan = "2" align= "left" Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 rowspan = "2" 112 laps completed rowspan = "2" DNF rowspan = "2" DNF 
- ! LMP2 Pro-Am classification

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Full WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Records

(key) (Events in bold signify pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

External links

Year Team Name Category Car Model Engine Type Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Championship Standing Points Earned
2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson Technology GK428, 4.2 L V8 engine DAY
'3rd' 		"" "" "" "" "" "" "" "13th" "30"
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