James Winslow

James Winslow
James Winslow
Born	April 16, 1983 (age 43); United Kingdom
Occupation	Racing driver
Known for	Ten-time motorsport champion, member of the British Racing Drivers' Club, record-holder for highest number of Formula 3 wins (86)

James Winslow (born 16 April 1983) is a professional British racing driver actively competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours event. As a ten-time champion in motorsport and a member of the British Racing Drivers' Club, he pilots LMP and GT vehicles across circuits in Europe, Australia, and Asia. Winslow has also represented Great Britain in the A1 Grand Prix, known as the World Cup of Motorsport.

In 2007, Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the Royal Humane Award after he bravely rescued a fellow racer from a burning vehicle. This act brought him international acclaim along with several bravery honors, including a feature on the BBC program 'Accidental Heroes'. He holds the record for the highest number of Formula 3 open-wheeler race victories with 86 wins and is ranked among the top ten British drivers by career wins.

2004–2008

Winslow secured the British ARP Formula 3 Championship title in 2004, achieving ten wins while driving an older generation car. He went on to claim the Asian Formula Three Championship and triumphed in the Australia Grand Prix Formula 3 support race in 2006, outperforming competitors such as Bruno Senna and Tim Macrow. The year 2007 saw him capture titles in both the Australian Formula Three Championship and Formula V6 Asia series. He also tested for the Champ Car World Series at Sebring in September 2007 with hopes of racing in 2008; however, the series was discontinued.

Competing with Team Meritus, Winslow clinched the Formula Renault V6 Asia Championship during the final round in Zhuhai, China, edging out Armaan Ebrahim. This victory earned him a test drive in a World Series by Renault vehicle at Paul Ricard in November 2007. Returning to Australian Formula 3 competition in 2008, he won six races and secured the championship title at the final event. Additionally, he won a Formula 3 showcase race held on the Surfers Paradise street circuit as part of the support program for the Nikon Indy 300 IndyCar race.

2009–2010

As a "Rookie Driver" for A1 Team Great Britain in A1 Grand Prix, Winslow achieved a best finish of second place. In 2009, he raced in the American Atlantic Championship representing four different teams—primarily Genoa Racing—with his highest finish being third place. Despite missing two rounds, he concluded the season sixth overall.

In 2010, Winslow joined Sam Schmidt Motorsports to compete in the Firestone Indy Lights, a developmental series under the Indy Racing League umbrella. He participated in six events on road and street circuits, finishing 14th in the championship standings with his top result being third place at Watkins Glen.

2011

At the beginning of the 2011 Indy Lights campaign, Winslow drove for Andretti Autosport during the first four races held at St. Petersburg and Barber Motorsports Park.

During his debut with Andretti Autosport at St. Petersburg, he showed competitive pace but suffered front wing damage while running third early on, ultimately finishing tenth. At Barber Motorsports Park, he maintained third position until being rear-ended following a caution restart, which forced him to retire from the race.

His strongest outing for Andretti came at Long Beach, where despite crashing during qualifying, he led practice sessions and secured a front-row start. He finished fourth after an eventful contest. The season finale was at the Freedom 100, where he qualified fifth but crashed on lap 20; this was his sole oval appearance that year.

2012

Commencing the 2012 season, Winslow became part of R-Tek Motorsport to compete throughout the entire Australian Formula 3 Championship. He achieved 12 victories, establishing a new benchmark for the highest number of wins within a single season in the 57-year legacy of the Australian Gold Star series. Demonstrating clear dominance, Winslow clinched his second Australian Formula 3 championship title at Queensland Raceway, earning pole position, securing three race wins, and setting a fresh lap record.

Outside racing

On 25 September 2008, Winslow was featured on BBC One's Accidental Heroes due to his act of saving former Asian Formula Three competitor Moreno Suprapto following a crash at the Sentul in Indonesia.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Bolded races denote pole positions) (Italicized races denote fastest laps)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2007–08	Great Britain	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	AUS SPR PO	AUS FEA PO	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR PO	GBR SPR PO	3rd	126
2008–09	Great Britain	NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	RSA SPR PO	RSA FEA PO	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR							10th	28

American Open-Wheel Racing Performance

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Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final Position	Points Accumulated
2009	Conquest Racing	SEB 8												8th	72
	Jensen MotorSport		UTA 8
	Genoa Racing			NJ1 9	NJ2 9	LIM 7	ACC1 8	ACC2 9	MOH 6	TRR 7	MOS	ATL 7	LS 7

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Standing	Points Earned
2010	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	STP 7	ALA 15	LBH 12	INDY	IOW	WGL 5	TOR 11		MOH 9					<style="background:#CFCFFF;">14th <style="background:#CFCFFF;">130
2011	Andretti Autosport	STP 10	ALA 10	LBH 5	INDY 17									<style = "background: #CFCFFF;" > 19th </ span > <style = "background: #CFCFFF;" > 83 </ span >

Complete Results in the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Team Name	Co-Drivers	Vehicle Model	Category	Number of Laps Completed	Overall Finish Position	Class Finish Position
2014	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Greaves Motorsport	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Michael Munemann Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Alessandro Latif	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	31	DNF	DNF
2016	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Race Performance	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Leutwiler Template:Country data JPN Template:Namespace detect showall Shinji Nakano	Oreca 03R-Judd	LMP2	289	44th	17th
2017	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Graff Racing	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Eric Trouillet Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Enzo Guibbert	Oreca 07-Gibson Technology	" LMP2"	"318"	"43rd"	"18th"
2019	"Template:Country data "POL Template:Namespace detect showall" Inter Europol Competition	"Template:Country data "POL Template:Namespace detect showall" Jakub Śmiechowski "Template:Country data "GBR Template:Namespace detect showall" Nigel Moore	"Ligier JS P217-Gibson Technology"	"LMP2"	"325"	"45th"	"16th"
"rowspan=2" 2021	"rowspan=2" align="left" "Template:Country data "PHL Template:Namespace detect showall" Racing Team India Eurasia	"rowspan=2" align="left" "Template:Country data "BEL Template:Namespace detect showall" Tom Cloet "Template:Country data "AUS Template:Namespace detect showall" John Corbett	"rowspan=2" align="left" "Ligier JS P217-Gibson Technology"	"LMP2"	"rowspan=2" "338"	"rowspan=2" "28th"	"16th"
"LMP2 Pro-Am"	"7th"

Comprehensive Asian Le Mans Series Results

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

rowspan="2" |2013 2014 Asian Le Mans Series !Eurasia Motorsport !LMP2 !Oreca 03 !Nissan Motors#VK45DE VK45DE 4.5 L V8 |2014 3 Hours of Inje |2014 3 Hours of Fuji | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |'SHA'
| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |'SEP'
| | ! style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" |36 |- 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series !Algarve Pro Racing !LMP2 !Ligier JS P2 !VK45DE 4.5 L V8 |2015 2 Hours of Fuji | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |'SEP'
| style="background:#DFDFDF;" |'BUR'
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" |'SEP'
| | ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2nd ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" |53 |- 2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series !Jackie Chan DC Racing !LMP3 !Ligier JS P3 !VK50VE Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |'ZHU'
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" |'FUJ'
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |'BUR'
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" |'SEP'
|| || ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2nd ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" |63 |- 2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series !Niza Racing#Viper Niza Racing Viper Niza Racing !LMP3 !Ligier JS P3 !VK50VE Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 || 'ZHU' || style="background:#DFDFDF;" |'FUJ'
{{small │ } }| 'BUR' || 'SEP' || || ||8th ||18 |- 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series !Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport !LMP3 !Ligier JS P3 !VK50VE Nissan VK50 V8 || 'SHA' || 'FUJ' || 'BUR' ||style= "background:#DFFFDF;" ;>10|| || ||15th||1 |- 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series !Inter Europol Endurance !!LMP2 !!Ligier JS P217 !!Gibson GK428 V8 ||style= "background:#DFFFDF;">4||style= "background:#efcfff;">Ret||style= "background:#DFFFDF;">5||style= "background:#DFFFDF;">7|| || ||5th||28 |- 2023 Asian Le Mans Series !!Inter Europol Competition !!LMP3 !!Ligier JS P320 !!VK56DE Nissan V8 ||style= "background:#DFFFDF;">5||style= "background:#DFFFDF;">7||style= "background:#DFFFDF;">10||style= "background:#DFFFDF;">5|| || ||7th||27 |- 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series !!Cool Racing !!LMP3 !!Ligier JS P320 !!VK56DE Nissan V8 ||style= "background:#FFFFBF;">1||style= "background:#FFDF9F;">3||style= "background:#FFFFBF;">1||style= "background:#DFDFDF;">2||style= "background:#DFDFDF;">2|| ||1st||104 |- 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series !!Graff Racing !!LMP3 !!Ligier JS P320 !!VK56DE Nissan V8 ||style= "background:#FFDF9F;">3||style= "background:#efcfff;">Ret|| || || || ||5th*||15*|} ^* Current season ongoing.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year !Team !Category !Vehicle !Power Unit !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !Final Position !Points
KCMG	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	INJ	FUJ		'SEP'			2nd	87
KCMG	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8			ZHU				2nd	87

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	Overall Position	Total Points
2015	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR 10	LEC 8	EST 7		17th	11
2016	Race Performance	LMP2	Oreca 03R	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SIL 6	IMO 9					26th	10
2016	Graff	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8			RBR 4	LEC	SPA	EST	19th	12
2019	360 Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	LEC 11	MNZ 8	CAT 13	SIL 6	SPA 12	ALG	16th	13.5
2022	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	LEC	IMO	MNZ 8	CAT	SPA	ALG	21st	4
2023	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	CAT 10	IMO 5	LEC 8	ARA 7	SPA 3	ALG 3	6th	51