James Allen (racing driver)

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

James Allen (born 4 July 1996) is a professional racing driver from Australia. He currently competes in the European Le Mans Series.^[1]

James Allen
Allen in 2019
Nationality	Australian
Full name	James Allen
Born	(1996-07-04) 4 July 1996 (age 29) Perth, Australia
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2019
Current team	G-Drive Racing by APR
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	69
Former teams	DragonSpeed
Starts	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	13th in 2019
Finished last season	13th (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

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.^[2]

Allen would change teams once again in 2021, joining Panis Racing alongside Julien Canal and Will Stevens.^[3] After testing positive for COVID-19 prior to round 1 at Barcelona, Allen was replaced by Gabriel Aubry,^[4] 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.^[5]

Racing record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
2011	Australian National Sprint Kart Champiosnhip - Junior National Heavy	12th
	Australian National Sprint Kart Champiosnhip - Junior Clubman	24th
	Northern Territory Karting Championship - Junior Rotax	2nd
	Northern Territory Karting Championship - National Heavy	3rd
2012	Australian National Sprint Kart Champiosnhip - 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 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[6][7]	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	6	1	0	0	4	88	2nd
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	United Autosports USA
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am	Nielsen Racing	3	1	0	0	1	35*	7th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Optimum Motorsport

^† 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 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2016	JD Motorsport	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 16	SIL 1 6	SIL 2 12	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 12	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 4	ASS 1 17	ASS 2 11	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 9	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 11	HOC 3 1	7th	177

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 7	16th	20
2025	Nielsen Racing	LMP2 Pro-Am	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 7	LEC 1	IMO 8	SPA	MUG	ALG	7th*	35*

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	Graff Racing	Richard Bradley Franck Matelli	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	361	6th	5th
2018	G-Drive Racing	José Gutiérrez Enzo Guibbert	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	197	DNF	DNF
2020	SO24-HAS by Graff	Vincent Capillaire Charles Milesi	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	357	DNF	DNF
2021	Panis Racing	Julien Canal Will Stevens	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	362	8th	3rd
2022	Algarve Pro Racing	René Binder Steven Thomas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	363	19th	15th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			1st
2023	Algarve Pro Racing	Colin Braun George Kurtz	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	322	20th	10th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			1st
2024	Duqueine Team	John Falb Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	Oreca 07-Gibson	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

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2023	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DUB 1 1	DUB 2 4	ABU 1 9	ABU 2 4			3rd	51
2024–25	RD Limited	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 1	SEP 2 2	DUB 1 6	DUB 2 2	ABU 1 8	ABU 2 3	2nd	88