Alex Riberas

Alex Riberas
Riberas at Circuit de Monaco in 2015.
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 31) Barcelona (Spain) [1]
Racing licence	FIA Gold

Alex Riberas Bou (born 27 January 1994 ^[2] ) is a Spanish racing driver. He currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Heart of Racing Team and the FIA World Endurance Championship for Northwest AMR.

Career

Karting

Riberas began karting in Spain in 2007. He became a member of the junior program for Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 2009. ^[3] Riberas had moderate success in karting, gaining some race victories.

Single-seaters

Formula Renault 2.0

Riberas (2nd car) competing at the Hungaroring in 2010.

Riberas made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship in 2010, where he finished 8th in the championship. ^[4] Riberas competed in the series in 2011 and 2012 as well, with a best championship finish of 6th in 2011 and earning a race victory in 2011.

Riberas also made one-off appearances in the Formula Renault 2.0 UK series in 2010, the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship in 2011 and 2012, and the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship in 2011.

Formula 3

Riberas made one appearance in the 2012 European F3 Open Championship, finishing on the podium in both races of his lone event.

SportsCars

Porsche Cups

Riberas began competing in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2013, and in 2014 began competing in the Porsche Supercup championship as a member of Porsche's junior driver program. ^[5] Riberas finished 5th in the 2015 Porsche Supercup championship.

IMSA SportsCar Championship

Riberas competing at Road America in 2022.

Riberas began competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2014, competing in endurance races for the season with Alex Job Racing. In 2015, Riberas won in class in the 12 Hours of Sebring with teammates Ian James and Mario Farnbacher. ^[6] Riberas earned another win during the 2016 season.

Riberas has competed for Heart of Racing Team since 2020 after becoming an Aston Martin factory driver. He has competed full time in the series since 2022 in the GTD Pro class.

World Endurance Championship

Riberas made his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023 after Heart of Racing Team took over the entry vacated by Northwest AMR. ^[7] This included his debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he finished 6th in class.

Racing record

Career Summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	United Sports Car Championship - GTD	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	3	0	0	0	1	77	32nd
2015	United Sports Car Championship - GTD	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	3	1	0	0	1	62	24th
2016	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	11	1	0	0	2	285	5th
2018	24H GT Series - A6	Attempto Racing
2019	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Moorespeed	4	0	0	0	0	59	38th
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Heart of Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	13	59th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Heart of Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	669	33rd
	24H GT Series - GT4
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Heart of Racing Team	10	2	0	0	4	3103	4th
	24H GT Series - GT4
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Heart of Racing Team	11	2	0	0	3	3427	5th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Northwest AMR	4	0	0	0	1	51	9th
2024	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Heart of Racing by SPS	1	0	0	0	0	2	24th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Heart of Racing Team	8	1	0	2	5	2558	9th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3		8	1	1	0	3	83	5th

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	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2011	EPIC Racing	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 8	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	ASS 3	OSC 1	OSC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	MST 1	MST 2	MST 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	NC†	0
2012	Josef Kaufmann Racing	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 4	HOC 3 4	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 22	OSC 1	OSC 2	OSC 3	ASS 1	ASS 2	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 6	MST 1	MST 2	MST 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	16th	97

† As Riberas 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	Pos	Points
2011	EPIC Racing	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 17	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 1	15th	88

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	Pos.	Pts
2014	McGregor powered by Attempto Racing	CAT 5	MON 19	RBR 7	SIL Ret	HOC 13	HUN 4	SPA 16	MNZ 14	COA	COA		12th	43
2015	The Heart of Racing by Lechner	CAT 5	MON 6	RBR 3	SIL 2	HUN 5	SPA 11	SPA 7	MNZ 7	MNZ 6	COA C	COA 1	5th	122

Complete IMSA 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	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2014	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 15	SEB 3	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	IMS	ROA	VIR	COTA	ATL 5		32nd	77	[8]
2015	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 18	SEB 1	LGA	BEL	WGL	LIM	ROA	VIR	COTA	ATL 7			24th	62	[9]
2016	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 8	SEB 4	LGA 1	BEL 4	WGL 3	MOS 12	LIM 14	ROA 12	VIR 4	COTA 7	ATL 8		5th	285	[10]
2019	Moorespeed	GTD	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY 11	SEB 17	MOH 6	BEL	WGL DNS	MOS	LIM	ROA	VIR	LGA	ATL		38th	59	[11]
2020	Heart of Racing Team	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 18	DAY	SEB	ROA	VIR	ATL	MOH	CLT	ATL	LGA	SEB		59th	13	[12]
2021	Heart of Racing Team	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY	SEB	MOH	BEL	WGL	WGL	LIM	ROA	LGA 12	LBH 12	VIR 6	ATL	33rd	669	[13]
2022	Heart of Racing Team	GTD Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 13	SEB 11	LBH 1	LGA 5	WGL 1	MOS 3	LIM 2	ROA 4	VIR 4	ATL 4			4th	3103	[14]
2023	Heart of Racing Team	GTD Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 7	SEB 8	LBH 4	LGA 5	WGL 6	MOS 5	LIM 1	ROA 1	VIR 4	IMS 2	ATL 4		5th	3427	[15]
2024	Heart of Racing Team	GTD Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 4	SEB 5	LGA	DET 3	WGL 1	MOS	ELK 3	VIR 3	IMS 5	ATL 3			9th	2558	[16]
Source: [17]

* Season still in progress

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2023	Northwest AMR	GTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	SEB	PRT	SPA 7	LMS 6	MNZ	FUJ 7	BHR 3		9th	51
2024	Heart of Racing Team	LMGT3	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	QAT 2	IMO 5	SPA 11	LMS Ret	SÃO	COA	FUJ	BHR	7th*	37*
Sources: [17] [18]

* Season still in progress

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2023	Northwest AMR	Ian James Daniel Mancinelli	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	310	33rd	6th
2024	Heart of Racing Team	Ian James Daniel Mancinelli	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	LMGT3	196	DNF	DNF
Sources: [17] [19]

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	Mario Farnbacher Marco Holzer Ian James	Porsche 911 GT America	GTD	639	34th	15th
2015	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	Mario Farnbacher Ian James	Porsche 911 GT America	GTD	233	DNF	DNF
2016	Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle	Mario Farnbacher Ian James Wolf Henzler	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GTD	700	22nd	8th
2019	Moorespeed	Andrew Davis Will Hardeman Marcus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	GTD	555	30th	11th
2020	Heart of Racing Team	Roman De Angelis Ian James Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GTD	151	DNF	DNF
2022	Heart of Racing Team	Ross Gunn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GTD Pro	103	DNF	DNF
2023	Heart of Racing Team	David Pittard Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GTD Pro	716	36th	7th
Source: [17]

24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	Audi Sport Team WRT	Christopher Mies Dries Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	456	40th	21st
2019	Audi Sport Team WRT	Frank Stippler Dries Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	358	25th	21st
2022	Heart of Racing w/ TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro	497	38th	17th

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