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Founded | 2010 |
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Founder(s) | Stewart Cox Samantha Cox |
Base | Albufeira, Portugal |
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Current series | European Le Mans Series IMSA SportsCar Championship Asian Le Mans Series |
Former series | FIA World Endurance Championship Eurocup Mégane Trophy Supercar Challenge Ginetta GT4 Supercup |
Current drivers | European Le Mans Series: 20. ![]() ![]() ![]() 25. ![]() ![]() ![]() IMSA SportsCar Championship: 04. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Website | https://www.algarveproracingteam.com/ |
Algarve Pro Racing (APR) is a Portuguese sports car racing team founded in 2010 by husband and wife Stewart and Samantha Cox. The team focuses on prototype racing, fielding LMP2 entries in the European Le Mans Series, as well as partnering with CrowdStrike Racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. [1] [2] APR ran cars for the Russian endurance team G-Drive Racing during the 2021 season, ending their partnership following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [3]
Their list of alumni includes renowned sportscar drivers Adam Carroll, Gustavo Menezes, Olivier Pla, Nick Tandy, Oliver Jarvis, Loïc Duval, Ye Yifei, Mikkel Jensen, Ferdinand Habsburg, René Rast, Ben Hanley, and Jack Hawksworth, as well as former F1 drivers such as Nyck de Vries, Pietro Fittipaldi and Esteban Gutiérrez. [4]
Notable accolades include the 2023 European Le Mans Series title, as well as LMP2 Pro-Am subclass victories at the 2022 and 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. [5] [6] As of 2024, they are also the reigning champions of the Asian Le Mans Series, a title garnered together with CrowdStrike Racing. [7]
Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
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2013 | ![]() | LMPC | 46 | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() | SIL | IMO | RBR 3 | HUN Ret | LEC | 4th | 16 | |
2015 | ![]() | LMP2 | 25 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | SIL | IMO | RBR 10 | LEC 8 | EST 7 | 12th | 11 | |
2016 | ![]() | LMP2 | 25 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | SIL 10 | IMO Ret | RBR 5 | LEC 7 | SPA 9 | EST | 9th | 19 |
2017 | ![]() | LMP2 | 25 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | SIL Ret | MNZ NC | RBR NC | LEC 8 | SPA Ret | ALG 11 | 13th | 4.5 |
2018 | ![]() | LMP2 | 25 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | LEC 16 | MNZ 13 | RBR 17 | SIL 11 | SPA 13‡ | ALG 10 | 18th | 3.25 |
![]() | 31 | Oreca 07 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | LEC 15 | MNZ 8 | RBR 6 | SIL 5 | SPA 15‡ | ALG 12 | 9th | 23.25 | |||
2019 | ![]() | LMP2 | 25 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | LEC 14 | MNZ 12 | CAT 6 | SIL 6 | SPA 10 | ALG 5 | 9th | 28 |
31 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | LEC 13 | MNZ 14 | CAT 12 | SIL 9 | SPA 13 | ALG 11 | 13th | 4.5 | |||||
2020 | ![]() | LMP2 | 24 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | LEC 6 | SPA 12 | LEC Ret | MNZ 8 | ALG 12 | 13th | 13 | |
25 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | LEC 10 | SPA 9 | LEC 5 | MNZ 11 | ALG 8 | 11th | 19.5 | ||||||
2021 | ![]() | LMP2 | 24 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | CAT 11 | RBR 8 | LEC 7 | MNZ 10 | SPA NC | ALG 3 | 10th | 27.5 |
2022 | ![]() | LMP2 | 19 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | LEC 2 | IMO 8 | MNZ 10 | CAT 12 | SPA 8 | ALG 5 | 7th | 37 |
47 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | LEC 17 | IMO 15 | MNZ 9 | CAT 8 | SPA 10 | ALG Ret | 13th | 7 | |||||
2023 | ![]() | LMP2 Pro-Am | 20 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | CAT 8 | LEC 8 | ARA 4 | SPA 6 | POR 7 | ALG 8 | 7th | 38 |
LMP2 | 25 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | CAT 5 | LEC 1 | ARA 3 | SPA 1 | POR 2 | ALG 2 | 1st | 113 | ||||
2024 | ![]() | LMP2 Pro-Am | 20 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | CAT 4 | LEC 6 | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 6th* | 20* |
LMP2 | 25 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | CAT 2 | LEC 7 | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 5th* | 24* |
Year | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
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2022 | LMP2 | 45 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | SEB 11 | SPA 11 | LMN 15 [lower-alpha 2] | MON 7 | FUJ 13 | BAH 12 | 13th | 10 |
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