Algarve Pro Racing

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Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing
Algarve Pro Racing logo.jpg
Founded2010
Founder(s)Stewart Cox
Samantha Cox
Base Albufeira, Portugal
Team principal(s)
  • Stewart Cox
  • Samantha Cox
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 driversEuropean Le Mans Series:
20.
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bradley
Flag of Greece.svg Kriton Lendoudis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Quinn
25.
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olli Caldwell
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Matthias Kaiser
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn
IMSA SportsCar Championship:
04.
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Flag of the United States.svg George Kurtz
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Sowery
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]

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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]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearEntrantNo.CarDriversClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2016 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing25 Ligier JS P2-Nissan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Hoy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Munemann
Flag of France.svg Andrea Pizzitola
LMP2 34117th12th
2017 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing45 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Flag of France.svg Vincent Capillaire
Flag of the United States.svg Matt McMurry
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Patterson
LMP2 33032nd15th
2018 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing25 Ligier JS P217-Gibson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ate de Jong
Flag of South Korea.svg Tacksung Kim
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Patterson
LMP2 237DNFDNF
2019 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing25 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of the United States.svg John Falb
Flag of France.svg Andrea Pizzitola
Flag of France.svg David Zollinger
LMP2 35715th10th
2020 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing by Algarve16 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Ireland.svg Ryan Cullen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Tandy
LMP2 105DNFDNF
Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing25 Flag of the United States.svg John Falb
Flag of the United States.svg Matt McMurry
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simon Trummer
36511th7th
2021 Russian Automobile Federation flag.svg G-Drive Racing [lower-alpha 1] 25 Aurus 01-Gibson Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Andrade
Flag of the United States.svg John Falb
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi
LMP2 (Pro-Am)108DNFDNF
26 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto
Russian Automobile Federation flag.svg Roman Rusinov [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries
LMP2 35812th7th
2022 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing45 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Allen
Flag of Austria.svg René Binder
Flag of the United States.svg Steven Thomas
LMP2 (Pro-Am)36319th1st
47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Aitken
Flag of the United States.svg John Falb
Flag of Germany.svg Sophia Flörsch
36125th5th
2023 Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing47 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Allen
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Flag of the United States.svg George Kurtz
LMP2 (Pro-Am)32220th1st

FIA World Endurance Championship

YearClassNoChassisEngineDrivers123456Pos.Pts
2022 LMP2 45 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Allen (all rounds)
Flag of Austria.svg René Binder (all rounds)
Flag of the United States.svg Steven Thomas (all rounds)
SEB
11
SPA
11
LMN
15 [lower-alpha 2]
MON
7
FUJ
13
BAH
12
13th10

Notes

  1. 1 2 G-Drive Racing and Roman Rusinov are Russian, but both competed as neutral competitors using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes. [8]
  2. The team received the points for 9th place, as entries classified higher were not full time entrants in the WEC.

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