Ian James | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Epsom, Surrey, England | July 22, 1974
IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Heart of Racing Team |
Racing licence | FIA Bronze |
Former teams | 3GT Racing, Team Seattle |
Starts | 52 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 5 |
Podiums | 15 |
Best finish | 4th in 2015 |
Previous series | |
American Le Mans Series Rolex Sports Car Series |
Ian James (born 22 July 1974 in Epsom [1] ) is a British-American racing driver and principal of the Heart of Racing Team, competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. James has 11 total sportscar wins. [2]
In 2004 he had a class victory (LMP2) at the 2004 12 Hours of Sebring and won the LMP2 driving title in the 2004 American Le Mans Series. [3]
In 2015 James had a class victory (GTD) at the 2015 12 Hours of Sebring. [4] [5]
In 2020 James founded the Heart of Racing Team. [6]
In 2023 James not only won the GTD class at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, but was the top GTD performer, beating out the more highly structured GTD Pro teams. [7] This win was the first for Aston Martin at the 24 Hours of Daytona, 59 years after their first attempt. [8]
Complete American Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2000 | Michael Colucci Racing/ Nygmatech | GT | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 | SEB 7 | CHA 11 | SIL | NÜR | SON | MOS | TEX | ROS | PET | MON | LSV | 39th | 27 | [9] | |
2003 | Sezio Florida Racing Team | LMP900 | Norma M2000 | Ford (Kinetic) 6.0 L V8 | SEB 10 | ATL | SON | TRO | MOS | AME | MON | MIA | PET | NC | 0 | [10] | |||
2004 | Miracle Motorsports | LMP2 | Courage C65 | MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 | SEB 1 | MID 3 | LIM 1 | SON 2 | POR 2 | MOS 2 | AME 1 | PET 4 | MON 3† | 1st | 143 | [11] | |||
2005 | Miracle Motorsports | LMP2 | Courage C65 | AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4 | SEB 1 | ATL | MID | LIM | SON | POR | AME | MOS | PET | MON | 8th | 26 | [12] | ||
2006 | BMW Team PTG | GT2 | BMW M3 | BMW 3.4L I6 | SEB 13 | HOU | MDO | LRP | UTA | POR | ELK | MOS | PET 9† | LAG | 45th | 8 | [13] | ||
2007 | Tafel Racing | GT2 | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 | SEB 5 | STP | LBH | HOU | UTA | LRP | MDO | ELK | MOS | DET | PET | LAG | 36th | 14 | [14] |
2009 | Panoz Team PTG | GT2 | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford 5.0 L V8 | SEB 3 | STP 3 | LBH 6 | UTA 4 | LRP 6 | MDO 7 | ELK 11 | MOS 6 | PET 9 | LAG 4 | 8th | 95 | [15] | ||
2011 | Panoz Racing | GT | Panoz Abruzzi | Chevrolet 6.5 L V8 | SEB 18 | LBH | LRP | MOS | MDO | ELK | BAL | LAG | PET | NC | 0 | [16] | |||
Jaguar RSR | Jaguar XKR GT | Jaguar 5.0 L V8 | SEB | LBH | LRP | MOS | MDO | ELK | BAL | LAG | PET 16 | ||||||||
Panoz Racing | NC | Panoz Abruzzi | Chevrolet 6.5 L V8 | SEB | LBH | LRP | MOS 1 | MDO | ELK | BAL | LAG | PET | NC | 0 |
† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
† James did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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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 | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | 2nd* | 27* |
Sources: [27] [1] |
* Season still in progress
24 Hours of Le Mans results | |||||||
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Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
2005 | Miracle Motorsports | John Macaluso Andy Lally | Courage C65-AER | LMP2 | 115 | DNF | DNF |
2006 | Miracle Motorsports | John Macaluso Andy Lally | Courage C65-AER | LMP2 | 324 | 14th | 3rd |
2023 | Northwest AMR | Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Am | 310 | 33rd | 6th |
Sources: [27] [28] |
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