John Falb

John Falb
Falb in 2017
Nationality	American
Born	(1971-12-13) December 13, 1971 (age 53) Dallas, Texas, United States
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Algarve Pro Racing
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	47
Starts	13 (13 entries)
Wins	3
Podiums	8
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st (LMP3) in 2017
Previous series
2015–18, 22 2017–18 2014–15	IMSA SportsCar Championship Le Mans Cup IMSA Prototype Lites

John Falb (born December 13, 1971) is an American businessman and racing driver currently competing in the Asian Le Mans Series with the Duqueine team. ^[1]

He has been the president of the College Loan Corporation since 2002. ^[2]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	IMSA Prototype Lites - L1	ONE Motorsports	14	0	0	0	2	126	4th
	Radical European Masters - Supersport	Radical Works Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	IMSA Prototype Lites - L1	ONE Motorsports	13	0	0	0	0	140	6th
	United SportsCar Championship - Prototype Challenge	BAR1 Motorsports	2	0	0	0	1	85	17th
		Starworks Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
2016	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Graff Racing [3]	6	0	0	0	0	24.5	11th
	Road to Le Mans - LMP3		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Challenge	BAR1 Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	52	23rd
2017	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports [4]	6	2	0	0	5	103	1st
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3		2	1	0	0	2	24	11th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Challenge	Starworks Motorsport	2	1	0	0	1	61	12th
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports [5]	6	1	0	0	2	53.5	6th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3		2	0	0	0	2	18	17th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	HART	1	0	0	0	0	15	67th
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Algarve Pro Racing [6]	6	0	0	0	0	28	14th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Algarve Pro Racing [7]	5	0	0	0	0	19.5	12th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	G-Drive Racing [8] [9]	4	0	1	0	3	66	3rd
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2		6	0	0	0	1	42	8th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Revere Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
		Mühlner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Algarve Pro Racing [10]	6	0	0	0	0	7	21st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	20th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	G-Drive Racing by APR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Algarve Pro Racing [11]	4	1	0	0	1	51	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	TDS Racing [12]	3	0	0	0	2	974	9th
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Duqueine Team	5	0	0	0	1	29	10th
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am	Nielsen Racing	6	0	0	0	2	70	5th
2025	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Nielsen Racing

^† As Falb was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2016	Graff	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	SIL 13	IMO Ret	RBR 7	LEC Ret	SPA 7	EST 4	11th	24.5
2017	United Autosports	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	SIL 1	MNZ 9	RBR 2	LEC 1	SPA 3	ALG 2	1st	103
2018	United Autosports	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	LEC 5	MNZ 5	RBR Ret	SIL 7	SPA 1	ALG 3	6th	53.5
2019	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 14	MNZ 12	CAT 6	SIL 6	SPA 10	ALG 5	14th	28
2020	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 10	SPA 9	LEC 5	MNZ 11	ALG 8		12th	19.5
2021	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Aurus 01	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 7	RBR 3	LEC 10	MNZ 6	SPA 7	ALG 8	8th	42
		Pro-Am Cup			2	1	2	1	2	2	1st	122
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
2024	Nielsen Racing	LMP2 Pro-Am	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 3	LEC 5	IMO 6	SPA 4	MUG 5	ALG 3	5th	70

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	Pos.	Points
2021	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Aurus 01	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DUB 1 4	DUB 2 2	ABU 1 3	ABU 2 2		3rd	66
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
2023–24	Duqueine Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 11	SEP 2 7	DUB Ret	ABU 1 6	ABU 2 3	10th	29

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2019	Algarve Pro Racing	Andrea Pizzitola David Zollinger	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	357	15th	10th
2020	Algarve Pro Racing	Matt McMurry Simon Trummer	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	365	11th	7th
2021	G-Drive Racing	Rui Andrade Roberto Merhi	Aurus 01-Gibson	LMP2	108	DNF	DNF
				LMP2 Pro-Am
2022	Algarve Pro Racing	Jack Aitken Sophia Flörsch	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	361	25th	21st
				LMP2 Pro-Am			5th
2024	Duqueine Team	James Allen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	112	DNF	DNF
				LMP2 Pro-Am

References

1. "Duqueine Team dévoile son trio pour l'Asian Le Mans Series". Endurance Info (in French). Retrieved December 2, 2023.
2. "Welcome to College Loan Corporation". www.collegeloan.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
3. "2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
4. Kilshaw, Jake (January 5, 2017). "Boyd, England, Patterson Return to United Autosports in LMP3". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
5. "JOHN FALB AND SEAN RAYHALL RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2018 ELMS LMP3 TITLE DEFENCE". europeanlemansseries.com. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
6. "Falb, Pizzitola & Patterson Join Forces At APR For 2019 ELMS". Dailysportscar. January 24, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
7. Lloyd, Daniel (July 7, 2020). "37-Car Entry for ELMS Opener at Paul Ricard". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
8. "Algarve Pro Set For Asian Le Mans Title Defence With Falb, Colapinto and Andrade". Dailysportscar. December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
9. Lloyd, Daniel (February 12, 2021). "43 Cars on Entry List for 2021 Season". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
10. Lloyd, Daniel (February 14, 2022). "ELMS Reveals 42-Car Full Season Entry List – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
11. Goodwin, Graham (December 8, 2022). "Algarve Pro Name Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Roster". Dailysportscar. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
12. "IMSA News Notebook: LMP2, LMP3 & Pilot Challenge". www.dailysportscar.com. June 21, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

External links

• John Falb career summary at DriverDB.com