Paul Dalla Lana | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Vancouver, Canada | 1 February 1966
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Racing licence | FIA Bronze |
Years active | 2013–2023 |
Car number | 98 |
Starts | 67 (67 entries) |
Wins | 17 |
Podiums | 36 |
Best finish | 1st (LMGTE Am) in 2017 |
Paul Dalla Lana is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, [1] and former amateur racing driver who recently drove for Northwest AMR in the World Endurance Championship. [2] He is featured in the documentary "The gentleman driver", about non professional drivers. [3]
He is the founder of NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns and manages medical buildings in Canada. In 2008, he donated CAD $20-million to establish the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. In 2018, it was announced he was making an additional $20-million gift to the school. [4]
In April 2023, Dalla Lana announced that he would be retiring from motorsport with immediate effect to concentrate on his business ventures. [5]
† As Dalla Lana was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2013 | Aston Martin Racing | Bill Auberlen Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 221 | DNF | DNF |
2014 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy Christoffer Nygaard | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 329 | 26th | 6th |
2015 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 321 | NC | NC |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 281 | DNF | DNF |
2017 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 329 | 36th | 8th |
2018 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 92 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | Aston Martin Racing | Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 87 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | Aston Martin Racing | Augusto Farfus Ross Gunn | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Am | 333 | 33rd | 8th |
2021 | Aston Martin Racing | Marcos Gomes Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Am | 45 | DNF | DNF |
2022 | Northwest AMR | David Pittard Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Am | 342 | 36th | 3rd |
Sources: [6] [8] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
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