Benjamin Hanley | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Manchester, England | 22 January 1985
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | DragonSpeed |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 21 |
Former teams | TDS Racing G-Drive Racing CEFC Manor TRS Racing Team LNT |
Starts | 26 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 11th in 2021 |
Finished last season | 13th |
Previous series | |
2005 2006–07 2008 2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Asia Series GP2 Series |
Championship titles | |
2022 | Asian Le Mans Series |
Benjamin Michael Hanley (born 22 January 1985) is a British racing driver who was a part of Renault F1 Team's Renault Driver Development Program from 2006 to 2008. [1] He raced two seasons part time in the NTT IndyCar Series. [2] Currently he is racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Dragonspeed Racing.
Hanley had a successful career in karting, winning a number of championships and individual races and coming close to winning the Karting World Championship. He made his debut in Single-seater cars in the 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series, and finished 3rd driving for Cram Competition. He then raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2006 and in 2007 he finished as runner-up in the championship, driving for Prema Powerteam. [1] He was signed to drive for Campos Racing in early 2008, partnering Vitaly Petrov. [3] He also joined the team for the second round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, scoring a podium finish in his first GP2 race. After three races of the season Hanley and Campos parted company, but he secured a drive with Durango before the next race. [4] He replaced Marcello Puglisi, who was in turn deputising for the injured Davide Valsecchi. However, this was only a one-off drive, as Valsecchi returned to racing action at the next round of the championship. [5] He began 2009 without a drive, but joined the Euroseries 3000 mid-season and won during his first event in the category. He also returned to karting in 2009, finishing third in the Karting World Championship. [6]
On December 17, 2018, it was announced that Hanley would compete in 5 IndyCar races, including the 103rd Indianapolis 500, with DragonSpeed in 2019. Only three of those races were fulfilled because of visa issues, and he could not compete in the Championship beyond the Indianapolis 500. The No. 81 qualified 27th and then Finished 32nd in the race after a mechanical issue.
In January 2020 it was confirmed that he would return with Dragonspeed. [7] The team planned to enter 6 races, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the St. Petersburg, Long Beach, Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca races were cancelled, and the team did not field an entry for Texas. On August 8, the team announced that Hanley would drive their entry for the Indianapolis 500, which was held on August 23. With little preparation time, the team had numerous mechanical issues in practice, resulting in qualifying in the 33rd and last position. The car finished the race in 23rd place.
On October 28, 2020 the team shuttered their IndyCar Series program and sold their IndyCar assets to Meyer Shank Racing, citing the team "being taken back two years" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Team Owner Elton Julian left open the possibility of returning to the series when "the next big thing happens for IndyCar" if the resources were available. [8]
† As Hanley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ‡ Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.
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Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
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2005 | Cram Competition | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | MON 1 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | BIL 1 | BIL 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | EST 1 17 | EST 2 Ret | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | 39th | 0 |
2006 | Cram Competition | ZOL 1 10 | ZOL 2 17† | MON 1 Ret | IST 1 Ret | IST 2 4 | MIS 1 1 | MIS 2 2 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 7 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 13 | DON 1 10 | DON 2 6 | LMS 1 10 | LMS 2 20† | CAT 1 16 | CAT 2 7 | 8th | 55 |
2007 | Prema Powerteam | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 9 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 7 | MON 1 6 | HUN 1 3 | HUN 2 4 | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 2 | DON 1 16 | DON 2 Ret | MAG 1 1 | MAG 2 14 | EST 1 Ret | EST 2 23 | CAT 1 9 | CAT 2 1 | 2nd | 102 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
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2008 | Barwa International Campos Team | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 9 | IST FEA 17 | IST SPR 6 | MON FEA 16 | MON SPR 14 | 24th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Durango | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR Ret | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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2008 | Barwa International Campos Team | DUB1 FEA | DUB1 SPR | SEN FEA 3 | SEN SPR 16 | SEP FEA Ret | SEP SPR 14 | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR 10 | DUB2 FEA Ret | DUB2 SPR Ret | 15th | 6 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | NC | 11 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | Olympiacos CFP | GU-Racing International | SIL | ASS | MAG | JAR | NÜR | ZOL | BRH | ADR | POR | ORD | BEI † | NAV | 4th | 653 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | C | 12 | 8 | X |
† Non-championship event.
(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 |
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2016 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL Ret | IMO 3 | RBR Ret | LEC 3 | SPA 1 | EST 2 | 4th | 76 |
2017 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 10 | MNZ 2 | RBR Ret | LEC 7 | SPA 5 | ALG 9 | 11th | 40 |
2018 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC Ret | MNZ 4 | RBR 5 | SIL 2 | SPA 2‡ | ALG 13 | 7th | 50.5 |
2019 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 1 | MNZ | CAT 10 | SIL 4 | SPA 7 | ALG 9 | 8th | 47 |
2020 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 8 | SPA 14 | MNZ DSQ | ALG | 23rd | 5.5 | ||
DragonSpeed with Racing Engineering | LEC 10 | |||||||||||
2021 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT Ret | RBR 12 | LEC WD | MNZ 17 | SPA | ALG | 33rd | 1 |
2022 | Nielsen Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 13 | IMO 12 | MNZ 6 | CAT 7 | SPA 11 | ALG 10 | 16th | 15 |
2023 | Nielsen Racing | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 4 | LEC 4 | ARA 2 | SPA Ret | ALG 2 | ALG 3 | 4th | 75 |
2024 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 3 | LEC 5 | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 2nd* | 26* |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
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2017 | DragonSpeed | P | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 10 | SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 39th | 21 |
2019 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB | MDO | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 13th | 30 | ||
2020 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 1† | SEB | ELK 1 | ATL | PET | LGA | SEB | 13th | 35 | |||
2021 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 10† | SEB | WGL | WGL | ELK | LGA | PET | NC† | 0† | |||
2023 | CrowdStrike Racing by APR | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | DAY 2† | SEB 5 | LGA 3 | WGL 1 | ELK 7 | IMS 3 | PET 1 | 2nd | 1958 | |||
2024 | United Autosports USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 10 | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | PET | 9th* | 525* |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2017 | TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL | SPA 9 | LMS | 17th | 53 | ||||||
G-Drive Racing | NÜR 6 | ||||||||||||||
CEFC Manor TRS Racing | MEX 3 | COA 6 | FUJ 5 | SHA 9 | BHR 6 | ||||||||||
2018–19 | DragonSpeed | LMP1 | BR Engineering BR1 | Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 | SPA DNS | LMS Ret | SIL 25 | FUJ Ret | SHA 6 | SEB Ret | SPA | LMS Ret | 28th | 8.5 | |
2019–20 | Team LNT | LMP1 | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 | SIL 3 | FUJ 11 | SHA 4 | BHR Ret | 15th | 27.5 | |||||
DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | COA 9 | SPA | LMS 12 | BHR | NC† | 0 | ||||||
2021 | DragonSpeed USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 7 | ALG 8 | MNZ 6 | LMS 5 | BHR 11 | BHR 10 | 11th | 42.5 | |||
2022 | Nielsen Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS 16 | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | NC† | 0† | |||
2023 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | ALG 2 | SPA | LMS | MNZ 6 | FUJ 4 | BHR | 13th | 38 |
† Not eligible for points.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2017 | Dragonspeed - 10 Star | Henrik Hedman Felix Rosenqvist | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 343 | 14th | 12th |
2018 | DragonSpeed | Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande | BR Engineering BR1-Gibson | LMP1 | 244 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | DragonSpeed | Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande | BR Engineering BR1-Gibson | LMP1 | 76 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | DragonSpeed USA | Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 361 | 16th | 12th |
2021 | DragonSpeed USA | Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 356 | 15th | 10th |
LMP2 Pro-Am | 1st | ||||||
2022 | Nielsen Racing | Matt Bell Rodrigo Sales | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 362 | 20th | 16th |
2023 | Nielsen Racing | Mathias Beche Rodrigo Sales | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 18 | DNF | DNF |
LMP2 Pro-Am |
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Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2019 | DragonSpeed | Dallara DW12 | 81 | Chevrolet | STP 18 | COA | ALA 21 | LBH | IMS | INDY 32 | DET | DET | TXS | RDA | TOR | IOW | MDO | POC | GTW | POR | LAG | 30th | 31 | [9] |
2020 | TXS | IMS | ROA | ROA | IOW | IOW | INDY 23 | GTW | GTW | MDO | MDO | IMS | IMS | STP | 33rd | 14 | [10] |
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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2019 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 27 | 32 | DragonSpeed |
2020 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 33 | 23 | DragonSpeed |
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