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Algarve Pro Racing

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]

Portugal Algarve Pro Racing
Founded2010
Founder(s)Stewart Cox
Samantha Cox
BaseAlbufeira, Portugal
Team principal(s)
  • Stewart Cox
  • Samantha Cox
Current seriesEuropean Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Asian Le Mans Series
Former seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Supercar Challenge
Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Current driversEuropean Le Mans Series:
20.
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Greece Kriton Lendoudis
United Kingdom Alex Quinn
25.
United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
IMSA SportsCar Championship:
04.
United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz
United Kingdom Toby Sowery
Websitehttps://www.algarveproracingteam.com/

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 edit

European Le Mans Series edit

Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Pts
2013   Algarve Pro Racing Team LMPC 46 Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8   Nicky Catsburg (rounds 3–4)
  C. O. Jones (rounds 3–4) 		SIL IMO RBR
3 		HUN
Ret 		LEC 4th 16
2015   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 25 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8   Michael Munemann (rounds 3–5)
  Andrea Roda (rounds 3–5)
  James Winslow (rounds 3–5) 		SIL IMO RBR
10 		LEC
8 		EST
7 		12th 11
2016   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 25 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8   Michael Munemann (rounds 1–3, 5)
  Parth Ghorpade (rounds 1–2)
  Chris Hoy (rounds 1–2)
  Jonathan Hirschi (rounds 3–5)
  Andrea Pizzitola (rounds 3–5)
  Andrea Roda (round 4) 		SIL
10 		IMO
Ret 		RBR
5 		LEC
7 		SPA
9 		EST 9th 19
2017   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 25 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   Matt McMurry
  Andrea Pizzitola
  Andrea Roda 		SIL
Ret 		MNZ
NC 		RBR
NC 		LEC
8 		SPA
Ret 		ALG
11 		13th 4.5
2018   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 25 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   Tacksung Kim
  Mark Patterson
  Ate De Jong (rounds 1–4, 6)
  Matt McMurry (round 5) 		LEC
16 		MNZ
13 		RBR
17 		SIL
11 		SPA
13‡ 		ALG
10 		18th 3.25
  APR - Rebellion Racing 31 Oreca 07   Ryan Cullen
  Gustavo Menezes
  Harrison Newey 		LEC
15 		MNZ
8 		RBR
6 		SIL
5 		SPA
15‡ 		ALG
12 		9th 23.25
2019   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 25 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   John Falb
  Andrea Pizzitola
  Mark Patterson (round 1)
  Olivier Pla (rounds 3–6) 		LEC
14 		MNZ
12 		CAT
6 		SIL
6 		SPA
10 		ALG
5 		9th 28
31   Henning Enqvist
  James French
  Tacksung Kim 		LEC
13 		MNZ
14 		CAT
12 		SIL
9 		SPA
13 		ALG
11 		13th 4.5
2020   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 24 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   Henning Enqvist
  Jon Lancaster
  Loïc Duval (rounds 1–3, 5)
  Arjun Maini (round 4) 		LEC
6 		SPA
12 		LEC
Ret 		MNZ
8 		ALG
12 		13th 13
25   Gabriel Aubry
  John Falb
  Simon Trummer (rounds 1–4)
  Arjun Maini (round 5) 		LEC
10 		SPA
9 		LEC
5 		MNZ
11 		ALG
8 		11th 19.5
2021   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 24 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   Richard Bradley
  Ferdinand Habsburg
  Diego Menchaca (rounds 1–5)
  Sophia Flörsch (round 6) 		CAT
11 		RBR
8 		LEC
7 		MNZ
10 		SPA
NC 		ALG
3 		10th 27.5
2022   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 19 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   Bent Viscaal
  Sophia Flörsch (rounds 1–4)
  Filip Ugran (rounds 5–6) 		LEC
2 		IMO
8 		MNZ
10 		CAT
12 		SPA
8 		ALG
5 		7th 37
47   James Allen
  John Falb
  Alex Peroni 		LEC
17 		IMO
15 		MNZ
9 		CAT
8 		SPA
10 		ALG
Ret 		13th 7
2023   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Pro-Am 20 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   Fred Poordad
  Tristan Vautier
  Jack Hawksworth (rounds 1–2, 5–6)
  Bent Viscaal (rounds 3–4) 		CAT
8 		LEC
8 		ARA
4 		SPA
6 		POR
7 		ALG
8 		7th 38
LMP2 25   James Allen
  Alex Lynn
  Kyffin Simpson 		CAT
5 		LEC
1 		ARA
3 		SPA
1 		POR
2 		ALG
2 		1st 113
2024   Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Pro-Am 20 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   Richard Bradley
  Kriton Lendoudis
  Alex Quinn 		CAT
4 		LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 4th* 12*
LMP2 25   Olli Caldwell
  Matthias Kaiser
  Alex Lynn 		CAT
2 		LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 2nd* 18*

24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016   Algarve Pro Racing 25 Ligier JS P2-Nissan   Chris Hoy
  Michael Munemann
  Andrea Pizzitola 		LMP2 341 17th 12th
2017   Algarve Pro Racing 45 Ligier JS P217-Gibson   Vincent Capillaire
  Matt McMurry
  Mark Patterson 		LMP2 330 32nd 15th
2018   Algarve Pro Racing 25 Ligier JS P217-Gibson   Ate de Jong
  Tacksung Kim
  Mark Patterson 		LMP2 237 DNF DNF
2019   Algarve Pro Racing 25 Oreca 07-Gibson   John Falb
  Andrea Pizzitola
  David Zollinger 		LMP2 357 15th 10th
2020   G-Drive Racing by Algarve 16 Oreca 07-Gibson   Ryan Cullen
  Oliver Jarvis
  Nick Tandy 		LMP2 105 DNF DNF
  Algarve Pro Racing 25   John Falb
  Matt McMurry
  Simon Trummer 		365 11th 7th
2021   G-Drive Racing[a] 25 Aurus 01-Gibson   Rui Andrade
  John Falb
  Roberto Merhi 		LMP2 (Pro-Am) 108 DNF DNF
26   Franco Colapinto
  Roman Rusinov[a]
  Nyck de Vries 		LMP2 358 12th 7th
2022   Algarve Pro Racing 45 Oreca 07-Gibson   James Allen
  René Binder
  Steven Thomas 		LMP2 (Pro-Am) 363 19th 1st
47   Jack Aitken
  John Falb
  Sophia Flörsch 		361 25th 5th
2023   Algarve Pro Racing 47 Oreca 07-Gibson   James Allen
  Colin Braun
  George Kurtz 		LMP2 (Pro-Am) 322 20th 1st

FIA World Endurance Championship edit

Year Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Pts
2022 LMP2 45 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2L V8   James Allen (all rounds)
  René Binder (all rounds)
  Steven Thomas (all rounds) 		SEB
11 		SPA
11 		LMN
15[b] 		MON
7 		FUJ
13 		BAH
12 		13th 10

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b 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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Home". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Cars". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  3. ^ Seiwert, Robert (10 March 2022). "G-Drive-Rückzug: Algarve Pro Racing findet WEC-Ersatz". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Drivers". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ^ "ELMS". www.europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Algarve Pro Racing Reigns Victorious with CrowdStrike Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary". CrowdStrike Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Kurtz, Braun lead Crowdstrike to AsLMS title and Le Mans invite". RACER. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  8. ^ Lloyd, Daniel; Dagys, John (13 August 2021). "Le Mans Friday Notebook". SportsCar365. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

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