Euan Hankey

Euan Richard Alers-Hankey is a British racing driver who last competed for Race Lab in the British GT Championship.

Career

Hankey began racing single-seaters in 2005, competing in Formula BMW UK for Barwell Motorsport. After continuing in Formula BMW UK the following year, Hankey raced in Formula 3 Euro Series in 2007, before making part-time appearances in Formula Renault 2.0 UK and Formula Renault BARC in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Also in 2010, Hankey began racing full-time in Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for Team Parker Racing, scoring eight podiums as he ended the year fifth in points. Remaining in the series for the following year, Hankey began the year by winning at Brands Hatch, before taking wins at Donington Park and Knockhill, and winning both races at Rockingham en route to a fourth-place points finish.
After being on the sidelines for the next two years and select appearances in the 2014 Britcar Endurance Championship, Hankey joined Von Ryan Racing to compete in the British GT Championship the following year. During 2015, Hankey also raced for TF Sport in select appearances in International GT Open, Blancpain Endurance Series' Pro-Am and the European Le Mans Series' GTC class. Hankey returned to TF Sport for 2016, racing with them in both International GT Open and the GT3 Le Mans Cup. Racing in the Pro-Am class of the former, Hankey scored overall wins at Silverstone and Monza en route to a seventh-place points finish. In the latter, Hankey won at Imola and Estoril and scored three more podiums to secure runner-up honors.
Remaining with TF Sport for 2017, Hankey raced with them in the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series. In his only season in the series, Hankey won in class at Silverstone and finished on the podium four more times to end the year runner-up in points. During 2017, Hankey also raced with the team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Spa. The following year, Hankey joined Ram Racing to compete in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, scoring a Pro-Am class win at Silverstone as he ended the year 11th in class. The same year, Hankey remained with TF Sport to compete in select rounds of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship in LMGTE Am, scoring a best result of second in the 2018 and 2019 editions of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
In 2020, Hankey became a McLaren Factory GT driver, and joined Balfe Motorsport to race in the GT4 Pro-Am class of the British GT Championship. In his only full-time season in the category, Hankey won all but one race to secure the title. After a part-time campaign the following year for Jenson Team Rocket RJN in GT3 Pro-Am, Hankey joined 7TSIX in 2022 for his only full season in the GT3 Pro-Am class of the British GT Championship. After scoring a best result of fourth at Donington Park and ending the year 10th in points, Hankey switched to Race Lab for the following year, and scored his only overall podium in the series at the same venue en route to a 14th-place points finish. Following that, Hankey remained with Race Lab the following year to compete at the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi and in select races of the British GT Championship.

Racing record

Complete Formula BMW UK results

Year

Entrant

Pts

2005

Barwell Motorsport

DON
1
10

DON
2
8

THR
1
4

THR
2
Ret

ROC
1
8

ROC
2
9

BHI
1
10

BHI
2
14

OUL
1
Ret

OUL
2
6

CRO
1
15

CRO
2
Ret

MON
1
4

MON
2
13

KNO
1
17

KNO
2
10

SIL
1
14

SIL
2
18

BHGP
1
11

BHGP
2
10

12th

2006

Fortec Motorsport

BHI
1
3

BHI
2
1

MON
1
4

MON
2
Ret

OUL
1
1

OUL
2
5

BHGP
1
4

BHGP
2
21

THR
1
3

THR
2
3

CRO
1
7

CRO
2
4

DON
1
2

DON
2
5

SNE
1
6

SNE
2
4

KNO
1
8

KNO
2
2

SIL
1
5

SIL
2
7

4th

188

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2007	HS Technik	Dallara F305/039	Mercedes	HOC1 1	HOC1 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	MUG 1 19	MUG 2 16	ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 18	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 16	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 13	NOG 1 22	NOG 2 Ret	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	23rd	0