James Allen (racing driver)

James Allen is a professional racing driver from Australia. He currently competes in the European Le Mans Series.

Career

European Le Mans Series

Allen first contested the European Le Mans Series in 2017 with Graff Racing's LMP2 entry. Allen, along with co-drivers Richard Bradley, Franck Matelli and Gustavo Yacamán drove the No. 40 Oreca 07 to a third-place finish in the championship. Allen would stay on with Graff in 2018, driving the No. 40 entry to a 12th-place finish.
Allen would switch teams in ELMS 2019 to join DragonSpeed alongside Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley and Renger van der Zande in the No. 21 entry. The team drove the Oreca 07 to a fifth-place finish.
Allen would return to Graff for the 2020 season, racing the No. 39 entry alongise Alexandre Cougnaud and Thomas Laurent. The team took fifth place in the championship.
Allen would change teams once again in 2021, joining Panis Racing alongside Julien Canal and Will Stevens. After testing positive for COVID-19 prior to round 1 at Barcelona, Allen was replaced by Gabriel Aubry, but would return in time for round 2. The team would finish third in the championship, with Allen finishing sixth in the drivers championship.

FIA World Endurance Championship

Allen made his FIA World Endurance Championship debut in 2018 for DragonSpeed at the 6 hours of Fuji.

Racing record

Career summary

^† Ineligible for points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

Year

Team

Pos

Points

2014

ARTA Engineering

ALC
1
24

ALC
2
22

SPA
1
31

SPA
2
Ret

MSC
1

MSC
2

NÜR
1
27

NÜR
2
25

HUN
1
22

HUN
2
22

LEC
1
20

LEC
2
17

JER
1
17

JER
2
24

27th

2015

ARTA Engineering

ALC
1
25

ALC
2
20

ALC
3
5

SPA
1
21

SPA
2
28

HUN
1
20

HUN
2
18

SIL
1
22

SIL
2
22

SIL
3
22

NÜR
1
24

NÜR
2
26

LMS
1
20

LMS
2
18

JER
1
12

JER
2
Ret

JER
3
Ret

17th

2016

JD Motorsport

ALC
1
17

ALC
2
13

ALC
3
17

MON
1
13

MNZ
1
19

MNZ
2
11

MNZ
3
17

RBR
1
12

RBR
2
15

LEC
1
13

LEC
2
16

SPA
1
5

SPA
2
Ret

EST
1
Ret

EST
2
13

17th

^† As Allen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

Year

Team

Pos

Points

2014

ARTA Engineering

IMO
1
20

IMO
2
24

PAU
1
13

PAU
2
Ret

RBR
1
10

RBR
2
19

SPA
1
Ret

SPA
2
22

MNZ
1
Ret

MNZ
2
16

MUG
1
30

MUG
2
29

JER
1
Ret

JER
2
15

23rd

2015

ARTA Engineering

IMO
1
15

IMO
2
17†

PAU
1
16

PAU
2
Ret

RBR
1
5

RBR
2
9

RBR
3
11

SPA
1
11

SPA
2
Ret

MNZ
1
13

MNZ
2
12

MNZ
3
4

MIS
1
16

MIS
2
14

JER
1
13

JER
2
13

11th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2016	JD Motorsport	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 16	SIL 1 6	SIL 2 12	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 12	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 4	ASS 1 17	ASS 2 11	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 9	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 11	HOC 3 1	7th	177