Luis Leeds
Luis William Mahendra Leeds is an Australian-Indonesian racing driver currently competing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Championship for Supercars Championship team 23Red Racing.
Leeds served as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2016 and was also development driver for 23Red Racing.
Career summary
Formula 4
Leeds finished 2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship on the sixth place, competing for Dream Motorsport.In 2016, Leeds became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and moved to the United Kingdom to compete in F4 British Championship with TRS Arden Junior Racing Team. He ended the season third in the drivers standings with three wins. But it wasn't enough to keep the place in the RB Junior team.
Formula Renault
In 2017, Leeds joined Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with Josef Kaufmann Racing. He had two point-scoring finishes, his highest finishing position being seventh place at Silverstone.Australian Formula 4 Championship 2019
In 2019, Leeds raced with AGI Sport in Australian F4 Championship where he competed in eighteen races, finished on the podium seventeen times for nine wins including the Australian F1 Grand Prix event to go with his other F1 event win at the Mexico F1 in 2015. Leeds went on to win the championship convincingly.However due to uncertainty of future racing career and lack of funds, Leeds officially retired from racing at the age of 24 to pursue other opportunities.
Personal life
Leeds was born on 6 March 2000 in Melbourne by Australian-Indonesian parentage. His mother, Maria Leeds, is an Indonesian expatriate and his father Dean Leeds is from Australia. Leeds studied in Ngawi, Indonesia during his primary school days from 2006 until 2012 during his ancestral education career days. In 2012, Leeds was moved back to Australia to pursue his racing career.Leeds is currently practicing Christian Protestant who attends Protestant prayer service both in Australia and Indonesia.
Racing record
Career summary
† As Leeds was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | Luis Leeds | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | LAU 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | SAC 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | HOC 1 26 | HOC 2 18 | HOC 3 11 | 36th | 0 |
Complete F4 British Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
| 2016 | TRS Arden Junior Racing Team | BHI 1 4 | BHI 2 9 | BHI 3 2 | DON 1 2 | DON 2 Ret | DON 3 2 | THR 1 5 | THR 2 1 | THR 3 8 | OUL 1 13 | OUL 2 8 | OUL 3 11 | CRO 1 3 | CRO 2 1 | CRO 3 10 | SNE 1 5 | SNE 2 17 | SNE 3 4 | KNO 1 5 | KNO 2 1 | KNO 3 2 | ROC 1 7 | ROC 2 2 | ROC 3 10 | SIL 1 8 | SIL 2 3 | SIL 3 2 | BHGP 1 10 | BHGP 2 11 | BHGP 3 5 | 3rd | 300 |
Complete Toyota Racing Series results
Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results
Complete Formula Renault NEC results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
| 2017 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 10 | SPA 1 29 | SPA 2 23 | SPA 3 Ret | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 19th | 28 |
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pos | Points |
| 2017 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | MNZ 1 25 | MNZ 2 Ret | SIL 1 23 | SIL 2 7 | PAU 1 18 | PAU 2 16 | MON 1 14 | MON 2 11 | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 Ret | HUN 3 26 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 10 | RBR 1 19 | RBR 2 24 | LEC 1 18 | LEC 2 18 | SPA 1 29 | SPA 2 23 | SPA 3 Ret | CAT 1 29 | CAT 2 Ret | CAT 3 23 | 19th | 7 |