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Portugal Algarve Pro Racing
Founded2010
Founder(s)Stewart Cox
Samantha Cox
Base Albufeira, Portugal
Team principal(s)
  • Stewart Cox
  • Samantha Cox
Current series European Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Asian Le Mans Series
Former series FIA 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
Website https://www.algarveproracingteam.com/

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]

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

European Le Mans Series

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

FIA World Endurance Championship

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

Notes

  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

  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.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Portugal Algarve Pro Racing
Founded2010
Founder(s)Stewart Cox
Samantha Cox
Base Albufeira, Portugal
Team principal(s)
  • Stewart Cox
  • Samantha Cox
Current series European Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
Asian Le Mans Series
Former series FIA 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
Website https://www.algarveproracingteam.com/

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]

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

European Le Mans Series

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

FIA World Endurance Championship

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

Notes

  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

  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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