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
24 Hours of Le Mans results
European Le Mans Series
| 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 6 |
IMO 1 |
SPA 3 |
MUG 2 |
ALG 2 |
2nd | 96 |
| LMP2 | 25 | Olli Caldwell Matthias Kaiser Alex Lynn
|
CAT 2 |
LEC 7 |
IMO 8 |
SPA 14 |
MUG 2 |
ALG 8 |
5th | 50 | ||||
| 2025 | Algarve Pro Racing
|
LMP2 Pro-Am | 20 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 | Olli Caldwell Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn
|
CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA | SIL | ALG | ||
| LMP2 | 25 |  Lorenzo Fluxá Matthias Kaiser
|
CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA | SIL | ALG |
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 | 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
- ^ 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]
- ^ The team received the points for 9th place, as entries classified higher were not full time entrants in the WEC.
References
- ^ "Home". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Cars". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Seiwert, Robert (10 March 2022). "G-Drive-Rückzug: Algarve Pro Racing findet WEC-Ersatz". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Drivers". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "ELMS". www.europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Algarve Pro Racing Reigns Victorious with CrowdStrike Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary". CrowdStrike Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Kurtz, Braun lead Crowdstrike to AsLMS title and Le Mans invite". RACER. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel; Dagys, John (13 August 2021). "Le Mans Friday Notebook". SportsCar365. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.