Alex Brundle

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Alex Brundle
Alex Brundle 2014 WEC Fuji.jpg
Brundle in 2014
NationalityBritish
Born (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 31)
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Related toMartin Brundle (father)
Robin Brundle (uncle)
Previous series
2012
2009, 2011
2010
2007–08
2006–07
2006		GP3 Series
FIA Formula Two
British Formula 3
Formula Palmer Audi
FPA Autumn Trophy
T Cars

Alex Brundle (born 7 August 1990) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Inter Europol Competition. He was the 2016 European Le Mans Series champion (LMP3)[1] and is the son of Formula One driver-turned-commentator Martin Brundle. He attended Oakham School in Rutland.

Career[]

Karting and T Cars[]

Brundle drove a kart for the first time at the age of eight.[2] He began his car racing career in 2006 by competing in the T Cars championship, a saloon car-based series for drivers aged 14 to 17. He finished eighth in the championship,

Formula Palmer Audi[]

In the closing months of 2006, Brundle moved to open-wheel racing by taking part in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, in which he finished 21st overall. For 2007, he stayed in the category for the season's main championship, finishing eleventh, and also returned to the Autumn Trophy afterwards, improving to eighth.

In 2008, he returned to FPA for a second season, taking a pole position and three podium finishes on his way to sixth position in the championship. His father Martin, inspired by his son's progress, also raced in the round of the championship held at Spa-Francorchamps.[3]

FIA Formula Two Championship[]

Brundle signed to drive for the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship in 2009.[4] He drove car number 5 in the series, and joined Jolyon Palmer and Jack Clarke in graduating to it from the previous year's FPA championship. He finished nineteenth in the championship, amassing five points.

British Formula Three[]

Brundle competed in the 2010 British Formula 3 Championship, driving for the team.[5] He finished 17th after contesting all 30 rounds, scoring 11 points with a best finish of 8th.

Return to FIA Formula Two Championship[]

Brundle returned to Formula Two for the 2011 season.[6] He struggled during his first race weekend of the season at Silverstone, but took pole position for the first race at Magny Cours, and secured a podium finish in both of the weekend's races. Brundle later got a third podium finish with a 3rd place at race one at Monza. Brundle finished the season 7th in the standings making him the most successful British driver of the 2011 Formula Two season.

GP3 Series[]

On 3 February 2012, Brundle was signed to race in the 8-round 2012 GP3 Series by Carlin Motorsport.[7] The season followed the European leg of the Formula One Championship and was considered a stepping stone into the GP2 Series.

On 13 May 2012, Brundle obtained points in his debut race with a 10th-place finish at the Feature Race of the Spanish Grand-Prix.[8] He then subsequently achieved 8th place in the sprint race the following day.[9]

On 29 July 2012 Brundle took his first GP3 podium finish in race 2 of the Budapest event[10]

Formula E[]

Alex Brundle signed on 12 February 2014 to become part of the Formula e drivers Club in the new Formula E, the FIA championship for electric vehicles.[11]

Sportscars[]

Brundle during qualifying for the 2012 Petit Le Mans

Brundle made his Le Mans debut in 2012, piloting a Greaves Motorsport-run Zytek-Nissan LMP2 alongside his father. He also contested the Le Mans Series for the team, who enter 2012 as reigning champions.[12] Martin and Alex won the Woolf Barnato Trophy for becoming the highest finishing British drivers in a British car in the [13]

Brundle competed in the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season, finishing second in the championship for OAK Racing in LMP2 class and second in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class.

After finishing fifth at the 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona while driving for Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, he returned to OAK for the rest of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship season North American Endurance Cup events at Sebring International Raceway, Watkins Glen International, and Road Atlanta, respectively.[14] Brundle won the Total Pole Award for the most pole positions scored in the 2014 United SportsCar Championship season[15]

Brundle returned to the European Le Mans Series in 2016 winning the championship with United Autosports scoring a pole, three wins and two further podiums on his way to championship victory.[16] Brundle also joined G-Drive racing for the last five rounds of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season winning the last three races of the series and taking one further podium.[17]

Broadcasting[]

During his racing career Brundle has also served as a commentator for various motorsport series when not racing himself. He is best known for his commentary on select rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship and FIA Formula 3 Championship, working alongside lead commentator Alex Jacques.

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2006 T Cars PalmerSport Junior 18 0 0 ? 2 86 8th
Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy THB Clowes 6 0 0 ? 0 14 21st
2007 Formula Palmer Audi THB Clowes 20 0 0 ? 0 160 11th
Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy 6 0 0 0 0 57 8th
2008 Formula Palmer Audi Nasstar 20 0 1 0 3 240 6th
2009 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 16 0 0 0 0 5 19th
2010 British Formula 3 Championship T-Sport 30 0 0 0 0 11 17th
2011 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 16 0 1 0 3 112 7th
2012 GP3 Series Carlin 16 0 0 0 1 19 16th
European Le Mans Series Greaves Motorsport 3 0 0 0 1 48 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 OAK Racing 8 0 1 0 6 132.5 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd
2014 European Le Mans Series - GTC ART Grand Prix 5 0 0 0 0 38 14th
United SportsCar Championship Muscle Milk Pickett Racing 1 0 0 0 0 169 22nd
OAK Racing 5 0 2 0 2
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2015 United SportsCar Championship Krohn Racing 1 0 0 0 0 19 32nd
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Pegasus Racing Team Total by DC Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 United Autosports 6 3 1 2 5 109.5 1st
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 6 3 2 0 4 98 6th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 9 0 0 1 1 77 11th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup R-Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 12 34th
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Jackie Chan DCR JOTA 1 0 0 0 0 52 36th
United Autosports 1 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans CEFC TRSM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship CEFC TRSM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 European Le Mans Series United Autosports 6 0 0 0 1 37.5 12th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th
2020 European Le Mans Series United Autosports 5 1 1 0 2 70 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 4 0 0 0 1 67 5th*
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th

† As Brundle was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2009 VAL
1
8 		VAL
2
23 		BRN
1
11 		BRN
2
Ret 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
5 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
11 		DON
1
14 		DON
2
Ret 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
11 		IMO
1
17 		IMO
2
Ret 		CAT
1
15 		CAT
2
12 		19th 5
2011 SIL
1
19 		SIL
2
Ret 		MAG
1
3 		MAG
2
2 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
7 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
5 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
17 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
Ret 		MON
1
3 		MON
2
4 		CAT
1
8 		CAT
2
5 		7th 112

Complete GP3 Series results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 D.C. Points
2012 Carlin CAT
FEA
10 		CAT
SPR
8 		MON
FEA
10 		MON
SPR
Ret 		VAL
FEA
16 		VAL
SPR
14 		SIL
FEA
7 		SIL
SPR
10 		HOC
FEA
DSQ 		HOC
SPR
13 		HUN
FEA
15 		HUN
SPR
3 		SPA
FEA
19 		SPA
SPR
11 		MNZ
FEA
DSQ 		MNZ
SPR
10 		16th 19

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Spain Lucas Ordóñez
United Kingdom Martin Brundle 		Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 340 15th 8th
2013 France OAK Racing France Olivier Pla
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson 		Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 328 8th 2nd
2014 France OAK Racing United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough
Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy 		Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 354 9th 5th
2017 China Jackie Chan DC Racing United States David Cheng
France Tristan Gommendy 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 3rd 2nd
2018 China CEFC TRSM Racing United Kingdom Oliver Rowland
United Kingdom Oliver Turvey 		Ginetta G60-LT-P1-Mecachrome LMP1 137 DNF DNF
2019 United States United Autosports Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
United States Will Owen 		Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 348 19th 14th
2020 United States United Autosports Netherlands Job van Uitert
United States Will Owen 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 359 17th 13th
2021 Poland Inter Europol Competition Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 360 10th 5th

Complete European Le Mans Series results[]

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2012 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 LEC
4 		DON
7 		PET
3 		3rd 48
2014 ART Grand Prix GTC McLaren MP4-12C GT3 McLaren 3.8L V8 SIL
5 		IMO
4 		RBR
4
8
Ret 		14th 38
2016 United Autosports LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL
1 		IMO
1 		RBR
1 		LEC
3 		SPA
2 		EST
11 		1st 109.5
2019 United Autosports LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
12 		MNZ
3 		CAT
8 		SIL
8 		SPA
9 		ALG
4 		12th 37.5
2020 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
1 		SPA
5 		LEC
8 		MNZ
2 		ALG
4 		2nd 70

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2012 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SEB SPA LMS
13 		SIL
12 		73rd 1.5
OAK Racing Morgan LMP2 SÃO
Ret 		BHR
Ret 		FUJ SHA
2013 OAK Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
2 		SPA
2 		LMS
2 		SÃO
6 		COA
6 		FUJ
3 		SHA
2 		BHR
2 		2nd 132.5
2015 Pegasus Racing Team Total
by DC Racing 		LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA
5 		BHR NC† 0†
2016 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR
Ret 		MEX
7 		COA
3 		FUJ
1 		SHA
1 		BHR
1 		6th 98
2017 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
8 		SPA
10 		LMS
2 		NÜR
5 		MEX
6 		COA
5 		FUJ
Ret 		SHA
8 		BHR
8 		11th 77
2018–19 CEFC TRSM Racing LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6 SPA
WD 		LMS
Ret 		SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS NC 0
2021 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
5 		ALG
5 		MNZ
4 		LMS
3 		BHR
 BHR
 5th* 67*

† As Brundle was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing P Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DAY
5 		15th 169
OAK Racing Morgan LMP2 SEB
4 		LBH LGA
8 		DET WGL
2 		MOS IMS ELK
Ligier JS P2 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo COA
2 		PET
9
2015 Krohn Racing P Ligier JS P2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 DAY
13 		SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 32nd 19
2018 Jackie Chan DCR JOTA P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
5 		36th 52
United Autosports Ligier JS P217 SEB
5 		LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET

References[]

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External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Chris Hoy
 		European Le Mans Series
LMP3 Champion
2016
With: Mike Guasch & Christian England 		Succeeded by
Sean Rayhall
John Falb
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