| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Base | Albufeira, Portugal) |
| Principal |
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| 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 drivers | European Le Mans Series: 20. Malthe Jakobsen Michael Jensen Enzo Trulli 25. Olli Caldwell Matthias Kaiser Lorenzo Fluxá IMSA SportsCar Championship: 04. Colin Braun George Kurtz Toby Sowery |
| Founders | Stewart Cox Samantha Cox |
| 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 and IMSA SportsCar Championship, the latter in partnership with CrowdStrike Racing.[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, Nicky Catsburg, Olivier Pla, Nick Tandy, Oliver Jarvis, Loïc Duval, Yifei Ye, Mikkel Jensen, Alex Lynn, René Rast, Ben Hanley, and Jack Hawksworth, as well as former F1 drivers such as Nyck de Vries, Pietro Fittipaldi and Franco Colapinto.[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 2026, they are also six-time champions of the Asian Le Mans Series, with titles garnered alongside CrowdStrike and G-Drive as well as under their own name.[7]
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
IMSA SportsCar Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | No | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts. | MEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | G-Drive Racing by APR | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | 68 | François Hériau Ed Jones Oliver Rasmussen René Rast | DQR 3 | DAY 5 | SEB | LGA | MOH | WGI | ELK | ATL | 9th | 0 | 8 |
| 69 | James Allen John Falb Luca Ghiotto Tijmen van der Helm | DQR 7 | DAY 8 | SEB | LGA | MOH | WGI | ELK | ATL | 10th | 0 | 8 | |||||
| 2023 | CrowdStrike Racing by APR | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | 04 | Ben Hanley George Kurtz Nolan Siegel 3 Esteban Gutiérrez 1 Matt McMurry 1 | DAY 2 | SEB 5 | LGA 3 | WGI 1 | ELK 7 | IMS 3 | ATL 1 | 2nd | 1958 | 42 | |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike Racing by APR | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | 04 | Colin Braun George Kurtz Toby Sowery 2 Malthe Jakobsen 1 | DAY 2 | SEB 9 | WGI 13 | MOS 7 | ELK | IMS | ATL | 12th | 1065 | 28 | |
| 2025 | CrowdStrike Racing by APR | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | 04 | George Kurtz Malthe Jakobsen 5 Toby Sowery 5 Alex Quinn 2 Colton Herta 1 | DAY 6 | SEB 6 | WGI 3 | MOS 11 | ELK 6 | IMS 10 | ATL 10 | 8th | 1836 | 35 | |
| 2026* | CrowdStrike Racing by APR | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | 04 | Malthe Jakobsen George Kurtz Alex Quinn Toby Sowery | DAY 1 | SEB | WGI | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL | 1st* | 373* | 13* |
* Season still in progress
European Le Mans Series
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
- ^ 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 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Cars". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ Seiwert, Robert (2022-03-10). "G-Drive-Rückzug: Algarve Pro Racing findet WEC-Ersatz" (in German). Motorsport-Magazin.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Drivers". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "ELMS". www.europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Algarve Pro Racing Reigns Victorious with CrowdStrike Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary". CrowdStrike Racing. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Kurtz, Braun lead Crowdstrike to AsLMS title and Le Mans invite". RACER. 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel & Dagys, John (13 August 2021). "Le Mans Friday Notebook". SportsCar365. Archived 13 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 September 2021.