Algarve_Pro_Racing

Algarve Pro Racing

Algarve Pro Racing

Portuguese racing team

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]

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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

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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FIA World Endurance Championship

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Notes

  1. 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. [1]
    "Home". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Cars". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  3. [3]
    Seiwert, Robert (10 March 2022). "G-Drive-Rückzug: Algarve Pro Racing findet WEC-Ersatz". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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    "Drivers". Algarve Pro Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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    "ELMS". www.europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Algarve Pro Racing Reigns Victorious with CrowdStrike Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary". CrowdStrike Racing. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  7. [7]
    "Kurtz, Braun lead Crowdstrike to AsLMS title and Le Mans invite". RACER. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  8. [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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