Alex Brundle

Alex Brundle
Alex Brundle
	Brundle in 2014
Nationality	British
Born	7 August 1990; King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Related to	Martin 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 European Le Mans Series with United Autosports. 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 fourteen to seventeen. 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 T-Sport 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 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours[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, 3 wins and 2 further podiums on his way to championship victory[16] Brundle also joined G-Drive racing for the last 5 rounds of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season winning the last 3 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
2006	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
2007	Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy	THB Clowes	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	Greaves Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2013	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	OAK Racing	8	0	1	0	6	132.5	2nd
2013	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	OAK Racing	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
	United SportsCar Championship	OAK Racing	5	0	2	0	2	169	22nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	OAK Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2015	United SportsCar Championship	Krohn Racing	1	0	0	0	0	19	32nd
2015	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
2016	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
2017	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	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
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship	United Autosports	1	0	0	0	0	52	36th
	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
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	United Autosports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2020	European Le Mans Series	United Autosports	5	1	1	0	2	70	2nd

^† As Brundle was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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	Greaves Motorsport	Lucas Ordóñez Martin Brundle	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	340	15th	8th
2013	OAK Racing	Olivier Pla David Heinemeier Hansson	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	328	8th	2nd
2014	OAK Racing	Jann Mardenborough Mark Shulzhitskiy	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	354	9th	5th
2017	Jackie Chan DC Racing	David Cheng Tristan Gommendy	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	363	3rd	2nd
2018	CEFC TRSM Racing	Oliver Rowland Oliver Turvey	Ginetta G60-LT-P1-Mecachrome	LMP1	137	DNF	DNF
2019	United Autosports	Ryan Cullen Will Owen	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	348	19th	14th
2020	United Autosports	Job van Uitert Will Owen	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	359	17th	13th

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	LEC 8	EST 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
2012	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8					SÃO Ret	BHR Ret	FUJ	SHA		73rd	1.5
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

^† As Brundle was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		SEB 4	LBH	LGA 8	DET	WGL 2	MOS	IMS	ELK
	OAK Racing		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
2018	United Autosports	P	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8		SEB 5	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET		36th	52

References

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Anderson, Ben (8 February 2010). "Brundle switches to British F3". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
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External links

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

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[relative_values-2] Scott, Danny (10 June 2007). "Relative Values: Martin Brundle and his son Alex". The Times. London. Retrieved 4 March 2009.

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[14] ttp://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/alex-brundle-joins-oak-for-naec/

[15] ttp://www.imsa.com/alex-brundle-wins-total-pole-award-prototype-class

[16] ttp://www.motorsport.com/elms/news/elms-lmp3-champions-united-autosports-aim-to-go-out-on-a-high-839781/

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