Ben Hanley

Ben Hanley is a British racing driver who competed in the first part of the 2008 GP2 Series season. He was a member of the Renault F1 team's young driver program until 2008. He is currently racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and IndyCar Series

Ben Hanley
Hanley at the 2019 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	British
Born	22 January 1985 Manchester, England
FIA WEC career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Team LNT
Car number	5
Former teams	TDS Racing G-Drive Racing CEFC Manor TRS Racing DragonSpeed
Starts	17
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	15th in 2019-20
Finished last season	17th
Previous series
2005 2006–07 2008 2008	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Asia Series GP2 Series

Career

Hanley had a successful career in karting, winning a number of championships and individual races and coming close to winning the Karting World Championship. Hanley raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2006 and 2007, and he finished as runner-up in the championship in 2007. He was signed to drive for Campos Racing in early 2008, partnering Vitaly Petrov.[1] He also joined the team for the second round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, scoring a podium finish in his first GP2 race. After three races of the season Hanley and Campos parted company, but he secured a drive with Durango before the next race.[2] He replaced Marcello Puglisi, who was in turn deputising for the injured Davide Valsecchi. However, this was only a one-off drive, as Valsecchi returned to racing action at the next round of the championship.[3] He began 2009 without a drive, but joined the Euroseries 3000 mid-season and won during his first event in the category. He also returned to karting in 2009, finishing third in the Karting World Championship.[4]

IndyCar

On December 17, 2018, it was announced that Hanley would compete in 5 IndyCar races, including the 103rd Indianapolis 500, with DragonSpeed in 2019. Only three of those races were fulfilled.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Cram Competition	17	6	2	9	4	264	3rd
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	Formula Renault UK	Team AKA	2	0	0	0	0	21	28th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Cram Competition	2	0	0	0	0	0	39th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Cram Competition	17	1	0	3	2	55	8th
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Prema Powerteam	17	2	0	3	6	102	2nd
2008	GP2 Asia Series	Barwa International Campos Team	6	0	0	0	1	6	15th
	GP2 Series		6	0	0	0	0	1	24th
		Durango	2	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Euroseries 3000	Fisichella Motor Sport	6	1	0	1	2	23	6th
2010	Superleague Formula	Olympiacos CFP	10	1	1	3	3	653	4th
2016	European Le Mans Series	DragonSpeed	6	1	0	0	4	76	4th
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2	TDS Racing	1	0	0	0	0	53	17th
		G-Drive Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		CEFC Manor TRS Racing	5	0	0	0	1
	European Le Mans Series	DragonSpeed	6	0	2	2	1	40	11th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship		1	0	0	0	0	21	39th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2	Dragonspeed - 10 Star	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2018	European Le Mans Series	DragonSpeed	6	0	1	1	2	50.5	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship	DragonSpeed	6	0	0	0	0	8.5	28th
2019	European Le Mans Series	DragonSpeed	5	1	1	0	1	47	8th
	IndyCar Series		3	0	0	0	0	31	30th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - LMP2		1	0	1	1	1	30	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship	Team LNT	4	0	0	0	1	27.5	15th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2020	European Le Mans Series	DragonSpeed with Racing Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	5.5	23rd
		DragonSpeed	3	0	0	0	0
	IndyCar Series		1	0	0	0	0	14	33rd
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	2	2	0	0	2	35	13th
2021	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	1	0	0	0	0	0	*

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2005	Cram Competition	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	VAL 1	VAL 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	BIL 1	BIL 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	DON 1	DON 2	EST 1 17	EST 2 Ret	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	39th	0
2006	Cram Competition	ZOL 1 10	ZOL 2 17†	MON 1 Ret	IST 1 Ret	IST 2 4	MIS 1 1	MIS 2 2	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 7	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 13	DON 1 10	DON 2 6	LMS 1 10	LMS 2 20†	CAT 1 16	CAT 2 7	8th	55
2007	Prema Powerteam	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 9	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 7	MON 1 6	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 4	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 2	DON 1 16	DON 2 Ret	MAG 1 1	MAG 2 14	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 23	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 1	2nd	102

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Pts
2008	Barwa International Campos Team	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 9	IST FEA 17	IST SPR 6	MON FEA 16	MON SPR 14															24th	1
	Durango							MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR Ret	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2008	Barwa International Campos Team	DUB1 FEA	DUB1 SPR	SEN FEA 3	SEN SPR 16	SEP FEA Ret	SEP SPR 14	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 10	DUB2 FEA Ret	DUB2 SPR Ret	15th	6

Superleague Formula

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

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10				NC				11			Position	Points
2010	Olympiacos CFP	GU-Racing International	SIL			ASS			MAG			JAR			NÜR			ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			ORD				BEI †				NAV			4th	653
																								3	10	3				1	4	5		9	14	C		12	8	X

† Non-championship event.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2016	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL Ret	IMO 3	RBR Ret	LEC 3	SPA 1	EST 2	4th	76
2017	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 10	MNZ 2	RBR Ret	LEC 7	SPA 5	ALG 9	11th	40
2018	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC Ret	MNZ 4	RBR 5	SIL 2	SPA 2‡	ALG 13	7th	50.5
2019	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 1	MNZ	CAT 10	SIL 4	SPA 7	ALG 9	8th	47
2020	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 8	SPA 14		MNZ DSQ	ALG		23rd	5.5
	DragonSpeed with Racing Engineering						LEC 10

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Pts
2017	DragonSpeed	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 10	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET	39th	21
2019	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB	MDO	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET			13th	30
2020	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 1†	SEB	ELK 1	ATL	PET	LGA	SEB				13th	35
2021	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 10†	SEB	DET	WGL	ELK	LGA	PET				*	*

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2017	TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL	SPA 9	LMS							17th	53
	G-Drive Racing							NÜR 6
	CEFC Manor TRS Racing								MEX 3	COA 6	FUJ 5	SHA 9	BHR 6
2018–19	DragonSpeed	LMP1	BR Engineering BR1	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8	SPA DNS	LMS Ret	SIL 25	FUJ Ret	SHA 6	SEB Ret	SPA	LMS Ret		28th	8.5
2019–20	Team LNT	LMP1	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6	SIL 3	FUJ 11	SHA 4	BHR Ret						15th	27.5
	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8					COA 9	SPA	LMS 12	BHR		0	NC†

^† Not eligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Dragonspeed - 10 Star	Henrik Hedman Felix Rosenqvist	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	343	14th	12th
2018	DragonSpeed	Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande	BR Engineering BR1-Gibson	LMP1	244	DNF	DNF
2019	DragonSpeed	Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande	BR Engineering BR1-Gibson	LMP1	76	DNF	DNF
2020	DragonSpeed USA	Henrik Hedman Renger van der Zande	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	361	16th	12th

American open-wheel racing results

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IndyCar Series

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2019	DragonSpeed	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet	STP 18	COA	ALA 21	LBH	IMS	INDY 32	DET	DET	TXS	RDA	TOR	IOW	MDO	POC	GTW	POR	LAG	30th	31
2020				TXS	IMS	ROA	ROA	IOW	IOW	INDY 23	GTW	GTW	MDO	MDO	IMS	IMS	STP				33rd	14

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2019	Dallara	Chevrolet	27	32	DragonSpeed
2020	Dallara	Chevrolet	33	23	DragonSpeed

References

1. "Campos sign Hanley to partner Petrov". autosport.com. 10 January 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
2. "Hanley grabs last-gasp Durango drive". autosport.com. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
3. "Valsecchi returns to Durango seat". autosport.com. 1 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
4. "CIK-FIA World Karting Championship for Drivers 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

External links

• Ben Hanley official website