Alexander James Quinn (born 29 December 2000) is a British racing driver competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for CrowdStrike Racing by APR and the European Le Mans Series for Nielsen Racing. Alongside his LMP2 commitments, he is a Hypercar test and development driver for Peugeot TotalEnergies.
Early career
Karting Born in Truro and based near Camelford, Quinn started his karting career in 2011. He competed in multiple championships such as the Super 1 National Rotax Mini Max Championship and won multiple national karting championships.
Lower formulae In 2016, Quinn made his car racing debut in the F4 British Championship, driving for Fortec Motorsport. He won three races and was crowned as the winner of the rookie cup.
Quinn continued to race in the F4 British Championship in 2017, partnering Oscar Piastri and Ayrton Simmons at TRS Arden. He would end up finishing fourth in the standings, beating Simmons but finishing behind Piastri, with the Australian becoming vice-champion.
Quinn also made a one-off appearance in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship that same year, scoring a podium at Donington with Lanan Racing.
British GT Championship In 2018, Quinn competed in six races of the British GT Championship in the GT4 class. Driving for Steller Performance, Quinn scored no points.
Formula Renault Eurocup At the start of 2019, Quinn wasn't able to find a place in a championship. However, midway through the season, he was given the opportunity to make his debut in the Formula Renault Eurocup for his former F4 team Arden Motorsport. He drove in three weekends, managing to score a podium at the Nürburgring and at Catalunya respectively. Quinn finished 13th in the final standings.
In 2020, Quinn substituted for Jackson Walls, who was unable to travel to Europe due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Quinn got pole position for the first race of the season, scored a total of five podiums throughout the season and won the second race at Spa, helping him to fourth in the drivers' championship. He also won the rookie title.
Formula Regional European
For the 2021 campaign, Quinn remained with Arden, competing in the Formula Regional European Championship. As a result of achieving second places in Imola and Barcelona respectively, Quinn ended up ninth in the drivers' standings.
U.S. F2000 National Championship In May 2022, Velocity Racing Development and Arden International announced a collaboration which resulted in Quinn making a one-off appearance in the U.S. F2000 National Championship at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. There, he would take victory in all three races of the weekend, a performance he capped off by taking the fastest lap on two occasions.
Sportscar career
2023: Part-time debut Quinn made his debut in sportscar racing at the start of 2023, competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona for the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports outfit. With the team's amateur driver Ben Keating having scored pole position in the LMP2 category, Quinn, along with Paul-Loup Chatin and Nicolas Lapierre, finished the race in seventh place. Quinn showed an impressive performance in his first endurance event, setting the fastest lap in class. During the season, Quinn would join Chatin and Keating for the Michelin Endurance Cup rounds, helping them towards two podiums at Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta that earned the pair the overall LMP2 title.
2024: ELMS success; Le Mans debut For the following year, Quinn was initially announced to become the designated Endurance Cup driver in IMSA for United Autosports, however an upgrade of his driver categorization from silver to gold forced the Briton out of the seat. After competing at the 24 Hours of Daytona as the fourth driver for AO Racing, the Brit entered into the Pro-Am category of the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing, partnering Richard Bradley and bronze-ranked Kriton Lendoudis. In addition, Quinn was able to make his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut with AO in the LMP2 Pro-Am subclass, finishing sixth in the overall category and second in the subclass alongside Louis Delétraz and team owner P. J. Hyett. The ELMS season began with fourth and sixth places, before a well-worked strategy earned the No. 20 team a victory at Imola. Tidy performances gave Quinn and his teammates third at Spa and second at Mugello, which kept the squad in the title fight going into Portimão. There, Quinn stayed out during the final stint and saved fuel in order to try and win the title. He led until being overtaken by a fully-fueled Bent Viscaal on the final lap, which demoted the No. 20 Apr crew to second in both the race and the Pro-Am standings.
In the winter of 2024–25, Quinn joined Lendoudis and Olli Caldwell to race for APR in the Asian Le Mans Series. Sixth in race one at Sepang was followed by good fortune in race two, as Algarve Pro's gamble on wet-weather tyres paid off to promote them to third before the race was abandoned. In Dubai, the team returned to the podium with third in race 1. The following day, Quinn made several overtakes in the closing stages of race 2 and benefited from a late collision for the leading Tom Dillmann to take the victory. Abu Dhabi saw Quinn shine once again, as he crossed the line in second following a gamble on fuel strategy. Due to a steering column failure in race 2 of the weekend, the team dropped to fourth in the LMP2 standings.
2025
Quinn remained in the ELMS for the 2025 season, remaining at APR alongside Caldwell and Lendoudis. After finishing second in class at Barcelona, both Quinn and Caldwell suffered penalties at Le Castellet and finished sixth. Despite late-race contact in the 4 Hours of Imola with Mathias Beche, Quinn held on to third place. In Spa-Francorchamps, Quinn benefited from a late Full-Course Yellow period to overcut Marino Sato for the race lead, allowing him to claim fourth overall and the win in Pro-Am. Thanks to these results, the team vaulted to the championship lead. Quinn became the catalyst for APR's victory at the next round in Silverstone: he charged into the lead as the rain picked up during his first stint, before battling Louis Delétraz hard to keep his position. Though Delétraz got past, he was later penalised for driving standards, and Quinn inherited the win of the red-flag-shortened race by just over a tenth of a second. In the week after this victory, Quinn was confirmed to remain with Algarve Pro for the 2026 season. At the final round in Portimão, a mid-race collision forced the Algarve Pro team to spend multiple laps in the garage, causing them to fall to second in the LMP2 Pro-Am standings.
A week after the ELMS season's conclusion, it was announced that Quinn would join Nick Cassidy and Mathias Beche at the FIA World Endurance Championship's rookie test in Bahrain, driving the Peugeot 9X8. In November 2025, Quinn was confirmed to join Peugeot Sport as a test and development driver for the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship season.
Personal life Quinn comes from a family of farmers; away from racing he works on his uncle's family farm, near Camelford.
Karting record
Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2011 Dunkeswell Kart Racing Club - Honda Cadet1st South West Championship - Honda Cadet1st 2012 Super One Series - Comer Cadet Fusion Motorsport 7th MSA British Championship - Cadet 7th 2013 Kartmasters British GP - Honda Cadet 4th Kartmasters British GP - IAME Cadet1st Super One Series - IAME Cadet Fusion Junior2nd Super One Series - Comer Cadet1st LGM Series - IAME Cadet1st British Open Championship - IAME Cadet Fusion Motorsport1st 2014 Rotax International Open - Junior 2nd Rotax Max Wintercup - Junior Max 9th Super 1 Series - Mini Max 2nd Kartmasters British GP - Rotax Junior 13th Kartmasters British GP - Mini Max 2nd FIA Kart World Championship - KF Junior 30th Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max Coles Racing 5th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior Max 17th 2015 Rotax Max Wintercup - Junior Max CRG SPA 34th Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max 15th FIA Kart World Championship - KF Junior 32nd CIK-FIA Karting European Championship - KF Junior 7th
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2016 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsport 31 3 2 1 6 248 7th 2017 F4 British Championship TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 30 4 1 4 11 307 4th BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Lanan Racing 3 0 0 0 1 46 20th 2018 British GT Championship - GT4 Steller Performance 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup Arden 6 0 0 0 2 48 12th 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup Arden Motorsport 20 1 1 1 5 183 4th 2021 Formula Regional European Championship Arden Motorsport 20 0 0 0 2 104 9th 2022 U.S. F2000 National Championship Velocity Racing Development330239317th2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 4 0 0 2 2 950 10th2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am Algarve Pro Racing61004962nd IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 AO Racing 1 0 0 0 0 254 50th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 AO by TF10000N/A6th2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 6 1 0 0 4 83 4th2025 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am Algarve Pro Racing 6 2 0 1 4 95 2nd24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Pro-Am10000N/A8thIMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2CrowdStrike Racing by APR20010 456 40th 2025–26Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2Nielsen Racing 6 0 0 0 0 28 9th 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 CrowdStrike Racing by APR 7 2 0 2 5 2322 1st24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Pro-Am 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am Nielsen Racing 5 1 0 0 1 30* 9th* FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies Test and development driver * Season still in progress.
Complete F4 British Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DC Points 2016 Fortec Motorsports BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 7th 248 2017 TRS Arden Junior Racing Team BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 KNO4 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 4th 307
Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2017 Lanan Racing OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 DON1 DON2 DON3 20th 46
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2019 Arden MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 MON1 MON2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 YMC1 YMC2 12th 48 2020 Arden Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 HOC1 HOC2 LEC1 LEC2 4th 183 ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2021 Arden Motorsport IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 MCO1 MCO2 LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 9th 104
American open-wheel racing results
USF2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints2022Velocity Racing DevelopmentSTP1STP2ALA1ALA2IMS1IMS2IMS3IRPROA1ROA2MOH1MOH2MOH3TOR1TOR2POR1POR2POR3 17th 93
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results