Alex Brundle

Alexander Brundle (born 7 August 1990) is a British racing driver and broadcaster. He was the 2016 European Le Mans Series champion (LMP3) and is the son of Formula One driver-turned-commentator Martin Brundle.

Careers

Karting and T Cars Brundle drove a kart for the first time at the age of eight. He began his car racing career in 2006 by competing in the T Cars championship, a saloon car-based series for drivers aged 14 to 17. 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, Brundle 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.

FIA Formula Two Championship Brundle signed to drive for the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship in 2009. 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. He finished 17th after contesting all 30 rounds, scoring 11 points with a best finish of eighth.

Return to FIA Formula Two Championship Brundle returned to Formula Two for the 2011 season. 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 third place at race one at Monza. Brundle finished the season seventh 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 eight-round 2012 GP3 Series by Carlin Motorsport. 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 tenth-place finish at the Feature Race of the Spanish Grand Prix. He then subsequently achieved 8th place in the sprint race the following day.

On 29 July 2012, Brundle took his first GP3 podium finish in race 2 of the Budapest event.

Formula E Brundle signed on 12 February 2014 to become part of the Formula E Drivers Club in the new FIA championship for electric vehicles.

Sportscars

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. 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

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, Brundle 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. Brundle won the Total Pole Award for the most pole positions scored in the 2014 United SportsCar Championship season

Brundle returned to the European Le Mans Series in 2016 winning the championship with United Autosports scoring a pole, three wins and two further podiums on his way to championship victory. Brundle also joined G-Drive racing for the last five rounds of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season winning the last three races of the series and taking one further podium.

Historic racing Brundle also often competes in historic racing events, mostly driving a Lola T70 Mk3B in Masters Sports Car Legends competition.

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

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 VAL1 VAL2 BRN1 BRN2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 19th 5 2011 SIL1 SIL2 MAG1 MAG2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 MON1 MON2 CAT1 CAT2 7th 112

Complete British Formula 3 International 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2010 T-Sport OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 SIL11 SIL12 SIL13 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 THR1 THR2 THR3 SIL21 SIL22 SIL23 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 17th 11

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 Points 2012 Carlin CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 16th 19

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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 2021 Inter Europol Competition Jakub Śmiechowski Renger van der Zande Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 360 10th 5th 2022 Inter Europol Competition Esteban Gutiérrez Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 365 17th 13th

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results † As Brundle was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)