Alex Buncombe

Alexander John Buncombe (born 28 August 1981 in Taunton, England) is a British racing driver. He is a part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange. He is the brother of Chris Buncombe and the son of former BTCC racer Jonathan Buncombe.

Career Buncombe competed in the British Formula Renault Championship from 2001 to 2003, finishing fifth in the 2003 Winter Series. He took part in his first GT race in 2005, competing in the Trofeo Maserati. He won his first race in the series, at Monza, by thirty-five seconds. From 2007 to 2011, Buncombe competed in the GT4 European Series for RJN Motorsport. He finished third in 2007 before finishing as runner-up in 2008 and 2009. He continued to drive in the series until 2011. In total he scored five pole positions and ten wins.

Buncombe has competed in the Blancpain Endurance Series since 2011, winning the GT4 Cup class that season along with Jordan Tresson and Christopher Ward. The GT4 Cup class was removed from the series the following year and Buncombe moved into the GT3 Pro-Am Cup class. Buncombe has scored two wins and recorded a best season finish of fourth in 2013.

The Nissan GT-R of Buncombe, Chiyo, Kelly and Reip at the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour.

Australia Buncombe competed in the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour as part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange, driving a Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 with Katsumasa Chiyo, Rick Kelly and Wolfgang Reip. Chiyo was involved in a crash in the early stages of the race, ending the team's chances after 58 laps. Buncombe was scheduled to return to the race for 2015, but was forced to withdraw due to the impending birth of his first child.

Following the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour, Buncombe joined Nissan's V8 Supercar team as a co-driver for Todd Kelly in the 2014 Endurance Cup. The pair finished twentieth at the Sandown 500 before recording a creditable seventh-place finish at the Bathurst 1000.

Racing record

Career summary Season still in progress.

FIA GT competition results

Complete FIA GT Series results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points 2013 RJN Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Pro-Am NOGQR NOGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ZANQR ZANQR SVKQR SVKCR NAVQR NAVCR BAKQR BAKCR 7th 70

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2016 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR NC 0

Complete British GT Championship results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2012 RJN Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 NUR1 NUR2 ROC1 BRH1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 DON1 6th 108.5 2014 RJN Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SNE1 SNE2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON1 33rd 11 2024 Team RJN McLaren 720S GT3 Evo GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 BRH1 18th 12 † As Buncombe was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2015 Nissan Motorsports Harry Tincknell Michael Krumm Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 242 NC NC

Supercar results

Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2014 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 Todd Kelly 7th 161 2015 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 Todd Kelly 20th 156

Britcar 24 Hour results