Alexander Sims

Alexander George Oliver Sims (born 15 March 1988, in London) is a British professional racing driver, currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports. He previously drove for Whelen Engineering Racing in IMSA where he won the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Previously Sims has driven in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship for Mahindra Racing and BMW i Andretti Motorsport, winning one race in Diriyah.

Sims was the winner of the 2008 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for promising young British drivers.

Career

Karting Sims' kart racing career started in 1998 when he started competing in club competitions. In 2000, Sims had a successful campaign, he won the Super 1 MSA Cadet Championship, the Kartmasters Grand Prix, the 5 Nations Cup and came second in the Champions of The Future British Cadet Championship. Sims latterly added the JICA British Championship, the Monaco Kart Cup, three British Grands Prix and the Formula A World Championship, before moving into single-seaters in 2006.

Formula Renault Having started his car racing career in late 2006, Sims scored a second place in his first ever car race in the Formula Renault UK 2.0 Winter Series, before finishing ninth in the championship standings. In 2007, Sims raced in the main series with Manor Competition. He finished eighth overall, after taking one win at Donington Park, and second places at Brands Hatch and Thruxton. He also forayed into the French and Northern European Cup championships during the season and added his first pole position in the category, at Val de Vienne during the French championship. Sims also contested the 2007 UK Winter Series, but failed to finish in three of the four races.

Sims remained with Manor Competition in Formula Renault UK for 2008, and challenged for the championship. Finishing every race, Sims actually scored the most points over the course of the championship, with 473. However, Formula Renault UK employs a points system that means that a driver must drop their two worst scores over the season. Unfortunately for Sims, his worst scores were a pair of ninths worth 24 points, and Adam Christodoulou, his main championship rival dropped two retirements. Thus, a 24-point swing resulted in Christodoulou turning a one-point deficit into a 23-point championship win. He also contested the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific in Macau, finishing eighth with the fastest lap. In December 2008, Sims won the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

Formula Three

At the 2008 Autosport Awards ceremony, Sims announced his plans to race with German team Mücke Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series. In a season dominated by Jules Bianchi, Sims took fourth place in the championship, with a win at the Nürburgring and four second places. He also took part in two rounds of the International Formula Master series, with two fourth places at the Hungaroring being his best results. For 2010, Sims would move to ART Grand Prix.

In 2013, Sims competed in a partial GP3 season. He first raced at the Nürburgring for Status Grand Prix in place of Adderly Fong. He then competed in the final three rounds for Carlin, replacing Eric Lichtenstein. Despite only participating in half of the races, he finished the season in eighth place, with one win and two further podiums.

Sports car racing

In 2012, Sims drove a Lola-Judd LMP2 for Status Grand Prix at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two rounds of the European Le Mans Series.

Sims joined Hexis Racing in 2013 to compete at the Blancpain Endurance Series with a McLaren MP4-12C, partnering with Álvaro Parente and Stef Dusseldorp.

In 2014 and 2015, Sims raced at the British GT Championship for Ecurie Ecosse with a BMW Z4.

Sims competed at the 2016 Blancpain GT Series for Rowe Racing with a BMW M6, winning the 24 Hours of Spa.

In 2017, Sims competed at the GT Le Mans class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship with a factory BMW M6.

Sims competed in two races of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship for BMW Team MTEK.

Formula E Sims driving for BMW i Andretti at the 2020 Mexico City ePrix. In May 2017, Sims was present at the Monaco ePrix as a stand-by option for Robin Frijns. Later that month, he was announced as a development driver for MS Amlin Andretti for the 2017-18 season. He would join BMW for Season 5, partnering Antonio Felix Da Costa. At the final race of the season at the 2019 New York City ePrix, Sims claimed pole position and the first podium of his Formula E career finishing second. Returning with BMW for the 2019–20 Formula E season, Sims won his first race in Formula E at race 2 of the 2019 Diriyah ePrix.

In August 2020, it was announced that Sims would replace Jérôme d'Ambrosio at Mahindra Racing for the 2020–21 Formula E season, who retired from competitive racing to become deputy team principal at Venturi Racing. Sims ended the season with a podium in the 2021 Rome ePrix, five point scoring finishes, and 54 points, enough for 19th at the end of the year standings. For 2022, Sims would stay with Mahindra, but this time partnered by Oliver Rowland. Sims departed from Formula E after the end of the 2021-22 season.

Racing record

Career summary † As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 DC Points 2008 SG Formula SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 19th 7

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 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 2009 Mücke Motorsport Dallara F308/005 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 DIJ1 DIJ2 HOC1 HOC214† 4th 54 2010 ART Grand Prix Dallara F308/048 Mercedes LEC1 LEC2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 4th 63 2012 ThreeBond with T-Sport Dallara F312/008 ThreeBond Nissan HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 NC‡ 0‡ † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Auto GP 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 Pos Points 2010 Charouz-Gravity Racing BRN1 BRN2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 MAG1 MAG2 NAV1 NAV2 MNZ1 MNZ2 25th 0

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 DC Points 2011 Status Grand Prix ISTFEA ISTSPR CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 6th 34 2013 Status Grand Prix CATFEA CATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPR 8th 77 Carlin SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 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 32 33 DC Points 2012 ThreeBond with T-Sport ThreeBond Nissan HOC1 HOC2 PAU1 PAU2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 NOR1 NOR2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 VAL1 VAL2 HOC1 HOC2 NC‡ 0‡ 2013 ThreeBond with T-Sport ThreeBond Nissan MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 10th 112 2015 HitechGP Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 NC‡ 0‡ 2016 HitechGP Mercedes LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 NC‡ 0‡ ‡ As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2012 Status Grand Prix Yelmer Buurman Romain Iannetta Lola B12/80-Judd LMP2 239 DNF DNF 2018 BMW Team MTEK António Félix da Costa Augusto Farfus BMW M8 GTE GTEPro 223 DNF DNF 2021 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTEPro 313 44th 6th 2022 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTEPro 260 DNF DNF 2023 Action Express Racing Jack Aitken Pipo Derani Cadillac V-Series.R Hypercar 324 17th 10thSource:

Complete FIA GT Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points 2013 Boutsen Ginion Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Pro NOGQR NOGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ZANQR ZANQR SVKQR SVKCR NAVQR NAVCR BAKQR BAKCR NC‡ 0‡ ‡ As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2014 Ecurie Ecossepowered by Black Bull BMW Z4 GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SNE1 SNE2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON1 3rd 129.5 2015 Ecurie Ecossepowered by Black Bull BMW Z4 GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SPA1 BRH1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 2nd 143.5 2016 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT3 BRH1 ROC1 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 14th 23 2022 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 DON1 SNE1 SNE2 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 11th 60

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2016 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR 11th 23 2024 Madpanda Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 NC 0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2017 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M6 GTLM BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 2nd 317 2018 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 6th 304 2021 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 10th 953 2023 Whelen Engineering Racing GTP Cadillac V-LMDh Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK IMS PET 1st 2733 2024 Corvette Racing byPratt Miller Motorsports GTD Pro Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 3rd 2934 2025 Corvette Racing byPratt Miller Motorsports GTD Pro Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 1st 3265 2026 Corvette Racing byPratt Miller Motorsports GTD Pro Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 7th* 2238*Source: Season still in progress.

Complete Formula E results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2018–19 BMW Team MTEK LMGTE Pro BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 19th 23 2022 Corvette Racing LMGTE Pro Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 28th 1Source: