Nick Yelloly

Nicholas Jon Yelloly (born 3 December 1990) is a British racing driver who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Meyer Shank Racing as a factory driver for Acura, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and European Le Mans Series for Inter Europol Competition in the LMP2 class.

Yelloly is also a test and simulator driver for the Aston Martin team in Formula One.

Early career

Karting Yelloly made his karting début in September 2005. After competing in Junior TKM Intermediate in 2006, Yelloly moved up to ICA in 2007, finishing 15th. Yelloly moved into the Super 1 National KF1 Championship in 2008, and finished in eighth position in the championship.

Formula Renault UK Yelloly during qualifying at Oulton Park during the 2009 Formula Renault UK season. Yelloly moved into the Formula Renault UK Winter Series in 2008 and finished fourteenth with points-scoring finishes in each of the four races with Fortec Competition. In 2009, Yelloly switched to the Hitech Junior Team, to contest a full season of Formula Renault UK. He had twelve point-scoring finishes on his way to nineteenth place in the championship and seventh in the Graduate Cup.

Yelloly remained in the series with the newly renamed Atech Grand Prix team. He improved to seventh place in the championship, with three podiums and a win at season finale in Brands Hatch.

GP3 Series

Yelloly continued his partnership with Atech CRS Grand Prix in 2011, stepping up to the GP3 Series alongside Marlon Stöckinger and Zoël Amberg. In a difficult season for the team, Yelloly finished 21st in the championship with seven points, courtesy of a strong showing at his home championship round held at Silverstone, but failing to score any points elsewhere. He was still the best-placed Atech CRS driver, as neither Stöckinger or Amberg registered a points finish all season.

Formula Renault 3.5

Yelloly made his Formula Renault 3.5 Series début at Silverstone for round seven of nine in the 2011 championship, driving for Pons Racing alongside Oliver Webb. After a difficult start, in which he was disqualified from his first race, he went on to secure three points finishes, including a podium in the final race at the Catalunya.

Yelloly signed for Comtec Racing for the 2012 season. He won the first race on the series calendar at Aragón, and picked up a second race win at the Nürburgring. He finished the season in fifth place overall, taking two further podium finishes at Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard.

Return to GP3 In February 2013, Yelloly announced that he would return to the GP3 Series, racing for Carlin Motorsport for the upcoming season and finishing sixth overall, having scored four podiums. In 2014, he switched to Status Grand Prix. Though he finished second in the sprint race at the Yas Marina Circuit, Yelloly converted it into his first race win after race winner Patric Niederhauser was excluded from the results due to a breach in technical regulations, which elevated the Briton to sixth in the standings.

Sportscar career (2016–22) Yelloly driving at the Red Bull Ring during the 2018 Porsche Supercup season. He finished the season in second place.

Porsche Cup racing In 2016, Yelloly made a switch to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany series with the Project 1 Motorsport team, finishing the year as vice-champion of the rookie class and sixth place in the overall championship. He would also take part in the British Grand Prix supporting Porsche Supercup race at Silverstone.

For 2017, Yelloly returned to the series with the same team, this time winning three races and ending the year as runner-up along with two appearances in the Porsche Supercup.

After showing good pace in the national series, Yelloly would make the full time move in to the Porsche Supercup for 2018 with the Fach Auto Tech team. A season long battle with Michael Ammermüller and Thomas Preining saw the Brit take second in the championship, having secured wins at the support races for the Monaco and German Grand Prix.

BMW Motorsport works driver

Chinese GT On 24 February 2019, BMW announced that Yelloly would be joining them as a works driver, taking part in his first race for the manufacturer in the China GT Championship in March. Driving for Fist Team AAI, Yelloly took home five victories from ten races, thus earning himself the Chinese GT title. Yelloly competing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2021 ADAC GT Masters season.

ADAC GT Masters In 2020, Yelloly teamed up with Schubert Motorsport to drive alongside Henric Skoog for the majority of the ADAC GT Masters season. He finished 22nd in the standings with a lone victory at the Red Bull Ring, having missed two rounds during the campaign. During the year, Yelloly also won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring alongside Nicky Catsburg and Alexander Sims.

Yelloly returned to the championship for the 2021 season, partnering Jesse Krohn in a Schubert-Motorsport-run BMW M6 GT3. With three podiums, including a second place during the season opener in Oschersleben, the pairing of Yelloly and Krohn ended the year eighth overall.

GT World Challenge Having taken part various rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup from 2018 onwards, Yelloly competed in the series full-time with ROWE Racing during the 2022 campaign. After failing to score points during the first two events, Yelloly and his teammates Augusto Farfus and Nicky Catsburg proved themselves as contenders for the race win during the 24 Hours of Spa, where, having led during the intermediate classifications after six and twelve hours respectively, a puncture set the squad back to sixth by the end of the event. With more points coming at the final round in Barcelona, the Briton finished twelfth in the championship.

Sportscar career (2023–)

Top-class prototype racing

2023 Yelloly made his prototype debut at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona. Yelloly moved into the IMSA SportsCar Championship for the 2023 season, becoming part of the BMW M Team RLL works team which entered a BMW M Hybrid V8 into the GTP category. Throughout the season opener at Daytona, technical issues would plague the outfit, which went on to finish 49th overall after an early hybrid system problem forced the No. 25 car to spend two and a half hours behind the pit wall. The team bounced back in Sebring, where, having engaged in battles with other cars in the category for the majority of the race, Yelloly profited from a collision between the No. 10 Acura and the pair of Porsche 963s ahead to take second place. At Long Beach, Yelloly qualified fourth. The race itself proved to be frantic, with Yelloly tapping the Acura of Tom Blomqvist into a spin at the first corner and keeping third place until the mandated driver change afterwards. Teammate Connor De Phillippi fought for a spot on the podium for the remainder of the contest, eventually securing another runner-up finish after a late-race crash from Ricky Taylor. Eighth in Monterey followed, as Yelloly lost third with 30 minutes to go before dropping down the order with old tyres. At Watkins Glen, the No. 25 crew fought up front all day and finished second, though they inherited the win after the #6 Porsche was disqualified. Yelloly and De Phillippi continued their strong form in Mosport, where they finished third, but multiple incidents for De Phillippi and a later technical issue led to a retirement at Road America. Third in Indianapolis and seventh at Petit Le Mans resulted in Yelloly finishing sixth in the standings.

Simultaneously, Yelloly remained with ROWE Racing in the GTWC Endurance Cup, sharing a car with Philipp Eng and Marco Wittmann. At the opening round in Monza they took a dominant win from pole position. In Le Castellet, Yelloly lost the lead to Raffaele Marciello and lost two more positions as the car's performance declined going into the night, though a penalty ahead promoted him to third. Then, a week after Yelloly had given BMW their maiden win in the GTP class at Watkins Glen, he and his teammates won the 24 Hours of Spa — Eng had driven the car into the lead on Sunday morning before Yelloly created a ten-second gap following a safety car with four hours to go. However, a lowly 15th at the Nürburgring and simultaneous victory for the ASP-Mercedes meant that the No. 98 crew went into the Barcelona finale 18 points behind the #88. Tenth place at the final round meant that Yelloly, Wittmann, and Eng finished second in the standings.

2024 Going into the 2024 IMSA season, Yelloly and De Phillippi remained with the #25 crew. Seventh at Daytona and fourth at Sebring preceded a missed fifth at Long Beach, where De Phillippi crashed out at turn 6, having pitted to repair damage beforehand following a pileup. More misfortune followed in Detroit: De Phillippi first slid into a tyre barrier on cold tyres after exiting the pits, then broke his car's rear right suspension on the exit of turn 2 minutes later. Road America saw Yelloly make a race-ending mistake, as the Briton crashed into the wall at Carousel corner. Fuel strategy conspired to earn the No. 25 its only podium of the season in Indianapolis, as Yelloly's crew came home second just behind the sister car. Yelloly and De Phillippi finished eighth in the championship, having retired from the season-ending Atlanta event following a technical failure.

After the race, BMW announced that Yelloly would be leaving the manufacturer after six years as a works driver. During the announcement, BMW M Motorsport director Andreas Roos stressed that Yelloly had "everything a manufacturer could wish for in a racing driver", describing him as "extremely talented", "a great guy", and reliable.

2025

In 2025, Yelloly made a switch to the Acura Meyer Shank Racing to partner Renger van der Zande in IMSA. The British driver finished fifth in the overall Drivers' and Teams' Championships, having won the Detroit Sports Car Classic and scoring two podiums, in the 12 Hours of Sebring and SportsCar Grand Prix, with his individual performance standing out.

2026

Yelloly continues his IMSA GTP program with Meyer Shank's team in 2026.

LMP2 outings

2024

In 2024, Yelloly made his LMP2 debut, contesting the final three races of the European Le Mans Series. Driving in the Pro-Am class at Nielsen Racing as a replacement for Albert Costa, Yelloly scored a class podium at the Portimão season finale.

2025

The second part of Yelloly's 2025 campaign was competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the ELMS for Inter Europol Competition alongside Tom Dillmann and silver-ranked Jakub Śmiechowski. Yelloly, Śmiechowski and Dillmann have won the French classic. The number 43 car led the race from the morning, maintaining a lead of no more than twenty seconds over the No. 48 car of the VDS Panis Racing team. The last hour of the race had a dramatic twist; 34 minutes before the finish, the team was given a drive-through penalty as a result of Yelloly's speeding in the pit lane during the previous stop. Subsequently lost lead was regained after another few minutes due to a suspension failure in the rivals' car. Yelloly finished the race with a lead of nearly two minutes over Panis team. The Brit was also the fastest driver of the team and the second fastest LMP2 driver of the race.

The battle with VDS Panis Racing continued throughout the year in the ELMS series, where it ended with a victory for the French team. Five second places in a total of six races earned Yelloly and his teammates second place in the overall series standings.

2026

In the 2026 season, Yelloly repeated his 2025 LMP2 program, returning to the ELMS and 24 Hours of Le Mans with Inter Europol Competition, driving alongside Dillmann and Śmiechowski. Yelloly successfully defended his 2025 victory in the 2026 edition of the race, finishing ahead of the sister car of the team. Dillmann, Śmiechowski and Yelloly utilized a slightly different tyre strategy than a sister car, which was in part due to both cars running close to each other in the last hours of the race, as well as saved fuel for most of the race.

Formula One In May 2019, Yelloly participated in the Young Driver Test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for Racing Point F1 Team. In December 2021, Yelloly participated in the post-season test at Yas Marina Circuit for Aston Martin. In July 2024, he drove the Aston Martin AMR24 in a filming day at Silverstone, following the British Grand Prix. He remains a test and simulator driver for the Aston Martin team.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 Pos Points 2011 Pons Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 14th 36 2012 Comtec Racing ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 5th 122 2013 Zeta Corse MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 28th 0 2015 Lotus ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 JER1 JER2 20th 6

Complete GP2 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 DC Points 2015 Hilmer Motorsport BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 19th 19Source:

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 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 DC Points 2016 Rookie Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 OSC1 OSC2 HOC11 HOC12 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC21 HOC22 6th 161 2017 Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 HOC11 HOC12 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR11 NÜR12 NÜR21 NÜR22 SAC1 SAC2 HOC21 HOC22 2nd 237

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points 2016 Rookie Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 CAT MON RBR SIL HUN HOC SPA MNZ COA COA NC† 0† 2017 MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX CAT CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA SPA MNZ MEX MEX 18th 23 2018 Fach Auto Tech CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX 2nd 146 † As Yelloly was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete China GT Championship 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 DC Points 2019 Fist Team AAI SEP1 SEP2 NIN1 NIN2 SHA11 SHA12 QIN1 QIN2 TIA1 TIA2 SHA21 SHA22 1st 190

Complete ADAC GT Masters 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 DC Points 2020 Schubert Motorsport LAU11 LAU12 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU21 LAU22 OSC1 OSC2 22nd 41 2021 Schubert Motorsport OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 8th 104

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series 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 Rank Points 2024 Nielsen Racing LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 9th 37 2025 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL ALG 2nd 92 2026 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL ALG 9th* 10*Source: Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2025 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 367 18th 1st 2026 Inter Europol Competition Tom Dillmann Jakub ŚmiechowskiOreca 07-Gibson LMP2 361 16th 1st

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 DC Points 2025 Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo GT3 DON1 SIL1 OUL1 OUL2 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 DON1 NC† 0† † As Yelloly was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.