Paul Dalla Lana

Paul Louis Dalla Lana (born February 1, 1966) is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and former amateur racing driver who recently drove for Northwest AMR in the World Endurance Championship. He is featured in the documentary "The Gentleman Driver", about non-professional drivers.

Dalla Lana is the founder of NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns and manages medical buildings in Canada. In 2008, he donated CAD $20-million to establish the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. In 2018, it was announced he was making an additional $20-million gift to the school.

In April 2023, Dalla Lana announced that he would be retiring from motorsport with immediate effect to concentrate on his business ventures.

Racing record All ten of Dalla Lana's 24 Hours of Le Mans starts were with Aston Martin (pictured in 2019).

Racing career summary As Dalla Lana was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete FIA World Endurance 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 Rank Pts 2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR ? ? 2014 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 2nd 164 2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 144 2016 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 149 2017 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 1st 192 2018–19 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 8th 77 2019–20 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0L Turbo V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 7th 100.5 2021 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 8th 58 2022 Northwest AMR LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 2nd 118 2023 Northwest AMR LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SEB PRT SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 29th 0Sources:

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2013 Aston Martin Racing Bill Auberlen Pedro Lamy Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 221 DNF DNF 2014 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy Christoffer Nygaard Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 329 26th 6th 2015 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 321 NC NC 2016 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 281 DNF DNF 2017 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 329 36th 8th 2018 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 92 DNF DNF 2019 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 87 DNF DNF 2020 Aston Martin Racing Augusto Farfus Ross Gunn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTEAm 333 33rd 8th 2021 Aston Martin Racing Marcos Gomes Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTEAm 45 DNF DNF 2022 Northwest AMR David Pittard Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTEAm 342 36th 3rdSources:

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)