Alex Lynn

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Alex Lynn
Alex Lynn at Silverstone in May 2015
Nationality	British
Born	(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 Goodmayes, Greater London, England
WEC career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Cadillac Racing
Car number	2
Former teams	Manor Motorsport, G-Drive Racing, Aston Martin Racing, United Autosports
Starts	32
Wins	3
Poles	4
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	4th in 2019–20
Formula E career
Debut season	2016–17
Car number	94
Former teams	Virgin Racing, Jaguar Racing, Mahindra Racing
Starts	42
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	3
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	12th in 2020–21
Finished last season	12th (78 pts)
Previous series
2015 2014 2012–13 2012 2011 2011, 13 2010–11 2009–10	GP2 Series GP3 Series European F3 British Formula 3 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Toyota Racing Series Formula Renault UK Formula Renault UK Winter Cup
Championship titles
2014 2011 2010	GP3 Series Formula Renault UK Formula Renault UK Winter Cup

Alexander George Lynn (born 17 September 1993) is a British racing driver. He most recently competed in Formula E, driving for Mahindra Racing in the 2021 season, winning the second race of his home ePrix in London. Lynn has also competed full-time in the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship driving for Aston Martin Racing, has won the 2017 12 Hours of Sebring, and finished sixth in the 2015 and 2016 GP2 Series.

Early career

Lynn is from Great Dunmow, Essex and as of 2020, lives in Parsons Green, London. He is a former pupil of Saint Nicholas School, Old Harlow, Essex.

Karting

Lynn began his racing career in karting at the age of eleven with Andy Cox Racing. In 2008 after four years in Mini Max and JICA classes he switched to Ricky Flynn Motorsport for competing in KF2 category, finishing British KF2 championship on the sixth place in the series standings.

Formula Renault

In 2009 Lynn made his début in single-seaters taking part in the Formula Renault UK Winter Cup for Fortec Motorsport, finishing tenth in the standings. He finished the main Formula Renault UK Series in the same position, winning the Graduate Cup by scoring his first podium at the final race of the season at Brands Hatch.

Lynn racing in 2010

Lynn continued his collaboration with Fortec for 2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Cup and the 2011 main series, becoming champion in both series, with three and twelve wins respectively. He also appeared in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 at Hungaroring and Silverstone. His best result was second place from pole at Silverstone.

Toyota Racing Series

In the interval between 2010 Winter Cup and 2011 Formula Renault UK series he contested in Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport, finishing ninth with a win in the first round of the series at Teretonga Park.

Lynn returned to New Zealand in January 2013 to contest the series again; this time with M2 Competition. 4 pole positions, 3 race wins, 9 podiums and 3 fastest laps gave him 2nd place overall and the highest placed international driver.

Formula Three

On 20 October 2011 it was announced that Lynn would represent Fortec Motorsports in 2012 for the fourth consecutive year in British Formula 3 Championship. In addition he participated in selected Formula 3 Euro Series rounds. Lynn finished the 2012 British Formula 3 season in 4th place, with a race win at Silverstone and 5 podium places as well as 2 podiums in the Formula 3 Euro Series.

In November 2012 Lynn travelled to Macau to compete in the 59th SJM Macau Grand Prix. Lynn earned pole position for the qualification race, the first rookie to do so since 2006. In the race itself Lynn finished on the podium in third position and the highest placed rookie driver overall.

On 15 November 2012 it was announced that Lynn would be moving to Prema Powerteam and racing in the FIA European F3 Championship for the 2013 season. Lynn achieved 3rd overall in the championship and highest placed rookie driver, with 3 race wins, 14 podiums and 5 pole positions; including triple pole position at his home round at Brands Hatch.

In November 2013 Lynn returned to Macau to compete once again in the Star River Windsor Arch 60th Macau Grand Prix with Theodore Racing by Prema, a collaboration between SJM Holdings, Teddy Yip Jr's Theodore Racing and Prema Powerteam. Theodore Racing had last appeared at the Grand Prix in 1992 and was celebrating 30 years since they had won the event with Ayrton Senna at the wheel. Lynn won the qualification race to give him pole position for the main race and went on to dominate the main race from start to finish; becoming the first Briton to win the Grand Prix since 2007.

GP3 Series

Lynn at Silverstone Circuit in 2014.

Lynn competed in the GP3 Series in 2014 for Carlin Motorsport as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team programme. He won on his debut at the Circuit de Catalunya supporting the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix, starting from pole and setting the fastest race lap to take the maximum points from the race. In the sprint race he finished 18th, but still led the championship after its first round. Lynn won again at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, setting pole position before securing a comfortable win over his teammate, Emil Bernstorff. But again he was out of luck in the reverse grid race two, finishing 20th after picking up a lap-one puncture. The Briton was disappointed to miss out on a home win in the third round at Silverstone in the UK, but second in race one and a fighting sixth in race two helped him to maintain his championship lead. In round four at Hockenheim in Germany, Lynn consolidated that lead by finishing second and third in the two races. He then recorded two fourth-placed finishes at the Hungaroring to extend his title advantage to 31 points over Richie Stanaway heading into the summer break. In Belgium, he managed to score 4 championship points to take 8th place and the reverse grid pole for the following sprint race. He dominated the race, leading from start to finish. A similar situation happened in the next round at Monza, Italy where Lynn finished in 6th place for the feature race and managed to get 2nd in the sprint race due to his excellent driving as well as help with the reverse grid order rule in all GP categories.

GP2 Series

2015

Having won the GP3 Series title in 2014, Lynn was rewarded with a day of testing with GP2 team ART Grand Prix. He followed this up with a day of testing with Carlin. In early January, Lynn, along with fellow Red Bull Junior Pierre Gasly, signed with DAMS in order to win the GP2 Series crown in 2015. He finished sixth in the championship, having scored two wins at Barcelona and the Hungaroring.

2016

Lynn remained with DAMS for the 2016 season, scoring two victories in the sprint races at Barcelona and Hockenheim. After finishing the year sixth in the standings again, he left at the end of the season.

Formula One

Following his win of the GP3 title, it was announced Lynn would partake in the post-season testing, driving for Lotus F1. On 28 January 2015, Lynn was confirmed as the new development driver for the Williams F1 team, thereby severing his ties with Red Bull.

Lynn racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

Formula E career

2016–17 season

In August 2016, Lynn was confirmed as one of four drivers partaking in Jaguar's pre-season test at Donington Park. Lynn landed the role of reserve driver for DS Virgin Racing in January 2017, and made his racing debut in July at the New York ePrix, in place of José María López due to the latter's WEC commitments. He qualified on pole in his first race, but retired from both the New York races.

2017–18 season

Lynn driving for DS Virgin Racing at the 2018 Berlin ePrix.

On 5 September 2017, it was confirmed that Lynn signed a multi-year deal to race full-time in Formula E for DS Virgin Racing starting in the 2017–18 Formula E season. Despite good qualifying performances in three of the season's first four races, he lost grid position in all of the aforementioned events, but still managed three successive points-scoring finishes. He finished the season with five point scoring results, 17 points, and 16th in the standings.

2018–19 season

Following his departure from Virgin, it was announced on 28 March 2019 that Lynn would replace Nelson Piquet Jr. at Jaguar from the seventh round of the 2018–19 season onwards. He scored points twice from the seven races, finishing with 10 points, and 18th in the standings.

2019–20 season

Lynn left Jaguar, and became the test and reserve driver for Mahindra Racing for the 2018–19 season. Following Pascal Wehrlein leaving the team mid-season, Lynn once again drove the second half of the season, just like one year prior with Jaguar. He would perform better, finishing in the points three times, earning 16 points total, enough for 17th in the final standings.

2020–21 season

Lynn driving for Mahindra Racing at the 2021 Puebla ePrix.

Lynn was announced to partner Alexander Sims as the official driver line up of the Mahindra Racing Formula E team for the 2020–21 Formula E season. Lynn was taken to hospital after a crash in race 2 of the 2021 Diriyah ePrix, in which he launched over the rear wing of Mitch Evans' Jaguar, but wasn't seriously injured, and could race in all of the following races of the calendar. Lynn recorded his first podium in the 2021 Valencia ePrix, and then recorded another podium in the first race of the 2021 London ePrix, and won his first Formula E race at race 2 of his home ePrix in London. He finished the season with 3 podiums, 78 points, and 12th in the standings, just 21 points off the champion Nyck de Vries. Lynn was replaced by Oliver Rowland for the 2021–22 Formula E season, and left Formula E after being unable to secure a seat.

Hypercar career

2023: Move to Cadillac

The #2 Cadillac V-Series.R driven by Lynn, Bamber and Westbrook at the 2023 6 Hours of Portimão

Lynn progressed to the Le Mans Hypercar category for the 2023 WEC season, driving a Cadillac V-Series.R alongside Earl Bamber and Richard Westbrook.

Racing record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2006	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — ICA Junior		12th
	Super 1 National Championship — ICA Junior		29th
2007	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — ICA Junior		21st
	Easykart International Grand Finals — 100cc	Easykart UK	DNF
	Super 1 National Championship — ICA Junior		16th
2008	Copa Campeones Trophy — KF2	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	DNF
	Silver Cup — KF2		5th
	Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF2		15th
	Trofeo delle Industrie — KF2	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	6th
	Super 1 National Championship — KF3		11th
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF3	Savani Competition Srl	17th
2009	Super 1 National Championship — KF2		6th
	Asia-Pacific Championship — KF2	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	19th
	South Garda Winter Cup — KF2		DNF
	WSK International Series — KF2		34th

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formula Renault UK Winter Series	Fortec Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	40	10th
2010	Formula Renault UK	Fortec Motorsport	20	0	0	0	1	210	10th
	Formula Renault UK Winter Series		6	3	1	1	3	40	1st
2011	Formula Renault UK	Fortec Motorsport	20	12	14	10	15	521	1st
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		4	0	1	0	1	26	14th
	Toyota Racing Series	Giles Motorsport	12	1	0	1	3	514	9th
2012	British Formula 3 International Series	Fortec Motorsports	28	1	2	5	9	253	4th
	FIA Formula 3 European Championship		10	0	0	0	2	N/A	NC†
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	1	0	1	N/A	3rd
2013	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Prema Powerteam	30	3	5	4	14	339.5	3rd
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix	Theodore Racing by Prema	1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	3	4	3	9	803	2nd
2014	GP3 Series	Carlin	18	3	2	3	8	207	1st
	Formula One	Lotus F1 Team	Test driver
2015	GP2 Series	DAMS	22	2	2	3	4	110	6th
	Formula One	Williams Martini Racing	Development driver
2016	GP2 Series	DAMS	22	3	0	0	5	124	6th
	Formula One	Williams Martini Racing	Development driver
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2	Manor	3	0	1	2	0	4.5	30th
2016–17	Formula E	DS Virgin Racing	2	0	1	0	0	3	23rd
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2	G-Drive Racing	5	1	3	0	1	54	15th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2		1	0	1	0	0	N/A	DNF
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype	Wayne Taylor Racing	1	1	0	0	1	35	29th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9	BMW Team Schnitzer	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2017–18	Formula E	DS Virgin Racing	12	0	0	0	0	17	16th
2018	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP8	AMR Performance Centre	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	8	1	0	0	1	66	8th
	Formula E	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	7	0	0	0	0	10	18th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	R-Motorsport	3	0	0	1	1	38	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	7	1	0	1	5	142	4th
	Formula E	Mahindra Racing	6	0	0	0	0	16	17th
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
2020–21	Formula E	Mahindra Racing	15	1	0	0	3	78	12th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi	Cadillac Racing	10	1	0	1	4	3191	4th
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2	United Autosports USA	5	0	0	0	1	75	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar	Cadillac Racing	5	0	0	0	1	71	5th*
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTP		1	0	0	0	0	306	19th*
	European Le Mans Series – LMP2	Algarve Pro Racing	2	1	0	0	0	35	2nd*

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

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	DC	Points
2012	Fortec Motorsport	Mercedes	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 4	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 7	BRH 1	BRH 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	NOR 1 19	NOR 2 9	SPA 1 6	SPA 2 5	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 3											NC†	0†
2013	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 6	MNZ 3 3	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 6	SIL 3 3	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 7	HOC 3 6	BRH 1 1	BRH 2 2	BRH 3 Ret	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 12	RBR 3 8	NOR 1 3	NOR 2 1	NOR 3 3	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 7	NÜR 3 6	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 2	ZAN 3 3	VAL 1 3	VAL 2 1	VAL 3 4	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 2	HOC 3 8	3rd	339.5

† – As Lynn was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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	17	18	Pos	Points
2014	Carlin	CAT FEA 1	CAT SPR 18	RBR FEA 1	RBR SPR 20	SIL FEA 2	SIL SPR 6	HOC FEA 2	HOC SPR 3	HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR 4	SPA FEA 8	SPA SPR 1	MNZ FEA 6	MNZ SPR 2	SOC FEA 7	SOC SPR 5	YMC FEA 5	YMC SPR 2	1st	207

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	DAMS	BHR FEA 19	BHR SPR 15	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 1	MON FEA 13	MON SPR 11	RBR FEA 3	RBR SPR 20	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 6	HUN FEA 1	HUN SPR 9	SPA FEA 11	SPA SPR 8	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 10	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR 10	BHR FEA 8	BHR SPR 3	YMC FEA 8	YMC SPR C	6th	110
2016	DAMS	CAT FEA 6	CAT SPR 1	MON FEA 4	MON SPR 5	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR 9	RBR FEA 11	RBR SPR 3	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR 14	HUN FEA 12	HUN SPR Ret	HOC FEA 7	HOC SPR 1	SPA FEA 3	SPA SPR 10	MNZ FEA 12	MNZ SPR 5	SEP FEA 4	SEP SPR 12	YMC FEA 8	YMC SPR 1	6th	124

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	Points
2016	Manor	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ 11	SHA 9	BHR 10	30th	4.5
2017	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 5	SPA 1	LMS Ret	NÜR	MEX 4	COA 8	FUJ	SHA	BHR	15th	54
2018–19	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA 6	LMS 13	SIL 4	FUJ 9	SHA 4	SEB 8	SPA 1	LMS 14		8th	66
2019–20	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SIL 3	FUJ 3	SHA 4	BHR 3	COA 4	SPA 3	LMS 1	BHR		4th	142
2022	United Autosports USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB	SPA 6	LMS 5	MNZ 5	FUJ 5	BHR 2				7th	75
2023	Cadillac Racing	Hypercar	Cadillac V-LMDh	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	SEB 4	ALG 4	SPA 5	LMS 3	MNZ 10	FUJ	BHR			5th*	71*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	No.	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2017	Wayne Taylor Racing	10	P	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8	DAY	SEB 1	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET	29th	35
2022	Cadillac Racing	02	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 6	SEB 1	LBH 2	LGA 5	MDO 4	DET 3	WGL 4	MOS 4	ELK 2	PET 5	4th	3191
2023	Cadillac Racing	02	GTP	Cadillac V-LMDh	Cadillac LMC55R 5. 5 L V8	DAY 4	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET		19th*	306*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Pierre Thiriet	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	20	DNF	DNF
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Jonathan Adam Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	327	37th	13th
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Jonathan Adam Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	325	44th	12th
2020	Aston Martin Racing	Harry Tincknell Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	346	20th	1st
2021	United Autosports	Wayne Boyd Paul di Resta	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	361	9th	4th
2022	United Autosports USA	Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	368	10th	6th
2023	Cadillac Racing	Earl Bamber Richard Westbrook	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	341	3rd	3rd

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Points
2016–17	DS Virgin Racing	Spark SRT01-e	DS Virgin DSV-02	HKG	MRK	BUE	MEX	MCO	PAR	BER	BER	NYC Ret	NYC Ret	MTL	MTL				23rd	3
2017–18	DS Virgin Racing	Spark SRT01-e	DS Virgin DSV-03	HKG 8	HKG 9	MRK 9	SCL Ret	MEX 10	PDE 6	RME Ret	PAR 14	BER 16	ZUR 16	NYC Ret	NYC 14				16th	17
2018–19	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Spark SRT05e	Jaguar I-Type 3	ADR	MRK	SCL	MEX	HKG	SYX	RME 12	PAR Ret	MCO 8	BER Ret	BRN 7	NYC Ret	NYC 16			18th	10
2019–20	Mahindra Racing	Spark SRT05e	Mahindra M6Electro	DIR	DIR	SCL	MEX	MRK	BER 12	BER 11	BER 17	BER 9	BER 5	BER 8					17th	16
2020–21	Mahindra Racing	Spark SRT05e	Mahindra M7Electro	DIR Ret	DIR Ret	RME 8	RME 17	VLC DSQ	VLC 3	MCO 9	PUE 10	PUE 6	NYC 11	NYC 9	LDN 3	LDN 1	BER 20	BER 13	12th	78

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2023	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 5	LEC 1	ARA	SPA	ALG	ALG	2nd*	35*

^* Season still in progress.

External links

• Official website
• Alex Lynn career summary at DriverDB.com