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Lucca Allen

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Lucca Allen
Allen (left) in 2018
NationalityRepublic of Ireland Irish
Born (2002-06-29) 29 June 2002 (age 22)
Cork, Ireland
Related toRachel Allen (mother)
Le Mans Cup career
Debut season2023
Current teamGraff Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Previous series
2022
2021
20202021
20182019
20172018
Ultimate Cup Endurance Series
Formula Regional Japanese Championship
Super Formula Lights
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
F4 British Championship
Championship titles
2019Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Lucca Allen (born 29 June 2002) is an Irish racing driver who last competed in the Le Mans Cup with Graff Racing. He was champion of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship in 2019, and previously competed in Super Formula Lights.

Career

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Karting

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Born in Cork, Allen started his karting career in 2011. He quickly proved his speed, competing for Ireland in the Karting World Championship in 2014 against the likes of Enaam Ahmed and Mick Schumacher. Allen once again raced for Ireland in the Karting World Championship in 2016, a year in which he also became Irish Karting Champion.[1]

Lower formulae

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The Irish driver signed on with Fortec Motorsports to compete full-time in 2018.[2] Allen scored 29 points and finished 14th in the championship, whilst also making his F4 SEA Championship debut, scoring one podium in Sepang.

Allen fully committed to the F4 SEA Championship in 2019. Allen won the championship by one point to Finnish driver Elias Seppänen, with 640 points and twelve race victories to his name.[3]

Super Formula Lights

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In January 2020 ALBIREX Racing announced that Allen would take part in the inaugural season of the Japanese Super Formula Lights series.[4] However, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions Allen was unable to compete in the first three rounds of the championship at Motegi, Okayama and Sportsland SUGO.[5] The Irishman made his series debut at Autopolis and scored a total of five points, helping him to finish 9th in the drivers' championship despite only participating in 3 rounds.

Endurance racing

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In 2022 Allen made his first foray into endurance racing. Having originally been scheduled to drive for AF2 Motorsport in the Michelin Le Mans Cup,[6] Allen ended up competing in the Ultimate Cup Series for Graff Racing, racing in the Prototype Challenge. The Irishman won the championship in convincing fashion, having won five out of six races.[7] Allen would eventually return to the Le Mans Cup in 2023, driving alongside James Sweetnam for Graff.[8]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 F4 British Championship Falcon Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
2018 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports 27 0 0 0 0 29 14th
F4 SEA Championship Meritus.GP 6 0 0 0 1 52 12th
2019 F4 SEA Championship Meritus.GP 40 12 6 9 28 640 1st
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Ireland 2 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2020 Super Formula Lights ALBIREX Racing 9 0 0 0 0 5 9th
2021 Super Formula Lights ALBIREX Racing 3 0 0 0 0 1 11th
Formula Regional Japanese Championship Sutekina Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 21 16th
2022 Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3 Graff Racing 6 5 6 4 6 173 1st
2023 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Graff Racing 3 0 1 0 0 2 29th
2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship Altawkilat Meritus.GP 1 0 0 0 0 4 17th
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro–Am Eden Race Drive 2 0 0 0 0 0* NC†*

Complete F4 British Championship results

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(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 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Pos Points
2017 Falcon Motorsport BRI
1
BRI
2
BRI
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
SNE
1

13
SNE
2

16
SNE
3

16
KNO
1

13
KNO
2

DNP
KNO
3

Ret
KNO
4

14
ROC
1

14
ROC
2

11
ROC
3

13
SIL
1

14
SIL
2

13
SIL
3

11
BHGP
1

14
BHGP
2

12
BHGP
3

Ret
22nd 0
2018 Fortec Motorsports BRI
1

10
BRI
2

8
BRI
3

Ret
DON
1

8
DON
2

11
DON
3

Ret
THR
1

8
THR
2

11
THR
3

10
OUL
1

12
OUL
2

10
OUL
3

11
CRO
1

12
CRO
2

10
CRO
3

10
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

10
SNE
3

8
ROC
1

13
ROC
2

10
ROC
3

11
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
SIL
1

10
SIL
2

Ret
SIL
3

9
BHGP
1

9
BHGP
2

10
BHGP
3

Ret
14th 29

Complete F4 SEA Championship results

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

Year 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 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Pos Points
2018 SEP1
1
SEP1
2
SEP1
3
SEP2
1
SEP2
2
SEP2
3
MAD1
1
MAD1
2
MAD1
3
MAD2
1
MAD2
2
MAD2
3
CHA1
1
CHA1
2
CHA1
3
CHA2
1
CHA2
2
CHA2
3
SEP3
1

Ret
SEP3
2

2
SEP3
3

6
SEP4
1

6
SEP4
2

5
SEP4
3

6
12th 52
2019 SEP1
1

2
SEP1
2

2
SEP1
3

3
SEP1
4

2
SEP2
1

1
SEP2
2

5
SEP2
3

1
SEP2
4

3
BUR1
1

5
BUR1
2

1
BUR1
3

3
BUR1
4

1
BUR2
1

1
BUR2
2

Ret
BUR2
3

9
BUR2
4

1
MAD1
1

3
MAD1
2

6
MAD1
3

4
MAD1
4

2
MAD2
1

7
MAD2
2

5
MAD2
3

1
MAD2
4

1
SEP3
1

4
SEP3
2

3
SEP3
3

Ret
SEP3
4

3
SEP4
1

3
SEP4
2

2
SEP4
3

Ret
SEP4
4

2
SEP5
1

1
SEP5
2

1
SEP5
3

1
SEP5
4

2
SEP6
1

2
SEP6
2

1
SEP6
3

4
SEP6
4

5
1st 640

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

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Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Republic of Ireland Team Ireland Formula 4 15th 11th 8th

Complete Super Formula Lights results

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(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
2020 ALBIREX Racing MOT
1
MOT
2
MOT
3
OKA
1
OKA
2
SUG
1
SUG
2
SUG
3
AUT
1

6
AUT
2

6
AUT
3

Ret
SUZ
1

6
SUZ
2

Ret
SUZ
3

6
FUJ
1

6
FUJ
2

7
FUJ
3

8
9th 5
2021 ALBIREX Racing FUJ
1

WD
FUJ
2

WD
FUJ
3

WD
SUZ
1

WD
SUZ
2

WD
SUZ
3

WD
AUT
1
AUT
2
AUT
3
SUG
1

11
SUG
2

6
SUG
3

8
MOT1
1
MOT1
2
MOT1
3
MOT2
1
MOT2
2
MOT2
3
11th 1

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results

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(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 Pos Points
2021 Sutekina Racing Team OKA
1

6
OKA
2

4
OKA
3

10
MOT
1
MOT
2
MOT
3
FUJ
1
FUJ
2
FUJ
3
SUG
1
SUG
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
15th 21

Complete F4 Saudi Arabian Championship results

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(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 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2024 Altawkilat Meritus.GP KMT1
1

8
KMT1
2

WD
KMT1
3

WD
KMT1
4

WD
KMT2
1

KMT2
2

KMT2
3

KMT2
4

LSL
1

LSL
2

LSL
3

LSL
4

JED1
1

JED1
2

JED1
3

JED2
1

JED2
2

JED2
3

JED3
1

JED3
2

JED3
3

17th 4

References

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  1. ^ "About Lucca Allen". 3 February 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Irish Prodigy Luca Allen Moves to Fortec in British F4". 22 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Lucca Allen declared F4 South East Asia champion". 3 January 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ "F4 South East Asia champion Lucca Allen to Super Formula Lights". 21 January 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Shanagarry's Lucca Allen is off to Japan to race in the Super Formula Lights series where he scored a number of impressive Top 6 finishes". 14 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ^ Goodwin, Graham (15 March 2022). "2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup Attracts Record Entry". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  7. ^ Townsend, Michelle (15 November 2022). "Rachel Allen couldn't be prouder as son Lucca wins major European racing title". RSVP Live. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  8. ^ "DSC's Daily Notebook (05/04/2023)". Dailysportscar. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
Champion

2019
Succeeded by
Jack Beeton