Alex Lynn
Alex Lynn on the podium at the2023 24 Hours of Le Mans
Nationality	British
Born	(1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (age 32) Great Dunmow, England
WEC career
Current team	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	12
Former teams	Manor Motorsport,G-Drive Racing,Aston Martin Racing,United Autosports
Starts	50
Wins	4
Poles	8
Fastest laps	3
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 in2020–21
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
2023 2014 2011 2010	European Le Mans Series GP3 Series Formula Renault UK Formula Renault UK Winter Cup

Alexander George Lynn (born 17 September 1993) is aBritish racing driver who is from Great Dunmow. He currently competes in the2025 FIA World Endurance Championship driving the No. 12Cadillac V-Series.R forJota Sport. Lynn has also competed full-time in the2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship driving forAston Martin Racing, has won the2017 12 Hours of Sebring, and finished sixth in the 2015 and 2016GP2 Series.

Lynn is fromGreat Dunmow,Essex and as of 2020^[update], lives inParsons Green,London.^{[citation needed]} He is a former pupil ofSaint Nicholas School, Old Harlow, Essex.

Lynn began his racing career inkarting 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 inKF2 category, finishing British KF2 championship on the sixth place in the series standings.^[1]

In 2009 Lynn made his début insingle-seaters taking part in theFormula Renault UK Winter Cup forFortec Motorsport, finishing tenth in the standings. He finished the mainFormula Renault UK Series in the same position, winning the Graduate Cup by scoring his first podium at the final race of the season atBrands Hatch.^[2]

Lynn continued his collaboration with Fortec for2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Cup and the2011 main series, becoming champion in both series, with three and twelve wins respectively.^[3] He also appeared in theEurocup Formula Renault 2.0 atHungaroring andSilverstone. His best result was second place from pole at Silverstone.^[4]

In the interval between 2010 Winter Cup and 2011 Formula Renault UK series he contested inToyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport, finishing ninth with a win in the first round of the series atTeretonga Park.^[5]

Lynn returned toNew 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.^[6]

On 20 October 2011 it was announced that Lynn would represent Fortec Motorsports in 2012 for the fourth consecutive year inBritish Formula 3 Championship.^[7] 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 toMacau to compete in the 59th SJM Macau Grand Prix. Lynn earned pole position for the qualification race,^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10]

In November 2013 Lynn returned to Macau to compete once again in the Star River Windsor Arch 60th Macau Grand Prix^[11] with Theodore Racing by Prema, a collaboration between SJM Holdings, Teddy Yip Jr's Theodore Racing^[12] 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 withAyrton 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.^[13]

Lynn competed in theGP3 Series in2014 forCarlin Motorsport as a member of theRed Bull Junior Team programme.^[14] He won on his debut at theCircuit de Catalunya supporting the2014 Spanish Grand Prix, starting from pole and setting the fastest race lap to take the maximum points from the race.^[14] In the sprint race he finished 18th, but still led the championship after its first round. Lynn won again at theRed Bull Ring inAustria, setting pole position before securing a comfortable win over his teammate,Emil Bernstorff.^[15] 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 theUK, but second in race one and a fighting sixth in race two helped him to maintain his championship lead.^[16] In round four atHockenheim inGermany, 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 overRichie Stanaway heading into the summer break.^[17] 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.^[18] 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.^[19] Lynn clinched the title in the season-ending round in Abu Dhabi.^[20]

Having won the GP3 Series title in 2014, Lynn was rewarded with a day of testing with GP2 teamART Grand Prix. He followed this up with a day of testing withCarlin. In early January, Lynn, along with fellow Red Bull JuniorPierre Gasly, signed withDAMS in order to win the GP2 Series crown in 2015.^[21] He finished sixth in the championship, having scored two wins atBarcelona and theHungaroring.

Lynn remained withDAMS for the2016 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.

Following his win of the GP3 title, it was announced Lynn would partake in the post-season testing, driving forLotus F1. On 28 January 2015, Lynn was confirmed as the new development driver for theWilliams F1 team, thereby severing his ties with Red Bull.^[22]

In August 2016, Lynn was confirmed as one of four drivers partaking inJaguar's pre-season test atDonington Park.^[23] Lynn landed the role of reserve driver forDS Virgin Racing in January 2017, and made his racing debut in July at theNew York ePrix, in place ofJosé María López due to the latter'sWEC commitments.^[24][25] He qualified on pole in his first race, but retired from both the New York races.

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 the2017–18 Formula E season.^[26] Despite good qualifying performances in three of the season's first four races, he lost grid position in all of the aforementioned events,^[27] but still managed three successive points-scoring finishes.^[28] He finished the season with five point scoring results, 17 points, and 16th in the standings.

Following his departure from Virgin, it was announced on 28 March 2019 that Lynn would replaceNelson Piquet Jr. at Jaguar from the seventh round of the2018–19 season onwards.^[29] He scored points twice from the seven races, finishing with 10 points, and 18th in the standings.

Lynn left Jaguar, and became the test and reserve driver forMahindra Racing for the2018–19 season. FollowingPascal 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.

Lynn was announced to partner Alexander Sims as the official driver line up of the Mahindra Racing Formula E team for the2020–21 Formula E season.^[30] Lynn was taken to hospital after a crash in race 2 of the2021 Diriyah ePrix, in which he launched over the rear wing ofMitch 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 the2021 Valencia ePrix, and then recorded another podium in the first race of the2021 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 championNyck de Vries. Lynn was replaced byOliver Rowland for the2021–22 Formula E season, and left Formula E after being unable to secure a seat.^[31]

Lynn progressed to theLe Mans Hypercar category for the2023 WEC season, driving aCadillac V-Series.R alongsideEarl Bamber andRichard Westbrook.^[32][33]

In January 2023, Lynn made his first appearance in theIMSA GTP category as the new class, and newLMDh cars, debuted at the2023 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, alongside his to-be WEC teammates in the #02 Cadillac V-Series.R entered byChip Ganassi Racing. Lynn qualified the car 5th at the Roar Before The 24, with the team going on to finish 4th in the race. Lynn completed over 8h 50m of driver time, the third most of any driver.

March saw Lynn's first appearance in the WEC's Hypercar class at the1000 Miles of Sebring. The British driver was once again on qualifying duties for the #2 Cadillac, claiming 5th on the grid as the fastest of the new LMDh runners – only behind the factory Toyota and Ferrari entries. The race saw a similar result, with Lynn and the #2 crew locked in a race-long fight with the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963, eventually the Cadillac team finished fourth overall, narrowly missing out on an overall podium by 10 seconds to the recovering #50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P.

The second round of the season, the6 Hours of Portimao, saw the Cadillac team score a second consecutive top five finish despite struggling to have the overall pace of the other manufacturers. Qualifying in 8th on the grid in the hands of Westbrook, the #2 eventually finished 4th despite having to make an off-sequence pitstop early in the race. The drivers were notably better on tyres than their competitors, allowing them to gradually make their way up the field across the six hour race.

At the final race before Le Mans, the6 Hours of Spa, the #2 Cadillac scored a third top five finish in Hypercar, surviving typically tricky conditions at the Belgian circuit. Bamber qualified the car in fourth, but spent the first part of the race fighting up the order after starting on wet tyres. Lynn took the wheel over two hours into the race, and be involved in a thrilling four-car fight for the final podium spot with both Ferraris and the #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport car. Lynn moved up to third place in the pitstop cycle before handing the car over to Westbrook with just over an hour to go.

Lynn scored his first overall podium at the24 hours of Le Mans where the #2 Cadillac finished third – driving alongside WEC teammates Bamber and Westbrook. Lynn stated "I'm super happy taking Cadillac back to Le Mans and finishing on the podium."^[34]

To pay homage toDerek Bell, one of the most successful British sportscar drivers in history, Lynn wore a tribute helmet at Le Mans; carrying Bell's white, red and blue design.

Teammate Bamber took the car through to Hyperpole, qualifying sixth and the highest of the three Cadillacs entered in the Hypercar class. The #2 avoided drama in the opening two hours in mixed conditions, even leading the race overall, before Lynn took over and heavy, random rain showers scrambled the field. However, Lynn kept the car on track, and consistently on-pace with the front of the pack, keeping the car inside the top five into the night. Westbrook's stint saw some of the worst weather, but the British driver escaped unscathed from a spin at Mulsanne. Throughout the night the trio exchanged stints, with the #2 unable to match the pace of the #8 Toyota and #51 Ferrari but capable of establishing a gap to the closest competition. By the morning the #2 was locked-in to third place, ahead of the recovering sister #3 Cadillac, and looked poised for a surprise result should the battling #8 and #51 hit trouble. Lynn finished his final stint in the car with two and a half hours to go having completed 126 laps across the race. The #2 crossed the line a lap down on the winning #51 Ferrari, but with Cadillac's first overall podium at Le Mans secured.

A month later, the #2 finished tenth at the 6 Hours of Monza. Lynn qualified the car in fifth, the highest of the LMDh cars in Hypercar, only 0.362s behind pole, and ran in the podium positions early on after an alternative pit strategy vaulted the #2 into the leading group. However, the car faded later in the race after a series of minor issues for all three drivers.

At the penultimate round of the WEC season, the 6 Hours of Fuji, Lynn once again took on qualifying duties. In a damp session, Lynn qualified fifth on slick tyres, ahead of both factory Ferrari Hypercars. The #2 ran consistently in the top ten before a loose wheel for Bamber forced the team to spend time in the garage, dropping them down the order. Eventually the car finished tenth, scoring the final point.

Coming into the final round of the season, the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the Lynn, Bamber and Westbrook were fifth in the points standings with a 16-point advantage over the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport driver trio. Lynn once again took on qualifying duties, and arguably had his best session of the season, qualifying third behind the two Toyotas – Lynn's time was the only non-Toyota within a second of the pole lap, and the fastest of the LMDh cars in the category. Bamber taok the start, but a major lock-up at the first corner saw him make contact with the #7 Toyota, not only did the #2 Cadillac drop down the order, but the New Zealander also receive a 90-second stop/go penalty for the incident – a time deficit to the field that the team never fully recovered with the race running without a safety car intervention, eventually finishing in eleventh.

Lynn finished the year fifth in the points standings with 72 points, and with the #2 Cadillac the highest scoring LMDh in the hotly contested Hypercar field.

Lynn was confirmed as part of Cadillac's sole WEC entry, the British driver returning to race the #2 car in the full 2024 season alongside 2023 teammate Bamber. The duo will be joined by one-off driver entries at the Qatar 1812 km, 24 Hours of Le Mans and 8 Hours of Bahrain, but will contest the six hour races on their own.

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

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

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^† Lynn did not fulfil his mandated minimum drive time, meaning that he did not receive points for that event.

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
2024	Cadillac Racing	Earl Bamber Álex Palou	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	311	7th	7th
2025	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	Norman Nato Will Stevens	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	387	4th	4th
Sources:[35][42]

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