Alexander Sims
Sims in 2023
Nationality	British
Born	Alexander George Oliver Sims (1988-03-15)15 March 1988 (age 37) London (United Kingdom)
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Corvette Racing byPratt Miller Motorsports
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	3
Former teams	Action Express Racing BMW Team RLL
Starts	54
Championships	1
Wins	8
Podiums	21
Poles	6
Fastest laps	9
Best finish	1st in2023(GTP) 2025(GTD Pro)
Previous series
2018–2022 2014–2015 2012–13,15 2009–10,12 2008 2008 2008 2007–08 2007 2007 2006–07	Formula E British GT FIA European F3 Championship Formula 3 Euro Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Formula Renault UK Formula Renault 2.0 France Formula Renault 2.0 NEC FRUK 2.0 Winter Series
Championship titles
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship
Awards
2008	McLaren Autosport Award

Alexander George Oliver Sims (born 15 March 1988, inLondon) is aBritish professional racing driver, currently competing in theIMSA SportsCar Championship forCorvette Racing byPratt Miller Motorsports.^[1][2] He previously drove forWhelen Engineering Racing in IMSA where he won the2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship.^[3][4] Previously Sims has driven in theABB FIA Formula E Championship forMahindra Racing andBMW i Andretti Motorsport,^[5] winning one race inDiriyah.^[6]

Sims was the winner of the 2008McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for promising young British drivers.^[7]

Sims' kart racing career started in 1998 when he started competing in club competitions. In 2000, Sims had a successful campaign, he won the Super 1 MSA Cadet Championship, the Kartmasters Grand Prix, the 5 Nations Cup and came second in the Champions of The Future British Cadet Championship. Sims latterly added the JICA British Championship, the Monaco Kart Cup, three British Grands Prix and the Formula A World Championship, before moving intosingle-seaters in 2006.^[8]

Having started his car racing career in late 2006, Sims scored a second place in his first ever car race in theFormula Renault UK 2.0 Winter Series, before finishing ninth in the championship standings.^[9] In 2007, Sims raced in the main series withManor Competition.^[10] He finished eighth overall, after taking one win atDonington Park,^[11] and second places atBrands Hatch andThruxton. He also forayed into the French and Northern European Cup championships during the season and added his first pole position in the category, at Val de Vienne during the French championship. Sims also contested the 2007 UK Winter Series,^[12] but failed to finish in three of the four races.

Sims remained with Manor Competition in Formula Renault UK for 2008, and challenged for the championship. Finishing every race, Sims actually scored the most points over the course of the championship, with 473. However, Formula Renault UK employs a points system that means that a driver must drop their two worst scores over the season. Unfortunately for Sims, his worst scores were a pair of ninths worth 24 points, andAdam Christodoulou, his main championship rival dropped two retirements. Thus, a 24-point swing resulted in Christodoulou turning a one-point deficit into a 23-point championship win.^[13] He also contested the final round of theFormula BMW Pacific inMacau, finishing eighth with the fastest lap.^[14] In December 2008, Sims won theMcLaren Autosport BRDC Award.^[15]

At the 2008Autosport Awards ceremony, Sims announced his plans to race with German teamMücke Motorsport in theFormula 3 Euro Series.^[16] In a season dominated byJules Bianchi, Sims took fourth place in the championship,^[17] with a win at theNürburgring and four second places.^[18] He also took part in two rounds of theInternational Formula Master series, with two fourth places at theHungaroring being his best results. For2010, Sims would move toART Grand Prix.^[19]

In 2013, Sims competed in apartial GP3 season. He first raced at theNürburgring forStatus Grand Prix in place ofAdderly Fong.^[20] He then competed in the final three rounds forCarlin, replacingEric Lichtenstein.^[21] Despite only participating in half of the races, he finished the season in 8th place, with one win and two further podiums.

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In 2012, Sims drove a Lola-Judd LMP2 forStatus Grand Prix at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two rounds of the European Le Mans Series.

He joinedHexis Racing in 2013 to compete at theBlancpain Endurance Series with aMcLaren MP4-12C, partnering withÁlvaro Parente andStef Dusseldorp.

In 2014 and 2015, Sims raced at theBritish GT Championship for Ecurie Ecosse with a BMW Z4.

The Brit competed at the2016 Blancpain GT Series forRowe Racing with aBMW M6, winning the24 Hours of Spa.

In 2017 he competes at the GT Le Mans class of theIMSA SportsCar Championship with a factory BMW M6.

Sims competed in two races of the2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship forBMW Team MTEK.

In May 2017, Sims was present at theMonaco ePrix as a stand-by option forRobin Frijns.^[22] Later that month, he was announced as a development driver forMS Amlin Andretti for the2017-18 season.^[23] He would join BMW for Season 5, partneringAntonio Felix Da Costa. At the final race of the season at the2019 New York City ePrix Sims claimed pole position and the first podium of his Formula E career finishing 2nd. Returning with BMW for the2019–20 Formula E season, Sims won his first race in Formula E at race 2 of the2019 Diriyah ePrix.

In August 2020, it was announced that Sims would replaceJérôme d'Ambrosio at Mahindra Racing for the2020–21 Formula E season, who retired from competitive racing to become deputy team principal atVenturi Racing.^[24] Sims ended the season with a podium in the2021 Rome ePrix, five point scoring finishes, and 54 points, enough for 19th at the end of the year standings. For 2022, Sims would stay with Mahindra, but this time partnered byOliver Rowland.^[25] Sims departed from Formula E after the end of the 2021-22 season.

^† As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^* Season still in progress.

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^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

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^‡ As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	Status Grand Prix	Yelmer Buurman Romain Iannetta	Lola B12/80-Judd	LMP2	239	DNF	DNF
2018	BMWTeam MTEK	António Félix da Costa Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	223	DNF	DNF
2021	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	GTE Pro	313	44th	6th
2022	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	GTE Pro	260	DNF	DNF
2023	Action Express Racing	Jack Aitken Pipo Derani	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	324	17th	10th
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