Alexander Sims (racing driver)

Alexander Sims
Alexander Sims
	Sims in 2009.
Nationality	British
Born	15 March 1988 (age 36); London (United Kingdom)
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Carlin
Car number	9
Former teams	Status Grand Prix
Starts	22
Wins	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	6th in 2011
Previous series
2014-2015; 2012-13, 15; 2009-10, 12; 2008; 2008; 2008; 2007–08; 2007; 2007; 2006–07	British GT; FIA European F3 Championship; Formula 3 Euro Series; Formula BMW Pacific; 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
Awards
2008	McLaren Autosport Award

Alexander Sims (born 15 March 1988 in London) is a British racing driver. He currently resides in West Wratting . Sims is currently racing in GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix. He was the winner of the 2008 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for promising young British drivers. He wears an Ayrton Senna inspired helmet with yellow and a blue and a green stripe.

Career

Karting

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 into single-seaters in 2006.

Formula Renault

Having started his car racing career in late 2006, Sims scored a second place in his first ever car race in the Formula Renault UK 2.0 Winter Series, before finishing ninth in the championship standings. In 2007, Sims raced in the main series with Manor Competition. He finished eighth overall, after taking one win at Donington Park, and second places at Brands Hatch and Thruxton. 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, 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, and Adam 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. He also contested the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific in Macau, finishing sixth with fastest lap. In December 2008, Sims won the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

Formula Three

At the 2008 Autosport Awards ceremony, Sims announced his plans to race with German team Mücke Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series.^[1] In a season dominated by Jules Bianchi, Sims took fourth place in the championship, with a win at the Nürburgring and four second places. He also took part in two rounds of the International Formula Master series, with two fourth places at the Hungaroring being his best results. For 2010, Sims will move to ART Grand Prix.^[2]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Cup	Manor Competition	4	0	0	1	1	52	9th
2007	British Formula Renault 2.0	Manor Competition	20	1	0	1	3	272	8th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		2	0	0	0	0	16	37th
	British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Cup		4	0	0	0	0	20	19th
	French Formula Renault 2.0	Pole Services	9	0	1	0	0	19	15th
	French Formula Renault 2.0	Manor Competition	9	0	1	0	0	19	15th
2008	British Formula Renault 2.0	Manor Competition	20	2	1	3	12	449	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 WEC	Manor Competition	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	SG Formula	2	0	0	0	0	7	19th
	Formula BMW Pacific	Team Meritus	1	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
2009	Formula 3 Euro Series	Mücke Motorsport	20	1	1	2	5	54	4th
	Masters of Formula 3	Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	International Formula Master	T.S.P.	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix	City of Dreams/Räikkönen Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
2010	Formula 3 Euro Series	ART Grand Prix	18	1	0	0	5	63	4th
	British Formula 3		6	1	0	1	2	N/A	NC†
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	1	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Auto GP	Charouz-Gravity Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	25th
	Macau Grand Prix	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2011	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	16	1	0	2	5	34	6th
	British Formula 3	Motopark	3	1	0	0	1	17	18th
	Macau Grand Prix	TOM'S	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
2012	European Le Mans Series	Status Grand Prix	2	0	0	0	1	15	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Status Grand Prix	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Formula 3 Euro Series	ThreeBond with T-Sport	3	1	0	2	1	N/A	NC†
	FIA European Formula 3 Championship		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2013	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	ThreeBond with T-Sport	12	0	0	1	5	112	10th
	Macau Grand Prix	ThreeBond with T-Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	2	0	0	0	1	77	8th
	GP3 Series	Carlin	6	1	0	1	2	77	8th
2014	British GT	Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull	8	2	3	4	4	129.5	3rd
2015	British GT	Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull	9	2	2	0	4	143.5	2nd
	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	HitechGP	6	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix	Double R Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd

† As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	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	DC	Points
2009	Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F308/005	Mercedes	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 8	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 22	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 16	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 9	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 4	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 1	BRH 1 4	BRH 2 2	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 2	DIJ 1 8	DIJ 2 4	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 14†					4th	54
2010	ART Grand Prix	Dallara F308/048	Mercedes	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 1	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 8	VAL 1 3	VAL 2 5	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 4	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 3	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 5	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 8	OSC 1 2	OSC 2 8	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 5							4th	63
2012	ThreeBond with T-Sport	Dallara F312/008	ThreeBond Nissan	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NOR 1	NOR 2	NOR 3	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 1	NÜR 3 12	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	VAL 1	VAL 2	VAL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	NC‡	0‡

† 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.

Complete Auto GP 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	Pos	Points
2010	Charouz-Gravity Racing	BRN 1	BRN 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	NAV 1 11	NAV 2 Ret	MNZ 1 9	MNZ 2 15	25th	0

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	DC	Points
2011	Status Grand Prix	TUR FEA 8	TUR SPR 1	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR Ret	VAL FEA 6	VAL SPR 2	GBR FEA 2	GBR SPR 3	GER FEA 12	GER SPR 2	HUN FEA DSQ	HUN SPR 9	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 21†	ITA SPR Ret	6th	34
2013	Status Grand Prix	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA 8	GER SPR 2	HUN FEA	HUN SPR							8th	77
2013	Carlin											BEL FEA 5	BEL SPR 1	ITA FEA 5	ITA SPR 6	ABU FEA 2	ABU SPR 7	8th	77

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

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	31	32	33	DC	Points
2012	ThreeBond with T-Sport	ThreeBond Nissan	HOC 1	HOC 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 12	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	HOC 1	HOC 2														NC‡	0‡
2013	ThreeBond with T-Sport	ThreeBond Nissan	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 4	NOR 3 5	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 3	NÜR 3 Ret	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 10	ZAN 3 9	VAL 1 2	VAL 2 2	VAL 3 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3				10th	112
2015	HitechGP	Mercedes	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	NOR 1	NOR 2	NOR 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	ALG 1 25	ALG 2 15	ALG 3 13	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 DSQ	HOC 3 4	NC‡	0‡

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

24 Hours of Le Mans Results

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

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2014	Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull	BMW Z4 GT3	GT3	OUL 1 Ret	OUL 2 1	ROC 1 2	SIL 1 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 1	BRH 1 4	DON 1 Ret	3rd	129.5
2015	Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull	BMW Z4 GT3	GT3	OUL 1 6	OUL 2 3	ROC 1 1	SIL 1 3	SPA 1 4	BRH 1 1	SNE 1 8	SNE 2 10	DON 1 Ret		2nd	143.5

References

^ Anderson, Ben (8 December 2008). "Sims to graduate to Euro Series". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
^ Freeman, Glenn (ed.) (10 December 2009). "Pit & Paddock: Sims targets glory with ART". Autosport. 198 (11). Haymarket Publications: 22. {{cite journal}}: |first= has generic name (help)

External links

Awards
Preceded by Stefan Wilson	McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 2008	Succeeded by Dean Smith

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[1] Anderson, Ben (8 December 2008). "Sims to graduate to Euro Series". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

[2] Freeman, Glenn (ed.) (10 December 2009). "Pit & Paddock: Sims targets glory with ART". Autosport. 198 (11). Haymarket Publications: 22. {{cite journal}}: |first= has generic name (help)

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