Alexander Sims (racing driver)

Alexander Sims
Alexander Sims
	Sims in 2014
Nationality	British
Born	15 March 1988 (age 36); London (United Kingdom)
FIA Formula E Championship career
Debut season	2018–19
Current team	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Car number	27
Starts	18
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	2
Poles	3
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	13th in 2018–19
Finished last season	13th
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; 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 professional racing driver, currently competing in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship for BMW i Andretti Motorsport.^[1]

Sims 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Formula E

In May 2017, Sims was present at the Monaco ePrix as a stand-by option for Robin Frijns.^[4] Later that month, he was announced as a development driver for MS Amlin Andretti for the 2017-18 season.^[5] He would join BMW for Season 5, partnering Antonio Felix Da Costa. At the final race of the season at the 2019 New York City ePrix Sims claimed pole position and the first podium of his Formula E career finishing 2nd. Returning with BMW for the 2019–20 Formula E season, Sims won his first race in Formula E at race 2 of the 2019 Diriyah ePrix.

Sports car racing

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

He joined Hexis Racing in 2013 to compete at the Blancpain Endurance Series with a McLaren MP4-12C, partnering with Álvaro Parente and Stef Dusseldorp.

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

The Brit competed at the 2016 Blancpain GT Series for Rowe Racing with a BMW M6, winning the 24 Hours of Spa.

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

Sims competed in two races of the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Formula Renault UK Winter Cup	Manor Competition	4	0	0	1	1	52	9th
2007	Formula Renault UK	Manor Competition	20	1	0	1	3	272	8th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		2	0	0	0	0	16	37th
	Formula Renault UK Winter Cup		4	0	0	0	0	20	19th
	French Formula Renault 2.0		5	0	1	0	0	19	15th
	French Formula Renault 2.0	Pole Services	4	0	0	0	0	19	15th
2008	Formula Renault UK	Manor Competition	20	2	1	3	12	449	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 WEC	Manor Competition	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	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 Championship		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 Championship	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 Formula 3 European Championship		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2013	FIA Formula 3 European 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
	Blancpain Endurance Series	Hexis Racing	5	0	0	0	1	24	15th
	FIA GT Series	Boutsen Ginion Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2014	British GT Championship	Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull	8	2	3	4	4	129.5	3rd
	Blancpain Endurance Series	Triple 888 Racing	1	0	0	0	0	9	22nd
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Ecurie Ecosse	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2015	British GT Championship	Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull	9	2	2	0	4	143.5	2nd
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Ecurie Ecosse	1	0	0	0	0	22	16th
	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	HitechGP	6	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix	Double R Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2016	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Rowe Racing	10	0	0	0	2	23	11th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	5	1	0	0	1	56	4th
	British GT Championship	Barwell Motorsport	5	0	0	1	0	23	14th
	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	HitechGP	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix	Double R Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2017	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM	BMW Team RLL	11	3	0	2	4	317	2nd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	4	0	0	0	0	6	27th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	BMW	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017-18	Formula E	MS Amlin Andretti	Development driver
2018	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM	BMW Team RLL	11	2	1	0	4	304	6th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	3	0	0	0	1	29	15th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	BMW Team MTEK	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018-19	Formula E	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	13	0	1	0	1	57	13th
2018-19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	BMW Team MTEK	2	0	0	0	1	23	19th
2019-20	Formula E	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	5	1	2	1	1	46	3rd*

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

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	IST FEA 8	IST SPR 1	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR Ret	VAL FEA 6	VAL SPR 2	SIL FEA 2	SIL SPR 3	NÜR FEA 12	NÜR SPR 2	HUN FEA DSQ	HUN SPR 9	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 21†	MNZ SPR Ret	6th	34
2013	Status Grand Prix	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA 8	NÜR SPR 2	HUN FEA	HUN SPR							8th	77
2013	Carlin											SPA FEA 5	SPA SPR 1	MNZ FEA 5	MNZ SPR 6	YMC FEA 2	YMC SPR 7	8th	77

Complete FIA Formula 3 European 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‡
2016	HitechGP	Mercedes	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NOR 1	NOR 2	NOR 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 11	HOC 3 5				NC‡	0‡

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	Rank	Points
2012	Status Grand Prix	LMP2	Lola B12/80	Judd-BMW HK 3.6L V8	LEC 3	DON Ret	PET	10th	15

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
2018	BMW Team MTEK	António Félix da Costa Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	223	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
2016	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	GT3	BRH 1	ROC 1	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1 Ret	SPA 1 8	SNE 1 9	SNE 2 Ret	DON 1 5		14th	23

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Rowe Racing	BMW M6 GT3	Pro	MIS QR 2	MIS CR 3	BRH QR Ret	BRH CR 16	NÜR QR 7	NÜR CR 9	HUN QR 21	HUN CR 13	CAT QR 8	CAT CR 24	11th	23

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar 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	10	11	Rank	Points
2017	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	DAY 8	SEB 6	LBH 4	COA 2	WGL 1	MOS 1	LIM 6	ELK 6	VIR 4	LGA 8	PET 1	2nd	317
2018	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	DAY 9	SEB 2	LBH 8	MDO 2	WGL 7	MOS 7	LIM 7	ELK 6	VIR 1	LGA 1	PET 4	6th	304

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2018–19	BMW Team MTEK	LMGTE Pro	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA	LMS Ret	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB 2	SPA	LMS	19th	23

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	Pos	Points
2018–19	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	Spark SRT05e	BMW iFE.18	ADR 18	MRK 4	SCL 7	MEX 14	HKG Ret	SYX Ret	RME 17	PAR Ret	MCO 13	BER 7	BRN 11	NYC 4	NYC 2		13th	57
2019–20	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	Spark SRT05e	BMW iFE.20	DIR 8	DIR 1	SCL Ret	MEX 5	MRK Ret	SYX	RME	PAR	SEO	JAK	BER	NYC	LON	LON	3rd*	46*

References

^ "Alexander Sims". fiaformulae.com. FIA. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ 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)
^ "Sims on standby for Frijns at Monaco". 8 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ Mitchell, Scott (23 May 2017). "Alexander Sims set for Andretti Formula E 2017/18 development role". Autosport. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

External links

Official website

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

[1] "Alexander Sims". fiaformulae.com. FIA. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

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

[3] 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)

[4] "Sims on standby for Frijns at Monaco". 8 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[5] Mitchell, Scott (23 May 2017). "Alexander Sims set for Andretti Formula E 2017/18 development role". Autosport. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

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