Luis Leeds

Luis Leeds
Luis Leeds
Nationality	Australian; Indonesian; via dual nationality
Born	6 March 2000 (age 24); Melbourne, Australia
Australian Formula 4 Championship career
Current team	AGI Sport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Starts	18
Wins	9
Poles	8
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	1st in 2019
Championship titles
2019	Australian Formula 4 Championship

Luis William Mahendra Leeds (born 6 March 2000) is an Australian-Indonesian racing driver^[1] currently competing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia^[2] Championship for Supercars Championship team 23Red Racing.^[3]

Leeds served as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2016^[4] and was also development driver for 23Red Racing.^[5]

Career summary

Formula 4

Leeds finished 2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship on the sixth place, competing for Dream Motorsport.

In 2016 he became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and moved to the United Kingdom to compete in F4 British Championship with TRS Arden Junior Racing Team.^[6] He ended the season third in the drivers standings with three wins. But it wasn't enough to keep the place in the RB Junior team.

Formula Renault

In 2017 Leeds joined Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with Josef Kaufmann Racing.^[7] He had two point-scoring finishes, his highest finishing position being seventh place at Silverstone.^[8]

Australian Formula 4 Championship 2019

In 2019 Leeds raced with AGI Sport in Australian F4 Championship where he competed in 18 races, finished on the podium 17 times for 9 wins including the Australian F1 Grand Prix event to go with his other F1 event win at the Mexico F1 in 2015. Leeds went on to win the championship convincingly.

Personal life

Luis Leeds was born on 6 March 2000 in Melbourne by Australian-Indonesian parentage. His mother, Maria Leeds (née Eni), is an Indonesian expatriate and his father Dean Leeds is from Australia. Leeds studied in Ngawi, Indonesia during his primary school days from 2006 until 2012 during his ancestral education career days. In 2012 Leeds was moved back to Australia to pursue his racing career.

Leeds is currently practicing Christian Protestant who attends Protestant prayer service both in Australia and Indonesia.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014–15	Toyota Finance 86 Championship	ETEC Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	130	12th
2014–15	New Zealand Formula Ford Championship		3	1	0	1	2
2015	Australian Formula 4 Championship	Dream Motorsport	21	0	0	1	6	183	6th
	Australian Formula Ford Series		18	2	1	2	9	206	3rd
	New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship		3	2	0	1	3	85	6th
	Victorian State Circuit Racing Formula Ford Championship		9	5	1	3	7	258	3rd
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Luis Leeds	3	0	0	0	0	0	35th
2015–16	NACAM Formula 4 Championship	Ram Racing	1	1	1	0	1	0	NC
2016	F4 British Championship	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	30	3	1	3	11	300	3rd
2016	Australian Formula 4 Championship	Dream Motorsport	3	1	0	0	2	40	11th
2016–17	NACAM Formula 4 Championship	Bernal Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2017	Formula Renault Eurocup	Josef Kaufmann Racing	22	0	0	1	0	7	19th
	Formula Renault NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	2	0	0	0	0	28	17th
	Toyota Racing Series	Giles Motorsport	15	0	0	0	0	419	13th
	Australian Formula 4 Championship	Zagame Motorsport Juniors	3	0	0	0	0	18	14th
2018	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia	23Red Racing	12	0	0	2	2	298	10th
2019	Australian Formula 4 Championship	AGI Sport	18	9	4	8	17	365	1st
	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	Meritus GP	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup	Team Australia	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2021	S5000 Australian Drivers Championship	Garry Rogers Motorsport	12	0	0	0	4	316	6th
2021	S5000 Tasman Series	AGI Sport with GRM	6	0	0	0	2	105	4th

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

Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results

(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
2015	Dream Motorsport	TOW 1 3	TOW 2 6	TOW 3 Ret	QLD 1 4	QLD 2 3	QLD 3 6	SMP 1 3	SMP 2 4	SMP 3 10	SAN 1 9	SAN 2 6	SAN 3 2	SUR 1 5	SUR 2 4	SUR 3 2	PHI 1 10	PHI 2 4	PHI 3 3	SYD 1 Ret	SYD 2 Ret	SYD 3 Ret	6th	183
2016	Dream Motorsport	SYM 1	SYM 2	SYM 3	PHI 1	PHI 2	PHI 3	SMP 1 3	SMP 2 Ret	SMP 3 1	QLD 1	QLD 2	QLD 3	SAN 1	SAN 2	SAN 3	SUR 1	SUR 2	SUR 3				11th	40
2017	Zagame Motorsport Juniors	SAN1 1	SAN1 2	SAN1 3	SAN2 1	SAN2 2	SAN2 3	BAR 1	BAR 2	BAR 3	PHI 1	PHI 2	PHI 3	QLD 1	QLD 2	QLD 3	SYD 1	SYD 2	SYD 3	SUR 1 7	SUR 2 Ret	SUR 3 4	14th	18
2019	AGI Sport	MEL 1 1	MEL 2 9	MEL 3 2	SYD 1 1	SYD 2 2	SYD 3 2	PHI1 1 1	PHI1 2 2	PHI1 3 2	PHI2 1 1	PHI2 2 2	PHI2 3 1	BEN1 1 1	BEN1 2 3	BEN1 3 3	BEN2 1 2	BEN2 2 1	BEN2 3 1				1st	365

Complete F4 British Championship results

(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	DC	Points
2016	TRS Arden Junior Racing Team	BHI 1 4	BHI 2 9	BHI 3 2	DON 1 2	DON 2 Ret	DON 3 2	THR 1 5	THR 2 1	THR 3 8	OUL 1 13	OUL 2 8	OUL 3 11	CRO 1 3	CRO 2 1	CRO 3 10	SNE 1 5	SNE 2 17	SNE 3 4	KNO 1 5	KNO 2 1	KNO 3 2	ROC 1 7	ROC 2 2	ROC 3 10	SIL 1 8	SIL 2 3	SIL 3 2	BHGP 1 10	BHGP 2 11	BHGP 3 5	3rd	300

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(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	Pos	Points
2017	Josef Kaufmann Racing	MNZ 1 25	MNZ 2 Ret	SIL 1 23	SIL 2 7	PAU 1 18	PAU 2 16	MON 1 14	MON 2 11	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 Ret	HUN 3 26	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 10	RBR 1 19	RBR 2 24	LEC 1 18	LEC 2 18	SPA 1 29	SPA 2 23	SPA 3 Ret	CAT 1 29	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 3 23	19th	7

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Year	Entrant	Cup	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2019	Team Australia	Formula 4	5th	8th	4th

Complete S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship results

Year	Series	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Position	Points
2020	Australian	AGI Sport	APC R1 PO	APC R2 PO	SMP R3 C	SMP R4 C	WIN R5 C	WIN R6 C	BMP R7 C	BMP R8 C	PHI R9 C	PHI R10 C	SAN R11 C	SAN R12 C	BAT NC1 C	BAT NC2 C	–	–
2021	Australian	Garry Rogers Motorsport	SYM R1 6	SYM R2 2	SYM R3 7	PHI R4 6	PHI R5 7	PHI R6 5	SAN R7 6	SAN R8 6	SAN R9 3	SMP R10 3	SMP R11 7	SMP R12 2			6th	316
2021	Tasman	AGI Sport with GRM	SMP R1 2	SMP R2 6	SMP R3 5	BAT R4 Ret	BAT R5 3	BAT R6 4	BAT R7 C								4th	75

References

^ "PIT LANE". Luis Leeds 96. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ "23 Red Racing | TEAM". www.23redracing.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ "Milwaukee Racing | Supercars". Supercars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ "LUIS LEEDS JOINS JUNIOR RED BULL TEAM". www.cams.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ "23Red Racing expands with Porsche | Supercars". Supercars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ Allen, Peter (11 December 2015). "Arden firms up full MSA Formula quartet for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ "Luis Leeds set for TRS and FR2.0 campaigns in 2017". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
^ Allen, Peter (14 May 2017). "Shwartzman holds off Palmer for Silverstone Eurocup race two win". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

External links

Official website
Luis Leeds career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jayden Ojeda	Australian Formula 4 Championship Champion 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "PIT LANE". Luis Leeds 96. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[2] "23 Red Racing | TEAM". www.23redracing.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[3] "Milwaukee Racing | Supercars". Supercars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[4] "LUIS LEEDS JOINS JUNIOR RED BULL TEAM". www.cams.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[5] "23Red Racing expands with Porsche | Supercars". Supercars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[Arden-6] Allen, Peter (11 December 2015). "Arden firms up full MSA Formula quartet for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

[7] "Luis Leeds set for TRS and FR2.0 campaigns in 2017". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[8] Allen, Peter (14 May 2017). "Shwartzman holds off Palmer for Silverstone Eurocup race two win". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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