Alex MacDowall
| Alex MacDowall | |
|---|---|
 Alex MacDowall Racing Driver 2014. | |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 Carlisle (England) |
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Aston Martin Racing |
| Car no. | 99 |
| Starts | 15 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 7th in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
2013 2010–2011 2009 2007–2009 2007 2005–2006 | World Touring Car Championship Ginetta GT Supercup British Touring Car Championship Spanish SEAT Supercopa Renault Clio Cup UK SEAT Cupra Championship T Cars |
BTCC record | |
| Teams | Silverline Chevrolet |
| Drivers championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 5 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Best championship position | 9th (2011) |
| Final season (2011) position | 9th (100 points) |
Alexander "Alex" Hay MacDowall (born 22 January 1991) is a British auto racing driver. He is currently competing in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season for Aston Martin Racing.
Contents
1 Racing career
1.1 Early career
1.2 British Touring Car Championship
1.2.1 Silverline Chevrolet (2010–2011)
1.3 World Touring Car Championship
1.3.1 bamboo-engineering (2012–2013)
1.4 World Endurance Championship
1.4.1 Aston Martin Racing (2014–)
2 Racing record
2.1 Complete British Touring Car Championship results
2.2 Complete World Touring Car Championship results
2.3 Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
2.4 Complete British GT Championship results
2.5 24 Hours of Le Mans results
2.6 Complete European Le Mans Series results
3 References
4 External links
Racing career
Early career
MacDowall was born in Carlisle. He began his racing career in T Cars in 2005, and remained there for 2006. In 2007 he stepped up to the Renault Clio Cup with Total Control Racing, finishing 32nd overall. He then finished third in the end of year Winter series. In 2008 he improved in the main series to finish seventh overall, and finished third once again in the Winter series. In 2009 he took four victories and finished as runner-up to Phil Glew.
British Touring Car Championship
Silverline Chevrolet (2010–2011)
MacDowall's Chevrolet Cruze from the 2011 British Touring Car Championship.
MacDowall's 2009 Clio Cup performances impressed top British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) teams Motorbase Performance, RML and West Surrey Racing, who gave him tests over the winter break ahead of the 2010 season. In March 2010 it was announced that MacDowall would race a Chevrolet Cruze for the RML-run Silverline Chevrolet factory-supported team, as teammate to Jason Plato.[1] In a wet qualifying session at Snetterton he became the youngest polesitter in the championship's history[2] but the car's gearlever broke as he changed up into second gear at the start of the first race.[3] He failed to finish in the points in either of the other two races. His rookie year was a success though, with two podiums, two pole positions and a fastest lap en route to 10th overall in the championship. Macdowall continued with Chevrolet in the British Touring Car Championship for 2011, ending the season 9th in the standings with 100 points and 3 podium finishes.
World Touring Car Championship
bamboo-engineering (2012–2013)
MacDowall competing in the 2013 World Touring Car Championship.
In February 2012 it was announced that MacDowall would race for bamboo-engineering in the WTCC for the 2012 season where his teammate would be Pasquale Di Sabatino. He scored points in his first race at Monza and again in the second race of the day. He left Italy in a three-way tie for the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy championship lead. He took his first win in the Yokohama Independents' Trophy at the Race of Austria. Di Sabatino was replaced by Michel Nykjær for the Race of Brazil and MacDowall missed out on an independent win to Nykjær in race one. His result in race one combined with two non-scores for Yokohama Trophy rival Franz Engstler elevated him to fourth in the standings, 12 points behind Stefano D'Aste. He took his second independent win of the season in race one of the Race of Japan. He went into the final race weekend in Macau with a slim chance of taking the Yokohama Trophy title. In qualifying he secured the reversed grid pole position for race two; at the start of the race he lost the lead to Norbert Michelisz but passed him again to take the lead. Both drivers were then overtaken by Alain Menu and MacDowall dropped to fourth when a tap from Yvan Muller spun MacDowall into the barriers after exiting the high speed Mandarin corner. Muller later apologised for the incident but no penalties were issued to either driver. MacDowall dropped back down to fifth in the Yokohama Trophy standings and was classified in 10th in the drivers' championship, tied on points with Mehdi Bennani but behind on countback due to Bennani's podium at the Race of Hungary.
MacDowall stayed with Bamboo Engineering for the 2013 season, partnering new teammate James Nash.He finished on the overall podium for the first time in the WTCC when he came third in race one of the Race of Italy, also taking the independents' victory.
World Endurance Championship
Aston Martin Racing (2014–)
In February 2014 Alex announced that he would compete for Aston Martin Racing, the factory Aston Martin racing team, in the FIA World Endurance Championship. This marked MacDowall's first competitive start in GT racing and saw him race at some of the worlds most famous circuits including Le Mans, Spa, Silverstone and Interlagos. MacDowall competed in the GTE Pro category alongside former Bamboo teammate Darryl O'Young and experienced GT racer Fernando Rees.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point given)
| Year | Team | Car | 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 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Silverline Chevrolet | Chevrolet Cruze | THR 1 7 | THR 2 6 | THR 3 9 | ROC 1 12 | ROC 2 12 | ROC 3 Ret | BRH 1 7 | BRH 2 3 | BRH 3 Ret | OUL 1 7 | OUL 2 9 | OUL 3 Ret* | CRO 1 13 | CRO 2 9 | CRO 3 10 | SNE 1 NC | SNE 2 Ret | SNE 3 13 | SIL 1 4 | SIL 2 9 | SIL 3 10 | KNO 1 2 | KNO 2 9 | KNO 3 7 | DON 1 4 | DON 2 11 | DON 3 Ret | BRH 1 4 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 11 | 11th | 83 |
2011 | Silverline Chevrolet | Chevrolet Cruze LT | BRH 1 5 | BRH 2 13 | BRH 3 16 | DON 1 9 | DON 2 9 | DON 3 4* | THR 1 10 | THR 2 7 | THR 3 8 | OUL 1 3 | OUL 2 5 | OUL 3 18 | CRO 1 14 | CRO 2 Ret | CRO 3 8 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 4 | SNE 3 5 | KNO 1 12 | KNO 2 Ret | KNO 3 10 | ROC 1 12 | ROC 2 15 | ROC 3 11 | BRH 1 3 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 Ret | SIL 1 5 | SIL 2 9 | SIL 3 4 | 9th | 100 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | bamboo-engineering | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | ITA 1 8 | ITA 2 7 | ESP 1 15 | ESP 2 14 | MAR 1 12 | MAR 2 Ret | SVK 1 12 | SVK 2 Ret | HUN 1 9 | HUN 2 11 | AUT 1 6 | AUT 2 Ret | POR 1 10 | POR 2 7 | BRA 1 6 | BRA 2 11 | USA 1 5 | USA 2 7 | JPN 1 5 | JPN 2 9 | CHN 1 NC | CHN 2 17 | MAC 1 9 | MAC 2 Ret | 11th | 68 |
2013 | bamboo-engineering | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | ITA 1 3 | ITA 2 20† | MAR 1 6 | MAR 2 Ret | SVK 1 8 | SVK 2 8 | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 3 | AUT 1 5 | AUT 2 6 | RUS 1 13 | RUS 2 11 | POR 1 13 | POR 2 17 | ARG 1 11 | ARG 2 11 | USA 1 4 | USA 2 13 | JPN 1 2 | JPN 2 12 | CHN 1 4 | CHN 2 13 | MAC 1 5 | MAC 2 5 | 11th | 141 |
† – Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete FIA World Endurance 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 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 7 | SPA 5 | LMS WD | COA 10 | FUJ 3 | SHA 4 | BHR 12 | SÃO 5 | 12th | 55.5 |
2015 | Aston Martin Racing V8 | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 6 | SPA 1 | LMS 9 | NÜR 5 | COA 4 | FUJ 7 | SHA 5 | BHR 7 | 7th | 84 |
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 | PGF Kinfaun-AMR | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | ROC 1 | SIL 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | BRH 1 6 | DON 1 6 | 25th | 24 |
2015 | Oman Racing Team | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | ROC 1 | SIL 1 | SPA 1 | BRH 1 | SNE 1 9 | SNE 2 7 | DON 1 9 | 21st | 11 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 |  Aston Martin Racing V8 |  Fernando Rees Richie Stanaway | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 320 | 34th | 6th |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | IMO | RBR | LEC | EST 2 | 13th | 18 | |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 | IMO 5 | RBR 4 | LEC 3 | SPA 5 | EST 1 | 1st | 98 |
2018 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 1 | MNZ 4 | RBR Ret | SIL 1 | SPA 4‡ | ALG 2 | 2nd | 88 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
References
^ "Chevrolet confirms official entry". British Touring Car Championship. 2010-03-22. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-03-22..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Historic pole for MacDowall". crash.net. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
^ "Plato wins to take lead". crash.net. 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
External links
Media related to Alex MacDowall at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
Alex MacDowall career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Mikkel Mac Johnny Laursen Andrea Rizzoli | European Le Mans Series GTE Champion 2016 With: Darren Turner & Andrew Howard | Succeeded by Jody Fannin Robert Smith |
