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🇬🇧 Alexander Sims

Racing driver from United Kingdom. IMSA WeatherTech, Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports. Two-time champion.

Driver facts

Full name

Alexander Sims

Born

15 March 1988(b. 1988)

Nationality

United Kingdom

Current team

Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports

Series

IMSA WeatherTech

Status

Active

Championships

22023, 2025

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

230

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,728

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,728

Rank 1521 of 40,349 indexed, -630 this season

FIA Categorisation

Platinum

FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 0h ago

Alexander Sims is an established professional, FIA Platinum-graded, racing in international sportscar and endurance championships. He drives for Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports in the IMSA WeatherTech series, where he campaigns a Corvette in the top prototype class. His career spans 19 seasons and 230 starts across single-seaters, Formula E, and sportscar racing.[1]

Sims won the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech championship with Corvette Racing. In IMSA proper, his primary arena since 2017, he has taken 9 wins and 21 podiums across 61 starts. He spent five seasons in Formula E with Mahindra Racing between 2018 and 2022, where he scored one win and three podiums from 40 entries. Early in his career he raced Formula 3 and its variants across Europe; he took 3 wins in the Formula 3 Euro Series between 2009 and 2012 and 2 wins in GP3 Series competition. He has also competed in endurance racing, including the WEC, British GT Championship, and the Nürburgring 24 Hours, where he won once.[2]

Sims regularly races against established professionals of similar standing. He is closely matched with both António Félix da Costa, a 2019 Formula E champion and 2022 WEC LMP2 champion, and Edoardo Mortara, an elite professional and 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series champion. Across his career he has finished ahead of generational talents including Max Verstappen and George Russell, both in categories where both were competing at a different stage of their careers. His standing reflects sustained success in top-tier sportscar racing against a grid of graded professionals.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Alexander Sims is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports. Sims is a two-time champion (2023, 2025), with 19 wins and 57 podiums from 230 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,728 ranks Sims 1521th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

2025 form

Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

Tap a row for the full race

2026-10-03	Road Atlanta GTDPRO	IMSA WeatherTech	P8	+12
2026-09-20	Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC GTDPRO	IMSA WeatherTech	P4	+76
2026-08-23	Virginia International Raceway GTDPRO	IMSA WeatherTech	P10	−133
2026-08-02	Road America GTDPRO	IMSA WeatherTech	P10	−88
2026-07-12	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GTDPRO	IMSA WeatherTech	P9	−119

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+170	Virginia International Raceway 2018	IMSA WeatherTech	P1
+161	Detroit Street Course 2026	IMSA WeatherTech	P1
+158	Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2018	IMSA WeatherTech	P1
+155	Ad Diriyah ePrix 2019	Formula E	P1
+152	Sebring International Raceway 2023	IMSA WeatherTech	P1

Circuits

Rating per start against their own form that season

Raises their game

Watkins Glen International6 starts+42

Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca5 starts+41

Road Atlanta7 starts+26

Nurburgring15 starts+22

Struggles

LE MANS7 starts-34

Macau12 starts-19

Road America6 starts-19

Berlin ePrix9 starts-16

Season by season

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Poles	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	▸IMSA WeatherTech	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	10	1	1	0	0	P8	−12	4,728
	▸Asian Le Mans Series	JMR	6	0	0	2	0	P17	−892
	▸Bathurst 12 Hour	Johor Motorsports Racing JMR	1	0	0	0	0	—	−91
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	Scherer Sport PHX	1	0	0	1	0	—	−134
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	Scherer Sport PHX	1	1	1	0	0	—	+139
2025	▸IMSA WeatherTech	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	10	1	6	0	0	P1	+569	5,358
	▸GT World Challenge Europe	Johor Motorsports JMR	1	0	0	0	0	P37	−168
2024	▸IMSA WeatherTech	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	10	1	3	0	0	P5	+4	5,316
	▸GT World Challenge Europe	Madpanda Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	P40	−243
	▸GT World Challenge America	DXDT Racing	1	0	1	0	0	—	−80
2023	▸IMSA WeatherTech	Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing	9	1	3	0	0	P2	+137	5,636
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	Scherer Sport PHX	1	0	0	1	0	—	−131
	▸WEC	Action Express Racing	1	0	0	0	0	P17	−36
2022	▸Formula E	Mahindra Racing	12	0	0	0	0	P17	−212	5,666
	▸British GT Championship	Century Motorsport	2	1	2	0	0	P14	+26
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	Schubert Motorsport	1	0	0	1	0	—	−52
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	Schubert Motosport GmbH	1	0	0	0	0	P23	+14
	▸WEC	Corvette Racing	1	0	0	1	0	P12	−99
2021	▸IMSA WeatherTech	Corvette Racing	3	0	1	0	0	P10	−224	5,988
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	Schubert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	—	+37
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	Schubert Motorsport GmbH	1	0	0	0	0	P31	−42
	▸WEC	Corvette Racing	1	0	0	0	0	P12	−93
2020	▸Formula E	Mahindra Racing	9	0	1	0	0	P15	+80	6,149
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	ROWE RACING	2	0	0	0	0	P18	+45
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	ROWE RACING	1	1	1	0	0	—	+75
2019	▸Formula E	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	9	1	1	0	2	P11	+74	6,124
	▸WEC	BMW Team MTEK	1	0	1	0	0	P12	+106
2018	▸Formula E	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	10	0	1	0	1	P11	↑102+157	6,038
	▸IMSA WeatherTech	BMW Team RLL	8	2	3	0	0	P3	+106
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	ROWE RACING	1	0	0	1	0	P39	−208
	▸WEC	BMW Team MTEK	1	0	0	1	0	P21	−141
2017	▸IMSA WeatherTech	BMW Team RLL	11	3	4	0	0	P2	+232	5,451
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	ROWE RACING	1	0	0	0	0	P40	−65
2016	▸FIA Formula 3 European	HitechGP	3	0	0	0	0	P20	−50	5,928
	▸Formula 3 Macau	Double R Racing	2	0	0	0	0	—	−22
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	ROWE RACING	2	1	1	0	0	P23	−128
2015	▸FIA Formula 3 European	HitechGP	5	0	0	0	0	P18	−128	5,740
	▸Formula 3 Macau	Double R Racing	2	0	2	0	0	—	+146
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	1	0	0	0	0	P34	+1
2014	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	3	0	0	0	0	P28	−190	5,931
2013	▸FIA Formula 3 European	ThreeBond with T-Sport	10	0	5	0	0	P11	+523	6,120
	▸GP3 Series	Carlin	8	1	3	0	1	P7	+431
	▸Formula 3 Macau	ThreeBond with T-Sport	2	0	0	0	0	—	+83
2012	▸Formula 3 Euro Series	T-Sport	3	1	1	0	1	P17	−45	5,083
	▸FIA Formula 3 European	T-Sport	2	0	0	0	0	P22	−186
	▸Formula 3 Macau	T-Sport	2	0	0	0	0	—	+19
	▸WEC	Status GP	2	0	0	1	0	P27	−150
2011	▸GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	10	1	5	0	1	P5	+101	5,445
	▸FIA Formula 3 European	TOM''S	1	0	0	0	0	P22	−189
	▸Formula 3 Macau	TOM''S	1	0	0	0	0	—	−178
2010	▸Formula 3 Euro Series	ART Grand Prix	17	1	5	0	0	P4	+252	5,711
2009	▸Formula 3 Euro Series	Mücke Motorsport	19	1	5	0	2	P3	↑740+420	5,459
	▸Formula 3 Macau	City of Dreams / Räikkönen Robertson	2	0	0	0	0	—	−211
2008	▸Formula Renault Eurocup	SG Formula	2	0	0	0	0	P18	+3,160	4,510

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Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Sims finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇵🇹 António Félix da CostaFIA Platinum	6,428	63	25	38	40%
🇮🇹 Edoardo MortaraFIA Platinum	6,550	50	18	32	36%
🇩🇪 Sam BirdFIA Platinum	5,981	50	16	34	32%
🇺🇸 Tommy MilnerFIA Platinum	5,368	50	30	20	60%
🇧🇪 Laurens VanthoorFIA Platinum	6,404	49	25	24	51%
🇳🇱 Nicky CatsburgFIA Platinum	5,239	49	26	23	53%
🇩🇪 Marco WittmannFIA Platinum	5,406	48	27	21	56%
🇳🇿 Mitch EvansFIA Platinum	6,953	46	15	31	33%
🇫🇮 Valtteri BottasFIA Platinum	5,709	46	18	28	39%
🇬🇧 Tom BlomqvistFIA Platinum	5,160	41	29	12	71%
🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum, 4× champion	8,754	2	1	1	50%
🇬🇧 George RussellFIA Platinum, 3× champion	8,724	8	1	7	13%
🇬🇧 Lando NorrisFIA Platinum, 4× champion	8,672	3	3	0	100%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

On the leaderboard

Global rank, 40,349 drivers indexed

#	Driver	Series	Rating
1,511	🇨🇦 Mikhail Goikhberg	IMSA WeatherTech	4,735
1,512	🇬🇧 Ian James	WEC	4,734
1,513	🇬🇧 William Buller	Formula V8 3.5	4,734
1,514	🇬🇧 Charlie Fagg	Super GT	4,733
1,515	🇺🇸 Jimmie Johnson	NASCAR Cup Series	4,733
1,516	🇩🇪 Joseph Loake	GT World Challenge Europe	4,733
1,517	🇪🇸 Miki Monràs	GP3 Series	4,732
1,518	🇭🇺 Tamás Pál Kiss	GP3 Series	4,732
1,519	🇬🇧 Stefan Wilson	IMSA WeatherTech	4,731
1,520	🇨🇦 Ron Fellows	NASCAR Xfinity	4,729
1,521	🇬🇧 Alexander Sims	IMSA WeatherTech	4,728
1,522	🇺🇸 David Stremme	NASCAR Xfinity	4,728
1,523	🇺🇸 Nikita Johnson	Indy NXT	4,727
1,524	🇩🇪 Alex Müller	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	4,725
1,525	🇫🇷 Fabrice Walfisch	International Formula 3000	4,725
1,526	🇨🇭 Manuel Metzger	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	4,725
1,527	🇻🇪 Vicente Potolicchio	WEC	4,725
1,528	🇺🇸 Justin Rothberg	GT World Challenge America	4,724
1,529	🇫🇷 Jean Philippe Belloc	24H Series	4,723
1,530	🇳🇿 Shaun Balfe	GT World Challenge Europe	4,723
1,531	🇮🇹 Alessandro Piccolo	FIA GT Championship	4,722

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