🇬🇧 Alexander West

Alexander West is a semi-professional driver competing in GT and endurance racing, rated 3,639. This places him in the semi-professional band, where drivers win in pro-am and one-make classes and run in the mid-pack among full professionals; he has raced steadily in strong fields but without winning and with modest podium finishes. His FIA Bronze categorisation confirms him as an amateur competing alongside professionals in sportscar racing. Across six seasons from 2019 to 2026, West has accumulated 43 starts primarily for Garage 59, a McLaren customer team, with three podium finishes and no wins. His average grid position across all classified races sits at P21.9, placing him consistently in the middle of competitive grids.[1]

West's racing has centred on the top tiers of GT and endurance competition, with his longest tenure in the GT World Challenge Europe, where he made 26 starts without a podium between 2019 and 2022. He earned two podiums in the British GT Championship across seven starts and notably finished on the podium at the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2020. His head-to-head record against frequent rivals reveals the nature of his competitiveness; against Platinum-graded professionals like Raffaele Marciello and Maro Engel, both elite drivers, West has finished behind them decisively but occasionally ahead, winning 4 races against Engel and beating the 4-time champion Charles Weerts once. These isolated results against elite opposition reflect the competitive reality of shared endurance grids rather than consistent superiority.[2]

West remains active in the FIA World Endurance Championship, where he has contested 6 starts to date, four of them in the 2026 season in the LMGT3 class. His role as co-owner of Garage 59 contextualises his steady presence in the team's driver roster alongside his semi-professional racing career. The 2026 WEC campaign marks a new chapter for the team's maiden season at that level, with West among the drivers competing in the customer McLaren programme.