Chris Buncombe is a racing driver from Great Britain who last raced in GT World Challenge Europe for Team RJN. Buncombe has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 11 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,119 ranks Buncombe 4977th of 12,418 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | British GT Championship | Team RJN | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +263 | 2,175 |
| GT World Challenge Europe | Team RJN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P235 | −45 | ||
| 2020 | British GT Championship | Jenson Team Rocket RJN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P66 | +12 | 1,957 |
| 2019 | GT World Challenge Europe | Tempesta Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P59 | +145 | 1,945 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Phil Keen | 3,128 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇬🇧 Sandy Mitchell | 4,180 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇮🇹 Raffaele Marciello | 5,021 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% |
| 🇬🇧 Callum MacLeod | 2,555 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🇳🇱 Yelmer Buurman | 5,721 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Jordan Pepper | 5,410 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇧🇪 Dries Vanthoor | 5,038 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇩🇪 Marvin Kirchhöfer | 4,632 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇮🇹 Andrea Caldarelli | 4,201 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Marco Mapelli | 4,152 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
Chris Buncombe is a British racing driver whose career has spanned prototype and GT competition, including multiple appearances at the Le Mans 24 Hours. He came through the ranks to join Aston Martin Racing at the end of 2009, contesting the Le Mans Series in the marque's LMP1 machinery and taking a podium on his debut with the team at the Nürburgring. Earlier in his career he claimed class honours in the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, sharing a Lola B05/40-Zytek with Binnie Motorsports to win the LMP2 category. His final start at the Circuit de la Sarthe came in 2011, closing out the endurance racing chapter most associated with his name.[1]
In more recent years Buncombe has competed in GT World Challenge Europe with Team RJN, a program that has yielded one podium finish from 11 career starts in the series, though a race win has so far eluded him there. His Racer Rating of 2,119 places him 4,977th among active drivers on the database's Elo-style scale, reflecting a competitive but modest standing relative to the sport's leading names. In the 2026 season he has made one appearance, without a win or podium, sitting 235th in the standings. Now recorded as retired, Buncombe's career is best remembered for his Le Mans class victory and his subsequent factory ties with Aston Martin Racing, bookended by a later stint in GT competition with Team RJN.[2]