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🇺🇸 James Allen

Racing driver from United States. Asian Le Mans Series, RD Limited.
Driver facts
Full name
James Allen
Born
4 July 1996(b. 1996)
Nationality
United States
Current team
RD Limited
Series
Asian Le Mans Series
Status
Active
Career wins
9
Career podiums
19
Career starts
113
Career DNFs
7
Racer Rating
5,006
James Allen
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,006
Rank 1151 of 38,983 indexed, +141 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

James Allen is a racing driver from United States who competes in Asian Le Mans Series for RD Limited. Allen has recorded 9 wins and 19 podiums from 113 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,006 ranks Allen 1151th of 38,983 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)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-05IMOLA LMP2 Pro/AmEuropean Le Mans SeriesP11−139
2026-06-13LE MANS LMP2WECP10−7
2026-05-03PAUL RICARD LMP2 Pro/AmEuropean Le Mans SeriesP1+144
2026-04-12BARCELONA-CATALUNYA LMP2 Pro/AmEuropean Le Mans SeriesDNF−166
2026-02-064 Hours of Abu DhabiAsian Le Mans SeriesP3+93
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+219AUTODROMO NAZIONALE DI MONZA 2021European Le Mans SeriesP1
+213Daytona International Speedway 2023IMSA WeatherTechP1
+191LE MANS 2021WECP3
+182LE MANS 2017WECP6
+171PAUL RICARD 2023European Le Mans SeriesP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
4 Hours of Sepang4 starts+43
4 Hours of Dubai6 starts+34
PAUL RICARD6 starts+30
Daytona International Speedway5 starts+30
Struggles
BARCELONA-CATALUNYA5 starts-50
IMOLA4 starts-46
Monza4 starts-19
AUTODROMO DO ALGARVE5 starts-13
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Asian Le Mans SeriesRD Limited602000P5+4875,006
▸European Le Mans SeriesNielsen Racing311100—−163
▸WECAO by TF100000—−7
2025▸Asian Le Mans SeriesRD Limited614000P2+4634,865
▸European Le Mans SeriesNielsen Racing612100P7−218
▸GT World Challenge EuropeOptimum Motorsport500000P37−501
▸IMSA WeatherTechUnited Autosports USA111000P22+155
2024▸European Le Mans SeriesDuqueine Team600000P15−1515,012
▸IMSA WeatherTechDragonSpeed100000P30−10
▸WECDuqueine Team100100—−133
2023▸Asian Le Mans SeriesAlgarve Pro Racing411000—+4265,085
▸European Le Mans SeriesAlgarve Pro Racing423000—+363
▸IMSA WeatherTechProton Competition111000P19+213
▸WECAlgarve Pro Racing100000P24+59
2022▸European Le Mans SeriesAlgarve Pro Racing600100P18−1734,024
▸WECAlgarve Pro Racing600000P17+28
▸IMSA WeatherTechG-Drive Racing By APR200000P27−53
2021▸European Le Mans SeriesPanis Racing512000P6+5474,223
▸Le Mans CupMühlner Motorsport100000P20−150
▸WECPanis Racing101000P18+191
2020▸WECSO24-Has by Graff100100—+123,907
2019▸IMSA WeatherTechDragonSpeed101000P10+63,622
2018▸WECDragonSpeed300200P13+1023,622
2017▸WECGraff100000P23+1823,509
2016▸Formula Renault EurocupJD Motorsport1300000P19+2323,513
2015▸Formula Renault EurocupARTA Engineering1500000P16−2083,100
2014▸Formula Renault EurocupKTR1100000P27↑1,325−9143,182
2013▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—+1,5462,896
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Allen finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇨🇭 Louis DeletrazFIA Gold5,4616295315%
🇦🇹 Ferdinand HabsburgFIA Gold5,4534193222%
🇬🇧 Mathias BecheFIA Gold5,06438201853%
🇮🇹 Alessio RoveraFIA Platinum5,16934151944%
🇬🇧 Ben HanleyFIA Gold5,03134191556%
🇫🇷 Francois PerrodoFIA Bronze5,35433122136%
🇳🇱 Job Van UitertFIA Gold4,84232151747%
🇬🇧 Philip HansonFIA Gold5,92631121939%
🇫🇷 Paul-Loup ChatinFIA Gold4,89531171455%
🇯🇵 Oliver JarvisFIA Platinum4,60131141745%
🇬🇧 Lando NorrisFIA Platinum, 4× champion8,775131128%
🇦🇷 Franco ColapintoFIA Platinum6,62864267%
🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlinFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,60421150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1,141🇫🇮 Jari NurminenFIA GT Championship5,015
1,142🇺🇸 Parker KligermanNASCAR Truck5,015
1,143🇪🇸 Andy SoucekNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,014
1,144🇺🇸 Daniel HemricNASCAR Truck5,013
1,145🇳🇴 Christian KrognesNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,012
1,146🇬🇧 Peter WalkerFormula 15,011
1,147🇨🇭 Mario HyttenInternational Formula 30005,010
1,148🇫🇷 Gustavo YacamánIMSA WeatherTech5,008
1,149🇺🇸 Elton JulianWEC5,007
1,150🇮🇹 Brando BadoerFormula 35,006
1,151🇺🇸 James AllenAsian Le Mans Series5,006
1,152🇩🇰 Nicki ThiimGT World Challenge Europe5,006
1,153🇦🇷 Nicolás VarroneFormula 25,006
1,154🇺🇸 Mark TaylorIndyCar5,005
1,155🇳🇱 Bent ViscaalEuropean Le Mans Series5,004
1,156🇩🇪 Dirk MuellerIMSA WeatherTech5,004
1,157🇮🇹 Ivan CapelliFIA GT Championship5,003
1,158🇦🇷 José María LópezWEC5,001
1,159🇦🇺 David BrabhamSVRA4,999
1,160🇫🇷 Eric SalignonFormula V8 3.54,998
1,161🇺🇸 Johnny UnserIndyCar4,998
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James Allen is an established professional sportscar driver with a Racer Rating of 5,104, placing him among the sharpest endurance racers competing at the top level. His FIA Gold grading denotes a full professional in GT and prototype racing, and his record across major sportscar series confirms this standing. Over 112 starts since 2013, Allen has won nine races and taken nineteen podiums, with an average finish of twelfth across all classified starts; these numbers place him in the consistent mid-to-front pack of the international endurance field.[1]

Allen's real strength lies in European and Asian prototype racing. The European Le Mans Series is his home series, with thirty starts yielding five wins and eight podiums since 2021, all for Nielsen Racing. He has added wins in the Asian Le Mans Series and IMSA WeatherTech, proving competitive across continents in LMP2 machinery. His head-to-head record against serial rivals tells the story of a driver who operates at the level just below the elite: he has a losing record against multiple-time champions Louis Deletraz and Ferdinand Habsburg, both rated significantly higher, yet beats comparable professionals like Alessio Rovera and Ben Hanley regularly. Most tellingly, he has outfinished proven strong drivers including Maro Engel five times and Franco Colapinto on three occasions, though these are scattered results rather than patterns of dominance. A single win over Lando Norris and Rubens Barrichello marks rare occasions of competing at the very top, not a typical standing.[2]

His career path shows a driver who committed to sportscar racing and found his level there after a unsuccessful junior single-seater campaign in Formula Renault Eurocup between 2014 and 2016. He has remained a regular in WEC and endurance racing since 2017, accumulating experience rather than titles. As of 2026, Allen continues to race for Nielsen Racing in the European Le Mans Series and has appeared in the World Endurance Championship, recently receiving a call-up for Le Mans itself.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Heinrich: Winning on Le Mans, LMP2 Debut a “Great Reward”[1]
Sportscar365
15 Jun 2026
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Australian gets call up to race ‘Rockie The Pegasus’ at Le Mans[2]
Speedcafe.com
19 May 2026
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TEAM NEWS: James Allen returns to Nielsen Racing[3]
europeanlemansseries.com
5 Mar 2026
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