🇺🇸 James Allen

James Allen is an established professional competing in prototype endurance racing at international level. A FIA Gold-graded driver, Allen races LMP2 prototypes for Nielsen Racing in the European Le Mans Series, where he has been a regular since 2021 with five wins and eight podiums across multiclass grids shared between amateurs and professionals. He also competes in the Asian Le Mans Series for RD Limited, a single-class endurance championship, where he has taken two wins and seven podiums in shared-car racing.[1]

Allen's career spans fourteen seasons from 2013 onwards, beginning in Formula Renault Eurocup in 2014 and moving into sportscar racing from 2017. His record in the World Endurance Championship across nine seasons comprises fifteen starts and one podium. In IMSA WeatherTech he has taken three podiums from six starts, including two wins; one of those victories came in the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech season and placed him ahead of Scott McLaughlin, an elite professional and two-time Supercars champion. His 2025 entry into GT World Challenge Europe marked his sole outing in that series. Allen won the European Le Mans Series LMP2 championship in 2023 with Algarve Pro Racing and has latterly raced for Nielsen Racing, competing at Le Mans in 2026 as a substitute driver.[2]

In the European Le Mans Series, Allen races regularly against Louis Deletraz and Ferdinand Habsburg, both established professionals with multiple LMP2 and WEC titles between them; he typically finishes behind both. His competitive field across endurance racing includes graded professionals and champions of single-seater series, placing him among a grid of drivers ranging from club amateurs to the most experienced prototypes racers in Europe and North America.