🇬🇧 James Cottingham

Racing driver from Monaco. WEC, Manthey DK Engineering.

Driver facts

Full name

James Cottingham

Born

21 January 1984(b. 1984)

Nationality

Monaco

Current team

Manthey DK Engineering

Series

WEC

Status

Active

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

3,475

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

3,475

RANK 741 / 12,255 INDEXED · +73 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Bronze

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 6H AGO

James Cottingham is a British racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Manthey DK Engineering. Alongside his racing career, he serves as a director of DK Engineering, the car restoration company founded by his family in 1977, and he built his early motorsport profile in British GT competition, where he finished as runner-up in the 2023 championship before moving into full-time WEC competition.[1]

Across 39 career starts in the WEC, Cottingham has taken 3 wins and 8 podium finishes, though he has yet to claim a championship title. His Racer Rating stands at 3,495, placing him 971st among active drivers on the Elo-style scale used to compare competitors across series. In the 2026 season, Cottingham has started 3 rounds without a win or podium so far, sitting P55 in the standings as he continues his campaign with Manthey DK Engineering.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

James Cottingham is a racing driver from Monaco who competes in WEC for Manthey DK Engineering. Cottingham has recorded 3 wins and 8 podiums from 42 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,475 ranks Cottingham 741th of 12,255 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.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2026 form

LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED JUST NOW AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	WEC	Manthey DK Engineering	3	0	0	1	P55	+73	3,475
2025	WEC	United Autosports	8	0	1	1	P58	−178	3,402
2024	WEC	United Autosports	8	0	0	1	P97	+404	3,580
	GT World Challenge Europe	Garage 59	3	0	0	0	P112	−122
2023	British GT Championship	2 Seas Motorsport	9	3	5	0	P1	+807	3,298
2022	British GT Championship	2 Seas Motorsport	9	0	2	2	P9	+675	2,491
2021	British GT Championship	RAM Racing	2	0	0	1	P25	+16	1,816

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES COTTINGHAM FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇬🇧 Darren Leung	3,474	27	14	13	52%
🇬🇧 Sandy Mitchell	4,192	20	10	10	50%
🏳️ Ian Loggie	3,576	17	9	8	53%
🇦🇹 Richard Lietz	4,551	16	6	10	38%
🇮🇹 Alessio Rovera	4,299	16	7	9	44%
🇬🇧 Martin Plowman	2,611	16	15	1	94%
🇲🇨 Augusto Farfus	4,470	15	9	6	60%
🇮🇹 Valentino Rossi	4,302	15	4	11	27%
🇨🇭 Simon Mann	3,882	15	7	8	47%
🇫🇷 François Heriau	3,816	15	7	8	47%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 6H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia