Sandy Mitchell is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for Pfaff Motorsports. Mitchell is a one-time champion (2020), with 13 wins and 32 podiums from 129 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,363 ranks Mitchell 739th of 40,349 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.
| 2026-10-03 | Road Atlanta GTDPRO | P4 | +65 |
| 2026-09-20 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC GTDPRO | P3 | +70 |
| 2026-08-23 | Virginia International Raceway GTDPRO | P1 | +149 |
| 2026-08-02 | Road America GTDPRO | P1 | +156 |
| 2026-07-12 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GTDPRO | P8 | โ84 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +156 | Road America 2026 | IMSA WeatherTech | P1 |
| +149 | VIRginia International Raceway 2026 | IMSA WeatherTech | P1 |
| +144 | Thruxton 2015 | British F4 | P1 |
| +125 | Thruxton 2015 | British F4 | P1 |
| +119 | Donington 2024 | British GT Championship | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | โธIMSA WeatherTech | Pfaff Motorsports | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +344 | 5,363 |
| โธNรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Manheller Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | โ150 | ||
| 2025 | โธGT World Challenge Europe | VSR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +256 | 5,168 |
| โธBritish GT Championship | Barwell Motorsport | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +269 | ||
| โธIMSA WeatherTech | Pfaff Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | โ700โ124 | ||
| 2024 | โธGT World Challenge Europe | Barwell Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | โ645 | 4,068 |
| โธBritish GT Championship | Barwell Motorsport | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +318 | ||
| โธIMSA WeatherTech | Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | โ225 | ||
| 2023 | โธBritish GT Championship | Barwell Motorsport | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +240 | 4,620 |
| โธGT World Challenge Europe | K-PAX Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | โ97 | ||
| 2022 | โธBritish GT Championship | Barwell Motorsport | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | โ14 | 4,476 |
| โธGT World Challenge Europe | Barwell Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | โ156 | ||
| โธIMSA WeatherTech | CarBahn with Peregrine Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | โ75โ61 | ||
| 2021 | โธBritish GT Championship | Barwell Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | โ64 | 4,632 |
| โธGT World Challenge Europe | Barwell Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P42 | +13 | ||
| 2020 | โธBritish GT Championship | Barwell Motorsport | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +256 | 4,632 |
| โธGT World Challenge Europe | Barwell Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P41 | โ208 | ||
| 2019 | โธGT World Challenge Europe | Barwell Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P38 | โ486+61 | 4,765 |
| 2015 | โธBritish F4 | TRS Arden Junior Racing Team | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P7 | +2,739 | 4,089 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ฉ๐ช Sven MรผllerFIA Gold | 5,338 | 41 | 8 | 33 | 20% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Ian Loggie | 4,617 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 54% |
| ๐ซ๐ท Jules GounonFIA Platinum | 5,612 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 20% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Phil KeenFIA Gold | 3,628 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 50% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Ricky CollardFIA Gold | 4,909 | 39 | 15 | 24 | 38% |
| ๐ฉ๐ช Maro EngelFIA Platinum | 6,319 | 38 | 2 | 36 | 5% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Martin PlowmanFIA Silver | 3,625 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 82% |
| ๐ณ๏ธ Sam NearyFIA Gold | 3,624 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 76% |
| ๐จ๐ญ Raffaele MarcielloFIA Platinum | 5,674 | 37 | 14 | 23 | 38% |
| ๐ฎ๐น Jonathan AdamFIA Platinum | 4,256 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 57% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Lando NorrisFIA Platinum, 4ร champion | 8,672 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 29% |
| ๐ฆ๐ท Franco ColapintoFIA Platinum | 6,767 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3ร champion | 6,648 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 729 | ๐ง๐ท Marco Campos | International Formula 3000 | 5,371 |
| 730 | ๐บ๐ธ Jeremy CLARKE | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,370 |
| 731 | ๐ธ๐ฐ Yann Ehrlacher | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,369 |
| 732 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Christijan Albers | WEC | 5,368 |
| 733 | ๐บ๐ธ Tommy Milner | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,368 |
| 734 | ๐ฎ๐น Stefano Livio | FIA GT Championship | 5,367 |
| 735 | ๐ฏ๐ต Nobuharu Matsushita | Super Formula | 5,366 |
| 736 | ๐ซ๐ท Alessandro Giusti | Formula 3 | 5,364 |
| 737 | ๐บ๐ธ Connor De Phillippi | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,364 |
| 738 | ๐ซ๐ท Thรฉophile Naรซl | Formula 3 | 5,364 |
| 739 | ๐ฌ๐ง Sandy Mitchell | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,363 |
| 740 | ๐ง๐ช Yves Olivier | International Formula 3000 | 5,363 |
| 741 | ๐ฌ๐ง Alexander Lynn | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 5,362 |
| 742 | ๐ฏ๐ต Ukyo Katayama | Formula 1 | 5,362 |
| 743 | ๐บ๐ธ Sami Meguetounif | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,361 |
| 744 | ๐ฎ๐น Paolo Barilla | Formula 1 | 5,360 |
| 745 | ๐ณ๐ด Dennis Hauger | IndyCar | 5,359 |
| 746 | ๐บ๐ธ Jimmy Vasser | IndyCar | 5,359 |
| 747 | ๐ฏ๐ต Ritomo Miyata | Formula 2 | 5,358 |
| 748 | ๐ง๐ท Mario Haberfeld | International Formula 3000 | 5,356 |
| 749 | ๐ซ๐ท Franck Lagorce | FIA GT Championship | 5,354 |
Sandy Mitchell is an established professional FIA Platinum-graded driver racing in crewed GT3 endurance racing. He competes primarily in the British GT Championship for Barwell Motorsport, where he has 47 starts across the GT3 and GT3 Pro-Am classes, and contests the GT World Challenge Europe and IMSA WeatherTech championships in similar machinery. His rating of 5,363 places him among the top 750 active drivers on the Elo scale.[1]
Mitchell won the 2020 British GT Championship and has taken the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech title with Pfaff Motorsports. Across nine seasons from 2015 to 2026, he has accumulated 13 wins and 32 podiums from 129 starts. His early career included British F4 in 2015, where he took two wins from 26 starts in a mixed field of amateurs and professionals; he has since established himself as a fixture in international GT racing. In British GT, his primary series, he has won nine times and finished on the podium 23 times, becoming Barwell Motorsport's strongest asset; the team's 36 wins across the index are led by Mitchell's own tally. His IMSA record spans multiple seasons and includes two wins; his 2026 campaign has put him in contention for the championship after victories at Virginia International Raceway.[2]
Mitchell races regularly against established GT professionals and former champions. Ian Loggie, the 2021 and 2022 British GT3 champion, is a consistent rival; the two are closely matched in their head-to-head record. Sven Mรผller, a Gold-graded professional with significant Formula 3 and ADAC GT Masters experience, is a frequent opponent in GT World Challenge Europe, where Mitchell typically finishes behind him. Early in his career, Mitchell raced British F4 alongside Lando Norris, the 2015 British F4 champion and 2025 Formula 1 champion; he finished ahead of Norris seven times across their meetings in that series.