Lucca Allen

Lucca Allen
Lucca Allen
	Allen (left) in 2018
Nationality	Irish
Born	29 June 2002 (age 22); Cork, Ireland
Related to	Rachel Allen (mother)
Le Mans Cup career
Debut season	2023
Current team	Graff Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Previous series
2022; 2021; 2020–2021; 2018–2019; 2017–2018	Ultimate Cup Endurance Series; Formula Regional Japanese Championship; Super Formula Lights; Formula 4 South East Asia Championship; F4 British Championship
Championship titles
2019	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Lucca Allen (born 29 June 2002) is an Irish racing driver who last competed in the Le Mans Cup with Graff Racing. He was champion of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship in 2019, and previously competed in Super Formula Lights.

Career

Karting

Born in Cork, Allen started his karting career in 2011. He quickly proved his speed, competing for Ireland in the Karting World Championship in 2014 against the likes of Enaam Ahmed and Mick Schumacher. Allen once again raced for Ireland in the Karting World Championship in 2016, a year in which he also became Irish Karting Champion.^[1]

Lower formulae

The Irish driver signed on with Fortec Motorsports to compete full-time in 2018.^[2] Allen scored 29 points and finished 14th in the championship, whilst also making his F4 SEA Championship debut, scoring one podium in Sepang.

Allen fully committed to the F4 SEA Championship in 2019. Allen won the championship by one point to Finnish driver Elias Seppänen, with 640 points and twelve race victories to his name.^[3]

Super Formula Lights

In January 2020 ALBIREX Racing announced that Allen would take part in the inaugural season of the Japanese Super Formula Lights series.^[4] However, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions Allen was unable to compete in the first three rounds of the championship at Motegi, Okayama and Sportsland SUGO.^[5] The Irishman made his series debut at Autopolis and scored a total of five points, helping him to finish 9th in the drivers' championship despite only participating in 3 rounds.

Endurance racing

In 2022 Allen made his first foray into endurance racing. Having originally been scheduled to drive for AF2 Motorsport in the Michelin Le Mans Cup,^[6] Allen ended up competing in the Ultimate Cup Series for Graff Racing, racing in the Prototype Challenge. The Irishman won the championship in convincing fashion, having won five out of six races.^[7] Allen would eventually return to the Le Mans Cup in 2023, driving alongside James Sweetnam for Graff.^[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	F4 British Championship	Falcon Motorsport	15	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
2018	F4 British Championship	Fortec Motorsports	27	0	0	0	0	29	14th
2018	F4 SEA Championship	Meritus.GP	6	0	0	0	1	52	12th
2019	F4 SEA Championship	Meritus.GP	40	12	6	9	28	640	1st
2019	FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup	Team Ireland	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2020	Super Formula Lights	ALBIREX Racing	9	0	0	0	0	5	9th
2021	Super Formula Lights	ALBIREX Racing	3	0	0	0	0	1	11th
2021	Formula Regional Japanese Championship	Sutekina Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	21	16th
2022	Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3	Graff Racing	6	5	6	4	6	173	1st
2023	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Graff Racing	3	0	1	0	0	2	29th
2024	F4 Saudi Arabian Championship	Altawkilat Meritus.GP	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2024	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro–Am	Eden Race Drive	2	0	0	0	0	0*	NC†*

Complete F4 British Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	Pos	Points
2017	Falcon Motorsport	BRI 1	BRI 2	BRI 3	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	CRO 1	CRO 2	CRO 3	SNE 1 13	SNE 2 16	SNE 3 16	KNO 1 13	KNO 2 DNP	KNO 3 Ret	KNO 4 14	ROC 1 14	ROC 2 11	ROC 3 13	SIL 1 14	SIL 2 13	SIL 3 11	BHGP 1 14	BHGP 2 12	BHGP 3 Ret	22nd	0
2018	Fortec Motorsports	BRI 1 10	BRI 2 8	BRI 3 Ret	DON 1 8	DON 2 11	DON 3 Ret	THR 1 8	THR 2 11	THR 3 10	OUL 1 12	OUL 2 10	OUL 3 11	CRO 1 12	CRO 2 10	CRO 3 10	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 10	SNE 3 8	ROC 1 13	ROC 2 10	ROC 3 11	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 9	BHGP 1 9	BHGP 2 10	BHGP 3 Ret		14th	29

Complete F4 SEA Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	Pos	Points
2018	SEP1 1	SEP1 2	SEP1 3	SEP2 1	SEP2 2	SEP2 3	MAD1 1	MAD1 2	MAD1 3	MAD2 1	MAD2 2	MAD2 3	CHA1 1	CHA1 2	CHA1 3	CHA2 1	CHA2 2	CHA2 3	SEP3 1 Ret	SEP3 2 2	SEP3 3 6	SEP4 1 6	SEP4 2 5	SEP4 3 6																	12th	52
2019	SEP1 1 2	SEP1 2 2	SEP1 3 3	SEP1 4 2	SEP2 1 1	SEP2 2 5	SEP2 3 1	SEP2 4 3	BUR1 1 5	BUR1 2 1	BUR1 3 3	BUR1 4 1	BUR2 1 1	BUR2 2 Ret	BUR2 3 9	BUR2 4 1	MAD1 1 3	MAD1 2 6	MAD1 3 4	MAD1 4 2	MAD2 1 7	MAD2 2 5	MAD2 3 1	MAD2 4 1	SEP3 1 4	SEP3 2 3	SEP3 3 Ret	SEP3 4 3	SEP4 1 3	SEP4 2 2	SEP4 3 Ret	SEP4 4 2	SEP5 1 1	SEP5 2 1	SEP5 3 1	SEP5 4 2	SEP6 1 2	SEP6 2 1	SEP6 3 4	SEP6 4 5	1st	640

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Year	Entrant	Cup	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2019	Team Ireland	Formula 4	15th	11th	8th

Complete Super Formula Lights results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2020	ALBIREX Racing	MOT 1	MOT 2	MOT 3	OKA 1	OKA 2	SUG 1	SUG 2	SUG 3	AUT 1 6	AUT 2 6	AUT 3 Ret	SUZ 1 6	SUZ 2 Ret	SUZ 3 6	FUJ 1 6	FUJ 2 7	FUJ 3 8		9th	5
2021	ALBIREX Racing	FUJ 1 WD	FUJ 2 WD	FUJ 3 WD	SUZ 1 WD	SUZ 2 WD	SUZ 3 WD	AUT 1	AUT 2	AUT 3	SUG 1 11	SUG 2 6	SUG 3 8	MOT1 1	MOT1 2	MOT1 3	MOT2 1	MOT2 2	MOT2 3	11th	1

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula Regional Japanese Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Points
2021	Sutekina Racing Team	OKA 1 6	OKA 2 4	OKA 3 10	MOT 1	MOT 2	MOT 3	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	FUJ 3	SUG 1	SUG 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	15th	21

Complete F4 Saudi Arabian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2024	Altawkilat Meritus.GP	KMT1 1 8	KMT1 2 WD	KMT1 3 WD	KMT1 4 WD	KMT2 1	KMT2 2	KMT2 3	KMT2 4	LSL 1	LSL 2	LSL 3	LSL 4	JED1 1	JED1 2	JED1 3	JED2 1	JED2 2	JED2 3	JED3 1	JED3 2	JED3 3	17th	4

References

^ "About Lucca Allen". 3 February 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Irish Prodigy Luca Allen Moves to Fortec in British F4". 22 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Lucca Allen declared F4 South East Asia champion". 3 January 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "F4 South East Asia champion Lucca Allen to Super Formula Lights". 21 January 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Shanagarry's Lucca Allen is off to Japan to race in the Super Formula Lights series where he scored a number of impressive Top 6 finishes". 14 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ Goodwin, Graham (15 March 2022). "2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup Attracts Record Entry". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ Townsend, Michelle (15 November 2022). "Rachel Allen couldn't be prouder as son Lucca wins major European racing title". RSVP Live. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ "DSC's Daily Notebook (05/04/2023)". Dailysportscar. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

External links

Lucca Allen career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alessandro Ghiretti	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Champion 2019	Succeeded by Jack Beeton

[1] "About Lucca Allen". 3 February 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[2] "Irish Prodigy Luca Allen Moves to Fortec in British F4". 22 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[3] "Lucca Allen declared F4 South East Asia champion". 3 January 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[4] "F4 South East Asia champion Lucca Allen to Super Formula Lights". 21 January 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[5] "Shanagarry's Lucca Allen is off to Japan to race in the Super Formula Lights series where he scored a number of impressive Top 6 finishes". 14 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[34Entries-6] Goodwin, Graham (15 March 2022). "2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup Attracts Record Entry". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[7] Townsend, Michelle (15 November 2022). "Rachel Allen couldn't be prouder as son Lucca wins major European racing title". RSVP Live. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

[8] "DSC's Daily Notebook (05/04/2023)". Dailysportscar. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

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