Lucca Allen
Lucca Allen (born 22 June 2002) is an Irish racing driver. He is the current champion of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship and races in Super Formula Lights.
| Lucca Allen | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Irish |
| Born | 22 June 2002 Cork, Republic of Ireland |
| Related to | Rachel Allen |
| Super Formula Lights career | |
| Debut season | 2020 |
| Current team | ALBIREX Racing |
| Car number | 3 |
| Starts | 9 (9 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 9th in 2020 |
| Previous series | |
| 2018-2019 2017-2018 | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship F4 British Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2019 | F4 SEA Championship |
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
In 2017 Allen made his car racing debut for Falcon Motorsport in the F4 British Championship. He started in 15 races and scored no points. Despite this, 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. Being one of only three drivers to race in every race that season, 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.
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 |
| F4 SEA Championship | Meritus.GP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 12th | |
| 2019 | F4 SEA Championship | 40 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 640 | 1st | |
| 2020 | Super Formula Lights | ALBIREX Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9th |
References
- "About Lucca Allen". February 3, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- "Irish Prodigy Luca Allen Moves to Fortec in British F4". January 22, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- "Lucca Allen declared F4 South East Asia champion". January 3, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- "F4 South East Asia champion Lucca Allen to Super Formula Lights". January 21, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- "Shanagarry's Lucca Allen is off to Japan to race in the Super Formula Lights series". October 14, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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 TBC |