| Alexander Sims | |
| Nationality: |  British |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1988 |
| Birth Place: | London (United Kingdom) |
| Racing Licence: | FIA Platinum |
| Current Series: | FIA Formula E Championship |
| First Year: | 2018–19 |
| Former Teams: | BMW i Andretti Motorsport, Mahindra Racing |
| Car Number: | 29 |
| Starts: | 55 |
| Wins: | 1 |
| Championships: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 2 |
| Poles: | 3 |
| Podiums: | 3 |
| Best Finish: | 13th |
| Year: | 2018–19, 2019–20 |
| Last Finish: | 17th (14 pts) |
| Prev Series: | British GT FIA European F3 Championship Formula 3 Euro Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Formula Renault UK Formula Renault 2.0 France Formula Renault 2.0 NEC FRUK 2.0 Winter Series |
| Prev Series Years: | 2014–2015 2012–13, 15 2009–10, 12 2008 2008 2008 2007–08 2007 2007 2006–07 |
| Titles: | IMSA SportsCar Championship |
| Title Years: | 2023 |
| Awards: | McLaren Autosport Award |
| Award Years: | 2008 |
Alexander George Oliver Sims (born 15 March 1988, in London) is a British professional racing driver, currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Whelen Engineering Racing.[1] Previously Sims has driven in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship for Mahindra Racing and BMW i Andretti Motorsport,[2] winning one race in Saudi Arabia.[3]
Sims was the winner of the 2008 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for promising young British drivers.[4]
Sims' kart racing career started in 1998 when he started competing in club competitions. In 2000, Sims had a successful campaign, he won the Super 1 MSA Cadet Championship, the Kartmasters Grand Prix, the 5 Nations Cup and came second in the Champions of The Future British Cadet Championship. Sims latterly added the JICA British Championship, the Monaco Kart Cup, three British Grands Prix and the Formula A World Championship, before moving into single-seaters in 2006.[5]
Having started his car racing career in late 2006, Sims scored a second place in his first ever car race in the Formula Renault UK 2.0 Winter Series, before finishing ninth in the championship standings.[6] In 2007, Sims raced in the main series with Manor Competition.[7] He finished eighth overall, after taking one win at Donington Park,[8] and second places at Brands Hatch and Thruxton. He also forayed into the French and Northern European Cup championships during the season and added his first pole position in the category, at Val de Vienne during the French championship. Sims also contested the 2007 UK Winter Series,[9] but failed to finish in three of the four races.
Sims remained with Manor Competition in Formula Renault UK for 2008, and challenged for the championship. Finishing every race, Sims actually scored the most points over the course of the championship, with 473. However, Formula Renault UK employs a points system that means that a driver must drop their two worst scores over the season. Unfortunately for Sims, his worst scores were a pair of ninths worth 24 points, and Adam Christodoulou, his main championship rival dropped two retirements. Thus, a 24-point swing resulted in Christodoulou turning a one-point deficit into a 23-point championship win.[10] He also contested the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific in Macau, finishing eighth with the fastest lap.[11] In December 2008, Sims won the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.[12]
At the 2008 Autosport Awards ceremony, Sims announced his plans to race with German team Mücke Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series.[13] In a season dominated by Jules Bianchi, Sims took fourth place in the championship,[14] with a win at the Nürburgring and four second places.[15] He also took part in two rounds of the International Formula Master series, with two fourth places at the Hungaroring being his best results. For 2010, Sims would move to ART Grand Prix.[16]
In 2012, Sims drove a Lola-Judd LMP2 for Status Grand Prix at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two rounds of the European Le Mans Series.
He joined Hexis Racing in 2013 to compete at the Blancpain Endurance Series with a McLaren MP4-12C, partnering with Álvaro Parente and Stef Dusseldorp.
In 2014 and 2015, Sims raced at the British GT Championship for Ecurie Ecosse with a BMW Z4.
The Brit competed at the 2016 Blancpain GT Series for Rowe Racing with a BMW M6, winning the 24 Hours of Spa.
In 2017 he competes at the GT Le Mans class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship with a factory BMW M6.
Sims competed in two races of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship for BMW Team MTEK.
In May 2017, Sims was present at the Monaco ePrix as a stand-by option for Robin Frijns.[17] Later that month, he was announced as a development driver for MS Amlin Andretti for the 2017-18 season.[18] He would join BMW for Season 5, partnering Antonio Felix Da Costa. At the final race of the season at the 2019 New York City ePrix Sims claimed pole position and the first podium of his Formula E career finishing 2nd. Returning with BMW for the 2019–20 Formula E season, Sims won his first race in Formula E at race 2 of the 2019 Diriyah ePrix.
In August 2020, it was announced that Sims would replace Jérôme d'Ambrosio at Mahindra Racing for the 2020–21 Formula E season, who retired from competitive racing to become deputy team principal at Venturi Racing.[19] Sims ended the season with a podium in the 2021 Rome ePrix, five point scoring finishes, and 54 points, enough for 19th at the end of the year standings. For 2022, Sims would stay with Mahindra, but this time partnered by Oliver Rowland.[20] Sims departed from Formula E after the end of the 2021-22 season.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Mücke Motorsport | Dallara F308/005 | Mercedes | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | DIJ 1 | DIJ 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 14† | 4th | 54 | |||||
| 2010 | ART Grand Prix | Dallara F308/048 | Mercedes | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 4th | 63 | |||||||
| 2012 | ThreeBond with T-Sport | Dallara F312/008 | ThreeBond Nissan | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | VAL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 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 | DC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ThreeBond with T-Sport | ThreeBond Nissan | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | NC‡ | 0‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | ThreeBond with T-Sport | ThreeBond Nissan | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | VAL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | 10th | 112 | ||||
| 2015 | HitechGP | Mercedes | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | PAU 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | ALG 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | NC‡ | 0‡ | |
| 2016 | HitechGP | Mercedes | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | PAU 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
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| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  Status Grand Prix |  Yelmer Buurman Romain Iannetta | Lola B12/80-Judd | LMP2 | 239 | DNF | DNF |
| 2018 |  BMW Team MTEK |  António Félix da Costa Augusto Farfus | BMW M8 GTE | GTE Pro | 223 | DNF | DNF |
| 2021 |  Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | GTE Pro | 313 | 44th | 6th |
| 2022 | Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner Nick Tandy | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | GTE Pro | 260 | DNF | DNF |
| 2023 | Action Express Racing | Jack Aitken Pipo Derani | Cadillac V-Series.R | Hypercar | 324 | 17th | 10th |
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| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull | BMW Z4 GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | ROC 1 | SIL 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | BRH 1 | DON 1 | 3rd | 129.5 | |
| 2015 | Ecurie Ecosse powered by Black Bull | BMW Z4 GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | ROC 1 | SIL 1 | SPA 1 | BRH 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | DON 1 | 2nd | 143.5 | ||
| 2016 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GT3 | BRH 1 | ROC 1 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | SIL 1 | SPA 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | DON 1 | 14th | 23 | ||
| 2022 | Century Motorsport | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | SIL 1 | DON 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SPA 1 | BRH 1 | DON 1 | 11th | 60 |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rowe Racing | BMW M6 GT3 | Pro | MIS QR | MIS CR | BRH QR | BRH CR | NÜR QR | NÜR CR | HUN QR | HUN CR | CAT QR | CAT CR | 11th | 23 | |
| 2024 | Madpanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | NC* | 0* |
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M6 GTLM | BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | COA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 2nd | 317 | |
| 2018 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 6th | 304 | |
| 2021 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET | 10th | 953 | |
| 2023 | Whelen Engineering Racing | GTP | Cadillac LMC55R 5. 5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | PET | 1st | 2733 | ||||
| 2024 | Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports | GTD Pro | Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R | Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 4th* | 2066* | ||
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | BMW Team MTEK | LMGTE Pro | BMW M8 GTE | BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS | 19th | 23 | |
| 2022 | Corvette Racing | LMGTE Pro | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | 28th | 1 | |||
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| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | BMW i Andretti Motorsport | Spark SRT05e | BMW iFE.18 | ADR | MRK | SCL | MEX | HKG | SYX | RME | PAR | MCO | BER | BRN | NYC | NYC | 13th | 57 | ||||
| 2019–20 | BMW i Andretti Motorsport | Spark SRT05e | BMW iFE.20 | DIR | DIR | SCL | MEX | MRK | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | 13th | 49 | ||||||
| 2020–21 | Mahindra Racing | Spark SRT05e | Mahindra M7Electro | DIR | DIR | RME | RME | VLC | VLC | MCO | PUE | PUE | NYC | NYC | LDN | LDN | BER | BER | 19th | 54 | ||
| 2021–22 | Mahindra Racing | Spark SRT05e | Mahindra M8Electro | DRH | DRH | MEX | RME | RME | MCO | BER | BER | JAK | MRK | NYC | NYC | LDN | LDN | SEO | SEO | 17th | 14 |