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Ben Hanley

Benjamin Michael Hanley (born 22 January 1985) is a British racing driver who was a part of Renault F1 Team's Renault Driver Development Program from 2006 to 2008.[1] He raced two seasons part time in the NTT IndyCar Series.[2] Currently he is racing in the European Le Mans Series and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with United Autosports.

Benjamin Hanley
Hanley at the 2019 Indianapolis 500
Nationality British
Born (1985-01-22) 22 January 1985 (age 39)
Manchester, England
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2017
Current teamDragonSpeed
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number21
Former teamsTDS Racing
G-Drive Racing
CEFC Manor TRS Racing
Team LNT
Starts26
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2021
Finished last season13th
Previous series
2005
2006–07
2008
2008		Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
GP2 Asia Series
GP2 Series
Championship titles
2023

2022		Michelin Endurance Cup - LMP2
Asian Le Mans Series

Career

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Hanley driving at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans for Nielsen Racing.

Hanley had a successful career in karting, winning a number of championships and individual races and coming close to winning the Karting World Championship. He made his debut in Single-seater cars in the 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series, and finished 3rd driving for Cram Competition. He then raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2006 and in 2007 he finished as runner-up in the championship, driving for Prema Powerteam.[1] He was signed to drive for Campos Racing in early 2008, partnering Vitaly Petrov.[3] He also joined the team for the second round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, scoring a podium finish in his first GP2 race. After three races of the season Hanley and Campos parted company, but he secured a drive with Durango before the next race.[4] He replaced Marcello Puglisi, who was in turn deputising for the injured Davide Valsecchi. However, this was only a one-off drive, as Valsecchi returned to racing action at the next round of the championship.[5] He began 2009 without a drive, but joined the Euroseries 3000 mid-season and won during his first event in the category. He also returned to karting in 2009, finishing third in the Karting World Championship.[6]

IndyCar

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On December 17, 2018, it was announced that Hanley would compete in 5 IndyCar races, including the 103rd Indianapolis 500, with DragonSpeed in 2019. Only three of those races were fulfilled because of visa issues, and he could not compete in the Championship beyond the Indianapolis 500. The No. 81 qualified 27th and then Finished 32nd in the race after a mechanical issue.

In January 2020 it was confirmed that he would return with Dragonspeed.[7] The team planned to enter 6 races, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the St. Petersburg, Long Beach, Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca races were cancelled, and the team did not field an entry for Texas. On August 8, the team announced that Hanley would drive their entry for the Indianapolis 500, which was held on August 23. With little preparation time, the team had numerous mechanical issues in practice, resulting in qualifying in the 33rd and last position. The car finished the race in 23rd place.

On October 28, 2020 the team shuttered their IndyCar Series program and sold their IndyCar assets to Meyer Shank Racing, citing the team "being taken back two years" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Team Owner Elton Julian left open the possibility of returning to the series when "the next big thing happens for IndyCar" if the resources were available.[8]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Cram Competition 17 6 2 9 4 264 3rd
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
Formula Renault 3.5 Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 39th
Formula Renault UK Team AKA 2 0 0 0 0 21 28th
2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Cram Competition 17 1 0 3 2 55 8th
2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Prema Powerteam 17 2 0 3 6 102 2nd
2008 GP2 Asia Series Barwa International Campos Team 6 0 0 0 1 6 15th
GP2 Series 6 0 0 0 0 1 24th
Durango 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Euroseries 3000 Fisichella Motor Sport 6 1 0 1 2 23 6th
2010 Superleague Formula Olympiacos CFP 10 1 1 3 3 653 4th
2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 1 0 0 4 76 4th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 TDS Racing 1 0 0 0 0 53 17th
G-Drive Racing 1 0 0 0 0
CEFC Manor TRS Racing 5 0 0 0 1
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 0 2 2 1 40 11th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype 1 0 0 0 0 21 39th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Dragonspeed - 10 Star 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 6 0 1 1 2 50.5 7th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship DragonSpeed 6 0 0 0 0 8.5 28th
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed 5 1 1 0 1 47 8th
IndyCar Series 3 0 0 0 0 31 30th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 1 0 1 1 1 30 13th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship Team LNT 4 0 0 0 1 27.5 15th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 DragonSpeed 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed with Racing Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 5.5 23rd
DragonSpeed 3 0 0 0 0
IndyCar Series 1 0 0 0 0 14 33rd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 DragonSpeed USA 2 2 0 0 2 35 13th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 DragonSpeed USA 6 0 0 0 0 42.5 11th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 3 0 0 0 0 1 33rd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2022 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Nielsen Racing 4 2 2 0 4 104 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 6 0 0 0 0 15 16th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 CrowdStrike Racing by APR 7 2 2 1 5 1958 2nd
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Nielsen Racing 4 0 0 0 1 39 6th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am 6 0 0 0 3 75 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 United Autosports 3 0 0 0 1 38 13th
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 6 0 1 0 1 29 10th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 United Autosports USA 7 1 2 1 1 1962 5th

† As Hanley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ‡ Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2005 Cram Competition ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		MON
1 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		LMS
1 		LMS
2 		BIL
1 		BIL
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		EST
1
17 		EST
2
Ret 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		39th 0
2006 Cram Competition ZOL
1
10 		ZOL
2
17† 		MON
1
Ret 		IST
1
Ret 		IST
2
4 		MIS
1
1 		MIS
2
2 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
7 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
13 		DON
1
10 		DON
2
6 		LMS
1
10 		LMS
2
20† 		CAT
1
16 		CAT
2
7 		8th 55
2007 Prema Powerteam MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
9 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
7 		MON
1
6 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
4 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
2 		DON
1
16 		DON
2
Ret 		MAG
1
1 		MAG
2
14 		EST
1
Ret 		EST
2
23 		CAT
1
9 		CAT
2
1 		2nd 102

Complete GP2 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results 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 19 20 DC Pts
2008 Barwa International Campos Team CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
9 		IST
FEA
17 		IST
SPR
6 		MON
FEA
16 		MON
SPR
14 		24th 1
Durango MAG
FEA
Ret 		MAG
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HOC
FEA 		HOC
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		VAL
FEA 		VAL
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2008 Barwa International Campos Team DUB1
FEA 		DUB1
SPR 		SEN
FEA
3 		SEN
SPR
16 		SEP
FEA
Ret 		SEP
SPR
14 		BHR
FEA
Ret 		BHR
SPR
10 		DUB2
FEA
Ret 		DUB2
SPR
Ret 		15th 6

Superleague Formula

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

Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NC 11 Position Points
2010 Olympiacos CFP GU-Racing International SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADR POR ORD BEI † NAV 4th 653
3 10 3 1 4 5 9 14 C 12 8 X

† Non-championship event.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
Ret 		IMO
3 		RBR
Ret 		LEC
3 		SPA
1 		EST
2 		4th 76
2017 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
10 		MNZ
2 		RBR
Ret 		LEC
7 		SPA
5 		ALG
9 		11th 40
2018 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
Ret 		MNZ
4 		RBR
5 		SIL
2 		SPA
2‡ 		ALG
13 		7th 50.5
2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
1 		MNZ CAT
10 		SIL
4 		SPA
7 		ALG
9 		8th 47
2020 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
8 		SPA
14 		MNZ
DSQ 		ALG 23rd 5.5
DragonSpeed with
Racing Engineering 		LEC
10
2021 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
Ret 		RBR
12 		LEC
WD 		MNZ
17 		SPA ALG 33rd 1
2022 Nielsen Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
13 		IMO
12 		MNZ
6 		CAT
7 		SPA
11 		ALG
10 		16th 15
2023 Nielsen Racing LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
4 		LEC
4 		ARA
2 		SPA
Ret 		ALG
2 		ALG
3 		4th 75
2024 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
3 		LEC
5 		IMO
11 		SPA
9 		MUG
11 		ALG
10 		10th 29

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 DragonSpeed P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
10 		SEB LBH COA DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 39th 21
2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
3 		SEB MDO WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 13th 30
2020 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
1† 		SEB ELK
1 		ATL PET LGA
 SEB
 13th 35
2021 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
10† 		SEB WGL WGL ELK LGA PET NC† 0†
2023 CrowdStrike Racing
by APR 		LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY
2† 		SEB
5 		LGA
3 		WGL
1 		ELK
7 		IMS
3 		PET
1 		2nd 1958
2024 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY
6 		SEB
10 		WGL
8 		MOS
4 		ELK
1 		IMS
9 		PET
10 		5th 1962

† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2017 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL SPA
9 		LMS 17th 53
G-Drive Racing NÜR
6
CEFC Manor TRS Racing MEX
3 		COA
6 		FUJ
5 		SHA
9 		BHR
6
2018–19 DragonSpeed LMP1 BR Engineering BR1 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SPA
DNS 		LMS
Ret 		SIL
25 		FUJ
Ret 		SHA
6 		SEB
Ret 		SPA LMS
Ret 		28th 8.5
2019–20 Team LNT LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL
3 		FUJ
11 		SHA
4 		BHR
Ret 		15th 27.5
DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 COA
9 		SPA LMS
12 		BHR NC† 0
2021 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
7 		ALG
8 		MNZ
6 		LMS
5 		BHR
11 		BHR
10 		11th 42.5
2022 Nielsen Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS
16 		MNZ FUJ BHR NC† 0†
2023 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB ALG
2 		SPA LMS MNZ
6 		FUJ
4 		BHR 13th 38

† Not eligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2017   Dragonspeed - 10 Star   Henrik Hedman
  Felix Rosenqvist 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 343 14th 12th
2018   DragonSpeed   Henrik Hedman
  Renger van der Zande 		BR Engineering BR1-Gibson LMP1 244 DNF DNF
2019   DragonSpeed   Henrik Hedman
  Renger van der Zande 		BR Engineering BR1-Gibson LMP1 76 DNF DNF
2020   DragonSpeed USA   Henrik Hedman
  Renger van der Zande 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 361 16th 12th
2021   DragonSpeed USA   Henrik Hedman
  Juan Pablo Montoya 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 356 15th 10th
LMP2 Pro-Am 1st
2022   Nielsen Racing   Matt Bell
  Rodrigo Sales 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 362 20th 16th
2023   Nielsen Racing   Mathias Beche
  Rodrigo Sales 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 18 DNF DNF
LMP2 Pro-Am
2024   United Autosports USA   Filipe Albuquerque
  Ben Keating 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 272 42nd 13th
LMP2 Pro-Am 6th

American open-wheel racing results

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IndyCar Series

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Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
2019 DragonSpeed Dallara DW12 81 Chevrolet STP
18 		COA ALA
21 		LBH IMS INDY
32 		DET DET TXS RDA TOR IOW MDO POC GTW POR LAG 30th 31 [9]
2020 TXS IMS ROA ROA IOW IOW INDY
23 		GTW GTW MDO MDO IMS IMS STP 33rd 14 [10]

Indianapolis 500

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Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2019 Dallara Chevrolet 27 32 DragonSpeed
2020 Dallara Chevrolet 33 23 DragonSpeed

References

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  1. ^ a b Watkins, Gary. "Ex-Renault protege Ben Hanley to make comeback in ELMS LMP2". Autosport.
  2. ^ "Ben Hanley set to make IndyCar debut with DragonSpeed Racing". Autoweek. 27 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Campos sign Hanley to partner Petrov". autosport.com. 10 January 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
  4. ^ "Hanley grabs last-gasp Durango drive". autosport.com. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Valsecchi returns to Durango seat". autosport.com. 1 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  6. ^ "CIK-FIA World Karting Championship for Drivers 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  7. ^ "DragonSpeed Racing tabs Ben Hanley for 2020 IndyCar opener as part of six-race program". Indystar. 13 January 2020.
  8. ^ "DragonSpeed shutters IndyCar program". Racer. 28 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Ben Hanley – 2019 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Ben Hanley – 2020 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Asian Le Mans Series
LMP2 Champion
2022
With: Matt Bell & Rodrigo Sales 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Michelin Endurance Cup
LMP2 Champion
2023
With: George Kurtz 		Succeeded by
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