Lucca Allen (born 29 June 2002) is an Irish racing driver. He is the current champion of the
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
The Formula 4 South East Asia Championship was a formula racing series run to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was held over 2016 and 2017 and the last one was held in 2019.
History
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and is competing in the
Le Mans Cup with
Graff Racing
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.
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
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and
Mick Schumacher
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Schumacher began his career in karting in 2008, progressing to the German ADAC Formula 4 by 2015. Afte ...
. Allen once again raced for Ireland in the Karting World Championship in 2016, a year in which he also became Irish Karting Champion.
Lower formulae
In 2017 Allen made his car racing debut for Falcon Motorsport in the
F4 British Championship
F4 British Championship (full name ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA, formerly known as F4 British Championship certified by FIA — powered by Ford (2016–21), MSA Formula (2015)) is a single-seater motorsport series based in ...
. He started in 15 races and scored no points. Despite this, the Irish driver signed on with
Fortec Motorsport
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Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, ...
s to compete full-time
in 2018. 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
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Career
Karting
Born in T ...
, with 640 points and twelve race victories to his name.
Super Formula Lights
In January 2020 ALBIREX Racing announced that Allen would take part in the
inaugural season of the Japanese
Super Formula Lights
is a national formula racing championship that takes place in Japan. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses the same single seater chassis as the pan-European Euroformula Open Championship. The series will be the first with the new b ...
series. However, due to
COVID-19
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travel restrictions Allen was unable to compete in the first three rounds of the championship at
Motegi,
Okayama and
Sportsland SUGO. The Irishman made his series debut at
Autopolis
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and scored a total of five points, helping him to finish 9th in the drivers' championship.
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
The Le Mans Cup, previously the GT3 Le Mans Cup and currently known as the Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, is an international sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club ...
,
Allen ended up competing in the Ultimate Cup Series for
Graff Racing
Graff Racing is an auto racing team based in France. Graff Racing
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, racing in the Prototype Challenge. The Irishman won the championship in convincing fashion, having won five out of six races. Allen would eventually return to the
Le Mans Cup in
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
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, driving alongside James Sweetnam for Graff.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete F4 British Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete F4 SEA Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Motorsport Games results
Complete Super Formula Lights results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† 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)
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cork (city)
Irish racing drivers
Irish people of Icelandic descent
British F4 Championship drivers
FIA Motorsport Games drivers
Formula Regional Japanese Championship drivers
Team Meritus drivers
Fortec Motorsport drivers
Le Mans Cup drivers
Graff Racing drivers
Karting World Championship drivers
South East Asian F4 Championship drivers