Luis William Mahendra Leeds (born 6 March 2000) is an

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racing driver currently competing in the

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Championship for

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team

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. Leeds served as a member of the

Red Bull Junior Team The Red Bull Junior Team is a driver development program run by the energy drink company Red Bull GmbH in an attempt to identify potential future racing stars in open wheel racing. The similar Red Bull Driver Search, now ended, was an American ...

in 2016 and is now a development driver for

Career summary

Formula 4

Leeds finished

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on the sixth place, competing for Dream Motorsport. In 2016 he became a member of the

and moved to the United Kingdom to compete in

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with TRS Arden Junior Racing Team. He ended the season third in the drivers standings with three wins. But it wasn't enough to keep the place in the RB Junior team.

Formula Renault

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Leeds joined

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the Formula 3.5 V8, Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to ...

with

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. He had two point-scoring finishes, his highest finishing position being seventh place at

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Australian Formula 4 Championship 2019

In 2019 Leeds raced with AGI Sport in Australian F4 Championship where he competed in 18 races, finished on the podium 17 times for 9 wins including the Australian F1 Grand Prix event to go with his other F1 event win at the Mexico F1 in 2015. Leeds went on to win the championship convincingly.

Personal life

Luis Leeds was born on 6 March 2000 in

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by Australian-Indonesian parentage. His mother, Maria Leeds (née Eni), is an Indonesian expatriate and his father Dean Leeds is from Australia. Leeds studied in Ngawi, Indonesia during his primary school days from 2006 until 2012 during his ancestral education career days. In 2012 Leeds was moved back to Australia to pursue his racing career. Leeds is currently practicing Christian Protestant who attends Protestant prayer service both in Australia and Indonesia.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Leeds was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Complete S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship results

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leeds, Luis 2000 births Living people Australian people of Indonesian descent Racing drivers from Melbourne Formula Ford drivers ADAC Formula 4 drivers British F4 Championship drivers Toyota Racing Series drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Arden International drivers Australian racing drivers Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers Garry Rogers Motorsport drivers FIA Motorsport Games drivers Team Meritus drivers Tasman Series drivers NACAM F4 Championship drivers Australian F4 Championship drivers