Ben Hanley


Ben Hanley is a British racing driver who competed in the first part of the 2008 GP2 Series season. He was a member of the Renault F1 team's young driver program until 2008. He is currently racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and IndyCar Series

Career

Hanley had a successful career in karting, winning a number of championships and individual races and coming close to winning the Karting World Championship. Hanley raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2006 and 2007, and he finished as runner-up in the championship in 2007. He was signed to drive for Campos Racing in early 2008. He will be partnered by Vitaly Petrov. 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. 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. 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.

IndyCar

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.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.
† – As Hanley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2005Cram CompetitionZOL
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
39th0
2006Cram CompetitionZOL
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
8th55
2007Prema PowerteamMNZ
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
2nd102

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
2008Barwa International Campos TeamCAT
FEA
Ret
CAT
SPR
9
IST
FEA
17
IST
SPR
6
MON
FEA
16
MON
SPR
14
24th1
2008DurangoMAG
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
24th1

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

YearEntrant12345678910DCPoints
2008Barwa International Campos TeamDUB1
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
15th6

Superleague Formula

† Non-championship event.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2016DragonSpeedLMP2Oreca 05Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8SIL
Ret
IMO
3
RBR
Ret
LEC
3
SPA
1
EST
2
4th76
2017DragonSpeedLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8SIL
10
MNZ
2
RBR
Ret
LEC
7
SPA
5
ALG
9
11th40
2018DragonSpeedLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8LEC
Ret
MNZ
4
RBR
5
SIL
2
SPA
2‡
ALG
13
7th50.5
2019DragonSpeedLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8LEC
1
MNZCAT
10
SIL
4
SPA
7
ALG
9
8th47
2020DragonSpeedLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8LEC
8
SPA
CAT
MNZ
ALG
8th*4*

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
* Season still in progress.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

YearTeamClassMakeEngine12345678910Pts
2017DragonSpeedPOreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
10
SEBLBHCOADETWGLMOSELKLGAPET39th21
2019DragonSpeedLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
3
SEBMDOWGLMOSELKLGAPET13th30
2020DragonSpeed USALMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
1
SEB
MDO
WGL
ELK
LGA
PET
**

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789RankPoints
2017TDS RacingLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8SILSPA
9
LMS17th53
2017G-Drive RacingLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8NÜR
6
17th53
2017CEFC Manor TRS RacingLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8MEX
3
COA
6
FUJ
5
SHA
9
BHR
6
17th53
2018–19DragonSpeedLMP1BR Engineering BR1Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8SPA
DNS
LMS
Ret
SIL
25
FUJ
Ret
SHA
6
SEB
Ret
SPALMS
Ret
28th8.5
2019–20Team LNTLMP1Ginetta G60-LT-P1AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6SIL
3
FUJ
11
SHA
4
BHR
Ret
SPA
LMS
BHR
6th*27.5*
2019–20DragonSpeedLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8COA
9
0*NC†*

* Season still in progress.
Not eligible for points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

American open-wheel racing results

IndyCar Series

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2019DragonSpeedDallara DW12ChevroletSTP
18
COAALA
21
LBHIMSINDY
32
DETDETTXSRDATORIOWMDOPOCGTWPORLAG30th31