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 season	2017
Current team	DragonSpeed
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	21
Former teams	TDS Racing G-Drive Racing CEFC Manor TRS Racing Team LNT
Starts	26
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in 2021
Finished last season	13th
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

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

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

Career summary

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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

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

(key)

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

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

References

1. 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.

External links

• Ben Hanley official website
• Ben Hanley driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by René Binder Ferdinand Habsburg Yifei Ye	Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion 2022 With: Matt Bell & Rodrigo Sales	Succeeded by Charlie Eastwood Ayhancan Güven Salih Yoluç
Preceded by Mikkel Jensen Ben Keating Scott Huffaker	Michelin Endurance Cup LMP2 Champion 2023 With: George Kurtz	Succeeded by Mikkel Jensen Hunter McElrea Steven Thomas