Lucca Allen
Irish racing driver (born 2002)
Lucca Allen (born 29 June 2002) is an Irish racing driver who last competed in the Le Mans Cup with Graff Racing. He was champion of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship in 2019, and previously competed in Super Formula Lights.
01Racing 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 and Mick Schumacher. Allen once again raced for Ireland in the Karting World Championship in 2016, a year in which he also became Irish Karting Champion.
F4
Allen signed on with Fortec Motorsports 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 was fully committed to the F4 SEA Championship in 2019. Allen won the championship by one point to Finnish driver Elias Seppänen, 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 series. However, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Allen was unable to compete in the first three rounds of the championship at Motegi, Okayama and Sportsland SUGO. He made his series debut at Autopolis and scored a total of five points, helping him to finish ninth in the drivers' championship despite only participating in three rounds.
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, Allen ended up competing in the Ultimate Cup Series for Graff Racing, 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, driving alongside James Sweetnam for Graff.
02Other ventures
Allen hails from a family of Irish chefs. He is the son of celebrity chef Rachel Allen, known for her appearances on RTÉ; his grandmother is the food writer Darina Allen, who operates the Ballymaloe Cookery School; and his great-grandmother was Michelin star-winning head chef Myrtle Allen. Allen worked in the family farm shop while growing up, and in 2024 he began working in the farm shop at Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm to raise money to support his motorsport career. Allen subsequently featured in series 3 and 5 of Clarkson's Farm, cooking in the kitchen at the farm and showing Clarkson how to prepare nettle soup from stinging nettles grown on site.
03Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | IRL Championship - Cadet | ||
| 2016 | Super One Series - OK Junior | 13th |
04Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | F4 British Championship | Falcon Motorsport | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
| 2018 | F4 British Championship | Fortec Motorsports | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14th |
| F4 SEA Championship | Meritus.GP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 12th | |
| 2019 | F4 SEA Championship | Meritus.GP | 40 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 640 | 1st |
| FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup | Team Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | |
| 2020 | Super Formula Lights | ALBIREX Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9th |
| 2021 | Super Formula Lights | ALBIREX Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11th |
| Formula Regional Japanese Championship | Sutekina Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16th | |
| 2022 | Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3 | Graff Racing | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 173 | 1st |
| 2023 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | Graff Racing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29th |
| 2024 | F4 Saudi Arabian Championship | Altawkilat Meritus.GP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro-Am | Eden Race Drive | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
† As Allen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete F4 British Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Falcon Motorsport | BRI 1 |
BRI 2 |
BRI 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
THR 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
SNE 1 13 |
SNE 2 16 |
SNE 3 16 |
KNO 1 13 |
KNO 2 DNP |
KNO 3 Ret |
KNO 4 14 |
ROC 1 14 |
ROC 2 11 |
ROC 3 13 |
SIL 1 14 |
SIL 2 13 |
SIL 3 11 |
BHGP 1 14 |
BHGP 2 12 |
BHGP 3 Ret |
22nd | 0 |
| 2018 | Fortec Motorsports | BRI 1 10 |
BRI 2 8 |
BRI 3 Ret |
DON 1 8 |
DON 2 11 |
DON 3 Ret |
THR 1 8 |
THR 2 11 |
THR 3 10 |
OUL 1 12 |
OUL 2 10 |
OUL 3 11 |
CRO 1 12 |
CRO 2 10 |
CRO 3 10 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 10 |
SNE 3 8 |
ROC 1 13 |
ROC 2 10 |
ROC 3 11 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 Ret |
SIL 3 9 |
BHGP 1 9 |
BHGP 2 10 |
BHGP 3 Ret |
14th | 29 |
Complete F4 SEA Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SEP1 1 |
SEP1 2 |
SEP1 3 |
SEP2 1 |
SEP2 2 |
SEP2 3 |
MAD1 1 |
MAD1 2 |
MAD1 3 |
MAD2 1 |
MAD2 2 |
MAD2 3 |
CHA1 1 |
CHA1 2 |
CHA1 3 |
CHA2 1 |
CHA2 2 |
CHA2 3 |
SEP3 1 Ret |
SEP3 2 2 |
SEP3 3 6 |
SEP4 1 6 |
SEP4 2 5 |
SEP4 3 6 |
12th | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | SEP1 1 2 |
SEP1 2 2 |
SEP1 3 3 |
SEP1 4 2 |
SEP2 1 1 |
SEP2 2 5 |
SEP2 3 1 |
SEP2 4 3 |
BUR1 1 5 |
BUR1 2 1 |
BUR1 3 3 |
BUR1 4 1 |
BUR2 1 1 |
BUR2 2 Ret |
BUR2 3 9 |
BUR2 4 1 |
MAD1 1 3 |
MAD1 2 6 |
MAD1 3 4 |
MAD1 4 2 |
MAD2 1 7 |
MAD2 2 5 |
MAD2 3 1 |
MAD2 4 1 |
SEP3 1 4 |
SEP3 2 3 |
SEP3 3 Ret |
SEP3 4 3 |
SEP4 1 3 |
SEP4 2 2 |
SEP4 3 Ret |
SEP4 4 2 |
SEP5 1 1 |
SEP5 2 1 |
SEP5 3 1 |
SEP5 4 2 |
SEP6 1 2 |
SEP6 2 1 |
SEP6 3 4 |
SEP6 4 5 |
1st | 640 |
Complete FIA Motorsport Games results
| Year | Entrant | Cup | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Team Ireland | Formula 4 | 15th | 11th | 8th |
Complete Super Formula Lights results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ALBIREX Racing | MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 3 |
OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
SUG 3 |
AUT 1 6 |
AUT 2 6 |
AUT 3 Ret |
SUZ 1 6 |
SUZ 2 Ret |
SUZ 3 6 |
FUJ 1 6 |
FUJ 2 7 |
FUJ 3 8 |
9th | 5 | |
| 2021 | ALBIREX Racing | FUJ 1 WD |
FUJ 2 WD |
FUJ 3 WD |
SUZ 1 WD |
SUZ 2 WD |
SUZ 3 WD |
AUT 1 |
AUT 2 |
AUT 3 |
SUG 1 11 |
SUG 2 6 |
SUG 3 8 |
MOT1 1 |
MOT1 2 |
MOT1 3 |
MOT2 1 |
MOT2 2 |
MOT2 3 |
11th | 1 |
† 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)
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