Alex Buncombe

Alex Buncombe
Alex Buncombe
Nationality	British
Born	28 August 1981 (age 43); Taunton, England
Related to	Chris Buncombe (brother)
Racing licence	FIA Gold

Alexander John Buncombe (born 28 August 1981 in Taunton, England) is a British racing driver. He is a part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange. He is the brother of Chris Buncombe.

Career

Alex is a big fan of the German Futball Club "Milser Rasenrebellen". Buncombe competed in the British Formula Renault Championship from 2001 to 2003, finishing fifth in the 2003 Winter Series.^[1] He took part in his first GT race in 2005, competing in the Trofeo Maserati. He won his first race in the series, at Monza, by thirty-five seconds.^[2] From 2007 to 2011, Buncombe competed in the GT4 European Series for RJN Motorsport. He finished third in 2007 before finishing as runner-up in 2008 and 2009. He continued to drive in the series until 2011. In total he scored five pole positions and ten wins.^[1]^[3]

Buncombe has competed in the Blancpain Endurance Series since 2011, winning the GT4 Cup class that season along with Jordan Tresson and Christopher Ward. The GT4 Cup class was removed from the series the following year and Buncombe moved into the GT3 Pro-Am Cup class. Buncombe has scored two wins and recorded a best season finish of fourth in 2013.^[1]

Buncombe has taken part in various endurance races since 2008, including the Bathurst 12 Hour and the Dubai, Nürburgring, Silverstone and Spa 24 hour races.^[1]^[4]^[5]

The Nissan GT-R of Buncombe, Chiyo, Kelly and Reip at the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour.

Australia

Buncombe competed in the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour as part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange, driving a Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 with Katsumasa Chiyo, Rick Kelly and Wolfgang Reip. Chiyo was involved in a crash in the early stages of the race, ending the team's chances after 58 laps.^[6] Buncombe was scheduled to return to the race for 2015, but was forced to withdraw due to the impending birth of his first child.^[7]

Following the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour, Buncombe joined Nissan's V8 Supercar team as a co-driver for Todd Kelly in the 2014 Endurance Cup. The pair finished twentieth at the Sandown 500 before recording a creditable seventh-place finish at the Bathurst 1000.^[8]^[9]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Aztec International	8	0	0	0	0	54	23rd
2002	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship	Saxon International	4	0	0	0	0	13	29th
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series	Falcon Motorsport	4	0	0	0	2	44	5th
2007	GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	4	2	1	3	4	36	3rd
2007	FIA GT3 European Championship	Trackspeed Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	19th
2008	GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	12	5	3	6	9	88	2nd
2008	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP6	RJN Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2009	GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	12	2	1	2	6	57	2nd
2010	GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	8	0	0	2	1	21	7th
2010	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7	RJN Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2011	Blancpain Endurance Series - GT4	RJN Motorsport	5	2	1	0	4	116	1st
	GT4 European Cup		3	1	?	?	?	?	?
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP10		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2012	British GT Championship - GT3	RJN Motorsport	10	1	0	0	3	108.5	6th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	GT Academy Team RJN	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Greaves Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	30	6th
	Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series C	Jaguar Cars	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	1st
2013	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	5	1	0	0	2	53	4th
	FIA GT Series - Pro-Am	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	10	0	0	2	4	70	7th
	FFSA GT Championship	JMB Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	28th
2014	British GT Championship - GT3	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	4	0	0	0	0	11	33rd
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am		5	1	0	0	1	38	8th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
	International V8 Supercars Championship	Nissan Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	330	41st
	Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series C	Jaguar Cars	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	1st
2015	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	5	1	1	0	1	62	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
	International V8 Supercars Championship	Nissan Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	276	47th
	FIA World Endurance Championship	Nissan Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Nissan Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	5	0	0	0	1	39	9th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2017	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Motul Team RJN Nissan	5	0	0	0	0	12	23rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Nissan Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Motul Team RJN Nissan	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN	5	0	0	0	0	21	22nd
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	3	0	0	0	0	8	27th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	KCMG	1	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Bentley K-PAX Racing	1	0	0	0	0	9	17th
2020	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	0	0	0	0	2	20th
2024	British GT Championship - GT3	Team RJN	5	1	1	0	1	12	18th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team RJN

^* Season still in progress.

FIA GT competition results

Complete FIA GT Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	RJN Motorsport	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Pro-Am	NOG QR 19	NOG CR 7	ZOL QR 18	ZOL CR Ret	ZAN QR 13	ZAN QR 8	SVK QR 12	SVK CR 8	NAV QR 13	NAV CR 11	BAK QR	BAK CR	7th	70

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Nissan GT Academy Team RJN	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Pro	MIS QR 17	MIS CR 14	BRH QR 21	BRH CR 18	NÜR QR 16	NÜR CR 14	HUN QR 20	HUN CR 18	CAT QR 9	CAT CR 11	NC	0

Complete British GT Championship results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2012	RJN Motorsport	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT3	OUL 1 5	OUL 2 11	NUR 1 3	NUR 2 5	ROC 1 5	BRH 1 1	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 3	SIL 1 8	DON 1 16	6th	108.5
2014	RJN Motorsport	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	GT3	OUL 1 9	OUL 2 13	ROC 1 13	SIL 1 7	SNE 1	SNE 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	BRH 1	DON 1	33rd	11
2024	Team RJN	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	GT3	OUL 1 8	OUL 2 6	SIL 1 WD	DON 1 Ret	SPA 1 29	SNE 1	SNE 2	DON 1	BRH 1 1†		18th	12

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2015	Nissan Motorsports	Harry Tincknell Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	LMP1	242	NC	NC

Supercar results

Year	Team	Car	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	Final pos	Points
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	WIN R7	WIN R8	WIN R9	PUK R10	PUK R11	PUK R12	PUK R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	BAR R16	HID R17	HID R18	HID R19	TOW R20	TOW R21	TOW R22	QLD R23	QLD R24	QLD R25	SMP R26	SMP R27	SMP R28	SAN R29 20	BAT R30 7	SUR R31 Ret	SUR R32 19	PHI R33	PHI R34	PHI R35	SYD R36	SYD R37	SYD R38	41st	330
2015	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	SMP R21	SMP R22	SMP R23	SAN R24 24	BAT R25 20	SUR R26 13	SUR R27 17	PUK R28	PUK R29	PUK R30	PHI R31	PHI R32	PHI R33	SYD R34	SYD R35	SYD R36			47th	276

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2014	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Todd Kelly	7th	161
2015	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Todd Kelly	20th	156

Britcar 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Car No.	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2007	RJN Motorsport	Owen Mildenhall Anthony Reid Kurt Thiim	Nissan 350Z	40	GTC	50	23rd	8th
2011	RJN Motorsport	Jann Mardenborough Christopher Ward Bryan Heitkotter	Nissan 370Z	31	2	50	DNF	DNF

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Alex Buncombe". Driver Database. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "Alex Buncombe: Nissan's Secret Weapon". NissanNews.com. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "RJN Motorsport". Avon GT4 Trophy. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ Meaden, Richard (8 October 2010). "Britcar 24 Hours race review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "Nissan Shuffles the Pack for Spa 24 Hours". DailySportsCar.com. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "Lowndes holds on in Bathurst thriller". Speedcafe. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "Florian Strauss to replace Alex Buncombe for Nissan at 2015 Bathurst 12 Hour". Nissan Global. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "Whincup/Dumbrell take commanding Sandown win". Speedcafe. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ "Mostert/Morris win eight-hour Bathurst thriller". Speedcafe. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Laurens Vanthoor	Blancpain Endurance Series Champion 2015 With: Katsumasa Chiyo and Wolfgang Reip	Succeeded by Rob Bell Côme Ledogar

[DriverDB-1] "Alex Buncombe". Driver Database. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[2] "Alex Buncombe: Nissan's Secret Weapon". NissanNews.com. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[3] "RJN Motorsport". Avon GT4 Trophy. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[4] Meaden, Richard (8 October 2010). "Britcar 24 Hours race review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[5] "Nissan Shuffles the Pack for Spa 24 Hours". DailySportsCar.com. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[6] "Lowndes holds on in Bathurst thriller". Speedcafe. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[7] "Florian Strauss to replace Alex Buncombe for Nissan at 2015 Bathurst 12 Hour". Nissan Global. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[8] "Whincup/Dumbrell take commanding Sandown win". Speedcafe. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[9] "Mostert/Morris win eight-hour Bathurst thriller". Speedcafe. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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