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Brendon Leitch

{{Short description|New Zealand motor racing driver}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Brendon Leitch

| image = File:Brendon Leitch Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo GT World Challenge Hockenheim 2022.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption =

| nationality = {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealander

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|11|28}}

| birth_place = Invercargill, New Zealand

| related to = Damon Leitch (brother)

| racing licence = 12px FIA Silver {{small|(until 2024)}}
12px FIA Gold {{small|(2025–)}}

| current series = Toyota Racing Series

| first year = 2014

| current team = Toyota Racing

| car number = 86

| former teams = Victory Motor Racing

| starts = 94

| wins = 6

| poles = 2

| fastest laps = 4

| best finish = 3rd

| year = 2016

| prev series = Formula 4 United States Championship
New Zealand Formula Ford Championship
South Island Formula Ford Championship

| prev series years = 2017
2010-2013
2009-10

| titles = Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro

| title years = 2023

| awards =

| award years =

}}

Brendon Alistair Leitch{{cite web |url=https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/5347641 |title=BRENDON LEITCH RACING LIMITED |author= |website=New Zealand Companies Office |access-date=16 June 2024}} (born 28 November 1995), is a New Zealand motor racing driver.

Career

Leitch began car racing in the Formula Ford category in 2009, racing in the South Island Formula Ford Championship. The following year, he would contend the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship, with modest results. The following two years would be more successful for Leitch, finishing third in the 2011-12 championship, and second the following season.

Following these strong performances, Leitch would contend the Toyota Racing Series for the 2014 season - joining brother Damon. Leitch's most successful season to date would be the 2016 season, where he scored one win, three podiums and third overall in the driver standings. Following this, Leitch secured a drive in the Formula 4 United States Championship for 2017. After a strong campaign, Leitch returned to New Zealand and would contend his fifth consecutive season in the Toyota Racing Series.

In December 2018, it was announced that Leitch would contend his sixth season in the Toyota Racing Series with Victory Motor Racing.{{cite web|url=https://www.toyota.co.nz/racing/toyota-racing-series/news/leitch-back-for-title-attempt-in-castrol-toyota-racing-series/|title=Leitch back for title attempt in Castrol Toyota Racing Series|date=19 December 2018|accessdate=19 December 2018}}

Racing record

= Karting career summary =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Series

!Position

2005

| align="left" |New Zealand Sprint Kart Championship - Cadet

| 13th

rowspan=2| 2009

| align="left" |Christchurch Garden City Kart Championship - Formula Junior

| 4th

align="left" |Christchurch Garden City Kart Championship - 100cc Junior Yamaha

| 6th

2011

| align="left" |New Zealand Sprint Kart Championship - 100cc Junior Yamaha

| 24th

=Career summary=

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! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! {{Tooltip|F. Laps|Fastest Laps}}

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

2009–10

| align="left" | South Island Formula Ford Championship

| align="left" |

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| -

2010–11

| align="left" | New Zealand Formula Ford Championship

| align="left" |

| 18

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 576

| 9th

2011–12

| align="left" | New Zealand Formula Ford Championship

| align="left" |

| 15

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 3

| 796

| style=background:#ffdf9f| 3rd

2013

| align="left" | New Zealand Formula Ford Championship

| align="left" |

| 15

| 3

| 1

| 2

| 14

| 987

| style=background:#dfdfdf| 2nd

2014

| align="left" | Toyota Racing Series

| align="left" | Victory Motor Racing

| 15

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 366

| 16th

2015

| align="left" | Toyota Racing Series

| align="left" | Victory Motor Racing

| 16

| 1

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 477

| 14th

2016

| align="left" | Toyota Racing Series

| align="left" | Victory Motor Racing

| 15

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 3

| 754

| style=background:#ffdf9f| 3rd

rowspan="2" | 2017

| align="left" | Toyota Racing Series

| align="left" | Victory Motor Racing

| 15

| 1

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 502

| 9th

align="left" | Formula 4 United States Championship

| align="left" | Kiwi Motorsport

| 20

| 1

| 1

| 1

| 3

| 114

| 8th

2018

| align="left" | Toyota Racing Series

| align="left" | Victory Motor Racing

| 15

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 634

| 7th

rowspan=4| 2019

|align=left| F3 Asian Championship

|align=left| BlackArts Racing Team

| 15

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 5

| 152

| 4th

align=left| Toyota Racing Series

|align=left| Victory Motor Racing

| 15

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 3

| 245

| 6th

align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro-Am

|align=left| Leipert Motorsport

| 12

| 2

| 3

| 1

| 8

| 111

|style=background:#DFDFDF | 2nd

align=left| Lamborghini Super Worl Final - Pro-Am

|align=left| Leipert Motorsport

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 5th

rowspan="3" | 2021

|align=left| Toyota Racing Series

|align=left| Kiwi Motorsport

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 44

| 12th

align=left| International GT Open

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Leipert Motorsport

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

| 29th

align=left| 24H GT Series - GT3 Pro

|3

|3

|2

|1

|3

|26

|style=background:#FFFFBF;| 1st

rowspan="3" | 2022

|align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am

| rowspan="3" align="left" | Leipert Motorsport

|12

|0

|3

|4

|2

|?

|?

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| 24H GT Series - GT3

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

rowspan="9" | 2023

|align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro

| rowspan="6" align="left" | Leipert Motorsport

| 12

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 9

| 127

| style=background:#FFFFBF| 1st

align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 18

| style=background:#ffdf9f| 3rd

align=left| Le Mans Cup - GT3

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 21

| 13th

align=left| Asian Le Mans Series - GT

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 31

| 5th

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 6

| 18th

align=left rowspan=2| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

| rowspan="2" |0

| rowspan="2" |NC

align=left rowspan=2| CrowdStrike Racing by Leipert Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Cup

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 22nd

align=left| Formula Regional Oceania Championship

|align=left| Kiwi Motorsport

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 44

| 18th

rowspan="3" | 2023–24

|align=left| Asian Le Mans Series - GT

| rowspan="3" align="left" | Leipert Motorsport

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 34

| 7th

align=left| Middle East Trophy - GT3

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| Middle East Trophy - GTX

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan="6" |2024

| align="left" | GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am

| align="left" | Dayle ITM Team MPC

|10

|1

|0

|1

|4

|112

|6th

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Earl Bamber Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| International GT Open

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|69th

align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro Am

|align=left| Leipert Motorsport

|2

|2

|0

|0

|2

|30

|style=background:#FFFFBF| 1st

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| MDK Motorsports

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 210

| 62nd

align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe

|align=left| Leipert Motorsport

|4

|2

|1

|0

|3

| -

|N/A

2024–25

|align=left| Asian Le Mans Series - GT

|align=left| Earl Bamber Motorsport

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|14th

rowspan="2" |2025

|align=left| Middle East Trophy - GTX

|align=left| Leipert Motorsport

|1

|1

|1

|1

|1

| -

|N/A

align=left| GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am

|align=left| Dayle ITM Team MPC

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

† As Leitch was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

* Season still in progress.

= Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Qualifying

! Main race

2014

| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Victory Motor Racing

| align="left" nowrap| Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota

| 21st

| 11th

2015

| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Victory Motor Racing

| align="left" nowrap| Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota

| 14th

| 16th

2016

| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Victory Motor Racing

| align="left" nowrap| Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota

| 13th

| 10th

2017

| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Victory Motor Racing

| align="left" nowrap| Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota

| 10th

| 8th

2018

| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Victory Motor Racing

| align="left" nowrap| Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota

| 7th

| 5th

2019

| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Victory Motor Racing

| align="left" nowrap| Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota

| 4th

| 6th

2021

| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Kiwi Motorsport

| align="left" nowrap| Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota

| 12th

| 7th

2023

| align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Kiwi Motorsport

| align="left" nowrap| Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota

| 13th

| 14th

= Complete F3 Asian Championship results =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! DC

! Points

2019

! BlackArts Racing Team

|style=background:#DFFFDF| SEP
1
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#FFDF9F| SEP
2
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#DFFFDF| SEP
3
{{small|4}}

|style=background:#DFFFDF| CHA
1
{{small|5}}

|style=background:#EFCFFF| CHA
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#FFDF9F| CHA
3
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#DFFFDF| SUZ
1
{{small|5}}

|style=background:#EFCFFF| SUZ
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#DFDFDF| SUZ
3
{{small|2}}

|style=background:#FFDF9F| SIC1
1
{{small|3}}

|style=background:#DFFFDF| SIC1
2
{{small|5}}

|style=background:#DFFFDF| SIC1
3
{{small|8}}

|style=background:#DFFFDF| SIC2
1
{{small|10}}

|style=background:#DFDFDF| SIC2
2
{{small|2}}

|style=background:#DFFFDF| SIC2
3
{{small|4}}

! 4th

! 152

= Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship Results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!Year

!Team

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!11

!12

!13

!14

!15

!DC

!Points

2023

!Kiwi Motorsport

| HIG
1

| HIG
2

| HIG
3

| TER
1

| TER
2

| TER
3

| MAN
1

| MAN
2

| MAN
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|HMP
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|HMP
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|HMP
3
{{small|14}}

| TAU
1

| TAU
2

| TAU
3

! 18th

! 44

=Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Class

! Make

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! Rank

! Points

2024

! MDK Motorsports

! GTD

! Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)

! Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6

| DAY

| SEB

| LBH

| LGA

| WGL

| MOS

| ELK

| VIR

|style=background:#DFFFDF| IMS
{{small|12}}

| PET

! 62nd

! 210

=Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! Overall
position

! Class
position

2025

|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Wall Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tony D'Alberto
{{flagicon|AUS}} Adrian Deitz
{{flagicon|AUS}} Grant Denyer

|align="left"| Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2

| S

| 303

| 9th

| style=background:#ffffbf| 1st

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|brendon-leitch}}

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{{succession box|title=Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
Pro Champion|before=Loris Spinelli
Max Weering|after=Incumbent|years=2023}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leitch, Brendon}}

Category:Sportspeople from Invercargill

Category:New Zealand racing drivers

Category:Living people

Category:1995 births

Category:Formula Ford drivers

Category:Toyota Racing Series drivers

Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen

Category:F3 Asian Championship drivers

Category:24H Series drivers

Category:International GT Open drivers

Category:Asian Le Mans Series drivers

Category:United States F4 Championship drivers

Category:BlackArts Racing drivers

Category:Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers

Category:Le Mans Cup drivers

Category:24 Hours of Spa drivers

Category:WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers

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