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John Falb

{{short description|American racing driver (born 1971)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox racing driver|name=John Falb|image=John Falb in 2017.jpg|imagesize=|caption=Falb in 2017|nationality={{flag|USA|name=American}}|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1971|12|13}}|birth_place=Dallas, Texas, United States|retired=|related to=| racing licence = 12px FIA Bronze|current series=European Le Mans Series|first year=2016|current team=Algarve Pro Racing|former teams=|car number=47|starts=13 (13 entries)|wins=3|podiums=8|poles=0|fastest laps=0|best finish=1st (LMP3)|year=2017|prev series=IMSA SportsCar Championship
Le Mans Cup
IMSA Prototype Lites|prev series years=2015–18, 22
2017–18
2014–15|titles=|title years=|awards=|award years=}}

John Falb (born December 13, 1971) is an American businessman and racing driver currently competing in the Asian Le Mans Series with the Duqueine team.{{Cite web |title=Duqueine Team dévoile son trio pour l'Asian Le Mans Series |url=https://www.endurance-info.com/auto/article/109356-duqueine-team-devoile-son-trio-pour-lasian-le-mans-series |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Endurance Info |language=fr}}

He has been the president of the College Loan Corporation since 2002.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to College Loan Corporation |url=https://www.collegeloan.com/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.collegeloan.com |language=en}}

Racing record

= Racing career summary =

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

!Season

!Series

!Team

!Races

!Wins

!Poles

!F/Laps

!Podiums

!Points

!Position

rowspan="2" |2014

| align="left" |IMSA Prototype Lites - L1

| align="left" |ONE Motorsports

|14

|0

|0

|0

|2

|126

|4th

align="left" |Radical European Masters - Supersport

| align="left" |Radical Works Team

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC†

rowspan="3" |2015

| align="left" |IMSA Prototype Lites - L1

| align="left" |ONE Motorsports

|13

|0

|0

|0

|0

|140

|6th

rowspan="2" align="left" |United SportsCar Championship - Prototype Challenge

| align="left" |BAR1 Motorsports

|2

|0

|0

|0

|1

| rowspan="2" |85

| rowspan="2" |17th

align="left" |Starworks Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

rowspan="3" |2016

| align="left" |European Le Mans Series - LMP3

| rowspan="2" align="left" |Graff Racing{{cite web |date=February 5, 2016 |title=2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST |url=http://europeanlemansseries.com/assets/News/ELMS%202016%20News/ELMS2016%20Provisional%20Season%20Entry%20list%201st%20Driver%2003022016.pdf |access-date=February 5, 2016 |publisher=European Le Mans Series}}

|6

|0

|0

|0

|0

|24.5

|11th

align="left" |Road to Le Mans - LMP3

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|N/A

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3rd

align="left" |IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Challenge

| align="left" |BAR1 Motorsports

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|52

|23rd

rowspan="3" |2017

| align="left" |European Le Mans Series - LMP3

| rowspan="2" align="left" |United Autosports{{cite news |last=Kilshaw |first=Jake |date=January 5, 2017 |title=Boyd, England, Patterson Return to United Autosports in LMP3 |work=sportscar365 |publisher=John Dagys Media |url=http://sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/boyd-england-patterson-return-to-united-autosports-for-elms/ |access-date=January 6, 2017}}

|6

|2

|0

|0

|5

|103

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1st

align="left" |Le Mans Cup - LMP3

|2

|1

|0

|0

|2

|24

|11th

align="left" |IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Challenge

| align="left" |Starworks Motorsport

|2

|1

|0

|0

|1

|61

|12th

rowspan="3" |2018

| align="left" |European Le Mans Series - LMP3

| rowspan="2" align="left" |United Autosports{{cite news |date=January 18, 2018 |title=JOHN FALB AND SEAN RAYHALL RETURN TO UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR 2018 ELMS LMP3 TITLE DEFENCE |work=europeanlemansseries.com |publisher=Automobile Club de l'Ouest |url=http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/en/news/john-falb-and-sean-rayhall-return-to-united-autosports-for-2018-elms-lmp3-title-defence/5196 |access-date=January 19, 2018}}

|6

|1

|0

|0

|2

|53.5

|6th

align="left" |Le Mans Cup - LMP3

|2

|0

|0

|0

|2

|18

|17th

align="left" |IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

| align="left" |HART

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|15

|67th

rowspan="2" |2019

| align="left" |European Le Mans Series - LMP2

| rowspan="2" align="left" |Algarve Pro Racing{{cite news |date=January 24, 2019 |title=Falb, Pizzitola & Patterson Join Forces At APR For 2019 ELMS |publisher=Dailysportscar |url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/01/24/falb-pizzitola-patterson-join-forces-at-apr-for-2019-elms.html |access-date=January 25, 2019}}

|6

|0

|0

|0

|0

|28

|14th

align="left" |24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|10th

rowspan="2" |2020

| align="left" |European Le Mans Series - LMP2

| rowspan="2" align="left" |Algarve Pro Racing{{cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Daniel |date=July 7, 2020 |title=37-Car Entry for ELMS Opener at Paul Ricard |work=sportscar365 |publisher=John Dagys Media |url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/37-car-entry-for-elms-opener-at-paul-ricard/ |access-date=July 7, 2020}}

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|19.5

|12th

align="left" |24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|7th

rowspan="6" |2021

| align="left" |Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2

| rowspan="4" align="left" |G-Drive Racing{{cite news |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Algarve Pro Set For Asian Le Mans Title Defence With Falb, Colapinto and Andrade |publisher=Dailysportscar |url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/12/11/algarve-pro-set-for-asian-le-mans-title-defence-with-falb-colapinto-and-andrade.html |access-date=December 11, 2020}}{{cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Daniel |date=February 12, 2021 |title=43 Cars on Entry List for 2021 Season |url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/43-cars-on-entry-list-for-2021-season/ |access-date=February 12, 2021 |work=sportscar365.com |publisher=John Dagys Media}}

|4

|0

|1

|0

|3

|66

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3rd

align="left" |European Le Mans Series - LMP2

|6

|0

|0

|0

|1

|42

|8th

align="left" |FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC†

align="left" |24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|DNF

rowspan="2" align="left" |Le Mans Cup - LMP3

| align="left" |Revere Racing

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

| rowspan="2" |0

| rowspan="2" |NC†

align="left" |Mühlner Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

rowspan="3" |2022

| align="left" |European Le Mans Series - LMP2

| rowspan="2" align="left" |Algarve Pro Racing{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Daniel |title=ELMS Reveals 42-Car Full Season Entry List – Sportscar365 |url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/elms-reveals-42-car-full-season-entry-list/ |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=sportscar365.com |date=February 14, 2022 |language=en-US}}

|6

|0

|0

|0

|0

|7

|21st

align="left" |24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|20th

align="left" |IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2

| align="left" |G-Drive Racing by APR

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC†

rowspan="2" |2023

| align="left" |Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2

| align="left" |Algarve Pro Racing{{cite web |last=Goodwin |first=Graham |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Algarve Pro Name Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 Roster |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/12/08/algarve-pro-name-asian-le-mans-series-lmp2-roster.html |access-date=December 8, 2022 |publisher=Dailysportscar}}

|4

|1

|0

|0

|1

|51

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3rd

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2

|align=left| TDS Racing{{Cite web |title=IMSA News Notebook: LMP2, LMP3 & Pilot Challenge |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2023/06/21/imsa-news-notebook-lmp2-lmp3-pilot-challenge.html |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.dailysportscar.com}}

|3

|0

|0

|0

|2

|974

|9th

2023-24

|align=left| Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2

|align=left| Duqueine Team

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 29

| 10th

2024

|align=left| European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am

|align=left| Nielsen Racing

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 70

| 5th

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

=Complete European Le Mans Series results=

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

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

! Year

! Entrant

! Class

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! Rank

! Points

2016

! Graff

! LMP3

! Ligier JS P3

! Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RBR
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LEC
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
{{small|7}}

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

! 11th

! 24.5

2017

! United Autosports

! LMP3

! Ligier JS P3

! Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RBR
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LEC
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ALG
{{small|2}}

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 103

2018

! United Autosports

! LMP3

! Ligier JS P3

! Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RBR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ALG
{{small|3}}

! 6th

! 53.5

2019

! Algarve Pro Racing

! LMP2

! Oreca 07

! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

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

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
{{small|12}}

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

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

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG
{{small|5}}

! 14th

! 28

2020

! Algarve Pro Racing

! LMP2

! Oreca 07

! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG
{{small|8}}

|

! 12th

! 19.5

rowspan="2" | 2021

! rowspan="2" | G-Drive Racing

! LMP2

! rowspan="2" | Aurus 01

! rowspan="2" | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RBR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
{{small|10}}

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

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG
{{small|8}}

! 8th

! 42

Pro-Am Cup

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| {{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| {{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| {{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| {{small|2}}

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 122

rowspan="2" | 2022

! rowspan="2" | Algarve Pro Racing

! LMP2

! rowspan="2" | Oreca 07

! rowspan="2" | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| LEC
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| IMO
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF"| MNZ
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF"| CAT
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF"| SPA
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF"| ALG
{{small|Ret}}

! 21st

! 7

Pro-Am Cup

|style="background:#DFFFDF"| {{small|7}}

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

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| {{small|3}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| {{small|3}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| {{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF"| {{small|Ret}}

! 6th

! 59

2024

! Nielsen Racing

! LMP2 Pro-Am

! Oreca 07

! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAT
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
{{small|5}}

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

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

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MUG
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ALG
{{small|3}}

! 5th

! 70

= Complete Asian Le Mans Series 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

! Class

! Car

! Engine

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!Pos.

!Points

2021

! G-Drive Racing

! LMP2

! Aurus 01

! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DUB
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DUB
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ABU
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ABU
2
{{small|2}}

|

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 66

2023

! Algarve Pro Racing

! LMP2

! Oreca 07

! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DUB
1
{{small|1}}

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

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ABU
1
{{small|9}}

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

|

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 51

2023–24

! Duqueine Team

! LMP2

! Oreca 07

! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEP
2
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF"| DUB
{{small|Ret}}

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

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ABU
2
{{small|3}}

! 10th

! 29

=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=

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

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
pos.|Class position}}

2019

|align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Algarve Pro Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Andrea Pizzitola
{{flagicon|FRA}} David Zollinger

|align="left"| Oreca 07-Gibson

| LMP2

| 357

| 15th

| 10th

2020

|align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Algarve Pro Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Matt McMurry
{{flagicon|SUI}} Simon Trummer

|align="left"| Oreca 07-Gibson

| LMP2

| 365

| 11th

| 7th

rowspan="2"| 2021

|rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon image|Russian Automobile Federation flag.svg|link=Russian Automobile Federation}} G-Drive Racing

|rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Rui Andrade
{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi

|rowspan="2" align="left"| Aurus 01-Gibson

| LMP2

|rowspan="2"| 108

|rowspan="2"| DNF

|rowspan="2"| DNF

LMP2 Pro-Am
rowspan="2"| 2022

|rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Algarve Pro Racing

|rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Aitken
{{flagicon|DEU}} Sophia Flörsch

|rowspan="2" align="left"| Oreca 07-Gibson

| LMP2

|rowspan="2"| 361

|rowspan="2"| 25th

| 21st

LMP2 Pro-Am

| 5th

rowspan="2"| 2024

|rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Duqueine Team

|rowspan="2" align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Allen
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer

|rowspan="2" align="left"| Oreca 07-Gibson

| LMP2

|rowspan="2"| 112

|rowspan="2"| DNF

|rowspan="2"| DNF

LMP2 Pro-Am

References

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External links

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