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Lucca Allen

{{short description|Irish racing driver (born 2002)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Lucca Allen

| nationality = {{flagicon|IRE}} Irish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|06|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cork, Ireland

| related to = Rachel Allen (mother)

| racing licence = 12px FIA Silver

| current series = Le Mans Cup

| first year = 2023

| current team = Graff Racing

| car number =

| starts =

| wins =

| podiums =

| poles =

| fastest laps =

| best finish =

| year =

| prev series = Ultimate Cup Endurance Series
{{nowrap|Formula Regional Japanese Championship}}
Super Formula Lights
{{nowrap|Formula 4 South East Asia Championship}}
{{nowrap|F4 British Championship}}

| prev series years = 2022
2021
2020–2021
2018–2019
2017–2018

| titles = {{nowrap|Formula 4 South East Asia Championship}}

| title years = 2019

|image=F4 at Silverstone (44866770072).jpg|caption=Allen (left) in 2018}}

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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.luccaallen.com/about|title=About Lucca Allen|date=February 3, 2020|accessdate=December 30, 2020}}

= Lower formulae =

The Irish driver signed on with Fortec Motorsports to compete full-time in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://motorsport.radio/irish-prodigy-luca-allen-moves-to-fortec-in-british-f4/|title=Irish Prodigy Luca Allen Moves to Fortec in British F4|date=January 22, 2018|accessdate=December 31, 2020}} Allen scored 29 points and finished 14th in the championship, whilst also making his F4 SEA Championship debut, scoring one podium in Sepang.

Allen 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.{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/lucca-allen-f4-south-east-asia-champion/57567|title=Lucca Allen declared F4 South East Asia champion|date=January 3, 2020|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}

=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.{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/f4-south-east-asia-champion-lucca-allen-to-super-formula-lights/58910|title=F4 South East Asia champion Lucca Allen to Super Formula Lights|date=January 21, 2020|accessdate=December 31, 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40095026.html|title=Shanagarry's Lucca Allen is off to Japan to race in the Super Formula Lights series where he scored a number of impressive Top 6 finishes|date=October 14, 2020|accessdate=December 31, 2020}} The Irishman made his series debut at Autopolis and scored a total of five points, helping him to finish 9th in the drivers' championship despite only participating in 3 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,{{cite web |last=Goodwin |first=Graham |date=15 March 2022 |title=2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup Attracts Record Entry |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/03/15/2022-michelin-le-mans-cup-attracts-record-entry.html |access-date=15 March 2022 |publisher=Dailysportscar}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Michelle |date=2022-11-15 |title=Rachel Allen couldn't be prouder as son Lucca wins major European racing title |url=https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rachel-allen-couldnt-prouder-son-28501100 |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=RSVP Live |language=en}} Allen would eventually return to the Le Mans Cup in 2023, driving alongside James Sweetnam for Graff.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2023/04/05/dscs-daily-notebook-05-04-2023.html|title=DSC's Daily Notebook (05/04/2023)|work=Dailysportscar|date=5 April 2023|accessdate=5 April 2023}}

Karting record

= Karting career summary =

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

!Season

!Series

!Team

!Position

2014

| align="left" | IRL Championship - Cadet

| align="left" |

|

2016

| align="left" | Super One Series - OK Junior

| align="left" |

| 13th

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

2017

|align=left| F4 British Championship

|align=left| Falcon Motorsport

| 15

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 22nd

rowspan=2| 2018

|align=left| F4 British Championship

|align=left| Fortec Motorsports

| 27

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 29

| 14th

align=left| F4 SEA Championship

| align="left" | Meritus.GP

| 6

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 52

| 12th

rowspan="2" | 2019

|align=left| F4 SEA Championship

|align=left| Meritus.GP

| 40

| 12

| 6

| 9

| 28

| 640

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

align=left| FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup

|align=left| Team Ireland

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|8th

2020

|align=left| Super Formula Lights

| align="left" | ALBIREX Racing

| 9

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 5

| 9th

rowspan="2" | 2021

|align=left| Super Formula Lights

|align=left| ALBIREX Racing

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 11th

align=left| Formula Regional Japanese Championship

|align=left| Sutekina Racing Team

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 21

| 16th

2022

|align=left| Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3

|align=left| Graff Racing

|6

|5

|6

|4

|6

|173

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

2023

|align=left| Le Mans Cup - LMP3

|align=left| Graff Racing

|3

|0

|1

|0

|0

|2

|29th

rowspan="2" |2024

|align=left| F4 Saudi Arabian Championship

|align=left| Altawkilat Meritus.GP

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC†

align=left| Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro-Am

|align=left| 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)

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

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! Pos

! Points

2017

!nowrap| Falcon Motorsport

|style="background:#;"| BRI
1

|style="background:#;"| BRI
2

|style="background:#;"| BRI
3

|style="background:#;"| DON
1

|style="background:#;"| DON
2

|style="background:#;"| DON
3

|style="background:#;"| THR
1

|style="background:#;"| THR
2

|style="background:#;"| THR
3

|style="background:#;"| OUL
1

|style="background:#;"| OUL
2

|style="background:#;"| OUL
3

|style="background:#;"| CRO
1

|style="background:#;"| CRO
2

|style="background:#;"| CRO
3

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE
2
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE
3
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
1
{{small|13}}

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KNO
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
4
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC
3
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
3
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHGP
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHGP
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHGP
3
{{small|Ret}}

! 22nd

! 0

2018

!nowrap| Fortec Motorsports

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
3
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL
3
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRO
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CRO
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CRO
3
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE
3
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROC
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC
3
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#;"| KNO
1

|style="background:#;"| KNO
2

|style="background:#;"| KNO
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
3
{{small|9}}

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

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHGP
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHGP
3
{{small|Ret}}

|

! 14th

! 29

= Complete F4 SEA 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

! 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

| style="background:#;" | SEP1
1

| style="background:#;" | SEP1
2

| style="background:#;" | SEP1
3

| style="background:#;" | SEP2
1

| style="background:#;" | SEP2
2

| style="background:#;" | SEP2
3

| style="background:#;" | MAD1
1

| style="background:#;" | MAD1
2

| style="background:#;" | MAD1
3

| style="background:#;" | MAD2
1

| style="background:#;" | MAD2
2

| style="background:#;" | MAD2
3

| style="background:#;" | CHA1
1

| style="background:#;" | CHA1
2

| style="background:#;" | CHA1
3

| style="background:#;" | CHA2
1

| style="background:#;" | CHA2
2

| style="background:#;" | CHA2
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SEP3
1
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP3
2
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP3
3
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP4
1
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP4
2
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP4
3
{{small|6}}

|colspan=16|

! 12th

! 52

2019

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP1
1
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP1
2
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SEP1
3
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP1
4
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP2
1
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP2
2
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP2
3
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SEP2
4
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | BUR1
1
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | BUR1
2
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | BUR1
3
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | BUR1
4
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | BUR2
1
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" | BUR2
2
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | BUR2
3
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | BUR2
4
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | MAD1
1
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MAD1
2
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MAD1
3
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MAD1
4
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MAD2
1
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MAD2
2
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | MAD2
3
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | MAD2
4
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP3
1
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SEP3
2
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SEP3
3
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SEP3
4
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SEP4
1
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP4
2
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SEP4
3
{{small|Ret}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP4
4
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP5
1
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP5
2
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP5
3
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP5
4
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP6
1
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#FFFFBF;" | SEP6
2
{{small|1}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SEP6
3
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SEP6
4
{{small|5}}

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

! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | {{Tooltip|640|685, including dropped points}}

= Complete FIA Motorsport Games results =

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

! Year

! Entrant

! Cup

! Qualifying

! Quali Race

! Main race

2019

| {{flagicon|IRL}} 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)

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

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! Pos

! Points

2020

!nowrap| ALBIREX Racing

| style="background:#;" | MOT
1

| style="background:#;" | MOT
2

| style="background:#;" | MOT
3

| style="background:#;" | OKA
1

| style="background:#;" | OKA
2

| style="background:#;" | SUG
1

| style="background:#;" | SUG
2

| style="background:#;" | SUG
3

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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | AUT
2
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" | AUT
3
{{small|Ret}}

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

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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUZ
3
{{small|6}}

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

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | FUJ
2
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | FUJ
3
{{small|8}}

|

! 9th

! 5

2021

!nowrap| ALBIREX Racing

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" | FUJ
1
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" | FUJ
2
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" | FUJ
3
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" | SUZ
1
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" | SUZ
2
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#FFFFFF;" | SUZ
3
{{small|WD}}

| style="background:#;" | AUT
1

| style="background:#;" | AUT
2

| style="background:#;" | AUT
3

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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SUG
2
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SUG
3
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#;" | MOT1
1

| style="background:#;" | MOT1
2

| style="background:#;" | MOT1
3

| style="background:#;" | MOT2
1

| style="background:#;" | MOT2
2

| style="background:#;" | 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)

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

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! Pos

! Points

2021

!nowrap| Sutekina Racing Team

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

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

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" | OKA
3
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#;" | MOT
1

| style="background:#;" | MOT
2

| style="background:#;" | MOT
3

| style="background:#;" | FUJ
1

| style="background:#;" | FUJ
2

| style="background:#;" | FUJ
3

| style="background:#;" | SUG
1

| style="background:#;" | SUG
2

| style="background:#;" | SUZ
1

| style="background:#;" | SUZ
2

! 15th

! 21

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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{{S-start}}

{{S-sports}}

{{Succession box

| title = Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
Champion

| before = Alessandro Ghiretti

| after = Jack Beeton

| years = 2019

}}

{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Lucca}}

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Category:Motorsport people from County Cork

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Category:Irish people of Icelandic descent

Category:British F4 Championship drivers

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Category:Fortec Motorsport drivers

Category:Le Mans Cup drivers

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Category:Karting World Championship drivers

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