Alex Buncombe

Alex Buncombe
Nationality	British
Born	28 August 1981 (age 34) Taunton, England

Alex Buncombe (born 28 August 1981 in Taunton, England) is a British racing driver, currently driving for RJN Motorsport in the Blancpain Endurance Series. He is a part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange, working with Nissan and RJN Motorsport to provide graduates of the GT Academy program with guidance and helping them to develop their motor racing skills. He is the brother of Chris Buncombe.

Career

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	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Renault UK	Aztec International	8	0	0	0	0	54	23rd
2002	Formula Renault UK	Saxon International	4	0	0	0	0	13	29th
2003	Formula Renault 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
2008	GT4 European Cup	RJN Motorsport	12	5	3	6	9	88	2nd
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
2011	Blancpain Endurance Series (GT4 Cup)	RJN Motorsport	5	2	1	0	4	116	1st
2012	British GT Championship (GT3)	RJN Motorsport	10	1	0	0	3	108.5	6th
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series (GT3 Pro-Am Cup)	RJN Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2013	Blancpain Endurance Series (GT3 Pro-Am Cup)	RJN Motorsport	5	1	0	0	2	53	4th
2013	FIA GT Series (Pro-Am)	RJN Motorsport	10	0	0	2	4	70	7th
2014	British GT Championship (GT3)	RJN Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	11	33rd
2014	Blancpain Endurance Series (GT3 Pro-Am Cup)	RJN Motorsport	5	1	0	0	1	38	8th
2014	International V8 Supercars Championship	Nissan Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	330	41st

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	BRH CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	HUN QR	HUN CR	CAT QR	CAT CR	NC*	0*

^* Season still in progress.

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

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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2015	Nissan Motorsports	LMP1	Nissan GT-R LM Nismo	Nissan VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6	SIL	SPA	LMS NC	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	34th	0

Complete V8 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	41th	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

References

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. 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.