Akshay Luciano Bacheta (; born 26 April 1990) is a British stunt driver and former racing driver who competed in the FIA Formula Two Championship from 2011 to 2012.
Born in Romford to Indian parents, Bacheta began competitive kart racing aged 14. He debuted in the 2006 Ginetta Junior Championship, winning the T Cars title that year. After finishing runner-up to Kevin Korjus in the 2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, he competed in FIA Formula Two from 2011 to 2012, winning the latter title with MotorSport Vision. After testing the FW33 with Williams, he then became a race-winner in the 2013 Auto GP Series. After three seasons in sportscar racing, he retired in 2016 to move into stunt driving.
Bacheta made his feature film debut with his stunt work in the Mission: Impossible film Rogue Nation (2015)—he has since worked on Fallout (2018) and Dead Reckoning (2023). He has further performed for The Mummy (2017), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). He choreographed the racing sequences in F1 (2025), which received widespread acclaim, and made his acting debut as reserve driver Luca Cortez.
Early life Akshay Luciano Bacheta was born on 26 April 1990 in Romford, London, England. His parents are Indian.
Junior racing career Karting and lower formulae (2004–2007) Bacheta started karting at the age of fourteen in 2004 and stepped up to cars in 2005, racing in the Junior Ginetta series, recording six wins and the most fastest laps and pole positions. In 2006, Bacheta won the T Cars Championship after scoring six consecutive victories mid-season, and edged out Max Chilton by three points. In the off-season, Bacheta moved into open-wheel racing, competing in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy. At Snetterton, Bacheta won his very first race in a single-seater car, and went on to finish the Autumn Trophy in third place after problems at round two.
Bacheta committed to racing a full campaign in Formula Palmer Audi for the 2007 season, and finished third overall in the championship standings with three poles and four wins. He competed in the Autumn Trophy again at the completion of the season, but could only finish a lowly fourteenth in the standings.
Formula Renault 2.0 (2008–2010) 2008: Debut in the Eurocup and WEC with Hitech
Bacheta moved into Formula Renault in 2008, moving into both the Eurocup and the West European Cup, driving for the Hitech Junior Team. Bacheta made six starts in the WEC, recording a best finish of ninth at Magny-Cours with left him 26th in the championship. He fared three places better in the pan-European series, amassing three points from an eighth-place finish at Le Mans.
2009: Several points finishes with Epsilon Bacheta moved to Epsilon Sport for the 2009 campaigns, but put his main emphasis into the Eurocup, with just one appearance in the WEC – finishing fifth and sixth – at the World Touring Car Championship-supporting round in Pau. In the Eurocup, Bacheta finished in the points three times, en route to sixteenth in the championship, despite missing the rounds in Hungary with budgetary problems.
2010: Runner-up in the Eurocup Bacheta returned to the Eurocup in 2010, with the new Interwetten Junior Team, finishing as vice-champion to Kevin Korjus. He was also awarded BRDC Rising Star status and nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.
GP3 Series (2011) Bacheta graduated to the GP3 Series in 2011 with Mücke. He scored his sole points finish at the Silverstone feature race, finishing fifth in race one after starting twenty-third. He departed the series after the Budapest round.
FIA Formula Two (2011–2012) 2011: Points on debut Bacheta debuted in FIA Formula Two in 2011 at the Red Bull Ring, where he finished seventh and tenth. He returned at Monza, claiming two further points finishes in tenth and fifth.
2012: F2 Champion Bacheta earned a full-time drive in F2 for his 2012 campaign. He dominated the opening two rounds, winning all four races at Silverstone and Portimão. Following another podium at the Nürburgring, he won the second race at Spa-Francorchamps from pole position. He took podiums in each of the four remaining rounds—Brands Hatch, Paul Ricard, Hungaroring, and Monza—as he claimed the title by 21.5 points over Mathéo Tuscher, and 35.5 points over Christopher Zanella.
Auto GP (2013) Following his F2 title, Bacheta signed for Zele Racing in the 2013 Auto GP Series. He took a podium in his debut weekend at Monza before achieving his maiden victory at Marrakech. Points finishes followed at the Hungaroring and Silverstone, but he departed halfway through the season, ending eleventh overall in the standings.
Sportscar racing career European Le Mans Series (2014) Bacheta debuted in sportscar racing in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series in 2014 with Greaves, driving the No. 28 Zytek Z11SN alongside Mark Shulzhitskiy. He finished fourth on debut at the Red Bull Ring. He closed the season with fifth and a retirement at Paul Ricard and Estoril, respectively.
Renault Sport Trophy (2015) Bacheta moved to the Renault Sport Trophy in 2015 with Oregon, finishing fifth overall and third in the Endurance Trophy, the latter alongside amateur driver Niccolò Nalio.
Blancpain GT Series (2016) Bacheta joined HTP in the Blancpain GT Series in 2016, contesting five rounds of the Endurance Cup in the No. 85 Mercedes-AMG GT3 alongside Indy Dontje and Clemens Schmid. They claimed their sole points finish at the 3 Hours of Silverstone, where they finished fifth. At the age of 26, Bacheta retired from motor racing at the end of the season to move into stunt driving.
750 Motor Club (2019) After three years away from competing, Bacheta returned to racing at the 750MC Birkett 6 Hour Relay in 2019 and won aboard a Radical SR3, with team-mates Wade Eastwood and Charles Graham.
Film career After his racing career ended, Bacheta became a film stunt driver. In 2025, he appeared as APXGP reserve driver Luca Cortez as a non-speaking role in F1, where he was also the driving sequences choreographer.
Filmography Year Title Credits Notes 2015Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Stunt driver and cascades 2017The Mummy Stunt performer 2017Transformers: The Last Knight Stunt driver Uncredited 2018Mission: Impossible – Fallout Stunt driver Uncredited 2019Men in Black: International Stunt driver Uncredited 2019Spider-Man: Far From Home Stunt double for Samuel L. Jackson Uncredited 2019Departure Stunt performer TV series 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Stunt performer 2023Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Stunts 2024The Union Stunt driver 2025F1 Lead sequence choreographer Appears as Luca Cortez
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2006 T Cars PalmerSport Junior 20 6 3 5 11 170 1st Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy 6 2 1 ? 3 102 3rd Ginetta Junior Championship 2 0 0 0 2 NC† 2007 Formula Palmer Audi 20 4 2 ? 9 303 3rd Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy 3 0 0 0 0 37 14th 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Hitech Junior Team 14 0 0 0 0 3 23rd Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 6 0 0 0 0 2 26th 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Epsilon Sport 12 0 0 0 0 11 16th Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2 0 0 0 0 11 13th 2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Interwetten Junior Team 16 1 0 2 6 124 2nd Formula BMW Europe DAMS 4 0 0 0 0 NC† Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Interwetten Junior Team 2 0 0 0 0 1 32nd Formula Renault UK Team Firstair 2 0 0 0 0 14 25th 2011 GP3 Series RSC Mücke Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 4 22nd FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 4 0 0 0 0 18 13th 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 20 5 3 5 8 231.5 1st 2013 Auto GP Zele Racing 8 1 0 0 2 49 11th 2014 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Greaves Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 22 13th 2015 Renault Sport Trophy - Elite Class Oregon Team 9 0 0 0 0 62 5th Renault Sport Endurance Trophy 6 1 1 0 3 72 3rd 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup HTP Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 10 34th As Bacheta was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2008 Hitech Junior Team SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 23rd 3 2009 Epsilon SportCAT1CAT2SPA1SPA2HUN1HUN2SIL1SIL2LMS1LMS2NÜR1NÜR2ALC1ALC2 16th 11 2010 Interwetten Junior TeamALC1ALC2SPA1SPA2BRN1BRN2MAG1MAG2HUN1HUN2HOC1HOC2SIL1SIL2CAT1CAT22nd124
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 WEC results
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2010 Interwetten Junior TeamHOC1HOC2BRN1BRN2ZAN1ZAN2OSC1OSC2OSC3ASS1ASS2MST1MST2MST3SPA1SPA2SPA3NÜR1NÜR2NÜR3 32nd 1
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK results
Complete Formula BMW Europe results
Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2011 RSC Mücke Motorsport ISTFEA ISTSPR CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 22nd 4
Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2011 SIL1 SIL2 MAG1 MAG2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 13th 18 2012 SIL1 SIL2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 1st 231.5
Complete Auto GP results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2013 Zele Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 MUG1 MUG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 BRN1 BRN2 11th 49
Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2014 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST 13th 22
Complete Renault Sport Trophy results
Complete Blancpain GT Series results
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