Drayson Racing (known as Drayson Racing Technology) was a British motor racing team founded by British businessman, amateur racing driver and Labour politician Paul Drayson to compete in the British GT Championship. Since then the team has run in the American Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team and its technology development sister company Drayson Technologies has been developing hardware for the electric racing series, FIA Formula E Championship.
In 2011, Drayson Racing announced a partnership with Lola Cars to develop an experimental prototype electric racing vehicle. Based on the Lola B12/60 chassis, the Lola-Drayson B12/69 EV would use a drivetrain developed by Drayson Racing as a testbed for future Formula E entries. The team set a new world electric land speed record for an electric vehicle under at RAF Elvington in 2013. Drayson himself drove the B12/69 EV for the attempt, reaching a top speed of to break the previous record of that had stood since 1974. The company was dissolved in 2021.
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2009 Drayson Racing 87 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Jonny Cocker Paul Drayson Marino Franchitti GT2 272 DNF DNF 2010 Drayson Racing 11 Lola B09/60-Judd Jonny Cocker Paul Drayson Emanuele Pirro LMP1 254 NC NC
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