Luis William Mahendra Leeds (born 6 March 2000) is an Australian-Indonesian racing driver who last competed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Championship for Supercars Championship team 23Red Racing.

Leeds served as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2016 and was also development driver for 23Red Racing.

Career summary Formula 4 Leeds finished 2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship on the sixth place, competing for Dream Motorsport.

In 2016, Leeds became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and moved to the United Kingdom to compete in F4 British Championship with TRS Arden Junior Racing Team. He ended the season third in the drivers standings with three wins, but it wasn't enough to keep the place in the RB Junior team.

Formula Renault In 2017, Leeds joined Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with Josef Kaufmann Racing. He had two point-scoring finishes, his highest finishing position being seventh place at Silverstone.

Australian Formula 4 Championship 2019

In 2019, Leeds raced with AGI Sport in Australian F4 Championship where he competed in eighteen races, finished on the podium seventeen times for nine wins, including the Australian F1 Grand Prix event to go with his other F1 event win at the Mexico F1 in 2015. Leeds went on to win the championship convincingly.

However due to uncertainty of future racing career and lack of funds, Leeds officially retired from racing at the age of 24 to pursue other opportunities.

Personal life Leeds was born on 6 March 2000 in Melbourne by Australian-Indonesian parentage. His mother, Maria Leeds (née Eni), is an Indonesian expatriate and his father Dean Leeds is from Australia. Leeds studied in Ngawi, Indonesia during his primary school days from 2006 until 2012 during his ancestral education career days. In 2012, Leeds was moved back to Australia to pursue his racing career.

Leeds is currently practicing Christian Protestant who attends Protestant prayer service both in Australia and Indonesia.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position2014–15 Toyota Finance 86 Championship ETEC Motorsport3000013012thNew Zealand Formula Ford Championship 3 1 0 1 2 2015Australian Formula 4 Championship Dream Motorsport 21 0 0 1 6 183 6thAustralian Formula Ford Series 18 2 1 2 9 2063rd New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship32013856th Victorian State Circuit Racing Formula Ford Championship95137258 3rd ADAC Formula 4 Championship Luis Leeds 3 0 0 0 0 0 35th2015–16 NACAM Formula 4 Championship Ram Racing111010NC 2016 F4 British Championship TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 30 3 1 3 11 300 3rd Australian Formula 4 Championship Dream Motorsport 3 1 0 0 2 40 11th 2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship Bernal Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup Josef Kaufmann Racing 22 0 0 1 0 7 19th Formula Renault NEC 2 0 0 0 0 28 17th Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 419 13th Australian Formula 4 Championship Zagame Motorsport Juniors 3 0 0 0 0 18 14th 2018 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia 23Red Racing 12 0 0 2 2 298 10th 2019 Australian Formula 4 Championship AGI Sport 18 9 4 8 17 365 1st Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Meritus GP 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Australia 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th 2021 S5000 Australian Drivers Championship Garry Rogers Motorsport 12 0 0 0 4 316 6th S5000 Tasman Series AGI Sport with GRM 6 0 0 0 2 105 4th † As Leeds was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2015 Dream Motorsport TOW1 TOW2 TOW3 QLD1 QLD2 QLD3 SMP1 SMP2 SMP3 SAN1 SAN2 SAN3 SUR1 SUR2 SUR3 PHI1 PHI2 PHI3 SYD1 SYD2 SYD36th183 2016 Dream Motorsport SYM1 SYM2 SYM3 PHI1 PHI2 PHI3 SMP1 SMP2 SMP3 QLD1 QLD2 QLD3 SAN1 SAN2 SAN3 SUR1 SUR2 SUR311th40 2017 Zagame Motorsport Juniors SAN11 SAN12 SAN13 SAN21 SAN22 SAN23 BAR1 BAR2 BAR3 PHI1 PHI2 PHI3 QLD1 QLD2 QLD3 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 SUR1 SUR2 SUR3 14th 18 2019 AGI Sport MEL1 MEL2 MEL3 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 PHI11 PHI12 PHI13 PHI21 PHI22 PHI23 BEN11 BEN12 BEN13 BEN21 BEN22 BEN231st365

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 DC Points 2015 Luis Leeds OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 36th 0

Complete F4 British Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 DC Points 2016 TRS Arden Junior Racing Team BHI1 BHI2 BHI3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 3rd 300

Complete Toyota Racing Series results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points 2017 Giles Motorsport RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 TER1 TER2 TER3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 13th 419

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2017 Giles Motorsport Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota 17th DNF

Complete Formula Renault 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 DC Points 2017 Josef Kaufmann Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 HOC1 HOC2 19th 28

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 Pos Points 2017 Josef Kaufmann Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 PAU1 PAU2 MON1 MON2 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 19th 7

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2019 Team Australia Formula 4 5th 8th 4th

Complete S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship results Year Series Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Position Points 2020 Australian AGI Sport APCR1 APCR2 SMPR3 SMPR4 WINR5 WINR6 BMPR7 BMPR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 SANR11 SANR12 BATNC1 BATNC2 – – 2021 Australian Garry Rogers Motorsport SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 SANR7 SANR8 SANR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 6th 316 2021 Tasman AGI Sport with GRM SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3 BATR4 BATR5 BATR6 BATR7 4th 75

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