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.
Racing 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.
F4 Allen signed on with Fortec Motorsports to compete full-time in 2018. Allen scored 29 points and finished 14th in the championship, whilst also making his F4 SEA Championship debut, scoring one podium in Sepang.
Allen was 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.
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. 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. He made his series debut at Autopolis and scored a total of five points, helping him to finish ninth in the drivers' championship despite only participating in three 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, 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. Allen would eventually return to the Le Mans Cup in 2023, driving alongside James Sweetnam for Graff.
Other ventures Allen hails from a family of Irish chefs. He is the son of celebrity chef Rachel Allen, known for her appearances on RTÉ; his grandmother is the food writer Darina Allen, who operates the Ballymaloe Cookery School; and his great-grandmother was Michelin star-winning head chef Myrtle Allen. Allen worked in the family farm shop while growing up, and in 2024 he began working in the farm shop at Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm to raise money to support his motorsport career. Allen subsequently featured in series 3 and 5 of Clarkson's Farm, cooking in the kitchen at the farm and showing Clarkson how to prepare nettle soup from stinging nettles grown on site.
Karting record
Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2014 IRL Championship - Cadet 2016 Super One Series - OK Junior 13th
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2017 F4 British Championship Falcon Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 0 22nd 2018 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports 27 0 0 0 0 29 14th F4 SEA Championship Meritus.GP 6 0 0 0 1 52 12th 2019 F4 SEA Championship Meritus.GP 40 12 6 9 28 640 1st FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Ireland20000N/A8th 2020 Super Formula Lights ALBIREX Racing 9 0 0 0 0 5 9th 2021 Super Formula Lights ALBIREX Racing 3 0 0 0 0 1 11th Formula Regional Japanese Championship Sutekina Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 21 16th 2022 Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3 Graff Racing656461731st 2023 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Graff Racing30100229th2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship Altawkilat Meritus.GP100000NC† Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro-Am Eden Race Drive200000NC†
† 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) 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 Falcon Motorsport BRI1 BRI2 BRI3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 KNO4 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 22nd 0 2018 Fortec Motorsports BRI1 BRI2 BRI3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 14th 29
Complete F4 SEA 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 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 SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 MAD11 MAD12 MAD13 MAD21 MAD22 MAD23 CHA11 CHA12 CHA13 CHA21 CHA22 CHA23 SEP31 SEP32 SEP33 SEP41 SEP42 SEP43 12th 52 2019 SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 SEP14 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 SEP24 BUR11 BUR12 BUR13 BUR14 BUR21 BUR22 BUR23 BUR24 MAD11 MAD12 MAD13 MAD14 MAD21 MAD22 MAD23 MAD24 SEP31 SEP32 SEP33 SEP34 SEP41 SEP42 SEP43 SEP44 SEP51 SEP52 SEP53 SEP54 SEP61 SEP62 SEP63 SEP64 1st
Complete FIA Motorsport Games results Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2019 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) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2020 ALBIREX Racing MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA1 OKA2 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 9th 5 2021 ALBIREX Racing FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 MOT11 MOT12 MOT13 MOT21 MOT22 MOT23 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) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Points 2021 Sutekina Racing Team OKA1 OKA2 OKA3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 FUJ1 FUJ2 FUJ3 SUG1 SUG2 SUZ1 SUZ2 15th 21
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