Luis Leeds

Luis William Mahendra Leeds (born 6 March 2000) is an Australian racing driver[1] currently competing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia[2] Championship for Supercars Championship team 23Red Racing[3].

Luis Leeds
Nationality Australian
Born (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000
Melbourne, Australia
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge career
Current team23Red Racing
Car number230
Starts12
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps2
Best finish7th in 2018
Previous series
2017
2016
2015
2015
2011—2014		Toyota Racing Series
MSA Formula
Australian F4
Australian Formula Ford
Karting
Championship titles
2019Australian Formula 4 Championship

Leeds served as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2016[4] and is now a development driver for 23Red Racing[5].

Career summary

Formula 4

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

In 2016 he 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.[6] 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.[7] He had two point-scoring finishes, his highest finishing position being seventh place at Silverstone.[8]

Australian Formula 4 Championship 2019

In 2019 Leeds raced with AGI Sport in Australian F4 Championship where he competed in 18 races, finished on the podium 17 times for 9 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.

Personal life

Luis 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. Leeds was moved back to Australia in 2012 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 Position
2014-15 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 3 1 0 1 2
2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship Dream Motorsport 21 0 0 1 6 183 6th
Australian Formula Ford Series N/A 18 2 1 2 9 211 3rd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship Luis Leeds 3 0 0 0 0 0 35th
2016 F4 British Championship TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 30 3 1 3 11 300 3rd
Australian Formula 4 Championship Dream Motorsport 3 0 0 0 2 40 11th
2016-17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship J Bernal Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup Josef Kaufmann Racing 23 0 0 1 0 7 19th
Formula Renault NEC 5 0 0 0 0 28 19th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 419 11th
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 8 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

† As Leeds was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.

References
  1. "PIT LANE". Luis Leeds 96. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. "23 Red Racing | TEAM". www.23redracing.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. "Milwaukee Racing | Supercars". Supercars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. "LUIS LEEDS JOINS JUNIOR RED BULL TEAM". www.cams.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  5. "23Red Racing expands with Porsche | Supercars". Supercars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  6. Allen, Peter (11 December 2015). "Arden firms up full MSA Formula quartet for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. "Luis Leeds set for TRS and FR2.0 campaigns in 2017". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  8. Allen, Peter (14 May 2017). "Shwartzman holds off Palmer for Silverstone Eurocup race two win". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jayden Ojeda		 Australian Formula 4 Championship
Champion
2019		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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