World of Nations: Driver nationality stats for season finale
Insight into the lucky drivers in the Bapco 8 Hours of Bahrain and wherever they lay their hats
Start your engines! Here’s an insight into the lucky ones who get behind the wheel in the FIA World Endurance Championship season-finale in Bahrain. Just where do all our drivers call home?
Drivers competing at Bahrain 2022
This is all based on nationality of license stated on the entry list, as opposed to nationalities a driver identifies as elsewhere, or flags they were listed against on previous entry lists.
Total nations represented (24):
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, USA
- Denmark, France, Great Britain and USA have drivers competing in every class.
- No driver from Poland or South Africa has ever won in the series
Total drivers from each nation participating (106 drivers, 37 debutants):
19 drivers – Great Britain
17 drivers – France
11 drivers – Italy, USA
8 drivers – Denmark, Switzerland
4 drivers – Japan, Portugal
3 drivers – Austria
2 drivers – Belgium, Germany, Holland, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland
1 driver – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain
Hypercar – 15 drivers, 9 nations (2 debutants)
- France – 4 – Lapierre, Vaxiviere, Duval, Vergne
- Brazil – 1 – Negrao
- Great Britain – 2 – Conway, di Resta
- Japan – 2 – Kobayashi, Hirakawa
- Switzerland – 2 – Buemi, Muller
- Argentina – 1 – Lopez
- Denmark – 1 – Jensen
- New Zealand – 1 – Hartley
- USA – 1 – Menezes
Tables below sorted by order of entry list, appearances at Fuji races, best result format e.g. driver has 2 overall wins, in 2016/2018, finished 2nd in LMP2 in 2017 etc.
|
Driver |
Nationality |
Appearances |
Best result |
|
Mike Conway |
Great Britain |
9 |
1 LMP2 win 13 and 4 overall wins 14/19/20/21 |
|
Kamui Kobayashi |
Japan |
5 |
3 overall wins 19/20/21 |
|
Jose Maria Lopez |
Argentina |
7 |
3 overall wins 19/20/21 |
|
Sebastien Buemi |
Switzerland |
9 |
3 overall wins 13/17/21 |
|
Brendon Hartley |
New Zealand |
8 |
1 overall win 21 |
|
Ryo Hirakawa |
Japan |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Andre Negrao |
Brazil |
5 |
3rd overall 21 x2 |
|
Nico Lapierre |
France |
7 |
3rd overall 21 x2 |
|
Matthieu Vaxiviere |
France |
4 |
3rd overall 21 x2 |
|
Paul di Resta |
Great Britain |
2 |
1 LMP2 win 19 |
|
Mikkel Jensen |
Denmark |
2 |
5th GTE Am 21 |
|
Jean-Eric Vergne |
France |
2 |
4th LMP2 19 |
|
Loic Duval |
France |
7 |
1 overall win 16 |
|
Gustavo Menezes |
USA |
3 |
3rd overall 19 |
|
Nico Muller |
Switzerland |
NONE |
NONE |
LMP2 – 42 drivers , 16 nations (17 debutants)
- France – 9 – Wadoux, Chatin, Milesi, Bourdais, JB Lahaye, M Lahaye, Heriau, Nato, Perrodo
- Great Britain – 8 – Cullen, Hanson, Lynn, Jarvis, Jones, Brundle, Stevens, Bradley
- USA – 3 – Owen, Pierson, Thomas
- Switzerland – 2 – Deletraz, Beche
- Denmark – 2 – Rasmussen, Nielsen
- Holland – 2 – Frijns, van der Zande
- Italy – 2 – Colombo, Rovera
- Mexico – 2 – Gutierrez, Gonzalez
- Portugal – 3 – Albuquerque, da Costa, Andrade
- Austria – 2 – Habsburg, Binder
- Poland – 2 – Kubica, Smiechowski
- Indonesia – 1 – Gelael
- South Africa – 1 – Aberdein
- Australia – 1 – Allen
- Germany – 1 – Rast
- Slovakia – 1 – Konopka
|
Driver |
Nationality |
Appearances |
Best result |
|
Lilou Wadoux |
France |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Paul-Loup Chatin |
France |
2 |
4th LMP2 15 |
|
Charles Milesi |
France |
2 |
2 LMP2 wins 21 x2 |
|
Robert Kubica |
Poland |
2 |
8th LMP2 21 x2 |
|
Louis Deletraz |
Switzerland |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Lorenzo Colombo |
Italy |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Renger van der Zande |
Holland |
2 |
5th LMP2 21 |
|
Ryan Cullen |
Great Britain |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Sebastien Bourdais |
France |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Phil Hanson |
Great Britain |
4 |
1 LMP2 win 19 |
|
Filipe Albuquerque |
Portugal |
5 |
1 LMP2 win 19 |
|
Will Owen |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Alex Lynn |
Great Britain |
2 |
3rd GTE Pro 19 |
|
Oliver Jarvis |
Great Britain |
3 |
1 overall win 16 |
|
Josh Pierson |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Oliver Rasmussen |
Denmark |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Ed Jones |
Great Britain |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Jonathan Aberdein |
South Africa |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Sean Gelael |
Indonesia |
3 |
2nd LMP2 21 |
|
Robin Frijns |
Holland |
2 |
2 LMP2 wins 21 x2 |
|
Rene Rast |
Germany |
1 |
1 LMP2 win 16 |
|
Jakub Smiechowski |
Poland |
2 |
5th LMP2 21 |
|
Alex Brundle |
Great Britain |
6 |
1 LMP2 win 16 |
|
Esteban Gutierrez |
Mexico |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Jean-Baptiste Lahaye |
France |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Matthieu Lahaye |
France |
1 |
6th LMP2 12 |
|
Francois Heriau |
France |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Roberto Gonzalez |
Mexico |
6 |
2nd LMP2 19/20/21 |
|
Antonio Felix da Costa |
Portugal |
4 |
2nd LMP2 19/20/21 |
|
Will Stevens |
Great Britain |
2 |
1 LMP2 win 20 |
|
Rui Andrade |
Portugal |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Ferdinand Habsburg |
Austria |
2 |
2 LMP2 wins 21 x2 |
|
Norman Nato |
France |
3 |
3rd overall 19 |
|
Miro Konopka |
Slovakia |
2 |
10th LMP2 21 |
|
Richard Bradley |
Great Britain |
3 |
1 LMP2 win 14 |
|
Mathias Beche |
Switzerland |
4 |
3rd LMP2 17 |
|
Steven Thomas |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
James Allen |
Australia |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Rene Binder |
Austria |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Francois Perrodo |
France |
9 |
1 GTE Am win 21 |
|
Nicklas Nielsen |
Denmark |
4 |
1 GTE Am win 21 |
|
Alessio Rovera |
Italy |
2 |
1 GTE Am win 21 |
GTE Pro – 10 drivers, 7 nations (1 debutant)
- Italy – 3 – Pier Guidi, Fuoco, Bruni
- Great Britain – 2 – Calado, Tandy
- France – 1 – Estre
- Spain – 1 – Molina
- USA – 1 – Milner
- Austria – 1 – Lietz
- Denmark – 1 – Christensen
|
Driver |
Nationality |
Appearances |
Best result |
|
Alessandro Pier Guidi |
Italy |
5 |
1 GTE Pro win 21 |
|
James Calado |
Great Britain |
8 |
1 GTE Pro win 21 |
|
Miguel Molina |
Spain |
5 |
2nd GTE Pro 19 |
|
Antonio Fuoco |
Italy |
2 |
4th GTE Am 21 |
|
Tommy Milner |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Nick Tandy |
Great Britain |
2 |
2nd LMP2 15 |
|
Gianmaria Bruni |
Italy |
8 |
2 GTE Pro wins 13/14 |
|
Richard Lietz |
Austria |
10 |
2nd GTE Pro 20/21 |
|
Michael Christensen |
Denmark |
6 |
1 GTE Pro win 20 |
|
Kevin Estre |
France |
5 |
2 GTE Pro wins 20/21 |
GTE Am – 39 drivers, 13 nations (17 debutants)
- Great Britain – 7 – Barnicoat, Tincknell, Priaulx, Wainwright, Barker, Pittard, Fagg
- USA – 6 – Mann, Keating, Hyett, Jeannette, Poordad, Lindsey
- Italy – 6 – Cairoli, Castellacci, Schiavoni, Cressoni, Fisichella, Pera
- Denmark – 4 – Sorensen, Pedersen, Gatting, Thiim
- Switzerland – 4 – Ulrich, Leutwiler, Flohr, Frey
- France – 3 – Dezoteux, Ragues, Aubry
- Belgium – 2 – Bovy, Heylen
- Japan – 2 – Hoshino, Fujii
- Canada – 1 – Dalla Lana
- Germany – 1 – Ried
- Finland – 1 – Vilander
- Portugal – 1 – Chaves
- New Zealand – 1 – Cassidy
|
Driver |
Nationality |
Appearances |
Best result |
|
Simon Mann |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Christoph Ulrich |
Switzerland |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Toni Vilander |
Finland |
4 |
3 GTE Am wins 12/13/14 |
|
Ben Keating |
USA |
4 |
2 GTE Am wins 19/21 |
|
Henrique Chaves |
Portugal |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Marco Sorensen |
Denmark |
5 |
2 GTE Pro wins 16/19 |
|
Matteo Cairoli |
Italy |
4 |
3rd GTE Am 21 x2 |
|
Mikkel Pedersen |
Denmark |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Nicolas Leutwiler |
Switzerland |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Thomas Flohr |
Switzerland |
5 |
3rd GTE Am 17 |
|
Francesco Castellacci |
Italy |
6 |
3rd GTE Am 17 |
|
Nick Cassidy |
New Zealand |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Ben Barnicoat |
Great Britain |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Phillip Hyett |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Gunnar Jeannette |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Claudio Schiavoni |
Italy |
1 |
6th GTE Am 21 |
|
Matteo Cressoni |
Italy |
4 |
4th GTE Am 15 |
|
Giancarlo Fisichella |
Italy |
6 |
1 GTE Pro win 12 |
|
Franck Dezoteux |
France |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Pierre Ragues |
France |
5 |
5th LMP2 12/19/20 |
|
Gabriel Aubry |
France |
3 |
1 LMP2 win 20 |
|
Christian Ried |
Germany |
10 |
1 GTE Am win 12 |
|
Seb Priaulx |
Great Britain |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Harry Tincknell |
Great Britain |
2 |
3rd GTE Pro 17 |
|
Rahel Frey |
Switzerland |
2 |
8th GTE Am 21 |
|
Michelle Gatting |
Denmark |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Sarah Bovy |
Belgium |
2 |
8th GTE Am 21 |
|
Mike Wainwright |
Great Britain |
6 |
3rd GTE Am 19 |
|
Riccardo Pera |
Italy |
4 |
3rd GTE Am 21 x2 |
|
Ben Barker |
Great Britain |
6 |
3rd GTE Am 19 |
|
Fred Poordad |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Patrick Lindsey |
USA |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Jan Heylen |
Belgium |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Paul Dalla Lana |
Canada |
8 |
2 GTE Am wins 15/17 |
|
David Pittard |
Great Britain |
NONE |
NONE |
|
Nicki Thiim |
Denmark |
7 |
2 GTE Am wins 13/14 and 2 GTE Pro wins 16/19 |
|
Satoshi Hoshino |
Japan |
2 |
8th GTE Am 21 |
|
Tomonobo Fujii |
Japan |
2 |
8th GTE Am 21 |
|
Charlie Fagg |
Great Britain |
NONE |
NONE |
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