Alexis Kapadia (born 4 June 1980) is a British businessman and racing driver who last competed in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series for RLR MSport.

Business ventures Since 2003, Kapadia has been the owner of two Bargain Booze franchises in Dunstable, as well as three Wine Rack franchises since 2014. Kapadia also has been the Managing Director of Freedom Convenience since 2018.

Career Kapadia began racing single-seaters in 1998, racing in the Formula First UK Winter Series for Mark Burdett Motorsport, before winning the Formula Eurofirst title the following year. After that, Kapadia continued in single-seaters for the following three seasons, most notably racing in select rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship in 2000 and 2002.

Returning to racing on a full-time basis in 2008, Kapadia raced in the Supersport class of the Radical UK Cup, scoring six wins and finishing runner-up in the class' standings. Transitioning to the Radical European Masters for the following year, Kapadia won eight races to secure the SR8 title. Kapadia then won the 2010 Dubai 24 Hour in the SP3 class, before finishing second in the following year's edition, also in the SP3 class. During 2011, Kapadia also made his debut in the Le Mans Series, racing for Neil Garner Motorsport at the 6 Hours of Estoril, in which he finished third in the FLM class after starting on pole.

The following year, Kapadia joined Curtis Racing Technologies to race at the season-opening 6 Hours of Castellet of the European Le Mans Series, which he won in the LMPC class. After not racing for most of 2013, Kapadia joined Boutsen Ginion Racing to compete in the last two rounds of the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class, taking a best result of fifth at Le Castellet. Kapadia then primarily raced in the Radical European Masters for across the following two years, during which he raced in the 2014 4 Hours of Silverstone for Murphy Prototypes in LMP2, as well as the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans for Team AAI in LMGTE Am. In late 2015, Kapadia returned to Team AAI for a one-off cameo in the 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series at the first Sepang race, in which he finished second in LMP3.

Another season in the Radical European Masters then ensued in 2016, as well as racing in the Bathurst 12 Hour for Mishumotors and the Road to Le Mans for Duqueine Engineering, along with a one-off appearance in the European Le Mans Series for Murphy Prototypes. The following year, Kapadia joined RLR MSport to race in both the LMP3 class of the Le Mans Cup and the European Le Mans Series. Scoring a best result of sixth at Algarve and finishing 13th in the former's points, Kapadia found more success in the latter, scoring a lone podium at Le Mans and taking ninth in the standings. During 2017, Kapadia also made select appearances in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for Mishumotors, and the British LMP3 Cup for Nielsen Racing and T-Sport.

Switching to Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen for the 2018 ELMS season, Kapadia took three second-place finished across the six-race season to finish fourth in the LMP3 standings. During 2018, Kapadia also raced in the Masters Endurance Legends and in select rounds of the Le Mans Cup for both Nielsen and RLR MSport. The following year, Kapadia only raced in the season-ending Algarve race of the Le Mans Cup season, which he won driving for RLR MSport. In 2020, Kapadia mainly raced in the Sports Prototype Cup for Breakell Racing, winning the Revolution Trophy title at season's end at Algarve. During 2020, Kapadia also raced in the LMP2 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Nielsen Racing, and the final two rounds of the Le Mans Cup for Mühlner Motorsport, in which he finished on the podium at Algarve.

Returning to RLR MSport and the European Le Mans Series for 2021, Kapadia scored a best result of second at Barcelona to end the year ninth in LMP3. During 2021, Kapadia also raced for the same team in the Road to Le Mans, as well as the Britcar Endurance Championship for Tim Gray Motorsport, who helped secure the Praga class title. Continuing with RLR MSport for 2022, Kapadia took a lone podium at Le Castellet and scored three other top five finishes en route to a fourth-place points finish. During 2022, Kapadia also raced with the same team at the Road to Le Mans with the same team alongside Horst Felbermayr Jr., finishing 16th and 21st in both races.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1998 Formula First UK Winter Series Mark Burdett Motorsport 5 3 3 3 4 2nd 1999 Formula Eurofirst Mark Burdett Motorsport 14 6 7 0 12 30601st2000 British Formula Ford Championship 10 0 0 0 0 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship 4 0 0 0 0 16 29th 2001 Formula Renault UK Winter Series Saxon International 4 0 0 0 1 67 4th2002 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship Saxon International 1 0 0 0 0 7 35th Formula Renault 2.0 Germany SL Formula Racing 2 0 0 0 0 11 32nd 2004 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom Boulevard Team Racing 2 0 0 0 0 10 29th2008 Radical UK Cup – Supersport RPM 16 6 6 10 10 3382nd Radical European Masters – SR3 4 3 2 3 4 119 5th 2009 Radical European Masters – SR8 Radical UK Works Team 10 8 5 6 8 2731st2010 Dubai 24 Hour – SP3 AUH Motorsports 1 1 0 0 1 1st Radical UK Cup – Supersport 69 9th GT4 European Cup AUH Motorsports 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC2011 Dubai 24 Hour – SP3 HMR 1 0 0 0 1 2nd Le Mans Series – FLM Neil Garner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 12 13th 2012 European Le Mans Series – LMPC CURTIS Racing Technologies 1 1 0 0 1 25 4th 2013 European Le Mans Series – LMP2 Boutsen Ginion Racing 2 0 0 0 0 16 13th2014 Radical European Masters – Masters Slim Racing 13 0 0 2 4 62 4th European Le Mans Series – LMP2 Murphy Prototypes 1 0 0 0 0 4 25th2015 Radical European Masters – Masters Nielsen Racing 10 0 2 2 9 151 10th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am Team AAI 1 0 0 0 0 8th Gulf 12 Hours – Gent Dragon Racing 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 Team AAI 1 0 0 0 1 18 4th2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge Mishumotors 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24H Series – A6-Pro Dragon Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Radical European Masters – Masters Raw Motorsport 17 3 2 3 15 2nd European Le Mans Series – LMP3 MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 34th Road to Le Mans – LMP3 Duqueine Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 7th2017 Le Mans Cup – LMP3 RLR MSport 7 0 0 0 1 28 9th European Le Mans Series – LMP3 6 0 0 0 0 25 13th NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 Mishumotors 2 0 0 0 0 61 34th British LMP3 Cup Nielsen Racing 2 0 0 0 02211th T-Sport 2 0 0 0 0 Radical European Masters – Masters Raw Motorsport 3 0 1 1 1 Goodwood Revival – RAC TT Celebration 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2018 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen 6 0 0 0 3 58 4th Le Mans Cup – LMP3 2 0 0 0 0428th RLR MSport 3 0 0 1 0 Masters Endurance Legends 8 3 3 3 7 2019 Le Mans Cup – LMP3 RLR MSport 1 1 0 0 1 25 9th2020 Sports Prototype Cup – Revolution Trophy Breakell Racing 5 2 2 2 4 1st 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Nielsen Racing 1 0 0 0 0 16th Le Mans Cup – LMP3 Mühlner Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 18 13th2021 Britcar Endurance Championship – Praga Tim Gray Motorsport 7 0 6 3 5 216‡1st‡ European Le Mans Series – LMP3 RLR MSport 6 0 0 0 1 32 9th Le Mans Cup – LMP3 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†2022 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 RLR MSport 6 0 0 1 1 59 4th Le Mans Cup – LMP3 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Praga Cup Tim Gray Motorsport 3 0 0 3 0 57 12thSources:

† As Kapadia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

‡ Team standings.

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2011 Neil Garner Motorsport FLM Oreca FLM09 General Motors 6.3 L V8 LEC SPA IMO SIL EST 13th 12 2012 CURTIS Racing Technologies LMPC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8LEC DON PET 4th 25 2013 Boutsen Ginion Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR HUN LEC 13th 16 2014 Murphy Prototypes LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST 25th 4 2016 MurphyP3-3Dimensional.com LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 34th 0.5 2017 RLR MSport LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8SILMNZRBRLECSPAALG 13th 25 2018 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 4th 58 2021 RLR MSport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8CATRBRLECMNZSPAALG 9th 32 2022RLR MSport LMP3Ligier JS P320Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8LECIMOMNZCATSPAALG 4th 59

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Team AAI Jun-San Chen Xavier Maassen Porsche 911 GT3-RSR LMGTE Am 316 37th 8th 2020 Nielsen Racing Garett Grist Anthony Wells Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 338 28th 16th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) +YearTeamClassCarEngine1234Pos.Points 2015–16 Team AAI LMP3 ADESS-03 Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 FUJSEP BUR SEP 4th 18

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrantClassChassis1234567RankPoints 2017 RLR MSport LMP3 Ligier JS P3MNZLMS1LMS2RBRLECSPAPOR 9th 282018 Ecurie Ecosse/NielsenLMP3 Ligier JS P3LECMNZLMS1LMS228th4 RLR MSportRBRSPAPOR 2019 RLR MSport LMP3 Ligier JS P3 LEC MNZ LMS1 LMS2 CAT SPA ALG 9th 25 2020 Mühlner Motorsport LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08RICSPALECLMS1LMS2MNZPOR 13th 18 2021 RLR MSport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 BAR LEC MNZ LMS1 LMS2 SPA POR NC† 0† 2022 RLR MSport LMP3 Ligier JS P320LECIMOLMS1LMS2MNZSPAALG NC† 0†

† As Kapadia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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