Alex Riberas

Alex Riberas
Riberas at Circuit de Monaco in 2015.
NationalitySpain Spanish
Born (1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 30)
Barcelona (Spain)[1]
Racing licence FIA Gold

Alex Riberas Bou (born 27 January 1994[2]) is a Spanish racing driver. He currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Heart of Racing Team and the FIA World Endurance Championship for Northwest AMR.

Career

Karting

Riberas began karting in Spain in 2007. He became a member of the junior program for Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 2009.[3] Riberas had moderate success in karting, gaining some race victories.

Single-seaters

Formula Renault 2.0

Riberas (2nd car) competing at the Hungaroring in 2010.

Riberas made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship in 2010, where he finished 8th in the championship.[4] Riberas competed in the series in 2011 and 2012 as well, with a best championship finish of 6th in 2011 and earning a race victory in 2011.

Riberas also made one-off appearances in the Formula Renault 2.0 UK series in 2010, the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship in 2011 and 2012, and the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship in 2011.

Formula 3

Riberas made one appearance in the 2012 European F3 Open Championship, finishing on the podium in both races of his lone event.

SportsCars

Porsche Cups

Riberas began competing in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2013, and in 2014 began competing in the Porsche Supercup championship as a member of Porsche's junior driver program.[5] Riberas finished 5th in the 2015 Porsche Supercup championship.

IMSA SportsCar Championship

Riberas competing at Road America in 2022.

Riberas began competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2014, competing in endurance races for the season with Alex Job Racing. In 2015, Riberas won in class in the 12 Hours of Sebring with teammates Ian James and Mario Farnbacher.[6] Riberas earned another win during the 2016 season.

Riberas has competed for Heart of Racing Team since 2020 after becoming an Aston Martin factory driver. He has competed full time in the series since 2022 in the GTD Pro class.

World Endurance Championship

Riberas made his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023 after Heart of Racing Team took over the entry vacated by Northwest AMR.[7] This included his debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he finished 6th in class.

Racing record

Career Summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 United Sports Car Championship - GTD Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle 3 0 0 0 1 77 32nd
2015 United Sports Car Championship - GTD Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle 3 1 0 0 1 62 24th
2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle 11 1 0 0 2 285 5th
2018 24H GT Series - A6 Attempto Racing
2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Moorespeed 4 0 0 0 0 59 38th
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 13 59th
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 669 33rd
24H GT Series - GT4
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Heart of Racing Team 10 2 0 0 4 3103 4th
24H GT Series - GT4
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Heart of Racing Team 11 2 0 0 3 3427 5th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Northwest AMR 4 0 0 0 1 51 9th
2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Heart of Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 592* 6th*
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 1 0 0 0 1 27* 2nd*


Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series 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 Pos Points
2011 EPIC Racing MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 IMO
1
 IMO
2
 PAU
1
 PAU
2
 RBR
1
5 		RBR
2
17 		HUN
1
 HUN
2
 LEC
1
 LEC
2
 SPA
1
1 		SPA
2
1 		15th 88

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 Pos. Pts
2014 McGregor powered by Attempto Racing CAT
5 		MON
19 		RBR
7 		SIL
Ret 		HOC
13 		HUN
4 		SPA
16 		MNZ
14 		COA
 COA
 12th 43
2015 The Heart of Racing by Lechner CAT
5 		MON
6 		RBR
3 		SIL
2 		HUN
5 		SPA
11 		SPA
7 		MNZ
7 		MNZ
6 		COA
C 		COA
1 		5th 122

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points Ref
2014 Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
15 		SEB
3 		LGA BEL WGL MOS IMS ROA VIR COTA ATL
5 		32nd 77 [8]
2015 Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
18 		SEB
1 		LGA BEL WGL LIM ROA VIR COTA ATL
7 		24th 62 [9]
2016 Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
8 		SEB
4 		LGA
1 		BEL
4 		WGL
3 		MOS
12 		LIM
14 		ROA
12 		VIR
4 		COTA
7 		ATL
8 		5th 285 [10]
2019 Moorespeed GTD Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY
11 		SEB
17 		MOH
6 		BEL WGL
DNS 		MOS LIM ROA VIR LGA ATL 38th 59 [11]
2020 Heart of Racing Team GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
18 		DAY SEB ROA VIR ATL MOH CLT ATL LGA SEB 59th 13 [12]
2021 Heart of Racing Team GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL WGL LIM ROA LGA
12 		LBH
12 		VIR
6 		ATL 33rd 669 [13]
2022 Heart of Racing Team GTD Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
13 		SEB
11 		LBH
1 		LGA
5 		WGL
1 		MOS
3 		LIM
2 		ROA
4 		VIR
4 		ATL
4 		4th 3103 [14]
2023 Heart of Racing Team GTD Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
7 		SEB
8 		LBH
4 		LGA
5 		WGL
6 		MOS
5 		LIM
1 		ROA
1 		VIR
4 		IMS
2 		ATL
4 		5th 3427 [15]
2024 Heart of Racing Team GTD Pro Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
4 		SEB
5 		LGA
 DET
3 		WGL
1 		MOS
 ELK
3 		VIR
3 		IMS
5 		ATL
3 		9th 2558 [16]
Source:[17]

* Season still in progress


Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2023 Northwest AMR GTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 SEB PRT SPA
7 		LMS
6 		MNZ FUJ
7 		BHR
3 		9th 51
2024 Heart of Racing Team LMGT3 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT
2 		IMO
5 		SPA
11 		LMS
Ret 		SÃO COA FUJ BHR 7th* 37*
Sources:[17][18]

* Season still in progress


24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2023 Canada Northwest AMR United Kingdom Ian James
Italy Daniel Mancinelli 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Am 		310 33rd 6th
2024 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James
Italy Daniel Mancinelli 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo LMGT3 196 DNF DNF
Sources:[17][19]

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 United States Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle Germany Mario Farnbacher
Germany Marco Holzer
United Kingdom Ian James 		Porsche 911 GT America GTD 639 34th 15th
2015 United States Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle Germany Mario Farnbacher
United Kingdom Ian James 		Porsche 911 GT America GTD 233 DNF DNF
2016 United States Alex Job Racing / Team Seattle Germany Mario Farnbacher
United Kingdom Ian James
Germany Wolf Henzler 		Porsche 911 GT3 R GTD 700 22nd 8th
2019 United States Moorespeed United States Andrew Davis
United States Will Hardeman
Germany Marcus Winkelhock 		Audi R8 LMS GTD 555 30th 11th
2020 United States Heart of Racing Team Canada Roman De Angelis
United Kingdom Ian James
Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GTD 151 DNF DNF
2022 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Belgium Maxime Martin 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GTD Pro 103 DNF DNF
2023 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom David Pittard
United Kingdom Ross Gunn 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GTD Pro 716 36th 7th
Source:[17]

24 Hours of Spa results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Germany Christopher Mies
Belgium Dries Vanthoor 		Audi R8 LMS Pro 456 40th 21st
2019 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Germany Frank Stippler
Belgium Dries Vanthoor 		Audi R8 LMS Pro 358 25th 21st
2022 United States Heart of Racing w/ TF Sport Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
United Kingdom Ross Gunn 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Pro 497 38th 17th

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