About
JLMotorsport

It started as a passion...
and has ended up as so much more! A team that is constantly growing and changing, with new and different championships being entered in different cars, we have barely got started!

Our
History

2014

James, director and chief racing driver, entered his first race in the Lotus Elise Trophy in a Lotus Elise S1, starting as a middle of the pack driver he worked his way up the field and took his first win in his first year against some big names in British motorsport, including two current BTCC drivers and an ex Formula 1 driver!

2015

Our first race car was bought. The very first Lotus Elise Cup R, which was the prototype car! 2015 saw James compete again in the Lotus Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup UK, taking multiple race wins along the way, ending up winning the Lotus Cup UK championship and finishing as runner up in the Lotus Elise Trophy! He even still holds a lap record in the series!

2017

The first year James raced something other than a Lotus when he was invited to fill in at a round of GT Cup, racing a Ferrari 458 Challenge similar to our own car. James surprised a few people turning up and winning 2 races, along with 2 fastest laps!

2019

A new challenge came around when Jake, chief spanner rattler, got his race license and decided to get behind the wheel. James & Jake entered into the Citroen C1 Challenge which has grown to become one of the most competitive series in the UK!

2021

Having competed mainly in modern cars, the opportunity came for JLMotorsport to get into modern classics with a Ferrari 355 Challenge. After some teething troubles, James took the Pirelli Formula Classic championship by storm winning 11 out of 12 races, and setting new lap records along the way! This success even earnt James the Sir Anthony Bamford trophy which is awarded to the most successful Ferrari Owners Club driver of the year!

2022

Our biggest year yet, with us continuing with the Ferrari 355 and Citroen C1, whilst also entering the British Endurance Championship with leading Porsche team Valluga! This saw us take class wins in the British Endurance Championship, continue our run of wins with the Ferrari 355 and cement ourselves as the most successful C1 drivers to date, with James and Jake winning 4 races back to back and breaking 2 lap records in the process!

2023

A C1 only year, but we started with a European adventure with new partners PK4FUN. Running 3rd for most of the race an unfortunate coil pack issue dropped us down the field towards the end. In the UK, James and Stu Ratcliff raced in the pouring rain at Donington, taking yet another win and now making James the leading and most successful C1 driver! Numerous other wins followed through the year with the team of Stu, Jake and James proving hard to beat.

2024

2024 saw us compete at Le Mans, as a support race for the fabled 24H of Le Mans. James, Jake and Stu's first time ever racing on a public road along with 140 other VW FunCup cars in front of over 200,000 fans was something the team will never forget! James & Jake partnered up with Mark Starling and James Cannings to compete in the 25H of FunCup at Spa too, but unfortunatley car troubles hampered the teams chances at a good finish. To add to our tally of 24H races, we also competed in the C1 class at the Snetterton 2CV 24H in August, with James, Jake, Stu and David Alstadter taking the overall and class win! We saw the year out with a final race at Estoril, where we put together a team of 5 (Jake, James, Stu, James C and David) to race 2 cars in different classes in the 24H race! Taking two 2nd place finishes was a pretty good way to round out the year.

2025

A year of what could have beens with engine troubles plauging our maiden C1 Cup BE championship. After a 10th place finish at the first race in Zolder, we hoped Magny Cours would bring us better luck, but the opposite happened! After topping first practice, and qualifying in the top 6 our engine expired before the chequered flag. However, the year ended on a high with a 6 man team (Jake, James, Stu, James C, David and John Gladman) taking 1st and 2nd place in the UK and BE classes respectively at the C1 Eurocup 24H Portimao! An excellent way to end the season and the perfect start to a new partnership with RABsport who are the team chosen to engineer our UK spec C1 entry.

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