Lorcan Hanafin (born 6 December 2002) is a

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racing driver who is currently competing in the 2025 European Le Mans Series for

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in the

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class, he is the runner up of the 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. Hanafin was also a member of the

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Racing Driver Academy.

Career

Karting

Hanafin's father did competitive

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and in the

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, as he brought Hanafin a

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on his fifth birthday. He would only do competitive

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in the

, making his debut in 2011 where he contested the 2011 Trent Valley Kart Club in the WTP Cadet and finished the championship in 13th. In 2012, he also contested one sole championship the Kartmasters British Grand Prix and in the WTP Cadet category for Forza Racing, coming 4th in the overall championship standings. He switched the IAME Cadet machinery in 2013, where he first raced in the LGM Series, coming in 17th. With Ollie Walker Racing he would compete in the Trent Valley Kart Club – also coming in 17th – and the Super One Series Championship, the most prestigious karting championship in United Kingdom. In his sophomore year in the IAME Cadet class in 2014, Hanafin competed in the LGM Series, finshing the championship in 9th and the Kartmasters British Grand Prix, where he came in 19th. Hanafin partnered up with Ollie Walker Racing to compete in the Super One Series Championship. 2015 was his final and most successful year in the IAME Cadet category, where he first drove in the LGM Series, finshing 5th overall in the standings. Hanafin came 6th in the Kartmasters British Grand Prix and would compete with Ollie Walker Racing for the third year in the Super One Series Championship, finish a respectable 7th in the standings. For his last year in karting, Hanafin switched to the Rotax Mini Max class but still contested British championships. He adapted well the category, coming 4th in the Super One Series Championship, 5th in the Kartmasters British Grand Prix and 10th in the British Open Championship.

Renault UK Clio Cup Junior

After a moderately successful karting career, Hanafin stepped up to car racing in 2017, competing in the Renault UK Clio Cup Junior with Team Pyro. In the eight races he won three of them, got a pole position in five of them, a fastest lap in three of them and a podium in four of them. Hanafin finished the championship fourth in the standings with 143 points. In 2018 he competed in four races as a guest driver with Team Pyro, getting a podium in two of the races.

Ginetta Junior Championship

After coming 6th in the 2018 Ginetta Junior Winter Championship, Hanafin would have to wait until the fifth round at

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to make his debut in the 2018 Ginetta Junior Championship for Douglas Motorsport. His highest result in his campaign was a fourth place at the

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, and he would finish the championship in 13th with 167 points. Hanafin would drive for Douglas Motorsport in

2019 Ginetta Junior Championship The 2019 Michelin Ginetta Junior Championship was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held in England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 an ...

, as would compete in every race of the season. The first round of the season at

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was where he got his first podium – a third place – in the series at the second race. He wouldn't get anymore podiums until the seventh round of the year at

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, coming in third position in the first and third races. The last quarter of the year was more successful, as he got his maiden car racing win at the final race of the next round at

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. In the penultimate round of the season at

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, Hanafin got a double podium in the last two races and in the final round of his campaign at

, he would snatch a second win at the second race and got a final podium in the final race of the season. Hanafin finished fourth in the overall standings of the championship with two wins, one pole position, two fastest laps, eight podiums and 480 points.

Porsche competition

2020

Hanafin would switch to

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racing in the 2020 season, driving in the local 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain with JTR. He got four podiums throughout the season but no wins, with his best result being a second place at

. Hanafin finished the championship 4th in the standings with 70 points. He also competed in two races of the

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, finshing 6th in the team standings.

2021

In 2021, Hanafin returned to the

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for the

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with JTR with the goal of winning the championship. He started off the season strong with a maiden Porsche Carrera Cup win in the first race of the season

. At

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, he got his maiden pole position in car racing in the first race, which he converted to a third place. He converted his first pole to a win a round later at the first race in

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, Hanafin got his first retirement of the year in the second race but bounced back with another win at the first race in

. In

, he came second in the first race but retired from the final race, while at

he got a double podium – two second places – and a pole position in the two races. Hanafin placed fourth and fifth in the penultimate round at

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and got his final win of the year at the first race in

. He lost out on the title to Dan Cammish by only a few points and finished the championship with four wins, three pole positions, four fastest laps, eight podiums and 116 points.

2022

The Briton would leave the

and instead make his international racing debut in both the 2022 Porsche Supercup and the

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for Fach Auto Tech. He did well in the Supercup, scoring points in every race minus the final two races, he got a best result of 6th in his home track at

and finished the championship in 9th with 40 points. In the

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, Hanafin would score points in the majority of the races but his highlight of the year was a third place at the

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. He finished the championship in 10th with 78 points.

Asian Le Mans Series

2023

Hanafin would make his

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debut in the

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for German team Rinaldi Racing, he would be teammate with Germans

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and

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for the fourth race season. The trio only got one set of points – a fourth place at the

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– in the first race, but they would retired from the next three races. Hanafin finished the championship in 12th with 12 points.

2024–25

Hanafin returned to the

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in the 2024–25 where he drove in the GT class from the second round of the series and onwards for Dragon Racing alongside Americans

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and Todd Coleman. As Dragon Racing was a guest team he was ineligible to score points. He retired from his first race at the

, and withdrew from the second race also at the

. In his second and final round at the

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, he would score no points except for a highest of 17th place.

European Le Mans Series

2023

For his full-time campaign, he would compete in the

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driving for JMW Motorsport in the

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category alongside

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and Martin Berry. At the first round of the series at the

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, his team started the race on pole position, being Hanafin's first pole in the series. They finished the race in third place, with this also being Hanafin's first podium in the series. After a sixth place at the second round of the series at the 4 Hours of Le Castellet, the trio achieved two consecutive podiums in the next two rounds at

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and

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, getting a fifth place at Aragón and retiring from the race at Spa-Francorchamps. At the final round of the season at

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– which consisted of two races – the trio came eleventh in the first race and fourth in the second race. Hanafin, Lancaster and Berry finished the championship 6th in the standings with three pole positions, one podium and 47 points.

2024

Hanafin contested his second year of the championship with Grid Motorsport by TF in the newly rebranded

class alongside Martin Berry and

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. He had a rather consistent season, coming seventh in the first two rounds then placing fifth in the next two rounds, getting a second place at Mugello and an eighth at the final round in

. The trio ended the championship seventh in the standings with one podium and 54 points.

2025

He is set to compete for LMGT3 reigning teams champion

for the 2025 season alongside Martin Berry and

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

2023

Hanafin joined Samantha Tan and Isaac Tutumlu for the final round of the

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with ST Racing with Rinaldi, where he competed in the Pro-Am class. The trio got on pole position in the race and won the race as well, also bagging a fastest lap. Hanafin placed 12th in the Pro-Am standings with 26 points.

2024

The Briton joined German outfit Walkenhorst Racing alongside Frenchmen Romain Leroux and Maxime Robin for the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, where he competed in the Silver Cup. Hanafin, Leroux and Robin would score points in every race of the season – except for the

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where they retired from the race – and despite not finishing the 2024 24 Hours of Spa, his team was classified for points as they competed the required race distance to score points. They also got a third place at

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and finished 11th in the standings with 49 points.

2025

For the

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, he will stay in the Silver Cup but switch to British team Steller Motorsport, partnering compatriot

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and Belgian Matisse Lismont.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

‡ Team standings ^* Season still in progress ^† As Hanafin was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

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

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results

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

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

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

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † As Hanafin was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

External links

References

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