McNish Allan(Scotland, 29/10/1969)

Allan McNish (born on 29 December 1969 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a former British racing driver who competed in Formula 1 in the early 2000s and became a leading figure in endurance racing, the discipline in which he built the most significant part of his sporting career.

After starting in British karting, McNish moved to single-seaters in the late 1980s. In 1989 he won the Formula Ford 1600 Championship and continued his development in Formula Vauxhall Lotus and British Formula 3. In 1992 he won the prestigious Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix, a result that brought him to the attention of top teams and opened the door to an international professional career.

In the following years he competed in several high-level categories: International Formula 3000, Formula 1 test programmes and, in parallel, began to establish himself in sports-prototype racing. His official Formula 1 debut came in 2002 with Toyota, with whom he contested the full season. In a technically challenging context, McNish failed to score points, but gained valuable experience before ending his short stint in the Circus.

After leaving Formula 1, McNish focused on endurance racing, becoming one of the emblematic drivers of the Audi programme. Between 2000 and 2013 he achieved outstanding results, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (1998, 2008, 2013) and securing the 2006 American Le Mans Series title. His name is inseparably linked to Audi’s dominant prototype era, thanks to a blend of speed, reliability and technical expertise.

In Formula 1 McNish contested a total of 16 Grands Prix without scoring points, while in endurance racing he collected overall victories and titles that place him among the most successful drivers of his generation in long-distance competition.

After retiring from racing, McNish pursued a management career within Audi Sport, holding senior roles in endurance programmes and later in the transition from LMP1 to LMDh projects.

GP Results

GP/Points Graph

Year	Team	Chassis	Points
2002	Toyota	TF102	0

* World Championships with at least 1 point won (since 2001)

Year	Team	Teammate	Win
2002	Panasonic Toyota Racing (TF102)	Salo M.	1 VS 16
Total			1 VS 16

Grand Prix	Team	Chassis	Pos.
Belgian GP 2002	Panasonic Toyota Racing	TF102	9
Austrian GP 2002	Panasonic Toyota Racing	TF102	9
Spanish GP 2002	Panasonic Toyota Racing	TF102	8
Malaysian GP 2002	Panasonic Toyota Racing	TF102	7

* Grand prix finishes in the top 10 (since 2001)

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