Luis William Mahendra Leeds (born 6 March 2000) is an Australian-Indonesian racing driver[1] currently competing in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia[2] Championship for Supercars Championship team 23Red Racing.[3]

Luis Leeds
NationalityAustralia Australian
Indonesia Indonesian
via dual nationality
Born (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 24)
Melbourne, Australia
Australian Formula 4 Championship career
Current teamAGI Sport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Starts18
Wins9
Poles8
Fastest laps8
Best finish1st in 2019
Championship titles
2019Australian Formula 4 Championship

Leeds served as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2016[4] and was also development driver for 23Red Racing.[5]

Career summary

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Formula 4

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Leeds finished 2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship on the sixth place, competing for Dream Motorsport.

In 2016 he became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and moved to the United Kingdom to compete in F4 British Championship with TRS Arden Junior Racing Team.[6] He ended the season third in the drivers standings with three wins. But it wasn't enough to keep the place in the RB Junior team.

Formula Renault

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In 2017 Leeds joined Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with Josef Kaufmann Racing.[7] He had two point-scoring finishes, his highest finishing position being seventh place at Silverstone.[8]

Australian Formula 4 Championship 2019

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In 2019 Leeds raced with AGI Sport in Australian F4 Championship where he competed in 18 races, finished on the podium 17 times for 9 wins including the Australian F1 Grand Prix event to go with his other F1 event win at the Mexico F1 in 2015. Leeds went on to win the championship convincingly.

Personal life

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Luis Leeds was born on 6 March 2000 in Melbourne by Australian-Indonesian parentage. His mother, Maria Leeds (née Eni), is an Indonesian expatriate and his father Dean Leeds is from Australia. Leeds studied in Ngawi, Indonesia during his primary school days from 2006 until 2012 during his ancestral education career days. In 2012 Leeds was moved back to Australia to pursue his racing career.

Leeds is currently practicing Christian Protestant who attends Protestant prayer service both in Australia and Indonesia.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
2014–15 Toyota Finance 86 Championship ETEC Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 130 12th
New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 3 1 0 1 2
2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship Dream Motorsport 21 0 0 1 6 183 6th
Australian Formula Ford Series 18 2 1 2 9 206 3rd
New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship 3 2 0 1 3 85 6th
Victorian State Circuit Racing Formula Ford Championship 9 5 1 3 7 258 3rd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship Luis Leeds 3 0 0 0 0 0 35th
2015–16 NACAM Formula 4 Championship Ram Racing 1 1 1 0 1 0 NC
2016 F4 British Championship TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 30 3 1 3 11 300 3rd
Australian Formula 4 Championship Dream Motorsport 3 1 0 0 2 40 11th
2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship Bernal Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup Josef Kaufmann Racing 22 0 0 1 0 7 19th
Formula Renault NEC 2 0 0 0 0 28 17th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 419 13th
Australian Formula 4 Championship Zagame Motorsport Juniors 3 0 0 0 0 18 14th
2018 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia 23Red Racing 12 0 0 2 2 298 10th
2019 Australian Formula 4 Championship AGI Sport 18 9 4 8 17 365 1st
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Meritus GP 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Australia 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2021 S5000 Australian Drivers Championship Garry Rogers Motorsport 12 0 0 0 4 316 6th
S5000 Tasman Series AGI Sport with GRM 6 0 0 0 2 105 4th

As Leeds was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results

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(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 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2015 Dream Motorsport TOW
1

3
TOW
2

6
TOW
3

Ret
QLD
1

4
QLD
2

3
QLD
3

6
SMP
1

3
SMP
2

4
SMP
3

10
SAN
1

9
SAN
2

6
SAN
3

2
SUR
1

5
SUR
2

4
SUR
3

2
PHI
1

10
PHI
2

4
PHI
3

3
SYD
1

Ret
SYD
2

Ret
SYD
3

Ret
6th 183
2016 Dream Motorsport SYM
1
SYM
2
SYM
3
PHI
1
PHI
2
PHI
3
SMP
1

3
SMP
2

Ret
SMP
3

1
QLD
1
QLD
2
QLD
3
SAN
1
SAN
2
SAN
3
SUR
1
SUR
2
SUR
3
11th 40
2017 Zagame Motorsport Juniors SAN1
1
SAN1
2
SAN1
3
SAN2
1
SAN2
2
SAN2
3
BAR
1
BAR
2
BAR
3
PHI
1
PHI
2
PHI
3
QLD
1
QLD
2
QLD
3
SYD
1
SYD
2
SYD
3
SUR
1

7
SUR
2

Ret
SUR
3

4
14th 18
2019 AGI Sport MEL
1

1
MEL
2

9
MEL
3

2
SYD
1

1
SYD
2

2
SYD
3

2
PHI1
1

1
PHI1
2

2
PHI1
3

2
PHI2
1

1
PHI2
2

2
PHI2
3

1
BEN1
1

1
BEN1
2

3
BEN1
3

3
BEN2
1

2
BEN2
2

1
BEN2
3

1
1st 365

Complete F4 British Championship results

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(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 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2016 TRS Arden Junior Racing Team BHI
1

4
BHI
2

9
BHI
3

2
DON
1

2
DON
2

Ret
DON
3

2
THR
1

5
THR
2

1
THR
3

8
OUL
1

13
OUL
2

8
OUL
3

11
CRO
1

3
CRO
2

1
CRO
3

10
SNE
1

5
SNE
2

17
SNE
3

4
KNO
1

5
KNO
2

1
KNO
3

2
ROC
1

7
ROC
2

2
ROC
3

10
SIL
1

8
SIL
2

3
SIL
3

2
BHGP
1

10
BHGP
2

11
BHGP
3

5
3rd 300

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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(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 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pos Points
2017 Josef Kaufmann Racing MNZ
1

25
MNZ
2

Ret
SIL
1

23
SIL
2

7
PAU
1

18
PAU
2

16
MON
1

14
MON
2

11
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

Ret
HUN
3

26
NÜR
1

14
NÜR
2

10
RBR
1

19
RBR
2

24
LEC
1

18
LEC
2

18
SPA
1

29
SPA
2

23
SPA
3

Ret
CAT
1

29
CAT
2

Ret
CAT
3

23
19th 7

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

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Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019   Team Australia Formula 4 5th 8th 4th

Complete S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship results

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Year Series Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Position Points
2020 Australian AGI Sport APC
R1

PO
APC
R2

PO
SMP
R3

C
SMP
R4

C
WIN
R5

C
WIN
R6

C
BMP
R7

C
BMP
R8

C
PHI
R9

C
PHI
R10

C
SAN
R11

C
SAN
R12

C
BAT
NC1

C
BAT
NC2

C
2021 Australian Garry Rogers Motorsport SYM
R1

6
SYM
R2

2
SYM
R3

7
PHI
R4

6
PHI
R5

7
PHI
R6

5
SAN
R7

6
SAN
R8

6
SAN
R9

3
SMP
R10

3
SMP
R11

7
SMP
R12

2
6th 316
2021 Tasman AGI Sport with GRM SMP
R1

2
SMP
R2

6
SMP
R3

5
BAT
R4

Ret
BAT
R5

3
BAT
R6

4
BAT
R7

C
4th 75

References

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  1. ^ "PIT LANE". Luis Leeds 96. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ^ "23 Red Racing | TEAM". www.23redracing.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Milwaukee Racing | Supercars". Supercars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. ^ "LUIS LEEDS JOINS JUNIOR RED BULL TEAM". www.cams.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  5. ^ "23Red Racing expands with Porsche | Supercars". Supercars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  6. ^ Allen, Peter (11 December 2015). "Arden firms up full MSA Formula quartet for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Luis Leeds set for TRS and FR2.0 campaigns in 2017". 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  8. ^ Allen, Peter (14 May 2017). "Shwartzman holds off Palmer for Silverstone Eurocup race two win". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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