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Ian Loggie

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Ian Loggie
NationalityBritish
Born (1962-11-01) 1 November 1962 (age 62)
Scotland
British GT Championship career
Debut season2015
Current team2 Seas Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Bronze
Car number1
Championship titles
2013
2015
2022
2022
Britcar
Blancpain Am Cup
Asian Le Mans Series GT Am
British GT Championship

Ian Loggie (born 1 November 1962) is a Scottish businessman and racing driver. After starting racing in 2013, he won the Britcar championship in the same year. He then won the Am Cup category of the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2015. In 2022, he won the Asian Le Mans Series GT Am championship and the British GT Championship in the GT3 category. He also won the bronze medal at the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup.

Racing career

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Loggie began his racing career in 2013 and that year, he won Britcar championship alongside Chris Jones. He then began racing in the Blancpain Endurance Series (now the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup) in 2014, driving a Audi R8 LMS ultra for Team Parker Racing.[1] At the 2015 24 Hours of Spa, the Am Cup was won by the No. 24 Audi R8 LMS ultra of Team Parker, driven by Loggie, Callum MacLeod, Benny Simonsen and Julian Westwood.[2] Loggie and Westwood won the 2015 series in the Am Cup category.[3]

Loggie began racing at the British GT Championship in 2015, where he was signed to Team Parker Racing up to the 2018 season.[4] In 2019, he signed with Ram Racing.[5] With this team, he won the 2022 championship, winning two races in the process during that season.[6][7] Also in October of that year, he joined Sam Neary behind the wheel of Team United Kingdom's GT Relay entry into the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games.[8][9] The duo finished second and fourth in the two qualifying races, before winning the bronze medal in the main race.[10]

For the 2023 season, Loggie signed with 2 Seas Motorsport.[11][12] He also made an appearance in the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Teams Continue to Commit to Blancpain Sprint, Endurance Series – Sportscar365". 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Audi R8 LMS clinches second and third place at Spa". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ "McLaren wins iRacing.com GT500 at the Nürburgring - Chiyo, Reip, Buncombe take 2015 Blancpain Endurance drivers title". Blancpain GT Series. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Two Car Team Parker Racing Bentley Effort Confirmed For 2018 British GT Championship". Dailysportscar. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ "RAM Racing Announce British GT Return". Dailysportscar. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ^ Mackley, Stefan (23 November 2022). "How a Pro mindset finally secured a British GT Am an overdue title". Autosport.
  7. ^ "2022 champions crowned at SRO Awards in London". British GT Championship. 26 November 2022.
  8. ^ "FIA Motorsport Games Preview: GT & GT Sprint". fiamotorsportgames.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022. The GT Cup assault will see the established duo of Eric Debard and Simon Gachet tackle their home event...
  9. ^ Goodwin, Graham (25 October 2022). "FIA Motorsport Games: GT & GT Sprint Entries Finalised". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. ^ Dagys, John (29 October 2022). "France Takes Gold in GT Cup Main Race". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  11. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (8 March 2023). "Four-Time British GT Champion Adam Headlines 2 Seas GT3 Line-Up". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Oulton welcomes world's best this Easter weekend". British GT Championship. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Stellar international entry for F4 South East Asia Championship Malaysian double-header finale". F4 SEA. 2023-11-24.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dennis Lind
Leo Machitski
British GT Championship
Champion

2022
Succeeded by
Darren Leung
Dan Harper