Alexander West

Born in the Finnish capital of Helsinki,^[1] West grew up in Sweden, where he graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1990, before joining Investor AB five years later as its president.^[2] After leaving the company in 2000, West established Hong Kong-based Hedge fund manager Blue Pool Capital in 2004 with Joseph Tsai.^[3][4]

Alongside his career in finance, West is also an avid car collector, most notably owning Felipe Massa's Ferrari F2008,^[5] a Ferrari 499P Modificata and a Ferrari FXX-K among others.^[6][7]

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West made his car racing debut in 2015, primarily racing in Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific, in which he scored two class wins at Sepang and finished fourth in the Trofeo Pirelli standings.^[8][9] During 2015, West also raced part-time in the Maserati Trofeo World Series, in which he scored a lone podium at Suzuka.^[10]

West made his GT3 debut in 2016, driving in International GT Open for Garage 59, a new team born from the ashes of CRS Racing.^[11] Aboard a McLaren 650S GT3, West scored a lone overall win at Monza with Côme Ledogar and three other podiums to take sixth in Pro-Am.^[12] During 2016, West also briefly returned to Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific, as well as making a one-off appearance in Ferrari Challenge Europe.^[13] Returning to International GT Open for 2017,^[14] West and Ledogar took class wins at the Hungaroring and Monza to secure third in points.^[15][16] During 2017, West also made select appearances in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and the Le Mans Cup with Garage 59.^[17][18]

Continuing with the team for 2018, West primarily raced in the Am class of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup,^[19] taking wins at Silverstone and Le Castellet to secure runner-up honours.^[20][21] In parallel, West also raced for Ferrari-fielding Luzich Racing in International GT Open,^[22] scoring four Pro-Am podiums as he ended the season sixth in points.^[23] He also raced at the Bathurst 12 Hour for McLaren-fielding YNA Autosport,^[24] as well as racing in the FIA GT Nations Cup, representing Sweden alongside Victor Bouveng.^[25] After making his LMP3 debut with them at the Le Mans Cup season finale,^[26] West remained with AF Corse-run Spirit of Race to compete in the LMP2 class of the 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series.^[27] In his first season in the series, West won on debut at Shanghai en route to a fifth-place points finish,^[28] despite missing the round in Thailand due to "family commitments".^[29][30]

In 2019, West formally joined Chris Goodwin and Andrew Kirkaldy in the leadership structure of Garage 59.^[31] The season saw West and Goodwin share a car with Chris Harris in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, as the team switched to an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3.^[32] Racing in the Am class, the trio scored a lone class win at Le Castellet and three other podiums to once again finish runner-up in points.^[33] The following year, West and Goodwin continued to race together in the newly-renamed GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, albeit in Pro-Am.^[34] The pair took wins at Imola (with Jonny Adam) and Le Castellet (with Marvin Kirchhöfer), as well as finishing third at the 24 Hours of Spa to clinch the class title.^[35][36] During 2020, West also competed in select rounds of the European Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Ferrari-affiliated AF Corse, in LMGTE and LMGTE Am respectively.^[37][38]

Remaining an owner-driver for 2021, West raced with Garage 59 in the GT class of the Asian Le Mans Series,^[39] as well as a dual campaign in the Pro-Am class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups.^[40] In the four-race Asian Le Mans Series at the start of the year, West took a best result of third in race two at Dubai en route to a fifth-place points finish.^[41] Following that, West won at Monza in the Endurance Cup to take seventh in points,^[42] whereas in the Sprint Cup, he won at Misano and racked up six other podiums to finish fourth in Pro-Am.^[43]

The following year, West continued to race in the Asian Le Mans Series and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, as Garage 59 reverted back to McLaren machinery.^[44] After scoring a lone podium at Abu Dhabi and finishing seventh in the former's GT standings,^[45] he took three podiums in the latter to secure third in Pro-Am.^[46] During 2022, West also returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving a Ferrari 488 GTE Evo for Inception Racing in the LMGTE Am class, in a partnership with Garage 59.^[47] In 2023, West only raced in the Asian Le Mans Series and select rounds of the British GT Championship,^[48][49] most notably scoring an overall podium at Oulton Park in the latter series.^[50] West then won the 2024 Gulf 12 Hours in GT3 Pro-Am with Garage 59,^[51] before running a part-time schedule in International GT Open. Racing mainly in the Am class, West won at the Hockenheimring and took three other podiums to finish fifth in points.^[52] At the end of the year, West returned to the Gulf 12 Hours, winning it in the Am class alongside Marco Pulcini, Mark Sansom and James Vowles.^[53]

In 2026, West joined Garage 59 for its debut in the LMGT3 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Benjamin Goethe and Finn Gehrsitz.^[54]

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Racing career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific – Trofeo Pirelli		6	2	4	5	3	76	4th
	Maserati Trofeo World Series		4	0	0	0	1	25	10th
2016	International GT Open – Pro-Am	Garage 59	14	1	0	0	4	38	6th
	Ferrari Challenge Europe – Coppa Shell Am	Scuderia Autoropa	2	0	0	0	0	7	23rd
	Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific – Trofeo Pirelli
2017	International GT Open – Pro-Am	Garage 59	14	2	0	0	6	60	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Am		2	0	0	0	0	12	20th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Le Mans Cup – GT3		2	0	0	0	0	7	14th
2018	Bathurst 12 Hour – APA	YNA Autosport	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	5th
	International GT Open – Pro-Am	Luzich Racing	14	0	0	0	4	37	6th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	YNA Autosport	1	0	0	0	0	4	23rd
		Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Am		5	2	2	3	2	92	2nd
	Le Mans Cup – LMP3	Graff	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	49th
	FIA GT Nations Cup	Team Sweden	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
2018–19	Asian Le Mans Series – LMP2	Spirit of Race	3	1	0	0	1	45	5th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Am	Garage 59	5	1	1	0	4	99	2nd
	VLN Series – SP8	Aston Martin Racing	3	1	0	0	2	19.17	7th
	VLN Series – SP8T		1	0	0	0	0	2.14	40th
2020	Bathurst 12 Hour – APA	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	AF Corse	3	0	0	0	0	20	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro-Am	Garage 59	4	2	0	0	3	92	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP8T		1	0	0	0	1	—N/a	3rd
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP8T		2	0	0	0	1	9.11	10th
	British GT Championship – GT3 Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2021	Asian Le Mans Series – GT	Garage 59	4	0	0	0	1	35	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro-Am		5	1	0	0	2	57	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Pro-Am		10	1	0	0	7	101.5	4th
2022	Asian Le Mans Series – GT	Garage 59	4	0	0	0	1	29.5	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro-Am		5	0	0	0	3	99	3rd
	British GT Championship – GT3 Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am	Inception Racing	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	DNF
2023	Asian Le Mans Series – GT	Garage 59	4	0	0	0	0	16	8th
	British GT Championship – GT3 Pro-Am		5	0	0	0	1	16	19th
	Gulf 12 Hours – GT3 Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	5th
2024	British GT Championship – GT3 Silver-Am	Sky - Tempesta Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Gulf 12 Hours – GT3 Pro-Am	Garage 59	1	1	0	0	1	—N/a	1st
2025	McLaren Trophy Europe – Am	Garage 59	2	2	0	0	2	30	5th
	International GT Open – Am		6	1	2	0	4	42	5th
	International GT Open – Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	1	16	14th
	Gulf 12 Hours – Am		1	1	0	0	1	—N/a	1st
2026	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGT3	Garage 59	3	0	0	0	0	18*	16th*
Sources:[55][56]

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Complete International GT Open results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2016	Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	Pro-Am	EST 1 4	EST 2 10	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 9	LEC 1 9	LEC 2 5	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 8	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 3	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 1	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 Ret	6th	38
2017	Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	Pro-Am	EST 1 2	EST 2 4	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 2	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 6	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 1	SIL 1 7	SIL 2 Ret	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 1	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 9	3rd	60
2018	Luzich Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	Pro-Am	EST 1 3	EST 2 3	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 5	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 6	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 2	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 4	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 9	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 10	6th	37
2025	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Am	PRT 1	PRT 2	SPA	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 4	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 2	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2		5th	42
			Pro-Am														MNZ 2	14th	16

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Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2017	Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	Am	MNZ	SIL Ret	LEC	SPA 6H 52	SPA 12H 41	SPA 24H 32	CAT	20th	12
2018	Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	Am	MNZ Ret	SIL 25	LEC 18	SPA 6H 45	SPA 12H 39	SPA 24H 42	CAT 37	2nd	92
2019	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Am	MNZ 30	SIL 33	LEC 24	SPA 6H 40	SPA 12H 41	SPA 24H 47	CAT 22	2nd	99
2020	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro-Am	IMO 13	NÜR 33	SPA 6H 17	SPA 12H 24	SPA 24H 20	LEC 20		1st	92
2021	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ 14	LEC 25	SPA 6H 23	SPA 12H 47	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 31	CAT Ret	7th	57
2022	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3	Pro-Am	IMO 34	LEC 25	SPA 6H 29	SPA 12H 24	SPA 24H 41†	HOC 35	CAT 40	3rd	99

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GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2021	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro-Am	MAG 1 22	MAG 2 21	ZAN 1 23	ZAN 2 21	MIS 1 21	MIS 2 18	BRH 1 23	BRH 2 24	VAL 1 Ret	VAL 2 20	4th	101.5

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Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
2018–19	Spirit of Race	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SHA 1	FUJ 6	CHA	SEP 5	5th	45
2021	Garage 59	GT	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 5	DUB 2 3	ABU 1 6	ABU 2 9	5th	35
2022	Garage 59	GT	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 5	DUB 2 8	ABU 1 14	ABU 2 3	7th	29.5
2023	Garage 59	GT	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 15	DUB 2 4	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 8	8th	16

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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2020	AF Corse	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 5	SPA 7	LEC	MNZ	ALG Ret	13th	20

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	AF Corse	Steffen Görig Christoph Ulrich	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	LMGTE Am	80	DNF	DNF
2022	Inception Racing	Côme Ledogar Marvin Klein	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	LMGTE Am	190	DNF	DNF
2026	Garage 59	Finn Gehrsitz Benjamin Goethe	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	LMGT3	329	47th	15th
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Complete British GT Championship results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2020	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GT3 Pro-Am	OUL 1	OUL 2	DON1 1	DON1 2	BRH	DON2	SNE 1	SNE 2	SIL Ret	NC†	0†
2022	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	GT3 Pro-Am	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 2	DON1	SNE 1	SNE 2	SPA	BRH	DON2	NC†	0†
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	GT3 Pro-Am	OUL 1 11	OUL 2 3	SIL 33	DON1 Ret	SNE 1 16	SNE 2 WD	ALG	BRH	DON2	19th	16
2024	Sky - Tempesta Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	GT3 Silver-Am	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL WD	DON1	SPA	SNE 1	SNE 2	DON2	BRH	NC	0

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2026	Garage 59	LMGT3	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	IMO 7	SPA 5	LMS 10	SÃO	COA	FUJ	QAT	BHR	16th*	18*

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