Paul Dalla Lana

Paul Dalla Lana
Paul Dalla Lana
	Dalla Lana in 2013
Nationality	Canadian
Born	February 1, 1966 (age 60); Vancouver, Canada
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2013); FIA Bronze (2014–)
Years active	2013–2023
Car number	98
Starts	67 (67 entries)
Wins	17
Podiums	36
Best finish	1st (LMGTE Am) in 2017

Paul Dalla Lana (born February 1, 1966) is a Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist,^[3] and former amateur racing driver who recently drove for Northwest AMR in the World Endurance Championship.^[4] He is featured in the documentary "The Gentleman Driver", about non-professional drivers.^[5]

Nationality

Canadian

BornFebruary 1, 1966 (age 60)

Vancouver, Canada

Racing licence

FIA Silver (until 2013)^[1]

FIA Bronze (2014–)^[2]

Years active2013–2023

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Dalla Lana is the founder of NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, which owns and manages medical buildings in Canada. In 2008, he donated CAD $20-million to establish the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. In 2018, it was announced he was making an additional $20-million gift to the school.^[6]

In April 2023, Dalla Lana announced that he would be retiring from motorsport with immediate effect to concentrate on his business ventures.^[7]

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Grand-Am Koni Challenge - ST	Turner Motorsport	7	0	0	0	1	83	37th
2009	Canadian Touring Car Championship - Super Touring	GT Racing	4	?	?	?	?	1035	8th
2010	IMSA Sports Car Challenge - Grand Sport	Turner Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	33	47th
	Grand American Rolex Series - GT	Turner Motorsport	6	0	0	0	1	94	28th
	Canadian Touring Car Championship - Super Touring	YTR-Aldo/Northwest	8	0	0	0	0	331	20th
2011	IMSA Sports Car Challenge - Grand Sport	Turner Motorsport	10	1	0	0	5	276	1st
	Grand American Rolex Series - GT	Turner Motorsport	12	2	0	0	3	294	7th
	Dubai 24 Hour - A6	Need for Speed Team Schubert	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2012	IMSA Sports Car Challenge - Grand Sport	Turner Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	136	26th
2012	Grand American Rolex Series - GT	Turner Motorsport	13	2	0	0	4	339	3rd
2013	IMSA Sports Car Challenge - Grand Sport	Turner Motorsport	11	1	0	0	3	209	9th
	Grand American Rolex Series - GT	Turner Motorsport	12	3	0	0	3	282	7th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	5	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	American Le Mans Series - GT		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2014	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	8	3	0	0	7	164	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	United Sports Car Championship - GTLM		1	0	0	0	0	24	34th
	United Sports Car Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	43	47th
	IMSA Sports Car Challenge - Grand Sport	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	88th
	Dubai 24 Hour - A6 Pro	SX Team Schubert	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	8	3	3	0	6	144	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	United Sports Car Championship - GTLM		2	0	0	0	0	52	19th
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	9	5	4	0	6	149	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	0	0	0	51	31st
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	9	4	4	0	7	192	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	IMSA Sportscar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	19	69th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	HTP Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Bathurst 12 Hour - GT3 Pro-Am	HTP Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	1	25th
	Bathurst 12 Hour - GT3 Pro-Am	Audi Sport Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Spirit of Race	2	0	0	0	0	29	52nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	8	1	1	0	2	77	8th
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Bathurst 12 Hour - GT3 Pro-Am	Spirit of Race	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	4	34th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	11	67th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	8	0	1	0	4	100.5	7th
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Aston Martin Racing	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	6	0	0	0	1	58	8th
2021	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Northwest AMR	6	1	0	0	3	118	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	0	0	0	211	61st
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Northwest AMR	2	0	0	0	0	0	29th

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Pts
2013	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 3	SPA 6	LMS Ret	SÃO 11	COA Ret	FUJ	SHA	BHR		?	?
2014	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 3	LMS 5	COA 1	FUJ 2	SHA 1	BHR 3	SÃO 1		2nd	164
2015	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	SPA 1	LMS NC	NÜR 2	COA 5	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 1		3rd	144
2016	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 1	LMS Ret	NÜR 1	MEX Ret	COA 1	FUJ 1	SHA 1	BHR Ret	3rd	149
2017	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 1	LMS 4	NÜR 3	MEX 2	COA 1	FUJ 5	SHA 1	BHR 1	1st	192
2018–19	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SPA 1	LMS Ret	SIL 4	FUJ 3	SHA 5	SEB 8	SPA 6	LMS Ret		8th	77
2019–20	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0L Turbo V8	SIL 2	FUJ 11	SHA 3	BHR 2	COA 2	SPA 9	LMS 6	BHR 9		7th	100.5
2021	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA 6	ALG 4	MNZ 2	LMS Ret	BHR 4	BHR 10				8th	58
2022	Northwest AMR	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SEB 1	SPA 3	LMS 2	MNZ 8	FUJ 5	BHR 5				2nd	118
2023	Northwest AMR	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SEB 11	PRT 13	SPA	LMS	MNZ	FUJ	BHR			29th	0
Sources:^[8]^[9]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Aston Martin Racing	Bill Auberlen Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	221	DNF	DNF
2014	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	329	26th	6th
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	321	NC	NC
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	281	DNF	DNF
2017	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	329	36th	8th
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	92	DNF	DNF
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	87	DNF	DNF
2020	Aston Martin Racing	Augusto Farfus Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	333	33rd	8th
2021	Aston Martin Racing	Marcos Gomes Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	45	DNF	DNF
2022	Northwest AMR	David Pittard Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	342	36th	3rd
Sources:^[8]^[10]

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2014	Aston Martin Racing	GTLM	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 V8	DAY 8	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET		40th	24	^[11]
2014	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW Z4 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8 V8	DAY 7	SEB 7	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR 1	AUS	ATL		47th	43	^[11]
2015	Aston Martin Racing	GTLM	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 V8	DAY 6	SEB 6	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET			19th	52	^[12]
2016	Aston Martin Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 V12	DAY 4	SEB 10	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET		28th	51	^[13]
2017	Aston Martin Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 V12	DAY 12	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	69th	19	^[14]
2018	Spirit of Race	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 21	SEB 12	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		48th	29	^[15]
2019	Spirit of Race	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 20	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		67th	11	^[16]
2022	Northwest AMR	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 12	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	61st	211	^[17]
Source:^[8]

Paul Dalla Lana

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