Alexis Kapadia (born 4 June 1980) is a British businessman and racing driver who last competed in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series for RLR MSport.
Since 2003, Kapadia has been the owner of two Bargain Booze franchises in Dunstable, as well as three Wine Rack franchises since 2014. Kapadia also has been the Managing Director of Freedom Convenience since 2018.
Kapadia began racing single-seaters in 1998, racing in the Formula First UK Winter Series for Mark Burdett Motorsport, before winning the Formula Eurofirst title the following year. After that, Kapadia continued in single-seaters for the following three seasons, most notably racing in select rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship in 2000 and 2002.
Returning to racing on a full-time basis in 2008, Kapadia raced in the Supersport class of the Radical UK Cup, scoring six wins and finishing runner-up in the class' standings. Transitioning to the Radical European Masters for the following year, Kapadia won eight races to secure the SR8 title. Kapadia then won the 2010 Dubai 24 Hour in the SP3 class, before finishing second in the following year's edition, also in the SP3 class. During 2011, Kapadia also made his debut in the Le Mans Series, racing for Neil Garner Motorsport at the 6 Hours of Estoril, in which he finished third in the FLM class after starting on pole.
The following year, Kapadia joined Curtis Racing Technologies to race at the season-opening 6 Hours of Castellet of the European Le Mans Series, which he won in the LMPC class. After not racing for most of 2013, Kapadia joined Boutsen Ginion Racing to compete in the last two rounds of the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class, taking a best result of fifth at Le Castellet. Kapadia then primarily raced in the Radical European Masters for across the following two years, during which he raced in the 2014 4 Hours of Silverstone for Murphy Prototypes in LMP2, as well as the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans for Team AAI in LMGTE Am. In late 2015, Kapadia returned to Team AAI for a one-off cameo in the 2015âÂÂ16 Asian Le Mans Series at the first Sepang race, in which he finished second in LMP3.
Another season in the Radical European Masters then ensued in 2016, as well as racing in the Bathurst 12 Hour for Mishumotors and the Road to Le Mans for Duqueine Engineering, along with a one-off appearance in the European Le Mans Series for Murphy Prototypes. The following year, Kapadia joined RLR MSport to race in both the LMP3 class of the Le Mans Cup and the European Le Mans Series. Scoring a best result of sixth at Algarve and finishing 13th in the former's points, Kapadia found more success in the latter, scoring a lone podium at Le Mans and taking ninth in the standings. During 2017, Kapadia also made select appearances in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for Mishumotors, and the British LMP3 Cup for Nielsen Racing and T-Sport.
Switching to ÃÂcurie ÃÂcosse/Nielsen for the 2018 ELMS season, Kapadia took three second-place finished across the six-race season to finish fourth in the LMP3 standings. During 2018, Kapadia also raced in the Masters Endurance Legends and in select rounds of the Le Mans Cup for both Nielsen and RLR MSport. The following year, Kapadia only raced in the season-ending Algarve race of the Le Mans Cup season, which he won driving for RLR MSport. In 2020, Kapadia mainly raced in the Sports Prototype Cup for Breakell Racing, winning the Revolution Trophy title at season's end at Algarve. During 2020, Kapadia also raced in the LMP2 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Nielsen Racing, and the final two rounds of the Le Mans Cup for Mühlner Motorsport, in which he finished on the podium at Algarve.
Returning to RLR MSport and the European Le Mans Series for 2021, Kapadia scored a best result of second at Barcelona to end the year ninth in LMP3. During 2021, Kapadia also raced for the same team in the Road to Le Mans, as well as the Britcar Endurance Championship for Tim Gray Motorsport, who helped secure the Praga class title. Continuing with RLR MSport for 2022, Kapadia took a lone podium at Le Castellet and scored three other top five finishes en route to a fourth-place points finish. During 2022, Kapadia also raced with the same team at the Road to Le Mans with the same team alongside Horst Felbermayr Jr., finishing 16th and 21st in both races.
<sup>â </sup> As Kapadia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
<sup>â¡</sup> Team standings.
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
<sup>â </sup> As Kapadia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.