Alex Ellis

Who is Alex Ellis?

Alexander Ellis is a Canadian racing driver from St. Catharines, Ontario.

Alex Ellis began racing 2005 in karts at the age of 14. After karting, Ellis participated in a 1.2L Formula Vee series in Canada in 2008. In 2009 he drove as a BMW Junior Driver and moved to Formula BMW Americas driving for Autotecnica and finished sixth in points with a best finish of second at Road America and captured a pole at Lime Rock Park. In 2010 he won the Jim Russell "Race of Champions" title, winning a chance to make his Firestone Indy Lights debut on August 22 at Infineon Raceway driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. He ran the majority of the race in P7 before retiring due to mechanical failure.