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Jake Hughes
Hughes in 2023 Jakarta E-Prix
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 29)
Birmingham, England
Formula E career
Debut season 2022–23
Current team McLaren Formula E Team
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number5
Starts19
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles2
Fastest laps0
Best finish12th in 2022–23
Previous series
202022
201921
2018, 19–20
2016, 2018
201617
201415
201415
2014
2013
FIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
F3 Asian Championship
GP3 Series
FIA European F3
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
BRDC Formula 4 Championship
Championship titles
2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship

Jake John Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula E with McLaren. He is the winner of the inaugural BRDC Formula 4 Championship and has won multiple races at Formula 3.

Early racing career

Karting

Hughes started his racing career in karting in 2010 at the age of sixteen, [1] finishing eleventh in the Junior Class of the Easykart UK Championship. [2] In 2011, he finished fifth in the Super 1 National Formula KGP Championship. [3] He stayed in the same championship for 2012, improving to fourth in the series standings, [4] whilst also winning the Easykart UK Championship in the Light category.

Local championships

Hughes made his single-seaters debut in 2012 at Silverstone in the Formula Renault BARC Championship with Antel Motorsport and contested in the Rockingham round of the Formula Renault BARC Winter Series.

For 2013, he decided to move in the newly created BRDC Formula 4 Championship, joining Lanan Racing to partner Daniel Headlam. [5] He took four wins with another six podiums to clinch the championship title, beating Seb Morris by 35 points. [6]

As a reward for his title, Hughes tested a Dallara F308 for Carlin at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, which he called "one of the best experiences in [his] life". [7]

Formula Renault

Hughes returned in the Formula Renault machinery with Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup switch in 2014. [8] He had only one podium, finishing third at Silverstone on his route to the eighth in the series standings. Also in 2014 he had part-time campaigns in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps.

For 2015 he signed with Koiranen GP to contest full-time both in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. [9] He was victorious only in the second race at Spa and had another four podiums, finishing sixth in the championship. Though in the Alps championship he was more successful, winning races at Spa, Monza and Misano and taking the lead of the championship before the final round. However, due to two finishes outside of the podium places in that final event Hughes lost out on the title to Jack Aitken by just five points. In a podcast with Dan Ticktum six years later, Hughes revealed that he had competed in the final round with a cracked chassis, which had cost him performance throughout the weekend. [10]

GP3 Series

Hughes graduated to the GP3 Series in 2016, joining newcomers DAMS. [11] He earned his first GP3 victory in the sprint race at Hockenheim. [12] At the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi, Hughes experienced a technical failure in qualifying and was forced to start from the pitlane in the feature race. Having climbed up to seventh by the end of race 1, the Brit won the second race of the weekend, which he later described as "one of [his] best [race] weekends". [13]

Hughes with ART Grand Prix in 2018

Hughes returned to the GP3 Series for 2018, after a one-year absence which he spent in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. He raced for ART Grand Prix alongside Nikita Mazepin and his friends Callum Ilott and Anthoine Hubert. [14] He claimed his first and only win of the year in the second race at the Red Bull Ring and ended up eighth in the standings, whilst his teammates locked out the first three positions in the standings. [15]

Formula 3

FIA F3 European Championship

For 2017, Hughes made the switch from the GP3 Series to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, having competed in the final round of the 2016 season. He contested the season with the Hitech GP team. [16] He claimed his first and only win at the second race in Nürburgring and finished the season 5th in the driver's championship. [17]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019

Hughes driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2019 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

Hughes continued in the third tier of single-seater racing, as the GP3 Series rebranded to become the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Hughes joined the new HWA Racelab outfit alongside Keyvan Andres and Bent Viscaal. [18] Hughes claimed his only win of the year in a fortuitous sprint race at the Red Bull Ring, as race leaders Robert Shwartzman and Marcus Armstrong collided on the final lap. Shwartzman crossed the line first, but was given a penalty for causing the collision, handing the win to Hughes. [19] Hughes claimed a double podium finish at the Hungaroring, finishing both races in third place. [20] Hughes scored 90 of his team's 100 points over the season, placing him seventh in the drivers' championship.

2020

Hughes was retained by HWA Racelab for the 2020 season and was joined by Ferrari junior Enzo Fittipaldi and Red Bull junior Jack Doohan. [21] Hughes experienced a poor start to the season, collecting only half a point from the first six races. He was on course for a top-two finish in the sprint race at the second Red Bull Ring round, but collided with Liam Lawson and suffered race-ending damage. [22] He took his first podium of the year in the feature race at the second Silverstone round, followed by his first Formula 3 feature race victory in Barcelona the following week. Hughes claimed his second win of the year at the Monza sprint race. He ended the season seventh in the championship for a second consecutive year, scoring 111.5 of his team's 138.5 points.

2021

Shortly prior to the final round of the 2020 championship, Hughes announced that he would leave the series at the end of the year, having spent five years racing at Formula 3 level. [23] However, in 2021, Hughes returned to the championship at the fourth round at the Hungaroring as a substitute driver, replacing the injured Kaylen Frederick at Carlin Buzz Racing. [24] He finished the races in 16th, 17th and 13th respectively.

At the end of the year, Hughes tested a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for Team HRT, driving alongside Lirim Zendeli, David Beckmann and David Schumacher at the Circuit Paul Ricard. [25]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2020 & 2021: Partial campaigns

On 22 September 2020 it was announced that Jake Hughes would step up to Formula 2, replacing Giuliano Alesi at the BWT HWA Racelab team for the 10th round at the Sochi Autodrom. [26] Hughes finished 12th on his feature race debut, but was eliminated from the sprint race after a first-lap collision with Guilherme Samaia. [27] Hughes was replaced by former FIA Formula 3 competitor Théo Pourchaire for the final two rounds in Bahrain. [28]

Before the fifth round of the 2021 season, held at Monza, Hughes was confirmed to once again be stepping in at HWA, this time due to an injury sustained by regular driver Jack Aitken at the 24 Hours of Spa. [29] In the first race, which was plagued by retirements from numerous other drivers, Hughes managed to finish twelfth, having started from the pit lane after stalling on the formation lap. He had to retire from the second race after a collision with his teammate Alessio Deledda. In the third race of the weekend Hughes finished 13th. The following round at Sochi, Hughes went on to score his first points in Formula 2, finishing fourth in the sprint race. [30] This also gave HWA their best ever race finish in the series to date.

2022

Hughes driving the Dallara F2 2018 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round.

After testing with new team Van Amersfoort Racing at the post-season test at Yas Marina, Hughes signed up with the team for the 2022 Formula 2 season, partnering Belgian Amaury Cordeel. [31] Having started his season off with points at Bahrain, Hughes finished third in the Jeddah sprint race but was later disqualified for a technical infringement. [32] [33] Despite this disappointment, he would bounce back the following day, taking fourth place in the feature race. However, the following three rounds formed a points scoring drought, which was compounded by a crash during qualifying in Monaco and a subsequent stall at the start of the sprint race, which he began from pole. The Briton returned to the top ten in Baku, scoring a point on Sunday, before another tenth place at his home track of Silverstone. One week later in Austria, Hughes took a fifth place in a chaotic feature race, which would end up being his final points of the season, as Hughes would miss the French and Hungarian rounds after testing positive for COVID-19, being replaced by David Beckmann. [34] Due to growing Formula E commitments, Hughes left VAR fully before the round at Spa-Francorchamps. [35] He ended up 16th in the standings, outscoring teammate Cordeel, who had competed throughout the entire season.

Formula E

Hughes made his first Formula E appearance during the 2019 rookie test in Marrakech, where he partnered Jamie Chadwick at Nio Formula E Team. [36] The following year, he would once again appear in the rookie test at the same circuit, this time driving for Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team alongside Daniel Juncadella. [37]

On 25 February 2021 it was announced that Jake Hughes would be the reserve driver for Venturi Racing in the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship. [38] After deputising for Gary Paffett at Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team in the last rounds of the season, he was signed as the team's full-time reserve and development driver for the 2021–22 season. [39]

McLaren (2023–)

2022–23 season

Hughes with NEOM McLaren at the 2023 Berlin ePrix.

After it was announced that the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team, for which Hughes had been a simulator driver, would be taken over by the McLaren Formula E Team, the Briton left Formula 2 in pursuit of taking one of the seats for the upcoming season. [40] In November 2022, Hughes joined McLaren for the 2022–23 season, partnering René Rast. [41] The season started out strongly in Mexico City, as Hughes progressed to the semi-final stage in qualifying, ending up third on the grid [42] before finishing the race in fifth place, having been overtaken by André Lotterer on the final lap. [43] Following the conclusion to the race, Hughes branded the ePrix as the "hardest race [he'd] ever done". [44] At the first round of the Diriyah ePrix, Hughes qualified at second place (missing out on pole position by 0.060s) [45] but finished the race in eighth. [46] More qualifying success followed in the second round, as Hughes took his first pole position in the series, beating Mitch Evans in the final. [47] [48] He ended the race in fifth position, having lost the lead to Evans at the start. [49] At the Hyderabad ePrix, Hughes suffered his first retirement of the season as a piece of debris got lodged in his steering wheel, prompting him to withdraw. [50]

A pair of tenth and eighth places followed at Cape Town and São Paulo, [51] [52] before having a disastrous at the Berlin ePrix in which he failed to score points. [53] Hughes scored his second pole position at the Monaco ePrix after being promoted from second due to Nissan's Sacha Fenestraz being stripped of his pole position for exceeding his power limit in his final run. [54] He finished the race in fifth. [55] However, Hughes would only take two more tenth places throughout the rest of the season as the McLaren grew uncompetitive, and did not start the first race in Rome after a qualifying shunt. [56] He placed 12th in the standings with 48 points, eight ahead of teammate Rast. [57]

Indoor speed world record

During the London ePrix weekend, Hughes set a new Guinness World Records for indoor speed by hitting 218.71kmh/135.9 mph inside London's ExCeL Centre in a modified version of the Formula E Gen3 race car called the GENBETA. The previous record for fastest speed achieved by a vehicle indoors was 165.20kmh/102.65 mph set by American driver Leh Keen in a Porsche Taycan Turbo S at the New Orleans Convention Centre in 2021. [58]

2023–24 season

Hughes extended his stay with McLaren for the 2023–24 season and teamed with Sam Bird after René Rast's departure. [59] [60] He started the season positively with a seventh place at the Mexico City ePrix. [61] After narrowly missing points during the first race in Diriyah, he bounced back in the second, taking his career best finish of fourth and revealed that he was "buzzing" after the race. [62]

Personal life

Hughes was born in Birmingham, England and is a supporter of Aston Villa FC.

He was a co-host of the H.Y.M podcast, alongside BMW factory driver Nick Yelloly and Superbike racer Alex Murley, where the three interviewed notable motorsport personalities, such as Seb Morris, Sheldon van der Linde, Jordan King and Dan Ticktum. [63]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2010 Easykart UK Championship — Junior ACR 11th
Easykart International Grand Finals — 100 Easykart Easykart UK DNF
2011 Super 1 National Championship — Formula KGP 5th
2012 Super 1 National Championship — Formula KGP 4th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Formula KGP 3rd
Easykart UK Championship — Light 2nd
Easykart International Grand Finals — TAG Under 6th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 V de V Challenge Monoplace Antel Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 25 45th
Formula Renault BARC 2 0 0 0 0 7 30th
Formula Renault BARC Winter Series MGR Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 24 14th
2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship Lanan Racing 24 4 4 6 10 445 1st
2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC ART Junior Team 4 0 0 0 0 152 8th
Mark Burdett Racing 11 0 0 0 1
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Strakka Racing 4 0 0 1 0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Koiranen GP 17 1 1 0 5 160 6th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 16 3 2 3 7 237 2nd
2016 GP3 Series DAMS 18 2 1 2 4 90 8th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 3 0 0 0 1 27 16th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Hitech GP 30 1 2 2 7 207 5th
2018 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 18 1 0 0 3 85 8th
F3 Asian Championship Hitech GP 9 9 6 8 9 225 2nd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship HWA Racelab 16 1 1 2 4 90 7th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 17th
Formula Regional European Championship KIC Motorsport 3 0 0 1 3 45 12th
2019–20 F3 Asian Championship Hitech Grand Prix 6 0 0 1 0 24 14th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship HWA Racelab 18 2 0 3 4 111.5 7th
FIA Formula 2 Championship BWT HWA Racelab 2 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2020–21 Formula E Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team Reserve/Development driver
ROKiT Venturi Racing
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship HWA Racelab 8 0 0 0 0 8 18th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 27th
Formula One Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Simulator driver
2021–22 Formula E Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team Reserve/Development driver
ROKiT Venturi Racing
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 16 0 0 0 0 26 16th
Formula One Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Simulator driver
Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team
2022–23 Formula E Neom McLaren Formula E Team 15 0 2 0 0 48 12th
2023–24 Formula E NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 7 0 1 0 0 25* 9th*

As Hughes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete BRDC Formula 4 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2013 Lanan Racing SIL1
1

2
SIL1
2

5
SIL1
3

Ret
BRH1
1

6
BRH1
2

4
BRH1
3

11
SNE1
1

9
SNE1
2

6
SNE1
3

1
OUL
1

2
OUL
2

6
OUL
3

2
BRH2
1

4
BRH2
2

4
BRH2
3

1
SIL2
1

2
SIL2
2

9
SIL2
3

1
SNE2
1

3
SNE2
2

2
SNE2
3

8
DON
1

1
DON
2

6
DON
3

4
1st 445

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2014 Mark Burdett Racing MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

26
SIL
1

3
SIL
2

5
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

8
HOC
3

10
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

9
ASS
1

16
ASS
2

11
8th 152
ART Junior Team MST
1

7
MST
2

22
MST
3

C
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

10
NÜR
3

C

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2014 Mark Burdett Racing ALC
1
ALC
2
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

22
SIL
1
SIL
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NC† 0
Strakka Racing HUN
1

24
HUN
2

12
LEC
1
LEC
2
JER
1

Ret
JER
2

8
2015 Koiranen GP ALC
1

8
ALC
2

7
ALC
3

13
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

1
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

3
SIL
1

3
SIL
2

3
SIL
3

5
NÜR
1

5
NÜR
2

7
LMS
1

Ret
LMS
2

15
JER
1

5
JER
2

7
JER
3

4
6th 160

As Hughes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2015 Koiranen GP IMO
1

Ret
IMO
2

3
PAU
1

5
PAU
2

2
RBR
1

6
RBR
2

2
RBR
3

4
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

3
MNZ
1

14
MNZ
2

1
MNZ
3

Ret
MIS
1

5
MIS
2

1
JER
1

4
JER
2

9
2nd 237

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2016 DAMS CAT
FEA

2
CAT
SPR

8
RBR
FEA

8
RBR
SPR

6
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

17
HUN
FEA

23
HUN
SPR

19
HOC
FEA

8
HOC
SPR

1
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

3
MNZ
SPR

10
SEP
FEA

Ret
SEP
SPR

12
YMC
FEA

7
YMC
SPR

1
8th 90
2018 ART Grand Prix CAT
FEA

13
CAT
SPR

3
LEC
FEA

10
LEC
SPR

17
RBR
FEA

5
RBR
SPR

1
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

8
HUN
FEA

16
HUN
SPR

14
SPA
FEA

7
SPA
SPR

4
MNZ
FEA

9
MNZ
SPR

4
SOC
FEA

7
SOC
SPR

16
YMC
FEA

7
YMC
SPR

2
8th 85

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2016 Carlin Volkswagen LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
IMO
1
IMO
2
IMO
3
HOC
1

19
HOC
2

4
HOC
3

3
16th 27
2017 Hitech GP Mercedes SIL
1

13
SIL
2

3
SIL
3

13
MNZ
1

10
MNZ
2

13
MNZ
3

Ret
PAU
1

Ret
PAU
2

6
PAU
3

Ret
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

4
HUN
3

7
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

2
NOR
3

5
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

4
SPA
3

Ret
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

2
ZAN
3

5
NÜR
1

2
NÜR
2

1
NÜR
3

2
RBR
1

11
RBR
2

13
RBR
3

16
HOC
1

12
HOC
2

5
HOC
3

8
5th 207

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2016 United Kingdom Carlin Dallara F312 6th 10th 6th
2018 United Kingdom Hitech GP Dallara F317 6th 5th 4th
2019 Germany HWA Racelab Dallara F3 2019 6th DNF 17th

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points
2018 Dragon HitechGP SEP1
1

1
SEP1
2

1
SEP1
3

1
NIS1
1
NIS1
2
NIS1
3
SIC
1

1
SIC
2

1
SIC
3

1
NIS2
1

1
NIS2
2

1
NIS2
3

1
SEP2
1
SEP2
2
SEP2
3
2nd 225
2019–20 Hitech Grand Prix SEP1
1

Ret
SEP1
2

7
SEP1
3

6
DUB
1

12
DUB
2

5
DUB
3

Ret
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
SEP2
1
SEP2
2
SEP2
3
CHA
1
CHA
2
CHA
3
14th 24

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2019 HWA Racelab CAT
FEA

17
CAT
SPR

Ret
LEC
FEA

Ret
LEC
SPR

7
RBR
FEA

7
RBR
SPR

1
SIL
FEA

9
SIL
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

3
HUN
SPR

3
SPA
FEA

21
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

6
MNZ
SPR

3
SOC
FEA

7
SOC
SPR

4
7th 90
2020 HWA Racelab RBR
FEA

28
RBR
SPR

12
RBR
FEA

10
RBR
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

24
HUN
SPR

19
SIL
FEA

4
SIL
SPR

10
SIL
FEA

2
SIL
SPR

7
CAT
FEA

1
CAT
SPR

10
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

17
MNZ
FEA

5
MNZ
SPR

1
MUG
FEA

2
MUG
SPR

6
7th 111.5
2021 Carlin Buzz Racing CAT
1
CAT
2
CAT
3
LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HUN
1

16
HUN
2

17
HUN
3

13
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
SOC
1
SOC
2
SOC
3
27th 0

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 NC Points
2020 BWT HWA Racelab RBR
FEA

RBR
SPR

RBR
FEA

RBR
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

CAT
FEA

CAT
SPR

SPA
FEA

SPA
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MUG
FEA

MUG
SPR

SOC
FEA

12
SOC
SPR

Ret
BHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

BHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

23rd 0
2021 HWA Racelab BHR
SP1
BHR
SP2
BHR
FEA
MCO
SP1
MCO
SP2
MCO
FEA
BAK
SP1
BAK
SP2
BAK
FEA
SIL
SP1
SIL
SP2
SIL
FEA
MNZ
SP1

12
MNZ
SP2

Ret
MNZ
FEA

13
SOC
SP1

4
SOC
SP2

C
SOC
FEA

18
JED
SP1
JED
SP2
JED
FEA
YMC
SP1

Ret
YMC
SP2

13
YMC
FEA

Ret
18th 8
2022 Van Amersfoort Racing BHR
SPR

Ret
BHR
FEA

9
JED
SPR

DSQ
JED
FEA

4
IMO
SPR

18
IMO
FEA

12
CAT
SPR

20†
CAT
FEA

16
MCO
SPR

18
MCO
FEA

13
BAK
SPR

9
BAK
FEA

10
SIL
SPR

11
SIL
FEA

10
RBR
SPR

16
RBR
FEA

5
LEC
SPR
LEC
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
ZAN
SPR
ZAN
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
FEA
YMC
SPR
YMC
FEA
16th 26

Complete Formula E results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2022–23 NEOM McLaren Formula E Team Formula E Gen3 Nissan e-4ORCE 04 MEX
5
DRH
8
DRH
5
HYD
Ret
CAP
10
SAP
8
BER
Ret
BER
18
MCO
5
JAK
10
JAK
Ret
POR
18
RME
DNS
RME
11
LDN
10
LDN
19
12th 48
2023–24 NEOM McLaren Formula E Team Formula E Gen3 Nissan e-4ORCE 04 MEX
7
DRH
11
DRH
4
SAP
Ret
TOK
14
MIS
13
MIS
8
MCO
BER
BER
SIC
SIC
POR
POR
LDN
LDN
9th* 25*

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BRDC Formula 4 Championship
Champion

2013
Succeeded by
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Jake Hughes
Hughes in 2023 Jakarta E-Prix
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 29)
Birmingham, England
Formula E career
Debut season 2022–23
Current team McLaren Formula E Team
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number5
Starts19
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles2
Fastest laps0
Best finish12th in 2022–23
Previous series
202022
201921
2018, 19–20
2016, 2018
201617
201415
201415
2014
2013
FIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
F3 Asian Championship
GP3 Series
FIA European F3
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
BRDC Formula 4 Championship
Championship titles
2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship

Jake John Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula E with McLaren. He is the winner of the inaugural BRDC Formula 4 Championship and has won multiple races at Formula 3.

Early racing career

Karting

Hughes started his racing career in karting in 2010 at the age of sixteen, [1] finishing eleventh in the Junior Class of the Easykart UK Championship. [2] In 2011, he finished fifth in the Super 1 National Formula KGP Championship. [3] He stayed in the same championship for 2012, improving to fourth in the series standings, [4] whilst also winning the Easykart UK Championship in the Light category.

Local championships

Hughes made his single-seaters debut in 2012 at Silverstone in the Formula Renault BARC Championship with Antel Motorsport and contested in the Rockingham round of the Formula Renault BARC Winter Series.

For 2013, he decided to move in the newly created BRDC Formula 4 Championship, joining Lanan Racing to partner Daniel Headlam. [5] He took four wins with another six podiums to clinch the championship title, beating Seb Morris by 35 points. [6]

As a reward for his title, Hughes tested a Dallara F308 for Carlin at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, which he called "one of the best experiences in [his] life". [7]

Formula Renault

Hughes returned in the Formula Renault machinery with Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup switch in 2014. [8] He had only one podium, finishing third at Silverstone on his route to the eighth in the series standings. Also in 2014 he had part-time campaigns in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps.

For 2015 he signed with Koiranen GP to contest full-time both in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. [9] He was victorious only in the second race at Spa and had another four podiums, finishing sixth in the championship. Though in the Alps championship he was more successful, winning races at Spa, Monza and Misano and taking the lead of the championship before the final round. However, due to two finishes outside of the podium places in that final event Hughes lost out on the title to Jack Aitken by just five points. In a podcast with Dan Ticktum six years later, Hughes revealed that he had competed in the final round with a cracked chassis, which had cost him performance throughout the weekend. [10]

GP3 Series

Hughes graduated to the GP3 Series in 2016, joining newcomers DAMS. [11] He earned his first GP3 victory in the sprint race at Hockenheim. [12] At the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi, Hughes experienced a technical failure in qualifying and was forced to start from the pitlane in the feature race. Having climbed up to seventh by the end of race 1, the Brit won the second race of the weekend, which he later described as "one of [his] best [race] weekends". [13]

Hughes with ART Grand Prix in 2018

Hughes returned to the GP3 Series for 2018, after a one-year absence which he spent in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. He raced for ART Grand Prix alongside Nikita Mazepin and his friends Callum Ilott and Anthoine Hubert. [14] He claimed his first and only win of the year in the second race at the Red Bull Ring and ended up eighth in the standings, whilst his teammates locked out the first three positions in the standings. [15]

Formula 3

FIA F3 European Championship

For 2017, Hughes made the switch from the GP3 Series to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, having competed in the final round of the 2016 season. He contested the season with the Hitech GP team. [16] He claimed his first and only win at the second race in Nürburgring and finished the season 5th in the driver's championship. [17]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019

Hughes driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2019 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

Hughes continued in the third tier of single-seater racing, as the GP3 Series rebranded to become the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Hughes joined the new HWA Racelab outfit alongside Keyvan Andres and Bent Viscaal. [18] Hughes claimed his only win of the year in a fortuitous sprint race at the Red Bull Ring, as race leaders Robert Shwartzman and Marcus Armstrong collided on the final lap. Shwartzman crossed the line first, but was given a penalty for causing the collision, handing the win to Hughes. [19] Hughes claimed a double podium finish at the Hungaroring, finishing both races in third place. [20] Hughes scored 90 of his team's 100 points over the season, placing him seventh in the drivers' championship.

2020

Hughes was retained by HWA Racelab for the 2020 season and was joined by Ferrari junior Enzo Fittipaldi and Red Bull junior Jack Doohan. [21] Hughes experienced a poor start to the season, collecting only half a point from the first six races. He was on course for a top-two finish in the sprint race at the second Red Bull Ring round, but collided with Liam Lawson and suffered race-ending damage. [22] He took his first podium of the year in the feature race at the second Silverstone round, followed by his first Formula 3 feature race victory in Barcelona the following week. Hughes claimed his second win of the year at the Monza sprint race. He ended the season seventh in the championship for a second consecutive year, scoring 111.5 of his team's 138.5 points.

2021

Shortly prior to the final round of the 2020 championship, Hughes announced that he would leave the series at the end of the year, having spent five years racing at Formula 3 level. [23] However, in 2021, Hughes returned to the championship at the fourth round at the Hungaroring as a substitute driver, replacing the injured Kaylen Frederick at Carlin Buzz Racing. [24] He finished the races in 16th, 17th and 13th respectively.

At the end of the year, Hughes tested a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for Team HRT, driving alongside Lirim Zendeli, David Beckmann and David Schumacher at the Circuit Paul Ricard. [25]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2020 & 2021: Partial campaigns

On 22 September 2020 it was announced that Jake Hughes would step up to Formula 2, replacing Giuliano Alesi at the BWT HWA Racelab team for the 10th round at the Sochi Autodrom. [26] Hughes finished 12th on his feature race debut, but was eliminated from the sprint race after a first-lap collision with Guilherme Samaia. [27] Hughes was replaced by former FIA Formula 3 competitor Théo Pourchaire for the final two rounds in Bahrain. [28]

Before the fifth round of the 2021 season, held at Monza, Hughes was confirmed to once again be stepping in at HWA, this time due to an injury sustained by regular driver Jack Aitken at the 24 Hours of Spa. [29] In the first race, which was plagued by retirements from numerous other drivers, Hughes managed to finish twelfth, having started from the pit lane after stalling on the formation lap. He had to retire from the second race after a collision with his teammate Alessio Deledda. In the third race of the weekend Hughes finished 13th. The following round at Sochi, Hughes went on to score his first points in Formula 2, finishing fourth in the sprint race. [30] This also gave HWA their best ever race finish in the series to date.

2022

Hughes driving the Dallara F2 2018 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round.

After testing with new team Van Amersfoort Racing at the post-season test at Yas Marina, Hughes signed up with the team for the 2022 Formula 2 season, partnering Belgian Amaury Cordeel. [31] Having started his season off with points at Bahrain, Hughes finished third in the Jeddah sprint race but was later disqualified for a technical infringement. [32] [33] Despite this disappointment, he would bounce back the following day, taking fourth place in the feature race. However, the following three rounds formed a points scoring drought, which was compounded by a crash during qualifying in Monaco and a subsequent stall at the start of the sprint race, which he began from pole. The Briton returned to the top ten in Baku, scoring a point on Sunday, before another tenth place at his home track of Silverstone. One week later in Austria, Hughes took a fifth place in a chaotic feature race, which would end up being his final points of the season, as Hughes would miss the French and Hungarian rounds after testing positive for COVID-19, being replaced by David Beckmann. [34] Due to growing Formula E commitments, Hughes left VAR fully before the round at Spa-Francorchamps. [35] He ended up 16th in the standings, outscoring teammate Cordeel, who had competed throughout the entire season.

Formula E

Hughes made his first Formula E appearance during the 2019 rookie test in Marrakech, where he partnered Jamie Chadwick at Nio Formula E Team. [36] The following year, he would once again appear in the rookie test at the same circuit, this time driving for Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team alongside Daniel Juncadella. [37]

On 25 February 2021 it was announced that Jake Hughes would be the reserve driver for Venturi Racing in the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship. [38] After deputising for Gary Paffett at Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team in the last rounds of the season, he was signed as the team's full-time reserve and development driver for the 2021–22 season. [39]

McLaren (2023–)

2022–23 season

Hughes with NEOM McLaren at the 2023 Berlin ePrix.

After it was announced that the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team, for which Hughes had been a simulator driver, would be taken over by the McLaren Formula E Team, the Briton left Formula 2 in pursuit of taking one of the seats for the upcoming season. [40] In November 2022, Hughes joined McLaren for the 2022–23 season, partnering René Rast. [41] The season started out strongly in Mexico City, as Hughes progressed to the semi-final stage in qualifying, ending up third on the grid [42] before finishing the race in fifth place, having been overtaken by André Lotterer on the final lap. [43] Following the conclusion to the race, Hughes branded the ePrix as the "hardest race [he'd] ever done". [44] At the first round of the Diriyah ePrix, Hughes qualified at second place (missing out on pole position by 0.060s) [45] but finished the race in eighth. [46] More qualifying success followed in the second round, as Hughes took his first pole position in the series, beating Mitch Evans in the final. [47] [48] He ended the race in fifth position, having lost the lead to Evans at the start. [49] At the Hyderabad ePrix, Hughes suffered his first retirement of the season as a piece of debris got lodged in his steering wheel, prompting him to withdraw. [50]

A pair of tenth and eighth places followed at Cape Town and São Paulo, [51] [52] before having a disastrous at the Berlin ePrix in which he failed to score points. [53] Hughes scored his second pole position at the Monaco ePrix after being promoted from second due to Nissan's Sacha Fenestraz being stripped of his pole position for exceeding his power limit in his final run. [54] He finished the race in fifth. [55] However, Hughes would only take two more tenth places throughout the rest of the season as the McLaren grew uncompetitive, and did not start the first race in Rome after a qualifying shunt. [56] He placed 12th in the standings with 48 points, eight ahead of teammate Rast. [57]

Indoor speed world record

During the London ePrix weekend, Hughes set a new Guinness World Records for indoor speed by hitting 218.71kmh/135.9 mph inside London's ExCeL Centre in a modified version of the Formula E Gen3 race car called the GENBETA. The previous record for fastest speed achieved by a vehicle indoors was 165.20kmh/102.65 mph set by American driver Leh Keen in a Porsche Taycan Turbo S at the New Orleans Convention Centre in 2021. [58]

2023–24 season

Hughes extended his stay with McLaren for the 2023–24 season and teamed with Sam Bird after René Rast's departure. [59] [60] He started the season positively with a seventh place at the Mexico City ePrix. [61] After narrowly missing points during the first race in Diriyah, he bounced back in the second, taking his career best finish of fourth and revealed that he was "buzzing" after the race. [62]

Personal life

Hughes was born in Birmingham, England and is a supporter of Aston Villa FC.

He was a co-host of the H.Y.M podcast, alongside BMW factory driver Nick Yelloly and Superbike racer Alex Murley, where the three interviewed notable motorsport personalities, such as Seb Morris, Sheldon van der Linde, Jordan King and Dan Ticktum. [63]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2010 Easykart UK Championship — Junior ACR 11th
Easykart International Grand Finals — 100 Easykart Easykart UK DNF
2011 Super 1 National Championship — Formula KGP 5th
2012 Super 1 National Championship — Formula KGP 4th
Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Formula KGP 3rd
Easykart UK Championship — Light 2nd
Easykart International Grand Finals — TAG Under 6th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 V de V Challenge Monoplace Antel Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 25 45th
Formula Renault BARC 2 0 0 0 0 7 30th
Formula Renault BARC Winter Series MGR Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 24 14th
2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship Lanan Racing 24 4 4 6 10 445 1st
2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC ART Junior Team 4 0 0 0 0 152 8th
Mark Burdett Racing 11 0 0 0 1
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Strakka Racing 4 0 0 1 0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Koiranen GP 17 1 1 0 5 160 6th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 16 3 2 3 7 237 2nd
2016 GP3 Series DAMS 18 2 1 2 4 90 8th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 3 0 0 0 1 27 16th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Hitech GP 30 1 2 2 7 207 5th
2018 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 18 1 0 0 3 85 8th
F3 Asian Championship Hitech GP 9 9 6 8 9 225 2nd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship HWA Racelab 16 1 1 2 4 90 7th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 17th
Formula Regional European Championship KIC Motorsport 3 0 0 1 3 45 12th
2019–20 F3 Asian Championship Hitech Grand Prix 6 0 0 1 0 24 14th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship HWA Racelab 18 2 0 3 4 111.5 7th
FIA Formula 2 Championship BWT HWA Racelab 2 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2020–21 Formula E Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team Reserve/Development driver
ROKiT Venturi Racing
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship HWA Racelab 8 0 0 0 0 8 18th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 27th
Formula One Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Simulator driver
2021–22 Formula E Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team Reserve/Development driver
ROKiT Venturi Racing
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 16 0 0 0 0 26 16th
Formula One Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Simulator driver
Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team
2022–23 Formula E Neom McLaren Formula E Team 15 0 2 0 0 48 12th
2023–24 Formula E NEOM McLaren Formula E Team 7 0 1 0 0 25* 9th*

As Hughes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete BRDC Formula 4 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2013 Lanan Racing SIL1
1

2
SIL1
2

5
SIL1
3

Ret
BRH1
1

6
BRH1
2

4
BRH1
3

11
SNE1
1

9
SNE1
2

6
SNE1
3

1
OUL
1

2
OUL
2

6
OUL
3

2
BRH2
1

4
BRH2
2

4
BRH2
3

1
SIL2
1

2
SIL2
2

9
SIL2
3

1
SNE2
1

3
SNE2
2

2
SNE2
3

8
DON
1

1
DON
2

6
DON
3

4
1st 445

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2014 Mark Burdett Racing MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

26
SIL
1

3
SIL
2

5
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

8
HOC
3

10
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

9
ASS
1

16
ASS
2

11
8th 152
ART Junior Team MST
1

7
MST
2

22
MST
3

C
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

10
NÜR
3

C

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2014 Mark Burdett Racing ALC
1
ALC
2
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

22
SIL
1
SIL
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NC† 0
Strakka Racing HUN
1

24
HUN
2

12
LEC
1
LEC
2
JER
1

Ret
JER
2

8
2015 Koiranen GP ALC
1

8
ALC
2

7
ALC
3

13
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

1
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

3
SIL
1

3
SIL
2

3
SIL
3

5
NÜR
1

5
NÜR
2

7
LMS
1

Ret
LMS
2

15
JER
1

5
JER
2

7
JER
3

4
6th 160

As Hughes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2015 Koiranen GP IMO
1

Ret
IMO
2

3
PAU
1

5
PAU
2

2
RBR
1

6
RBR
2

2
RBR
3

4
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

3
MNZ
1

14
MNZ
2

1
MNZ
3

Ret
MIS
1

5
MIS
2

1
JER
1

4
JER
2

9
2nd 237

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2016 DAMS CAT
FEA

2
CAT
SPR

8
RBR
FEA

8
RBR
SPR

6
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

17
HUN
FEA

23
HUN
SPR

19
HOC
FEA

8
HOC
SPR

1
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

3
MNZ
SPR

10
SEP
FEA

Ret
SEP
SPR

12
YMC
FEA

7
YMC
SPR

1
8th 90
2018 ART Grand Prix CAT
FEA

13
CAT
SPR

3
LEC
FEA

10
LEC
SPR

17
RBR
FEA

5
RBR
SPR

1
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

8
HUN
FEA

16
HUN
SPR

14
SPA
FEA

7
SPA
SPR

4
MNZ
FEA

9
MNZ
SPR

4
SOC
FEA

7
SOC
SPR

16
YMC
FEA

7
YMC
SPR

2
8th 85

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2016 Carlin Volkswagen LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
IMO
1
IMO
2
IMO
3
HOC
1

19
HOC
2

4
HOC
3

3
16th 27
2017 Hitech GP Mercedes SIL
1

13
SIL
2

3
SIL
3

13
MNZ
1

10
MNZ
2

13
MNZ
3

Ret
PAU
1

Ret
PAU
2

6
PAU
3

Ret
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

4
HUN
3

7
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

2
NOR
3

5
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

4
SPA
3

Ret
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

2
ZAN
3

5
NÜR
1

2
NÜR
2

1
NÜR
3

2
RBR
1

11
RBR
2

13
RBR
3

16
HOC
1

12
HOC
2

5
HOC
3

8
5th 207

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2016 United Kingdom Carlin Dallara F312 6th 10th 6th
2018 United Kingdom Hitech GP Dallara F317 6th 5th 4th
2019 Germany HWA Racelab Dallara F3 2019 6th DNF 17th

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points
2018 Dragon HitechGP SEP1
1

1
SEP1
2

1
SEP1
3

1
NIS1
1
NIS1
2
NIS1
3
SIC
1

1
SIC
2

1
SIC
3

1
NIS2
1

1
NIS2
2

1
NIS2
3

1
SEP2
1
SEP2
2
SEP2
3
2nd 225
2019–20 Hitech Grand Prix SEP1
1

Ret
SEP1
2

7
SEP1
3

6
DUB
1

12
DUB
2

5
DUB
3

Ret
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
SEP2
1
SEP2
2
SEP2
3
CHA
1
CHA
2
CHA
3
14th 24

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2019 HWA Racelab CAT
FEA

17
CAT
SPR

Ret
LEC
FEA

Ret
LEC
SPR

7
RBR
FEA

7
RBR
SPR

1
SIL
FEA

9
SIL
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

3
HUN
SPR

3
SPA
FEA

21
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

6
MNZ
SPR

3
SOC
FEA

7
SOC
SPR

4
7th 90
2020 HWA Racelab RBR
FEA

28
RBR
SPR

12
RBR
FEA

10
RBR
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

24
HUN
SPR

19
SIL
FEA

4
SIL
SPR

10
SIL
FEA

2
SIL
SPR

7
CAT
FEA

1
CAT
SPR

10
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

17
MNZ
FEA

5
MNZ
SPR

1
MUG
FEA

2
MUG
SPR

6
7th 111.5
2021 Carlin Buzz Racing CAT
1
CAT
2
CAT
3
LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HUN
1

16
HUN
2

17
HUN
3

13
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
SOC
1
SOC
2
SOC
3
27th 0

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 NC Points
2020 BWT HWA Racelab RBR
FEA

RBR
SPR

RBR
FEA

RBR
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

CAT
FEA

CAT
SPR

SPA
FEA

SPA
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MUG
FEA

MUG
SPR

SOC
FEA

12
SOC
SPR

Ret
BHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

BHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

23rd 0
2021 HWA Racelab BHR
SP1
BHR
SP2
BHR
FEA
MCO
SP1
MCO
SP2
MCO
FEA
BAK
SP1
BAK
SP2
BAK
FEA
SIL
SP1
SIL
SP2
SIL
FEA
MNZ
SP1

12
MNZ
SP2

Ret
MNZ
FEA

13
SOC
SP1

4
SOC
SP2

C
SOC
FEA

18
JED
SP1
JED
SP2
JED
FEA
YMC
SP1

Ret
YMC
SP2

13
YMC
FEA

Ret
18th 8
2022 Van Amersfoort Racing BHR
SPR

Ret
BHR
FEA

9
JED
SPR

DSQ
JED
FEA

4
IMO
SPR

18
IMO
FEA

12
CAT
SPR

20†
CAT
FEA

16
MCO
SPR

18
MCO
FEA

13
BAK
SPR

9
BAK
FEA

10
SIL
SPR

11
SIL
FEA

10
RBR
SPR

16
RBR
FEA

5
LEC
SPR
LEC
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
ZAN
SPR
ZAN
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
FEA
YMC
SPR
YMC
FEA
16th 26

Complete Formula E results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2022–23 NEOM McLaren Formula E Team Formula E Gen3 Nissan e-4ORCE 04 MEX
5
DRH
8
DRH
5
HYD
Ret
CAP
10
SAP
8
BER
Ret
BER
18
MCO
5
JAK
10
JAK
Ret
POR
18
RME
DNS
RME
11
LDN
10
LDN
19
12th 48
2023–24 NEOM McLaren Formula E Team Formula E Gen3 Nissan e-4ORCE 04 MEX
7
DRH
11
DRH
4
SAP
Ret
TOK
14
MIS
13
MIS
8
MCO
BER
BER
SIC
SIC
POR
POR
LDN
LDN
9th* 25*

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