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Jack Hawksworth

Jack Hawksworth
Jack Hawksworth - Carb Day 2015 - Stierch.jpg
Hawksworth participating in the Pit Stop Challenge at the 2015 Indianapolis 500.
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 26)
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
IndyCar Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Car no. 41
Former teams Bryan Herta Autosport (2014)
Starts 34
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 17th in 2014 and 2015
Previous series
2013
2012
2011
2011
Indy Lights
Star Mazda Championship
Formula Renault 2.0 UK
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Championship titles
2012 Star Mazda Championship

Jack Hawksworth (born 28 February 1991) is a British racing driver from Bradford, West Yorkshire.

He started racing karts at 13 years old and was Junior Rotax Euro Max champion and 2nd in the World finals by the time he was 15. After graduating from Juniors, Hawksworth went on to have a career as a professional karter leading to success in KZ1 karting winning the 2009 Trofeo Margutti as well as winning races in the German championship and claiming podiums in the KZ1 and KZ2 European Championships finishing 6th overall in the 2010 KZ1 European Championship for the Maddox Team. In a one off appearance to domestic racing Hawksworth won the 2010 British Kart Masters Grand Prix in Senior Max with Protrain Racing.

Hawksworth graduated to open wheel racing in late 2010 and competed in the 2010 Formula Renault Winter series with Mark Burdett Motorsport. He claimed pole position in 4 out of the 6 races and finished 3rd overall in the championship and top rookie ahead of the Red Bull Juniors of Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz, Jr. and McLaren Autosport Award winner Oliver Rowland. Hawksworth went on to compete in the 2011 Formula Renault UK championship changing teams half way through and finishing 4th overall in the series with a win at Croft.

In 2012 Hawksworth moved to the United States to compete in the 2012 Star Mazda Championship season with Team Pelfrey as part of the Mazda Road to Indy. He broke every record in the series (wins, poles and fastest laps) on his way to claiming the title in his rookie campaign. The driver climbed to the Indy Lights for 2013, by joining Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

During a practice session for the 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500, Hawksworth suffered a myocardial contusion after a crash, and missed the race.


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