Jake Hughes | |
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Nationality | British |
Born |
Birmingham, England |
30 May 1994
FIA European Formula 3 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2016 |
Current team | Hitech GP |
Car no. | TBA |
Former teams | Carlin |
Starts | 6 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 16th in 2016 |
Previous series | |
2016 2014-15 2014-15 2014 2013 |
GP3 Series 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 Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British racing driver.
Hughes started his racing career in karting in 2010 at the age of fourteen, finishing eleventh in the Junior Class of the Easykart UK Championship. In 2011, he finished fifth in the =Super 1 National Formula KGP Championship. He stayed in the same championship for 2012, improving to fourth in the series standings.
Hughes made his single-seaters début 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. He took four wins with another six podiums to clinch the championship title.
Hughes returned in the Formula Renault machinery with Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup switch in 2014. 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. He was victorious only in the second race at Spa and had another four podiums, finishing sixth in the championship. While in the Alps championship he was more successful. He won races at Spa, Monza and Misano.
Hughes graduated in the GP3 Series in 2016, joining newcomers DAMS. He earned his first GP3 victory in the sprint race at Hockenheim.