Career
Hankey began racing single-seaters in 2005, competing in Formula BMW UK for Barwell Motorsport. [1] After continuing in Formula BMW UK the following year, [2] [3] Hankey raced in Formula 3 Euro Series in 2007, [4] before making part-time appearances in Formula Renault 2.0 UK and Formula Renault BARC in 2009 and 2010, respectively. [5] [6] Also in 2010, Hankey began racing full-time in Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for Team Parker Racing, scoring eight podiums as he ended the year fifth in points. [7] Remaining in the series for the following year, Hankey began the year by winning at Brands Hatch, [8] before taking wins at Donington Park and Knockhill, [9] [10] and winning both races at Rockingham en route to a fourth-place points finish. [11]
After being on the sidelines for the next two years and select appearances in the 2014 Britcar Endurance Championship, [12] Hankey joined Von Ryan Racing to compete in the British GT Championship the following year. [13] During 2015, Hankey also raced for TF Sport in select appearances in International GT Open, [14] Blancpain Endurance Series' Pro-Am and the European Le Mans Series' GTC class. [15] Hankey returned to TF Sport for 2016, racing with them in both International GT Open and the GT3 Le Mans Cup. [16] Racing in the Pro-Am class of the former, Hankey scored overall wins at Silverstone and Monza en route to a seventh-place points finish. [17] [18] In the latter, Hankey won at Imola and Estoril and scored three more podiums to secure runner-up honors. [19] [20]
Remaining with TF Sport for 2017, Hankey raced with them in the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series. [21] In his only season in the series, Hankey won in class at Silverstone and finished on the podium four more times to end the year runner-up in points. [22] During 2017, Hankey also raced with the team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Spa. [23] [24] The following year, Hankey joined Ram Racing to compete in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, [25] scoring a Pro-Am class win at Silverstone as he ended the year 11th in class. [26] The same year, Hankey remained with TF Sport to compete in select rounds of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship in LMGTE Am, [27] scoring a best result of second in the 2018 and 2019 editions of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. [28]
In 2020, Hankey became a McLaren Factory GT driver, [29] and joined Balfe Motorsport to race in the GT4 Pro-Am class of the British GT Championship. [30] In his only full-time season in the category, Hankey won all but one race to secure the title. [31] After a part-time campaign the following year for Jenson Team Rocket RJN in GT3 Pro-Am, [32] Hankey joined 7TSIX in 2022 for his only full season in the GT3 Pro-Am class of the British GT Championship. [33] After scoring a best result of fourth at Donington Park and ending the year 10th in points, [34] Hankey switched to Race Lab for the following year, [35] and scored his only overall podium in the series at the same venue en route to a 14th-place points finish. [36] Following that, Hankey remained with Race Lab the following year to compete at the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi and in select races of the British GT Championship. [37]
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