JHR Developments

JHR Developments

Founded	1995
Base	Dronfield, Derbyshire
Team principal(s)	Steven Hunter
Current series	GB3 Championship F4 British Championship
Former series	Formula 4 UAE Championship F4 Spanish Championship Ginetta GT4 Supercup Ginetta Junior Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Renault UK Clio Cup
Current drivers	GB3 Championship 10. Patrick Heuzenroeder 11. John Bennett 12. Josh Irfan F4 British Championship 11. Chloe Chong 22. Joel Bergström 33. Leo Robinson 44. Ella Lloyd
Teams' Championships	Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom : 2006- 2007, 2009- 2010, 2012 Seat Cupra Championship : 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship : 2014 F4 British Championship : 2021
Drivers' Championships	Ginetta Junior Championship : 2014 Ginetta Junior Championship 2013 Ginetta GT Supercup 2011 Ginetta GT Supercup (G50 Class) 2010 Ginetta Junior Championship F4 British Championship : 2021: Matthew Rees

Team principal Steven Hunter at Knockhill in 2017.

JHR Developments is a motor racing team based in Dronfield, Derbyshire, in the United Kingdom. The team was founded in 1995, to enter Jamie Hunter in the UK and European Formula Renault series. ^[1]

It currently participates in the F4 British Championship and GB3 Championship. ^[2]

In addition the team's current participations, in the past the team was active in many British racing series including the Ginetta Juniors, Ginetta Supercup, Renault Clio Cup, MGF Cup, Porsche Supercup, Formula Renault 2.0 UK, Britcar, and the Seat Cupra Championship, amongst others.

Notable past drivers for the team include Sennan Fielding, Deagen Fairclough, Billy Monger, James Hedley, Abbi Pulling, Matthew Rees, Joseph Loake and John Bennett.

History

The team was founded in 1995 as Jamie Hunter Racing to support Jamie Hunter’s entry in the Formula Renault Eurocup (then Eurocup Formula Renault) and Formula Renault 2.0 UK. ^{[3] [4]} The founder, Jamie Hunter (born 16 February 1972), participated in the 2001 Porsche Supercup season, but he died on 3 July 2001 after a road traffic accident. ^{[4] [5]} After Jamie Hunter’s death, his younger brother, Steven Hunter (current team principal) continued to run the team and renamed the team as JHR, which stands for the team’s initial name. ^{[3] [4]} Because the team’s focus is driver development, the team began using the current name, JHR Developments, at an unknown date.

The team has claimed to win all series the team participated in. ^[4]

Single-seater racing

Formula 4

Initially, after the team’s foundation, the team participated in two Formula Renault series: Eurocup Formula Renault and Formula Renault 2.0 UK. ^[3] Twenty years later, in 2015, the team began competed in Formula 4, initially the British championship and continued to participate in this championship so far. During the participation, the team won all available championships in 2021: Driver, team and rookie.

The team also competed in the 2022 season in two non-British F4 championships in 2022: UAE (full-time entry) and Spanish (part-time entry), but failed to score any points.

GB3 Championship

In November 2018, it was announced that the team would compete in GB3 Championship (then BRDC British Formula 3 Championship) from 2019 season. ^[3] However, the team did not compete in any round in 2019 season. ^[6] Their debut occurred in 2020 for a part-time basis with two cars. The team did not compete in 2021 season, although the team was named as one of the participated teams. ^{[7] [8]}

Sports car racing

From 2006 to 2014, the team participated in Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom (now Clio Cup Great Britain), a one-make, entry-level sports car series.

In May 2010, the team entered the 2010 British GT Championship for the two Knockhill races in the GTC class. Using the Jamie Hunter Racing (the original team name) banner, the team fielded a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup with the British duo Steven Hunter and Derek Pierce in the driver’s seats and secured one victory in the class as the only car competing in GTC class in this round (8th in overall) along with a DNF (did not finish). ^[9] The team did not do any further rounds in the 2010 British GT season and the team’s two drivers, Hunter and Pierce, finished 3rd in GTC class.

The team also competed in sports car racing championships organized by Ginetta. In 2017, the team was suspended from competing in these championships as the team was under investigation because of engine irregularities. ^{[3] [10]}

Current series results

F4 British Championship

F4 British Championship results
Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2015	Mygale M14-F4	Sennan Fielding	30	3	0	1	11	300	4th	5th
		Jack Butel	30	0	0	0	0	38	18th
2016	Mygale M14-F4	Sennan Fielding	30	5	3	4	11	351	2nd	3rd
		Billy Monger	27	0	1	1	3	78	12th
		Jack Butel	27	0	0	0	0	14	18th
2017	Mygale M14-F4	Manuel Sulaimán	21	0	0	0	1	43	13th	5th
		Billy Monger	6	0	0	0	2	44	12th
		Harry Dyson	6	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
2018	Mygale M14-F4	Ayrton Simmons	30	4	3	3	12	374	2nd	3rd
		Manuel Sulaimán	30	0	0	0	0	95	9th
		Josh Skelton	30	0	0	0	0	84	10th
2019	Mygale M14-F4	Josh Skelton	30	2	0	4	14	326.5	4th	2nd
		Carter Williams	30	3	0	1	6	230	7th
		Alex Walker	12	0	0	0	0	17	14th
2020	Mygale M14-F4	James Hedley	27	4	4	7	7	249	5th	4th
		Abbi Pulling	27	0	0	0	4	191.5	6th
		Nathanael Hodgkiss	12	0	0	0	0	8	15th
2021	Mygale M14-F4	Matthew Rees	30	4	7	4	10	331	1st	1st
		McKenzy Cresswell	29	6	4	6	11	305	3rd
		Joseph Loake	30	3	0	3	5	199	6th
		Abbi Pulling	18	0	0	0	3	97	14th
		Dougie Bolger †	30	1	0	0	1	79	15th
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Joseph Loake	30	4	2	4	9	271	5th	3rd
		Georgi Dimitrov	30	3	0	0	6	197	8th
		Noah Lisle	30	0	0	0	1	47	13th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Deagen Fairclough	30	3	0	6	8	296	3rd	3rd
		Sonny Smith	20	2	0	0	2	69	16th
		Tom Mills	3	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Leo Robinson	30	3	0	1	6	164	6th	3rd
		Ella Lloyd	26	0	0	0	4	99	11th
		Joel Bergström	11	0	0	0	0	41	17th
		Chloe Chong	30	0	0	0	0	16	24th
		Harri Reynolds	2	0	0	0	0	12	25th

† Bolger drove for Carlin until round 9.

‡ Smith drove for Phynsis by Argenti in round 1.

BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2020	Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020	Ayrton Simmons†	7	2	2	1	4	124	17th	N/A
		Carter Williams	10	0	0	0	0	73	18th
		Max Marzorati†	13	0	0	0	0	55	21st
2022	Tatuus- Cosworth MSV-022	Matthew Rees	24	1	1	2	3	314.5	6th	8th
		James Hedley‡	21	0	0	0	1	156	17th
2023	Tatuus- Cosworth MSV-022	Joseph Loake	23	4	3	3	8	417	3rd	1st
		Matthew Rees	23	1	3	2	6	370	5th
		David Morales	23	0	0	0	0	178	13th
2024	Tatuus- Cosworth MSV-022	John Bennett	23	3	3	5	11	456	2nd	4th
		Patrick Heuzenroeder	23	0	0	0	1	189	12th
		Josh Irfan	23	0	0	0	1	138	16th

† Simmons and Marzorati also drove for Chris Dittmann Racing.

‡ Hedley drove for Elite Motorsport prior to round 5.

Former series results

Formula 4 UAE Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Joseph Loake	8	0	0	0	0	0	27th	11th
		Michael Shin	20	0	0	0	0	0	29th

F4 Spanish Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Noah Lisle†	9	0	0	0	0	0	29th	12th
		Daniel Guinchard	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC

† Lisle drove for Drivex School in round 1.

Timeline

Current series
F4 British Championship	2015–present
GB3 Championship	2020, 2022–present
Former series
SEAT Cupra Championship	2008
Ginetta Junior Championship	2011–2017
Ginetta GT4 Supercup	2011–2015, 2017
Formula 4 UAE Championship	2022
F4 Spanish Championship	2022

References

1. "JHR Developments About".
2. "JHR Developments joins the BRDC British F3 Championship". Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
3. Ida Wood (21 November 2018). "British F4 team JHR Developments to expand into BRDC British F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
4. "British F4's JHR: We've won in every single series we've been in". Motul . 15 July 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
5. "Jamie Hunter". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
6. Wood, Ida (24 July 2020). "2020 BRDC British Formula 3 season preview". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
7. Whitfield, Steve (13 April 2022). "2022 GB3 team-by-team season preview". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
8. "2021 GB3 Championship final standing" (PDF). MotorSport Vision .
9. "British GT Knockhill 2010". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
10. Bethonie Waring (6 October 2019). "How JHR Developments continues to battle British F4's big names". Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2025.

External links

• Official website