JHR Developments

For other uses of "JHR", see JHR (disambiguation).

JHR Developments

Founded	1995
Base	Dronfield, Derbyshire
Team principal(s)	Steven Hunter
Founder(s)	Jamie 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 11. Noah Lisle 17. Divy Nandan 77. Bart Harrison 88. Kai Daryanani F4 British Championship 22. Joel Bergström 32. Harry Reynolds 42. Rowan Campbell-Pilling 43. Haarni Sadiq 52. Esmee Kosterman
Teams' Championships	F4 British Championship : 2021 GB3 Championship : 2023
Drivers' Championships	Ginetta Junior Championship : 2014: Jack Mitchell Ginetta GT Supercup : 2013: Tom Ingram F4 British Championship : 2021: Matthew Rees
Website	https://jhrdevelopments.com

Team principal Steven Hunter at Knockhill in 2017.

JHR Developments is a British motorsport team, based in Dronfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The team currently participates in the F4 British Championship and GB3 Championship.

Notable past drivers for the team include Tom Ingram, Tom Gamble, Sebastian Priaulx, Billy Monger, Jamie Chadwick, Joseph Loake, Adam Smalley and Abbi Pulling.

History

Early years

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. The founder, Jamie Hunter (born 16 February 1972), participated in the 2001 Porsche Supercup season, but he died on 3 July 2001 after an car accident. After Jamie Hunter’s death, his younger brother and also a racing driver in Porsche, Steven Hunter (current team principal) continued to run the team and renamed the team as JHR, which stands for the team’s initial name. The team began using the current name, JHR Developments (stand for Jamie Hunter Racing Developments) at an unknown date, as the team's focus is driver development. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In its early years, beside Formula Renault, the team claimed to be formerly active in multiple sports car racing series, including the MGF Cup, Porsche Supercup, Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, ^[4] Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Britcar and SEAT Cupra Championship. ^[5]

2010–2021

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). ^[6] 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.

JHR appeared in the first two rounds of 2011 British GT Championship with a Ginetta G55, fielding Stefan Hodgetts and Adam Morgan. ^[7] The pair finished 14th overall in the first race but retired from the second race.

After the team's last known Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom entry in the 2014 season's first two rounds, ^{[8] [9]} the team began competing in the F4 British Championship since its inception in 2015. ^[10] In 2017, one of the team's British F4 drivers, Billy Monger, was severely crashed during a race at Donington Park. As a result, both of his legs were amputated. ^{[11] [12]} During its participation in British F4, the team is known to have a race simulator, which is claimed by the team as "bespoke". ^[13] The team won all available championships in 2021: Driver, team and rookie. ^[10]

JHR Developments formerly competed in one-make racing championships organised by Ginetta, including Ginetta Junior Championship and Ginetta GT4 Supercup; however, in August 2017, the team was suspended from competing in these championships as the team was under investigation because of engine irregularities. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

In November 2018, it was announced that the team would compete in GB3 Championship (then BRDC British Formula 3 Championship) from 2019 season; ^{[1] [17]} however, the team did not compete. ^[18] Their BRDC F3 debut occurred in 2020 for a part-time basis with two cars. ^[19] For this season, the team signed Carter Williams, Max Marzorati and Ayrton Simmons. ^{[18] [20]} The team did not compete in 2021 season, although the team was named as one of the participated teams. ^[21]

2022–2025

In November 2021, the team announced that it would join the 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship. ^[22] The team ended the season without scoring team points. The team also competed in 2022 F4 Spanish Championship as a part-time entry, but failed to score any points.

For the 2022 GB3 season, the team signed Matthew Rees. ^[23] After being a single-car entry for the season's first half, the team expanded to a two-car entry after the team signed James Hedley who departed from Elite Motorsport. ^[24]

Matthew Rees stayed with the team for the 2023 GB3 Championship. The team promoted Joseph Loake from their F4 British outfit for the second car and signed David Morales for the third car. ^{[25] [26] [27]} The team claimed the Teams' Championship. ^[28]

In 2024, the team signed Patrick Heuzenroeder, Josh Irfan and John Bennett for GB3. ^{[29] [30] [31]} In late 2024, the team was officially announced to join 2025 season of the Formula Winter Series. ^[32] However, the team withdrew prior to the start of the season. It is possible that the team had struggled to find drivers for the series. ^[33]

JHR signed Noah Lisle and Kai Daryanani for the 2025 GB3 Championship. ^[34] Later, Divy Nandan moved to the team from Chris Dittmann Racing ahead of the Zandvoort round. ^[35] Bart Harrison joined the team for the last two rounds. ^[36]

Managing company

According to information from British Government's Companies House, a company, named JHR Developments (UK) Ltd, was incorporated on 3 February 2011. Formerly called JHR Automotive until 28 November 2013, ^[37] it is responsible for JHR Developments's activities.

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
2025	Tatuus F4-T421	Joel Bergström
		Rowan Campbell-Pilling
		Harri Reynolds
		Esmee Kosterman
		Haarni Sadiq

† Bolger drove for Carlin until round 9.

‡ Smith drove for Phinsys 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
2025	Tatuus- Cosworth MSV-025	Noah Lisle	23	0	0	0	4	287	7th	5th
		Kai Daryanani	24	0	0	0	2	219	11th
		Bart Harrison	6	0	0	1	1	34	28th
		Divy Nandan*	12	0	0	0	0	33	29th

† Simmons and Marzorati also drove for Chris Dittmann Racing.

‡ Hedley drove for Elite Motorsport prior to round 5.

* Nandan drove for Chris Dittmann Racing in round 1.

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
British GT Championship	2010–2011
Ginetta Junior Championship	2011–2017
Ginetta GT4 Supercup	2011–2015, 2017
Formula 4 UAE Championship	2022
F4 Spanish Championship	2022

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External links

• Official website