James Hedley

James Hedley
Hedley driving the Dallara F3 2025 during the 2025 Spielberg Formula 3 round
Nationality	British
Born	(2003-09-01) 1 September 2003 (age 22) Poole, Dorset, England
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2025
Current team	Van Amersfoort Racing
Car number	21
Former teams	Jenzer Motorsport, AIX Racing
Starts	14
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	28th in 2025
Previous series
2021–2024 2024 2024 2020–2021 2017–2019	GB3 Championship Eurocup-3 FIA Formula 3 Championship F4 British Championship Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2019	Ginetta Junior Championship

James Hedley (born 1 September 2003) is a British racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing, having previously raced for AIX Racing.

Hedley previously competed in the 2024 GB3 Championship with VRD by Arden. He is part of the BRDC Rising Star Programme.

Career

Karting

Hedley started karting at the age of 11. ^[1] In 2016 he became the Honda Cadet London Easter Champion. ^{[2] [3]}

Ginetta Junior Championship

Hedley made his car racing debut with Elite Motorsport in final two rounds of the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship. ^[1] For the 2018 Ginetta Junior Championship he remained with the team finished the season in eighth after scoring two podiums. ^[4] In 2019 he returned for another season in the Ginetta Junior Championship. This time he went on to become champion ahead of Zak O'Sullivan with seven wins to his name. ^[5]

F4 British Championship

In 2020 Hedley joined JHR Developments in the F4 British Championship to make his single-seater racing debut. ^[5] He took four wins throughout the season and finished the championship fifth in the standings. ^{[6] [7]}

In 2021 Hedley returned to the F4 British Championship with Fortec Motorsport. ^[7] In the first half of the season Hedley took four wins. Ahead of the sixth round at Thruxton Circuit he split with Fortec Motorsport and continued in the championship with Carlin instead. ^{[8] [9]} He once again finished fifth in the overall championship standings. ^[10]

GB3 Championship

In October 2021 Hedley also joined his old Ginetta Junior-team Elite Motorsport to compete in the final round of the GB3 Championship at Donington Park. ^[10]

He then started the 2022 GB3 Championship with Elite Motorsport. ^{[1] [4]} He took his only podiums finish of the season in the fourth round at Snetterton Circuit. ^[11] Ahead of the fifth round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps he switched teams to join JHR Developments. ^[11] Hedley finished 17th in the championship standings. ^[12]

For the 2023 GB3 Championship Hedley joined Arden VRD. ^[12] Throughout the season he took two wins at Oulton Park and Snetterton Circuit. ^{[13] [14]} He came sixth in the standings.

Hedley driving at the Hungaroring during the 2024 GB3 Championship

He remained with VRD by Arden for the opening two rounds of the 2024 GB3 Championship, acting as a replacement for Nikita Johnson, who was yet to reach the minimum age requirement to compete in the GB3 Championship. ^{[15] [16]}

Formula Regional

2023

Following the 2023 Formula Regional season, Hedley participated in multiple post-season tests with RPM. These tests never amounted to a race seat. ^[17]

2024

Hedley was linked to the Monolite Racing team during the 2024 pre-season and was due to test and race with them until they withdrew from the championship shortly before the season's start. ^{[18] [19]}

2025

Hedley joined PHM Racing from round 3 onwards, in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship. ^[20]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2024

In May 2024, Hedley made his FIA Formula 3 debut following a late call-up to race in the Monaco round, replacing Matías Zagazeta who was recovering from appendicitis. ^{[21] [22]}

2025

Hedley made his debut in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season with AIX Racing, replacing Javier Sagrera for round three from Imola and onwards. ^[23] During the opening lap of the Monaco sprint race, Hedley was involved in a collision with Ivan Domingues which inflicted a hand injury; this caused him to miss the feature race. ^[24] The injury also caused him to miss the following round in Barcelona, and he was replaced by José Garfias. ^[25] Hedley was replaced for the final round in Monza by Fernando Barrichello. ^[26] A few days later however, he would return to the championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, replacing Santiago Ramos. ^[27]

Super Formula

In December 2024, Hedley partook in a Super Formula test at the Suzuka Circuit. ^[28]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	Ginetta Junior Championship	Elite Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	60	22nd
	Ginetta Junior Winter Series		4	0	0	0	0	65	7th
2018	Ginetta Junior Championship	Elite Motorsport	26	0	3	2	2	356	8th
	Ginetta Junior Winter Championship		3	2	2	1	2	95	1st
2019	Ginetta Junior Championship	Elite Motorsport	26	7	11	12	18	680	1st
2020	F4 British Championship	JHR Developments	25	4	4	7	7	249	5th
2021	F4 British Championship	Fortec Motorsport	14	4	2	1	6	226	5th
		Carlin	15	0	0	0	2
	GB3 Championship	Elite Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	23	26th
2022	GB3 Championship	Elite Motorsport	12	0	0	0	1	156	17th
		JHR Developments	9	0	0	0	0
2023	GB3 Championship	Arden VRD	23	2	0	0	3	347	6th
2024	GB3 Championship	VRD by Arden	5	0	0	0	0	151	15th
		Rodin Motorsport	6	0	0	0	2
		Chris Dittmann Racing	3	0	0	0	0
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Jenzer Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	34th
	Eurocup-3	Saintéloc Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2025	Formula Regional Middle East Championship	AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	25th
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	AIX Racing	10	0	0	0	0	7	28th
		Van Amersfoort Racing	2	0	0	0	0

* Season still in progress.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	DC	Points
2017	Elite Motorsport	BHI 1	BHI 2	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	THR1 1	THR1 2	OUL 1	OUL 2	CRO 1	CRO 2	CRO 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	ROC 1	ROC 2	ROC 3	SIL 1 17	SIL 2 16	SIL 3 10	BHGP 1 10	BHGP 2 10	BHGP 3 6		22nd	60
2018	Elite Motorsport	BHI 1 7	BHI 2 10	DON 1 8	DON 2 10	DON 3 5	THR1 1 6	THR1 2 2	OUL 1 5	OUL 2 12	CRO 1 6	CRO 2 11	CRO 3 10	SNE 1 13	SNE 2 7	SNE 3 6	ROC 1 5	ROC 2 Ret	ROC 3 12	KNO 1 7	KNO 2 4	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 8	SIL 3 18	BHGP 1 5	BHGP 2 10	BHGP 3 18		8th	356
2019	Elite Motorsport	BHI 1 3	BHI 2 2	DON 1 1	DON 2 2	DON 3 1	THR1 1 4	THR1 2 1	CRO 1 C	CRO 2 2	OUL 1 2	OUL 2 2	SNE 1 6	SNE 2 2	SNE 3 3	SNE 4 2	THR2 1 1	THR2 2 3	THR2 3 Ret	KNO 1 1	KNO 2 1	KNO 3 3	SIL 1 17	SIL 2 4	SIL 3 4	BHGP 1 1	BHGP 2 5	BHGP 3 5	1st	680

Complete F4 British Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2020	JHR Developments	DON 1 5	DON 2 Ret	DON 3 1	BHGP 1 DNS	BHGP 2 9	BHGP 3 8	OUL 1 4	OUL 2 4	OUL 3 2	KNO 1 Ret	KNO 2 5	KNO 3 5	THR 1 1	THR 2 1	THR 3 1	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 2	SIL 3 Ret	CRO 1 8	CRO 2 5	SNE 1 9	SNE 2 7	SNE 3 3	BHI 1 8	BHI 2 5	BHI 3 9					5th	249
2021	Fortec Motorsport	THR1 1 1	THR1 2 1	THR1 3 3	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 11	SNE 3 4	BHI 1 15	BHI 2 1	BHI 3 5	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 127	OUL 3 6	KNO 1 10	KNO 2 DNS	KNO 3 11																5th	226
	Carlin																THR2 1 Ret	THR2 2 33	THR2 3 8	CRO 1 12	CRO 2 5	CRO 3 12	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 6	SIL 3 Ret	DON 1 7	DON 2 48	DON 3 8	BHGP 1 12	BHGP 2 24	BHGP 3 13

Complete GB3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2021	Elite Motorsport	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	SIL1 1	SIL1 2	SIL1 3	DON1 1	DON1 2	DON1 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	SIL2 1	SIL2 2	SIL2 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	DON2 1 10	DON2 2 12	DON2 3 13	26th	23
2022	Elite Motorsport	OUL 1 13	OUL 2 10	OUL 3 12	SIL1 1 5	SIL1 2 7	SIL1 3 18	DON1 1 6	DON1 2 4	DON1 3 14	SNE 1 16	SNE 2 14	SNE 3 32													17th	156
	JHR Developments													SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 13	SPA 3 14	SIL2 1 15	SIL2 2 DSQ	SIL2 3 Ret	BRH 1 11	BRH 2 16	BRH 3 Ret	DON2 1 WD	DON2 2 WD	DON2 3 WD
2023	Arden VRD	OUL 1 4	OUL 2 1	OUL 3 1110	SIL1 1 9	SIL1 2 20	SIL1 3 104	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 6	SPA 3 46	SNE 1 1	SNE 2 3	SNE 3 136	SIL2 1 11	SIL2 2 11	SIL2 3 C	BRH 1 4	BRH 2 8	BRH 3 138	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 4	ZAN 3 Ret	DON 1 4	DON 2 6	DON 3 117	6th	347
2024	VRD by Arden	OUL 1 17	OUL 2 Ret	OUL 3 156	SIL1 1 8	SIL1 2 7	SIL1 3 C	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3																15th	151
	Rodin Motorsport										HUN 1 4	HUN 2 8	HUN 3 62	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 2	ZAN 3 11	SIL2 1	SIL2 2	SIL2 3	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3
	Chris Dittman Racing																						BRH 1 18	BRH 2 Ret	BRH 3 121

^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2024	Jenzer Motorsport	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	MEL SPR	MEL FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	MON SPR 20	MON FEA 22	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	34th	0
2025	AIX Racing	MEL SPR	MEL FEA	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	IMO SPR 18	IMO FEA 23	MON SPR Ret	MON FEA WD	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR DSQ	RBR FEA 26	SIL SPR 26	SIL FEA 27	SPA SPR 24	SPA FEA C	HUN SPR 4	HUN FEA 22			28th	7
	Van Amersfoort Racing																			MNZ SPR 24	MNZ FEA 17

Complete Eurocup-3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2024	Saintéloc Racing	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	POR 1	POR 2	POR 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ARA 1	ARA 2	JER 1 17	JER 2 11	CAT 1	CAT 2	NC†	0

† As Hedley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2025	AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	YMC1 1	YMC1 2	YMC1 3	YMC2 1	YMC2 2	YMC2 3	DUB 1 18	DUB 2 16	DUB 3 13	YMC3 1 15	YMC3 2 Ret	YMC3 3 13	LUS 1	LUS 2	LUS 3	25th	0

References

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External links

• Official website
• James Hedley career summary at DriverDB.com