James Jakes

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James Jakes
James Jakes at Carb Day 2015 - Stierch.jpg
Jakes at Carb Day 2015 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
NationalityFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  British
Born (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 35)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
IndyCar Series career
Debut season 2011
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Former teams Dale Coyne Racing
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Previous series
2002–03
2004–05
2006
2007–08
2008–2010
2010
2010
T-Cars
British Formula Renault
British Formula 3
Formula Three Euroseries
GP2 Asia Series
GP2 Series
GP3 Series

James Jakes (born 4 August 1987 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a British racing driver.

Contents

Career

T-Cars

Jakes started his racing career in 2002 competing in 5 rounds of the T-Car Championship. In 2003 James continued in T-cars, finishing 2nd in the championship.

Formula Renault

For the 2004 season, Jakes moved into the British Formula Renault Championship with Team AKA. Jakes progressed his skills as a racing driver to the point where he was regularly contending for race wins, helping him to attain 3rd in the championship in 2005. His two seasons in Formula Renault also helped him to attain a McLaren Autosport BRDC Award Nomination and also receive BRDC Rising Star status.

Formula Three

Jakes did one round of the 2005 British Formula 3 Championship in the National Class. In 2006 James made the move to the British Formula 3 Championship full-time with Hitech Racing where he finished 8th and also finished 6th in the Macau Grand Prix.

For 2007 James moved on to the Formula Three Euroseries with Manor Motorsport. He finished fifth in the championship, with one win coming at Magny-Cours. Staying in the championship for the 2008 season, Jakes changed teams to be one of the four drivers at the highly successful ART Grand Prix team. He joined fellow Brit Jon Lancaster in the team, with his other team-mates being Frenchman Jules Bianchi, and German Nico Hülkenberg. He did lie in fifth place at one point in the season, having won on the street circuit at Pau but tailed off to be thirteenth in the championship.

GP2 Series

He drove in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the Super Nova Racing team. He did not race in any category during the summer of 2009, but rejoined Super Nova for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season. He equalled his best finish of third during the first race in Abu Dhabi, but was replaced by the team's 2010 main series driver Marcus Ericsson for the second round. [1] Following the conclusion of the GP3 season, he made his GP2 Series début at the final round of the 2010 season, replacing Álvaro Parente at Scuderia Coloni.

GP3 Series

Jakes signed to drive for Manor Motorsport in the inaugural GP3 Series season for 2010. Despite missing two rounds of the championship, he scored three podium finishes to take eighth position in the drivers' championship.

IndyCar Series

Jakes during practice at the 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma GoPro Grand Prix 2015 10 - Stierch.jpg
Jakes during practice at the 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma

Jakes had signed with Coloni to race in the GP2 Asia Series in 2011, but in March tested an IndyCar Series car for Dale Coyne Racing at Barber Motorsports Park. It was subsequently announced that Jakes would be replaced in Coloni's GP2 car by Luca Filippi [2] and that Jakes would race for Coyne in the 2011 IndyCar Series season. [3] In his debut season he collected no top 10s and resulted 22nd in the final standings. In 2012, Jakes resulted 10th at Texas Motor Speedway and 8th at the Indy Toronto, repeating his 22nd place in the season standings.

Jakes switched to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the 2013 season. At Detroit he finished 10th in the first race and second in the second race. Later he finished sixth in Houston 1. The Brit ended 19th in the final standings.

After a sabbatical year, Jakes joined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the 2015 IndyCar season. He collected a third place in New Orleans.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2006 Hitech Racing Dallara F305/037 Mercedes HOC
1

9
HOC
2

8
LAU
1
LAU
2
OSC
1
OSC
2
BRH
1

5
BRH
2

4
NOR
1
NOR
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
LMS
1
LMS
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
16th7
2007 Manor Motorsport Dallara F305/020 Mercedes HOC
1

11
HOC
2

5
BRH
1

2
BRH
2

8
NOR
1

6
NOR
2

5
MAG
1

6
MAG
2

1
MUG
1

4
MUG
2

Ret
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

6
NÜR
1

4
NÜR
2

7
CAT
1

4
CAT
2

7
NOG
1

18
NOG
2

Ret
HOC
1

21†
HOC
2

Ret
5th42
2008 ART Grand Prix Dallara F308/049 Mercedes HOC
1

12
HOC
2

11
MUG
1

12
MUG
2

15
PAU
1

1
PAU
2

6
NOR
1

25
NOR
2

13
ZAN
1

10
ZAN
2

7
NÜR
1

24†
NÜR
2

22
BRH
1

21†
BRH
2

17
CAT
1

5
CAT
2

4
LMS
1

13
LMS
2

5
HOC
1

11
HOC
2

Ret
13th19

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2010 Scuderia Coloni ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
TUR
FEA
TUR
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
GBR
FEA
GBR
SPR
GER
FEA
GER
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
ABU
FEA

15
ABU
SPR

18
31st0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2008–09 Super Nova Racing SHI
FEA

Ret
SHI
SPR

11
DUB
FEA

12
DUB
SPR

C
BHR1
FEA

22
BHR1
SPR

Ret
LSL
FEA

9
LSL
SPR

9
SEP
FEA

3
SEP
SPR

Ret
BHR2
FEA

10
BHR2
SPR

14
16th7
2009–10 Super Nova Racing YMC1
FEA

3
YMC1
SPR

10
YMC2
FEA
YMC2
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
14th6
2011 Scuderia Coloni YMC
FEA

17
YMC
SPR

13
IMO
FEA
IMO
SPR
24th0

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2010 Manor Racing CAT
FEA

9
CAT
SPR

7
IST
FEA

2
IST
SPR

8
VAL
FEA

8
VAL
SPR

3
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

11
HOC
FEA

2
HOC
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA

13
MNZ
SPR

Ret
8th21

IndyCar Series

(key)

YearTeamChassisNo.Engine12345678910111213141516171819RankPointsRef
2011 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara 18 Honda STP
15
ALA
25
LBH
15
SAO
15
INDY
DNQ
TXS
25
TXS
28
MIL
15
IOW
25
TOR
18
EDM
18
MDO
23
NHM
18
SNM
19
BAL
27
MOT
13
KTY
21
LVS 1
C
22nd189 [4]
2012 Dallara DW12 19 STP
26
ALA
16
LBH
11
SAO
15
INDY
15
DET
23
TXS
10
MIL
21
IOW
13
TOR
8
EDM
25
MDO
19
SNM
12
BAL
24
FON
12
22nd232 [5]
2013 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 16 STP
15
ALA
23
LBH
12
SAO
17
INDY
20
DET
10
DET
2
TXS
12
MIL
18
IOW
18
POC
12
TOR
12
TOR
23
MDO
13
SNM
25
BAL
23
HOU
6
HOU
17
FON
22
19th294 [6]
2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 STP
22
NLA
3
LBH
19
ALA
22
IMS
18
INDY
18
DET
12
DET
15
TXS
9
TOR
21
FON
7
MIL
23
IOW
15
MDO
16
POC
10
SNM
25
16th257 [7]
1The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

* Season still in progress.

YearsTeamsRacesPolesWinsPodiums
(Non-win)*
Top 10s
(Non-podium)**
Indianapolis 500
Wins
Championships
4365002700
* Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500

YearChassisEngineStartFinishTeam
2011 Dallara Honda DNQ Dale Coyne Racing
2012 Dallara Honda 1715 Dale Coyne Racing
2013 Dallara Honda 2020 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2015 Dallara Honda 2018 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456789RankPoints
2016 Manor LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
Ret
SPA
8
LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 31st4

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