Jessica Hawkins

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Jessica Hawkins
W Series 2021 Austria Nr. 21 Hawkins.jpg
Hawkins at W Series 2021
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 29)
Headley, East Hampshire, [1] England
British GT Championship career
Debut season 2024
Current team Beechdean Motorsport
Car number97
Starts2
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2024
Previous series
2019, 2021–22
2020
2019–20
2016, 2018
2017
2015–16
2015
2014 		W Series
British Touring Car Championship
Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy
Volkswagen Racing Cup GB
Mini Challenge UK
MRF Challenge Formula 2000
MSA Formula
British Formula Ford Championship

Jessica Hawkins (born 16 February 1995) is a British racing driver and stunt driver from East Hampshire, England. She currently competes in the 2024 British GT Championship driving for Beechdean Motorsport. [2] In 2022, Hawkins competed in the W Series, [3] as well as the British Touring Car Championship. She is also the driver ambassador and head of racing for F1 Academy for the Aston Martin F1 Team.

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Career

Hawkins made her professional motorsport debut in British Formula Ford at Silverstone, in a one-off event where she twice finished inside the top ten. [4] Her strong rookie performance saw her being picked up by Falcon Motorsport to contest the 2015 MSA Formula Championship. [5] She had to wait until the fourth round of the championship at Oulton Park to make her debut, and only completed half of the ten-round championship – finishing 11th twice and placing 23rd in the championship. [6] [7] She entered the Bahrain round of the 2015–16 MRF Challenge but finished 15th in both races. [8]

In 2016 Hawkins moved into single-make racing, competing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup series. [9] She crossed over to the Mini Challenge in 2017, scoring six class wins and finishing runner-up to Matt Hammond in the Pro division. [10] Hawkins returned to the VW Cup in 2018, spending most of that year working as a stunt driver on Fast and Furious Live . [11] In 2019 she moved to the newly-formed women-only W Series, where she was 11th after two points finishes in the last two races of the season. In 2020, after the cancellation of the W Series season, Hawkins made her debut in the 2020 British Touring Car Championship racing for Power Maxed Racing in Snetterton Circuit. She qualified in 22nd place where she stayed during Race 1. During Race 2, she made up one place to take P21, and then in Race 3, she climbed another position to take 20th place. [12]

Hawkins contesting the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round 2019 Brands Hatch W Series round 22.jpg
Hawkins contesting the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round

Hawkins continued working as a stunt driver in 2021, featuring on James Bond film No Time to Die . On 19 May, she was announced as the driver ambassador for the Aston Martin F1 Team. [13] She returned to W Series for the second edition of the championship, once again placing 11th in the standings, with four points finishes between the Hungary and US races, including a 5th place finish in Zandvoort, and also made a one-off return to the BTCC at Snetterton when asked to take over the Ford Focus of Andy Neate when he elected to sit out the event. [14]

Hawkins holds the 0-100mph lawnmower record. [15]

In September 2023, Hawkins tested the Aston Martin AMR21 over 26 laps at Hungaroring, becoming the first female driver to test an F1 car since Tatiana Calderón with Sauber in 2018. [16] In November, Aston Martin announced that Hawkins' role within the team will be extended as the team's head of racing for F1 Academy, where she will be working closely with Aston Martin's F1 Academy representative driver Tina Hausmann. [17]

Personal life

Hawkins is currently in a relationship with Abbie Eaton, also a British racing driver. [18]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2014 British Formula Ford Championship MBM Motorsport300000NC
2015 MSA Formula Falcon Motorsport1500001323rd
2015–16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 20000027th
2016Volkswagen Racing Cup GB Team HARD Racing 300005422nd
2017 Mini Challenge UK – Pro Class Excelr8 Motorsport 18531137272nd
2018Volkswagen Racing Cup GBAllumy Motorsport200003625th
2019 W Series Hitech GP 600001211th
2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Jaguar VIP Car200000NC
2020 British Touring Car Championship Power Maxed Racing 30000033rd
2021 W Series Racing X800002711th
British Touring Car Championship Racing with Wera & Photon Group 30000033rd
2022 TCR UK Touring Car Championship FastR Racing Team11100112914th
W Series Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing70001379th
2023Britcar Prototype Cup - Praga University of Wolverhampton Racing 31012542nd
Zeo Prototype Cup - Class A65245N/A1st
2024 British GT Championship - GT3 Beechdean Motorsport 20000017th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete W Series results

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

YearTeam12345678DCPoints
2019 Hitech GP HOC
11		 ZOL
13		 MIS
15		 NOR
Ret		 ASS
7		 BRH
7		11th12
2021 Racing X RBR
16		 RBR
16		 SIL
16		 HUN
10		 SPA
6		 ZAN
5		 COA
6		 COA
15		11th27
2022 Bristol Street Motors Racing MIA
2		 MIA
18†		 CAT
11		 SIL
6		 LEC
10		 HUN
14		 SIN
5		9th37

† Did not finish, but was classified having completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2020 Power Maxed Car Care Racing Vauxhall Astra DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1
22		 SNE
2
21		 SNE
3
20		 BRH
 		BRH
 		BRH
 		33rd0
2021 Racing with Wera & Photon Group Ford Focus ST THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		SNE
3
23		 SNE
1
21		 SNE
3
23		 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		33rd0

Complete British GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2024 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT3 OUL
1
18		 OUL
2
14		 SIL
1
DON
1
SPA
1
SNE
1
SNE
2
DON
1
BRH
1
17th*0*

* Season still in progress.

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