Jordan King

This article is about the racing driver. For Jordanian monarchs, see list of kings of Jordan.

Jordan King
King in 2019
Nationality	British
Born	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30) Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Related to	Justin King (father)
Formula E career
Debut season	2023–24
Current team	Mahindra Formula E Team
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	21
Starts	2
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	26th in 2023–24
Finished last season	26th (0 pts)
Previous series
2017 2015-16 2013-14 2013 2012 2012 2011–12 2011 2011	FIA Formula 2 Championship GP2 Series European Formula 3 Championship British Formula 3 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Toyota Racing Series Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault UK FIA Formula Two Championship
Championship titles
2015 2013 2011	FIA Institute Young Driver of the Year British Formula 3 MRF Formula 1600

Jordan King (born 26 February 1994 in Warwick) is a British racing driver. He is currently the reserve driver for the Mahindra Formula E Team, for whom he made his Formula E debut at the 2024 Berlin ePrix. ^[1]

Previously, King has been a race winner in the GP2 Series and the LMP2 class of the WEC, as well as racing in the IndyCar Series. He is also the 2013 champion of the British F3 International Series.

Personal life

He attended Repton School in Derbyshire on a C. B. Fry scholarship and later Princethorpe College in Warwickshire. King is the son of former Sainsbury's CEO Justin King. ^[2]

King is also an avid fundraiser for Birmingham Children's Hospital, having raised over £8,500 in 2019 while cycling the North Coast 500. ^[3] In 2020, he ran the 84-mile Hadrian's Wall Path to continue his fundraising efforts.

In 2024 he ran the London Marathon raising over £16,900 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital and completing the marathon in 2:58.

King also the manages the career of 2024 Euro 4 Champion Akshay Bohra

Career

Formula Renault 2.0 UK

King's early racing career began in karting before he moved to open-wheel racing at the end of 2010. He began driving in Formula Renault UK, starting in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series before he began the main championship in 2011.

FIA Formula Two Championship

In 2009, aged only fifteen, King tested a Formula Two car. He drove four races in Formula Palmer Audi at the Silverstone round in 2010, managing to get a podium and impressing series boss Jonathan Palmer. In 2011, he has signed up for three rounds of the Formula Two championship, ^{[4] [5]} at Spa-Francorchamps, the Nürburgring and Brands Hatch during the Formula Renault UK summer break. King will be the youngest driver to take part in the modern era of the series.

GP2 Series

In February 2015, it was confirmed King would move up to GP2, signing with Racing Engineering, alongside Alexander Rossi, for 2015, where he finished twelfth overall. ^[6] He remained with the team for the following season, where he claimed two victories and finished seventh overall.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2017

In 2017, King switched to MP Motorsport for a third season of the sport. ^[7]

2019

King at the 2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round with MP Motorsport

For 2019, King returned with the same team partnered with Indian driver Mahaveer Raghunathan. King missed the Monaco round due to his participation in the 2019 Indianapolis 500, with Artem Markelov serving as his substitute. King scored two podium finishes during the season, claiming the 3rd position in the feature race at Baku and 2nd in the sprint race at Monza. He finished ninth in the standings.

King holds two F2 track records, both set in 2017, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.

Formula One

King was signed as a development driver by the Manor Marussia team for the 2015 season, being retained by the squad, renamed Manor Racing, in 2016. ^[8] He made his debut in a Formula One session when he drove for Manor during free practice at the 2016 United States Grand Prix. ^[9]

Since 2020, King has been a development driver for the Alpine F1 Team. ^[10]

IndyCar Series

In 2018, King signed with Ed Carpenter Racing as a part-time driver in the No. 20 car, sharing driving duties with owner Ed Carpenter. Carpenter started the ovals, while King started the 11 road and street circuit races. In his IndyCar Series debut, the season opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, he set the track record in qualifying, made the Firestone Fast 6 and took the lead of the race on only the fifth lap. His second Fast 6 appearance came at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during qualifications for the INDYCAR Grand Prix. He also paced the field during the only international stop in 2018, the Honda Indy Toronto. King advanced out of the first round of qualifications in half of the possible races over the course of the season.

King returned to Indy car racing in 2019 to make his Indianapolis 500 debut with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The 2019 Indianapolis 500 was his first-ever oval race. He successfully qualified his No. 42 on the first day, locking in the 26th starting position. ^[11]

FIA World Endurance Championship

King also made his debut in prototype racing in 2019. He signed with Jackie Chan DC Racing x Jota for the 1000 Miles of Sebring, the 6th round of the 2018-19 Super Season. King secured the LMP2 victory in his first endurance race ^[12] and subsequently finished the season with the team. He competed in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.

King has competed in two rounds of the 2019-20 Super Season with Team LNT Ginetta Cars in the LMP1 class. ^[13]

Formula E

King first tested Formula E machinery twice, firstly in 2016-17 with Mahindra Racing, ^[14] and again in a private test with Dragon Racing in 2019. ^[15] In February 2021, it was announced that King would be taking on a sim and development driver role at Mahindra. ^[14] In April 2023, King would participate in the Berlin rookies' driver test with the team. ^[16]

Mahindra Racing (2024)

King made his debut in Berlin with Mahindra, replacing Nyck de Vries, who missed the event due to a calendar clash with 6 Hours of Spa.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	Formula Palmer Audi	MotorSport Vision	4	0	1	0	1	20	23rd
	Formula Renault UK Winter Series	Manor Competition	6	0	0	0	0	43	15th
2011	Formula Renault UK	Manor Competition	20	0	1	1	1	265	8th
	MRF Formula 1600 India	Team Sidvin	8	4	1	6	6	?	1st
	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	6	0	0	0	0	17	14th
2012	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Manor MP Motorsport	20	1	0	2	9	316	2nd
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		14	0	0	0	1	31	13th
	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	14	1	1	1	4	591	5th
2012–13	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	8	4	2	4	6	159	2nd
2013	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	30	0	0	1	2	176	6th
	British Formula 3 Championship		12	3	2	2	8	176	1st
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2014	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	32	0	0	0	7	217	7th
2015	GP2 Series	Racing Engineering	22	0	0	1	1	60	12th
	Formula One	Manor Marussia F1 Team	Development Driver
2016	GP2 Series	Racing Engineering	22	2	0	1	5	122	7th
	Formula One	Manor Racing MRT	Development Driver
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	MP Motorsport	22	0	0	0	0	62	11th
2018	IndyCar Series	Ed Carpenter Racing	11	0	0	0	0	175	22nd
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	3	1	0	0	1	40	11th
2019	FIA Formula 2 Championship	MP Motorsport	20	0	0	2	2	79	9th
	IndyCar Series	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1	0	0	0	0	12	36th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship	Team LNT	2	0	0	1	0	12	20th
2020–21	Formula E	Mahindra Racing	Reserve/development driver
2021	Formula One	Alpine F1 Team	Simulator driver
2021–22	Formula E	Mahindra Racing	Reserve/development driver
2022–23	Formula E	Mahindra Racing	Reserve/development driver
2023–24	Formula E	Mahindra Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2024–25	Formula E	Mahindra Racing	Reserve/development driver

Complete Formula Palmer Audi results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	SNE 4	OUL 1	OUL 2	ROC 1	ROC 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	CRO 1	CRO 2	CRO 3	SIL 1 NC	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 2	SIL 4 Ret	23rd	20

Complete Formula Renault UK 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	Pos	Points
2011	Manor Competition	BRI 1 8	BRI 2 9	DON 1 7	DON 2 8	THR 1 10	THR 2 10	OUL 1 Ret	OUL 2 10	CRO 1 9	CRO 2 2	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 8	SIL1 1 8	SIL1 2 9	ROC 1 9	ROC 2 7	BHGP 1 4	BHGP 2 12	SIL2 1 7	SIL2 2 8	8th	265

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2011	SIL 1	SIL 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 8	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 9	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 10	RBR 1	RBR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	14th	17

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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	Pos	Points
2012	Manor MP Motorsport	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 Ret	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 12	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 5	MSC 1 13	MSC 2 Ret	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 13	LEC 1 20	LEC 2 Ret	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 25	13th	31

Complete British Formula 3 International Series 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	DC	Points
2013	Carlin	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 6	SIL 3 2	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 1	SPA 3 3	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 4	BRH 3 2	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 5	NÜR 3 1	1st	176

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Engine	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	31	32	33	DC	Points
2013	Carlin	Volkswagen	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 3 9	SIL 1 11	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 6	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 9	HOC 3 5	BRH 1 7	BRH 2 13	BRH 3 11	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 6	RBR 3 5	NOR 1 17	NOR 2 9	NOR 3 9	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 Ret	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 4	ZAN 3 2	VAL 1 13	VAL 2 Ret	VAL 3 5	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 9				6th	176
2014	Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 6	SIL 3 9	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 9	HOC 3 7	PAU 1 5	PAU 2 18†	PAU 3 9	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 Ret	HUN 3 DNS	SPA 1 10	SPA 2 10	SPA 3 10	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 2	NOR 3 3	MSC 1 2	MSC 2 5	MSC 3 Ret	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 7	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 6	NÜR 3 5	IMO 1 2	IMO 2 19	IMO 3 11	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 13	HOC 3 2	7th	217

Complete GP2 Series 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	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2015	Racing Engineering	BHR FEA 4	BHR SPR 9	CAT FEA 14	CAT SPR 11	MON FEA 9	MON SPR Ret	RBR FEA 12	RBR SPR 7	SIL FEA 22†	SIL SPR 10	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 12	SPA FEA 8	SPA SPR 2	MNZ FEA 8	MNZ SPR Ret	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR 15	BHR FEA 9	BHR SPR 6	YMC FEA 6	YMC SPR C			12th	60
2016	Racing Engineering	CAT FEA 7	CAT SPR 3	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 16	BAK FEA 12†	BAK SPR 4	RBR FEA 8	RBR SPR 1	SIL FEA 8	SIL SPR 1	HUN FEA 8	HUN SPR 2	HOC FEA 15	HOC SPR 11	SPA FEA 2	SPA SPR 12	MNZ FEA 7	MNZ SPR 4	SEP FEA 5	SEP SPR 14	YMC FEA 13	YMC SPR 10			7th	122
2017	MP Motorsport	BHR FEA 4	BHR SPR 5	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR 5	MON FEA 9	MON SPR 8	BAK FEA 6	BAK SPR DSQ	RBR FEA 9	RBR SPR 6	SIL FEA 7	SIL SPR Ret	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 11	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 10	MNZ SPR 20	JER FEA 6	JER SPR Ret	YMC FEA 8	YMC SPR Ret			11th	62
2019	MP Motorsport	BHR FEA 17	BHR SPR 8	BAK FEA 3	BAK SPR Ret	CAT FEA 7	CAT SPR 7	MON FEA	MON SPR	LEC FEA 6	LEC SPR 11	RBR FEA 8	RBR SPR 7	SIL FEA 10	SIL SPR 9	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 4	SPA FEA C	SPA SPR C	MNZ FEA 6	MNZ SPR 2	SOC FEA 12	SOC SPR 9	YMC FEA 12	YMC SPR 9	9th	79

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

Complete Formula One participations

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	WDC	Points
2016	Manor Racing MRT	Manor MRT05	Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t	AUS	BHR	CHN	RUS	ESP	MON	CAN	EUR	AUT	GBR	HUN	GER	BEL	ITA	SIN	MAL	JPN	USA TD	MEX	BRA	ABU TD	–	–

American open-wheel racing results

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

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points	Ref
2018	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara DW12	20	Chevrolet	STP 21	PHX	LBH 18	ALA 14	IMS 24	INDY	DET 16	DET 18	TXS	ROA 12	IOW	TOR 11	MDO 12	POC	GTW	POR 15	SNM 13	22nd	175	[17]
2019	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		42	Honda	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY 24	DET	DET	TXS	RDA	IOW	MDO	POC	GTW	POR	LAG		36th	12	[18]

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2019	Dallara	Honda	26	24	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2018–19	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	LMS	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB 1	SPA 6	LMS Ret	11th	40
2019–20	Team LNT	LMP1	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6	SIL	FUJ	SHA 4	BHR Ret	COA	SPA	LMS	BHR	20th	12

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ricky Taylor David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	199	DNF	DNF

Complete Formula E results

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

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2023–24	Mahindra Racing	Formula E Gen3	Mahindra M9Electro	MEX	DRH	DRH	SAP	TOK	MIS	MIS	MCO	BER 12	BER 18	SIC	SIC	POR	POR	LDN	LDN	26th	0

References

1. "Formel E: Mahindra präsentiert Jordan King als Ersatz für Nyck de Vries beim Berlin E-Prix - e-Formel.de". e-formel.de. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
2. White, Anna (5 February 2012). "Dashwood: Teen spirit drives Formula One ambition for the three Kings". Telegraph.co.uk . Telegraph Media Group . Retrieved 18 February 2012. Jordan King, son of J Sainsbury chief executive Justin
3. "The inspiring story of King's childhood battle with cancer and his journey to a career in motorsport". 11 August 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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5. "Jordan King joins Racing Engineering for 2015". GP2 Series. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
6. Pettit, Vince. "Former British F3 champion King joins GP2 grid for 2015". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
7. "King returns to MP for his third year in GP2". 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
8. Noble, Jonathan (1 March 2016). "Manor retains King as development driver for 2016". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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10. Gibbons, Craig (22 March 2021). "Harbury racer Jordan King on life as a simulator driver for the Alpine Formula One team". Stratford Herald. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
11. "Sato, Rahal and King Qualified for the 103rd Indianapolis 500; Will Start 14th, 17th and 26th Respectively After a Full Day of Excitement". 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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14. Thukral, Rachit (2 February 2021). "King joins Mahindra as simulator and development driver". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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17. "Jordan King – 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
18. "Jordan King – 2019 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Jordan King career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jack Harvey	British Formula Three Champion 2013	Succeeded by Martin Cao