Oliver Oakes

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Oliver Oakes
Oliver Oakes 2007 FRenault Eurocup.jpg
Oakes driving in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2007.
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 (age 37)
Norfolk, England
GP3 Series
Years active 2010
Teams ATECH CRS GP
Starts16
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish28th in 2010
Finished last season28th
Previous series
2008–09
2008
2008
2006–07
2006–07
2006
2006
2005 		British F3
Formula 3 Euro Series
International Formula Master
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula BMW UK
Formula BMW ADAC
FR2000 UK Winter Series

Oliver "Oli" Oakes (born 11 January 1988) is a British former racing driver, entrepreneur and team principal and director of Hitech GP. [1] In July 2024 he was announced as Alpine F1 Team Principal for the remainder of the 2024 season onwards. [2] He was the 2005 World Karting champion, [3] and was once a part of the Red Bull Junior Team.

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Oakes moved into team management when he set up his first karting team in 2011 before launching junior single-seater racing team Hitech GP in 2015. [4]

Biography

Early life

Oakes was born 11 January 1988, the son of Billy Oakes, the founder and owner of the former Formula Renault and British F3 team Eurotek Motorsport. He was educated at King's Ely. [5] He began karting at age 4.

Racing career

Beginning his racing career in karting, Oakes was twice British Open Champion [6] at the age of 12. His karting career ended after winning the Karting World Championship in 2005 at 17 years of age. [3] [7] His performances saw him attract the attention of the Red Bull Young Driver Programme, alongside Formula 1 graduates Sebastian Vettel, Brendon Hartley, Jaime Alguersuari and Sébastien Buemi.[ citation needed ]

Moving to car racing in 2006, Oakes debuted in Formula BMW with Carlin Motorsport, where he took pole and the victory in his first race. [7] Further claiming 3 podiums and a string of strong results, he finished the season in 6th overall in the Formula BMW UK Championship. [8] He was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. [9]

In 2007, Oakes joined Motopark for the 2007 Formula Renault Eurocup season in which he finished 12th. [7]

Oakes joined Eurotek Motorsport to compete in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2008, taking pole position at the final round at Donington. [7] [10]

He moved to Carlin Motorsport for his 2009 campaign, [11] but left after two rounds. [12] Oakes took up test-driver roles for the rest of 2009 and raced in the GP3 Series in 2010 for Atech CRS, finishing 28th in the championship. [13]

Post-racing career

Since 2010 Oakes has been involved in various team roles [4] whilst maintaining an ongoing affiliation with Tony Kart. [14]

Team Oakes Racing

Team Oakes is a karting team and management service founded in 2011. Former drivers include Callum Ilott, [15] [16] Marcus Armstrong, [17] [18] [19] Nikita Mazepin [16] and Clement Novalak. [20] [16] Team Oakes have competed in WSK Championship Events, the German DKM Series and the CIK-FIA World and European Championships. [21] [15] [22]

Hitech GP

Hitech GP was formed in early 2015 with David Hayle who previously formed Hitech Racing in 2003. Hitech currently competes in the FIA Formula 2, [23] FIA Formula 3 [24] and F3 Asian Championship Certified by FIA [25] as well as managing the racing operations of W Series [26] and the FIA Motorsport Games. [27]

Alpine F1 Team

Oakes was announced as the Team Principal of Alpine F1 Team following the departure of Bruno Famin in August 2024. He will lead the team for the rest of the 2024 season and 2025 Formula One World Championship. [28] He achieved his first podium, and Team Enstone's first double podium since 2013, at the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2005 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Team AKA ?????2615th
2006 Formula BMW UK Carlin Motorsport 1812?41486th
Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 20000025th
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Motopark Academy 200002627th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Cram Competition 600000†NC†
2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Motopark Academy 1400051914th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 1400103212th
2008 British Formula 3 International Series Eurotek Motorsport1001001*19th*
International Formula Master Euronova Racing 20000041st
Formula 3 Euro Series Carlin Motorsport 200000†NC†
2009 British Formula 3 International Series Carlin Motorsport 40000718th
2010 GP3 Series ATECH CRS GP 160000028th

† Oakes was a guest driver and ineligible for points.
* Oakes was an invited driver in rounds 9–11 and thus was only eligible for points in rounds 2 and 8.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2007 Motopark Academy ZAN
1
8		 ZAN
2
5		 OSC
1
Ret		 OSC
2
5		 ASS
1
3		 ASS
2
Ret		 ZOL
1
3		 ZOL
1
3		 NUR
1
3		 NUR
2
3		 OSC
1
6		 OSC
2
4		 SPA
1
4		 SPA
2
5		 HOC
1
HOC
2
4th191

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2010 ATECH CRS GP CAT
FEA
14		 CAT
SPR
10		 IST
FEA
12		 IST
SPR
Ret		 VAL
FEA
Ret		 VAL
SPR
19		 SIL
FEA
13		 SIL
SPR
8		 HOC
FEA
13		 HOC
SPR
20†		 HUN
FEA
16		 HUN
SPR
10		 SPA
FEA
17		 SPA
SPR
10		 MNZ
FEA
12		 MNZ
SPR
9		28th0

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