Jake Hughes


Jake Hughes is a British racing driver.

Career

Karting

Hughes started his racing career in karting in 2010 at the age of fourteen, finishing eleventh in the Junior Class of the Easykart UK Championship. In 2011, he finished fifth in the Super 1 National Formula KGP Championship. He stayed in the same championship for 2012, improving to fourth in the series standings.

Local championships

Hughes made his single-seaters début in 2012 at Silverstone in the Formula Renault BARC Championship with Antel Motorsport and contested in the Rockingham round of the Formula Renault BARC Winter Series.
For 2013, he decided to move in the newly created BRDC Formula 4 Championship, joining Lanan Racing. He took four wins with another six podiums to clinch the championship title.

Formula Renault

Hughes returned in the Formula Renault machinery with Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup switch in 2014. He had only one podium, finishing third at Silverstone on his route to the eighth in the series standings. Also in 2014 he had part-time campaigns in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps.
For 2015 he signed with Koiranen GP to contest full-time both in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. He was victorious only in the second race at Spa and had another four podiums, finishing sixth in the championship. While in the Alps championship he was more successful. He won races at Spa, Monza and Misano.

GP3 Series

Hughes graduated in the GP3 Series in 2016, joining newcomers DAMS. He earned his first GP3 victory in the sprint race at Hockenheim.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Hughes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2016DAMSCAT
FEA
2		CAT
SPR
8		RBR
FEA
8		RBR
SPR
6		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
17		HUN
FEA
23		HUN
SPR
19		HOC
FEA
8		HOC
SPR
1		SPA
FEA
Ret		SPA
SPR
Ret		MNZ
FEA
3		MNZ
SPR
10		SEP
FEA
Ret		SEP
SPR
12		YMC
FEA
7		YMC
SPR
1		8th90
2018ART Grand PrixCAT
FEA
13		CAT
SPR
3		LEC
FEA
10		LEC
SPR
17		RBR
FEA
5		RBR
SPR
1		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
8		HUN
FEA
16		HUN
SPR
14		SPA
FEA
7		SPA
SPR
4		MNZ
FEA
9		MNZ
SPR
4		SOC
FEA
7		SOC
SPR
16		YMC
FEA
7		YMC
SPR
2		8th85

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2016CarlinVolkswagenLEC
1		LEC
2		LEC
3		HUN
1		HUN
2		HUN
3		PAU
1		PAU
2		PAU
3		RBR
1		RBR
2		RBR
3		NOR
1		NOR
2		NOR
3		ZAN
1		ZAN
2		ZAN
3		SPA
1		SPA
2		SPA
3		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		NÜR
3		IMO
1		IMO
2		IMO
3		HOC
1
19		HOC
2
4		HOC
3
3		16th27
2017Hitech GPMercedesSIL
1
13		SIL
2
3		SIL
3
13		MNZ
1
10		MNZ
2
13		MNZ
3
Ret		PAU
1
Ret		PAU
2
6		PAU
3
Ret		HUN
1
2		HUN
2
4		HUN
3
7		NOR
1
Ret		NOR
2
2		NOR
3
5		SPA
1
Ret		SPA
2
4		SPA
3
Ret		ZAN
1
8		ZAN
2
2		ZAN
3
5		NÜR
1
2		NÜR
2
1		NÜR
3
2		RBR
1
11		RBR
2
13		RBR
3
16		HOC
1
12		HOC
2
5		HOC
3
8		5th207

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2019HWA RacelabCAT
FEA
17		CAT
SPR
Ret		LEC
FEA
Ret		LEC
SPR
7		RBR
FEA
7		RBR
SPR
1		SIL
FEA
9		SIL
SPR
Ret		HUN
FEA
3		HUN
SPR
3		SPA
FEA
21		SPA
SPR
Ret		MNZ
FEA
6		MNZ
SPR
3		SOC
FEA
7		SOC
SPR
4		7th90
2020HWA RacelabRBR1
FEA
28		RBR1
SPR
12		RBR2
FEA
10		RBR2
SPR
Ret		HUN
FEA
24		HUN
SPR
19		SIL1
FEA
4		SIL1
SPR
SIL2
FEA
SIL2
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MUG
FEA
MUG
SPR
15th*12.5*

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
* Season still in progress.