James Jakes (born 4 August 1987 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a British racing driver.
| James Jakes | |
|---|---|
 Jakes at Carb Day 2015 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 4 August 1987 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK |
| IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Racing licence |  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 |
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 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)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 16th | 7 |
| 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 | 5th | 42 |
| 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 | 13th | 19 |
† 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)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 31st | 0 |
Complete GP2 Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 16th | 7 |
| 2009–10 | Super Nova Racing | YMC1 FEA 3 | YMC1 SPR 10 | YMC2 FEA | YMC2 SPR | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | 14th | 6 | ||||
| 2011 | Scuderia Coloni | YMC FEA 17 | YMC SPR 13 | IMO FEA | IMO SPR | 24th | 0 |
Complete GP3 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8th | 21 |
IndyCar Series
(key)
| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | LVS1 C | 22nd | 189 | [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 | 22nd | 232 | [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 | 19th | 294 | [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 | 16th | 257 | [7] | |||||
- 1 The 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.
| Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win)* | Top 10s (Non-podium)** | Indianapolis 500 Wins | Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
- * Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
- ** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.
Indianapolis 500
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dallara | Honda | DNQ | Dale Coyne Racing | |
| 2012 | Dallara | Honda | 17 | 15 | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 2013 | Dallara | Honda | 20 | 20 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 2015 | Dallara | Honda | 20 | 18 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Manor | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL Ret | SPA 8 | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 31st | 4 |
Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Comtoyou Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | Gold | BRH 1 23 | BRH 2 24 | MIS 1 28 | MIS 2 31 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 5th* | 25.5* |
* Season still in progress.