Nationality British Car no. TBA Starts 3 Current team Hitech Racing | Debut season 2016 Former teams Carlin Wins 0 | |
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Born 30 May 1994 (age 22)
Birmingham, England ( 1994-05-30 ) | ||
Jake Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British racing driver.
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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.
Body Lifting
Hughes' other passion apart from motorsport is weight lifting. Together with fellow racing driver Alex Lynn, Hughes' goal of 2016 was to reach 88% muscle weight and 5% body fat, the leanest record ever recorded in GP3 Series. This enabled him to get a top 8 finish in 2016. Hughes' was later photographed leg pressing 270kg x 8. A substantial feat for someone of his stature. Team DAMS reported 3 broken master cylinders during their season with him.
Career summary
† As Hughes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)