Jack Harvey (racing driver)

Jack Harvey during qualifying of the GP3 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

Jack Harvey (born April 15, 1993 in Bassingham , Lincolnshire , England ) is a British racing driver . He won the British Formula 3 Championship in 2012 . He started in the Indy Lights in 2014 and 2015 and finished second overall in both years. Since 2017 he has participated in individual races of the IndyCar Series with Meyer Shank Racing .

Career

Like most motorsport enthusiasts , Harvey began his career in karting , where he was active from 2002 to 2008. Among other things, he won the FIA-KF3 European Championship in 2007 and was champion of the FIA-KF2 Asia-Pacific Championship in 2008 . In 2009 he switched to the single-seater racing and entered the European Formula BMW for Fortec Motorsport on. He won a race and finished seventh in the championship, the second best newcomer behind Robin Frijns . In 2010 he stayed with Fortec Motorsport and contested his second season in the European Formula BMW. Harvey took the lead in the drivers' championship at the first race of the season and held it until the last race weekend, when he lost the lead to Frijns and ultimately became runner-up with seven wins.

In 2011 Harvey moved to Carlin in the British Formula 3 Championship . He won a race and ended the season as the worst driver on his team in ninth place in the drivers' standings. In 2012 he played his second season in British Formula 3 for Carlin. He managed to win in the first race. With a total of seven races won, Harvey decided the championship ahead of his teammate Jazeman Jaafar . He prevailed against Jaafar with 319 to 306 points.

In 2013 Harvey competed in the GP3 series for ART Grand Prix , the championship team of the previous season. He scored his first victory in the main race at the Silverstone Circuit . He achieved another victory in the sprint race in Monza . Harvey was subject to Facu Regalía and Conor Daly within the team and was fifth overall with 114 points.

In 2014 Harvey decided to move to North America. He received a place at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the Indy Lights . Already in his debut race he reached a podium with a third place. Harvey finished in the top five in every race and was on the podium ten times in 14 races. He won four of the last five races. At the end of the season he was tied with the champion Gabby Chaves . Since both had achieved the same number of wins, the second places decided on the title. Here Harvey Chaves lost 1 to 5. Harvey was the best newcomer to the Indy Lights as the best driver of his racing team. In 2015 , Harvey stayed with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in Indy Lights. He won a street course race in Indianapolis as well as the Freedom 100 held there on the oval . He also came second six times. With 330 to 357 points, he lost to Spencer Pigot at the end of the season and was again second overall. Harvey also completed IndyCar test drives for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports .

Others

Harvey was promoted by the Formula 1 team McLaren for several years .

statistics

Career stations

2002–2008: karting 2009: European Formula BMW (7th place) 2010 : European Formula BMW (2nd place) 2011 : British Formula 3 (9th place)

2012 : British Formula 3 (champions) 2013 : GP3 series (5th place) 2014 : Indy Lights (2nd place) 2015 : Indy Lights (2nd place)

2017 : IndyCar Series (28th place) 2018 : IndyCar Series (24th place) 2019 : IndyCar Series (21st place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2013	ART Grand Prix	ESP		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		UAE		114	5.
		6th	6th	10	12	1	7th	3	10	4th	5	DNF	DNF	7th	1	5	4th

Individual results in the Indy Lights

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2014	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w / Curb-Agajanian	STP	LBH	BAR		INDY			POC	GOAL	MDO		Mil	SON				547	2.
		3	4th	3	5	3	2	5	3	3	1*	1 * °	5	1*	1 * °
2015	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w / Curb-Agajanian	STP		LBH	BAR		INDY			GOAL		Mil	IOW	MDO		LAG		330	2.
		2	2	10	2	2	1*	5	1	2	2	4th	5	11	10	5	9

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2017	Michael Shank Racing with Andretti Autosport	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM	57	28.
							31
	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports																14th	18th
2018	Michael Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM	103	24.
		23
	Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports			12			16							20th			16	17th
2019	Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG	186	21st
		10	10	13	22nd	3	21st				15th			10			19th	19th
2020	Meyer Shank Racing	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		INDY	STL		IMS		STP	MDO					101	16.
		16	17 °	23	17th	7th	7th

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Frijns is the third and last Formula BMW Europe Champion" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 12, 2010)
2. ↑ "Harvey targets British F3 title in second season with Carlin" (autosport.com on January 9, 2012)
3. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "GP3 - Lotus signs British F3 champ Harvey". In the footsteps of Calado. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 11, 2012, accessed January 14, 2013 . 
4. ↑ DMarshall_LE: "Racing driver Jack Harvey Reveals Indy Lights deal and prepares to move to USA." (No longer available online.) Lincolnshireecho.co.uk, December 13, 2013, archived from the original on September 3, 2014 ; accessed on August 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Harvey Returns to SPM in 2015 Indy Lights. spmindycar.com, January 12, 2015, accessed March 27, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Mark Glendenning: Harvey leads Piquet as Lights drivers complete Sonoma IndyCar test. autosport.com, August 14, 2015, accessed September 24, 2015 . 
7. ^ "Six juniors in the 2010 McLaren squad" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 19, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Jack Harvey  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Jack Harvey
• Career Stats Jack Harvey (English)