Jack Hawksworth

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Jack Hawksworth, 2015

Jack Hawksworth (born February 28, 1991 in Bradford ) is a British automobile racing driver . He won the Star Mazda Series in 2012 . He started in the IndyCar Series from 2014 to 2016 .

Career

Hawksworth began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 , where he was active until 2011. In 2010 he started in formula racing for the first time. He immediately finished third in the British Formula Renault winter series . In 2011 Hawksworth took part in the British Formula Renault for two different teams. He won a race and finished the season in fourth place in the drivers' standings.

In 2012 Hawksworth decided to move to North America. He competed for the Pelfrey team in the Star Mazda Series . He achieved second place at the start of the season and won the second race. In total, he won eight of 17 races and secured the championship title early, so that he did not take part in the last race. Hawksworth set new records for wins (8) and pole positions (10) in one season in the series. As a bonus for winning the title Hawksworth received 600,000 US dollars . In 2013 Hawksworth rose to the Indy Lights . He received a cockpit at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports . Hawksworth won the season opener in Saint Petersburg and won two more races in the further course of the season. With a total of six podium finishes, he finished the season in fourth place. Internally, he was defeated by his teammates Sage Karam and Gabby Chaves , who occupied the first two positions. Hawksworth took part in IndyCar Series test drives for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Dale Coyne Racing in the second half of the year .

In 2014 Hawksworth received an IndyCar cockpit from Bryan Herta Autosport . After he had a starting position in the top 10 in the first two races, he started from second place in the fourth race, the Grand Prix of Indianapolis . He achieved the most leading laps and crossed the finish line in seventh place for the first time in the top 10. At the second race in Houston Hawksworth achieved his first podium with a third place. One race later in Long Pond he had a serious accident in second practice. He suffered a heart contusion and dropped out for the race. Hawksworth finished the season in 17th place in the drivers' championship. Hawksworth also contested four races in the United SportsCar Championship (USCC) for RSR Racing in 2014 . Together with Chris Cumming , he once won the PC class. He also started a race in the Dunlop TVR Challenge in 2014 . In 2015 , Hawksworth joined AJ Foyt Enterprises within the IndyCar Series . With two seventh places as the best placements, he reached 17th place overall, as in the previous year. He also took part in a race in the 2015 United SportsCar Championship for RSR Racing . In the IndyCar Series in 2016 Hawksworth stayed with AJ Foyt Enterprises. As the only driver to compete in every race, he never made it into the top 10. He finished the season in 20th place in the drivers' standings, making him the worst-placed driver to take part in every event.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2015 : IndyCar Series (17th place)
  • 2015 : USCC, PC (36th place)
  • 2016 : IndyCar Series (20th place)

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 18th Points rank
2014 BHA / BBM with Curb Agajanian STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW GOAL MDO Mil SNM HAIRDRYER 366 17th
21st 15th 12 7 * 20 12 19th 14 ° 15th 6th 3 22nd 15th 13 6th 16 10 15th 15th
2015 AJ Foyt Enterprises STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS GOAL HAIRDRYER Mil IOW MDO POC SNM     256 17th
8 ° 24 14 ° 21st 23 24 7th 7th 23 14th 10 17th 13 ° 8th 22nd 19th    
2016 AJ Foyt Enterprises STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC TXS WGL SNM     229 20th
11 19th 21st 19th 20th 16 31 22nd 19th 11 15th 21st 21st 14th 17th 16 18th    

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Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2017 United StatesUnited States 3GT racing Lexus RCF GT3 United StatesUnited States Robert Alon United StatesUnited States Austin Cindric Rank 28
2018 United StatesUnited States 3GT racing Lexus RCF GT3 United StatesUnited States Sean Rayhall DenmarkDenmark David Heinemeier Hansson Rank 21
2019 United StatesUnited States AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RCF GT3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Philipp Frommenwiler United StatesUnited States Richard Heistand failure malfunction

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marshall Pruett: "INDYCAR: Hawksworth On The Rise". (No longer available online.) Speedtv.com, September 11, 2012, archived from the original on September 14, 2012 ; accessed on March 21, 2013 (English).
  2. ↑ Sam Tremayne: "Jack Hawksworth to race in Indy Lights with Sam Schmidt in 2013". autosport.com, December 7, 2012, accessed March 20, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "IndyCar - Hawksworth before jumping to the IndyCars?" Test drives in Sebring. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 3, 2013, accessed December 23, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Kate Guerra: “Teams gather in Sebring for pre-holiday test”. indycar.com, December 18, 2013, accessed December 23, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Hawksworth and Servia secure IndyCar cockpits". Motorsport-Total.com, March 6, 2014, accessed March 27, 2014 .
  6. ^ "Jack Hawksworth has heart contusion". espn.go.com, July 6, 2014, accessed September 9, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Pete Fink: Foyt with Sato and newcomer Hawksworth. Motorsport-Total.com, October 29, 2014, accessed March 6, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Hawksworth, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Bradford , England, UK