Jake Dennis

Jake Dennis at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship

Jake Dennis (born June 30, 1995 ) is a British racing driver . In 2017 he will start in the Pro category of the Blancpain Endurance Series as well as in the European Formula 3 championship .

Career

Dennis began his motorsport career in karting in 2006 , where he remained active until 2010. Among other things, he was runner-up in the 2009 CIK-FIA-KF3 World Cup. In 2010 he became U18 kart world champion. In 2011, Dennis switched to formula racing and competed for Fortec Motorsport in the InterSteps Championship . With eight wins from 20 races, he immediately won the title. He then started for Fortec in the winter series of the British Formula Renault . There he reached 18th place.

In 2012 Dennis competed for Fortec Motorsport in the Northern European Formula Renault . With three wins and a total of eleven podium finishes, he decided the championship for himself. He also took part in six races in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup for Fortec . He managed a second place and he was twelfth overall. Dennis received the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for his accomplishments in 2012 . As a bonus, he received a Formula 1 test drive at McLaren . In 2013 Dennis drove in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup throughout. With a second place as the best result, he was once on the podium. As the best driver who had not won a race, he finished the season in fourth place overall. In the Northern European Formula Renault he drove four races, with one victory.

In 2014 Dennis switched to Carlin in the European Formula 3 championship . Three third places were his best results. He finished the season in ninth place overall. In 2015 Dennis competed in the European Formula 3 championship for the Prema Powerteam . In Pau he achieved pole position in every race and won two races. At the Grand Prix de Pau , however, he fell behind with technical problems and remained without points. At Spa-Francorchamps he managed to win two races again. Further victories followed in Spielberg and Portimão . While his teammate Felix Rosenqvist won the championship, Dennis improved to third place overall. After the season he took part in several races of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 in winter 2015/16 .

In 2016 Dennis switched to the GP3 series at Arden International . He won two races and finished the season in fourth place in the championship. In addition, he took part in two races of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) for the G-Drive Racing team, which is supported by Arden’s partner team Jota Sport .

In 2017 Dennis competes in the Pro category of the Blancpain Endurance Series for the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT . He also takes part in the first three races of the European Formula 3 championship for Carlin .

statistics

Career stations

2006–2010: karting 2011: InterSteps Championship (Champion) 2011: British Formula Renault , winter series (18th place) 2012: Northern European Formula Renault (champion) 2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (12th place)

2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (4th place) 2013: Northern European Formula Renault (31st place) 2014 : European Formula 3 (9th place) 2015 : European Formula 3 (3rd place) 2016: MRF Challenge Formula 2000 (9th place)

2016 : WEC (40th place) 2016 : GP3 series (4th place) 2017 : Blancpain Endurance Series , Pro 2017 : European Formula 3

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2014	Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			174	9.
			17th	17th	DNF	7th	10	6th	4th	3	4th	11	17th	9	3	6th	7th	5	4th	DNF	15th	6th	4th	3	18 *	5	DNF	DNF	9	7th	7th	7th	15th	12	11
2015	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			377	3.
			3	DNF	3	4th	15th	8th	1	1	23	3	2	2	5	1	1	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	3	4th	1	8th	7th	1	2	2	DNF	4th	4th	2	2	7th
2017	Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL			MNZ			PAU			HUN			NOR			SPA			ZAN			ONLY			SPI			HOC						41	17th
			2	5	5	18 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	9																-	-	-	-	-	-

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	Arden International	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		149	4th
		7th	4th	DNF	DNF	12	9	3	7th	12	6th	2	5	1	4th	6th	1	2	4th

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points	rank
2016	G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	Nissan	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	0.5	40.
					12	DNF

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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2016	G-Drive Racing	Gibson 015S	Simon Dolan	Giedo van der Garde	not classified

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Young driver Dennis with McLaren test debut". Motorsport-Total.com, November 9, 2013, accessed April 17, 2014 . 
2. ↑ “Jake Dennis gets FIA European F3 seat for 2014”. racecar.com, January 11, 2014, accessed April 17, 2014 . 
3. ↑ “Prema confirms Jake Dennis for 2015 F3 European Championship”. autosport.com, November 17, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 . 
4. ^ Peter Allen: Giovinazzi snatches Pau Grand Prix victory after Dennis slows. paddockscout.com, May 17, 2015, accessed May 18, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Aaron Rook: GP3 series and Le Mans 24 Hours debut for Jake Dennis in 2016. autosport.com, December 11, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2016 . 
6. ↑ David Gruz: WRT keeps Frijns, adds Treluyer and Dennis to Blancpain line-up. motorsport.com, March 9, 2017, accessed April 13, 2017 . 
7. ↑ David Gruz: F3 preview: Will 2017 be the year Prema domination ends? motorsport.com, April 12, 2017, accessed April 13, 2017 . 

Web links

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• Career statistics of Jake Dennis (English)