James Jakes

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James Jakes (2015)

James Jakes (born August 4, 1987 in Leeds ) is a British automobile racing driver . He competed in the IndyCar Series from 2011 to 2015 .

Career

In 2002, Jakes began his motorsport career in club racing, which he practiced until 2003. In 2003 he made his debut in formula racing and started the British Formula Renault series in the winter series and the Formula Palmer Audi autumn series . In 2004 Jakes drove both in the British Formula Renault, in which he finished 13th overall, and in the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup , where he reached 25th place. He also took part in a number of other Formula Renault championships. In 2005, Jakes stayed in the British Formula Renault and came third overall. In addition, Jakes started for some races in the national class of the British Formula 3 Championship and the Dutch Formula Renault. In 2006, Jakes switched to the British Formula 3 championship and was eighth in the overall standings. He started for Hitech Racing , for which he also took part in four races in the Formula 3 Euro Series . Jakes also finished sixth at the Macau Grand Prix .

In 2007 Jakes concentrated on his involvement in the Formula 3 Euro Series and drove for Manor Motorsport . He won a race at Magny-Cours and finished fifth in the overall standings. At the Macau Grand Prix, where Jakes started again, he finished seventh this year. Also in 2008 Jakes was active in the Formula 3 Euro Series, this time for the champion team ART Grand Prix . This season Jakes won the main race in Pau and finished 13th overall at the end of the season. Thus, Jakes did not build on the good results of the previous year and was also in the overall ranking behind his three teammates, of whom Nico Hülkenberg won the championship.

Nevertheless, Jakes was signed by Super Nova Racing for the GP2 Asia Series season 2008/2009 and finished in 16th place in the overall standings at the end of the season. In the GP2 Asia Series season 2009/2010 Jakes went again for Super Nova Racing at the start. After finishing third in the first race, he was replaced by Marcus Ericsson after the first race weekend . At the end of the season he finished 14th overall. In 2010 he started for Manor Racing in the new GP3 series . After a Hockenheim accident , he had to pause two race weekends with a ligament injury in his right arm. With two second places as the best results, he finished eighth in the overall ranking at the end of the season. He then made his debut at the season finale in the GP2 series and replaced the sick Álvaro Parente at Scuderia Coloni . At the end of the season he finished 31st overall.

Jakes at the Japanese IndyCar race in Motegi (2011)

In 2011, Jakes should start for Coloni in both the GP2 Asia and the GP2 series. After the first race weekend of the GP2 Asia Series season in 2011 , however, he broke the contract with Coloni and finished the season in 24th place overall. Instead, he took part in test drives of the IndyCar Series for Dale Coyne Racing at short notice and a little later received a contract for the IndyCar Series 2011 . At the Indianapolis 500 he failed to qualify. While his teammate Sébastien Bourdais crossed the finish line several times within the top 10, a 13th place was Jake's best result. At the end of the season he was 22nd in the championship. In 2012 , Jakes stayed with Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series, where he got a new teammate in Justin Wilson . Jakes finished in the top 10 twice. While Wilson reached 15th place, Jakes finished the season again in 22nd place.

In 2013 Jakes moved to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing within the IndyCar Series . At the second race in Detroit , he achieved his first podium finish in the IndyCar Series with a second place. Overall, he made it into the top 10 three times this year. He finished the season in 19th place overall. With 294 to 319 points he lost to his teammate Graham Rahal . After a year off Jake returned in 2015 back into the IndyCar Series. He received a cockpit at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports . At the second race in Avondale he finished third. In the further course of the season, three more top 10 placements followed. He finished the championship in 16th place.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2002–2003: Club Motorsport
  • 2003: British Formula Renault , winter series
  • 2003: Formula Palmer Audi , autumn series (10th place)
  • 2004: British Formula Renault (12th place)
  • 2004: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (25th place)
  • 2004: Dutch Formula Renault (16th place)
  • 2004: Brazilian Formula Renault
  • 2004: British Formula Renault, winter series (6th place)
  • 2004: US Formula Renault, winter series (8th place)
  • 2005: British Formula Renault (3rd place)
  • 2005: Dutch Formula Renault (19th place)
  • 2005: British Formula 3 , national (13th place)
  • 2006: British Formula 3 (8th place)
  • 2006 : Formula 3 Euro Series (16th place)
  • 2007 : Formula 3 Euro Series (5th place)
  • 2008 : Formula 3 Euro Series (13th place)
  • 2009 : GP2 Asia Series (16th place)
  • 2010 : GP2 Asia Series (14th 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
2010 Manor Racing SpainSpain ESP TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA 21st 8th.
9 7th 2 8th 8th 3 DNF 11 2 DNF INJ INJ INJ INJ 13 DNF

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 19th Points rank
2011 Dale Coyne Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO NHA SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV   189 22nd
15th 25th 15th 15th DNQ 25th 28 15th 25th 18th 18th 23 18th 19th 27 13 21st C.  
2012 Dale Coyne Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO SNM BAL HAIRDRYER         232 22nd
26th 16 11 15th 15 17 23 10 21st 13 8th 25th 19th 12 24 12        
2013 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW POC GOAL MDO SNM BAL HOU HAIRDRYER 294 19th
15th 23 12 17th 20 ° 20 10 2 ° 12 18th 18th 12 12 23 13 25th 23 6th 17th 22 °
2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS GOAL HAIRDRYER Mil IOW MDO POC SNM       257 16.
22nd 3 19th 22nd 18 ° 18th 12 15th 9 ° 21st 7th 23 15 ° 16 10 25th      

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2016 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Manor Motorsport Oreca 05 ThailandThailand Gate Graves SpainSpain Roberto Merhi failure

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Hungary: Tambay at Manor, da Costa at Carlin" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 29, 2010)
  2. ↑ "Jakes replaces Parente in Abu Dhabi" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 11, 2010)
  3. ^ "Jakes è il nuovo pilota del team Coloni" ( Memento from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on January 14, 2011)
  4. ↑ “Filippi Replaces Jakes At Coloni For Imola” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on March 17, 2011)
  5. ↑ "Test start: Power ties in - Bourdais hardworking" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 14, 2011)
  6. ↑ "Perfect: Bourdais is driving IndyCars again" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 25, 2011)
  7. ↑ “INDYCAR: Busy Testing Schedules Close Out February” ( Memento from December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (auto-racing.speedtv.com on February 18, 2012)
  8. ↑ Pete Fink: "Jakes changes to Rahal". Motorsport-Total.com, February 5, 2013, accessed February 6, 2013 .
  9. ^ Curt Cavin: James Jakes lands Schmidt Peterson's IndyCar ride. indystar.com, February 16, 2015, accessed March 5, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Jakes, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeds , UK