Jordan King

Jordan King (2014)

Jordan King (born February 26, 1994 in Warwick ) is a British automobile racing driver . He competed in the European Formula 3 championship in 2013 and 2014 . In 2013 he became British Formula 3 champion . From 2015 to 2019 (with an interruption at the IndyCars 2018) he started in the FIA Formula 2 Championship (formerly GP2 series).

Career

Jordan King at the Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2019

King began his motorsport career in karting in 2005 , where he was active until 2010. Among other things, he was Asian-Pacific KF3 master in 2009 . In 2010 he also made his formula racing debut at the season finale of the Formula Palmer Audi . King took pole position straight away and finished second in one race. In the overall ranking he was 23rd. He then moved to Manor Competition and took part in the British Formula Renault Winter Cup. He finished this in 15th place in the overall ranking.

In 2011 he started for Manor Competition in the British Formula Renault. With a second place he achieved the best placement of his racing team in the season. He finished the season on the eighth championship course. He then competed for Manor Competition in the winter series. In this he was twelfth. In 2011 King also took part in six races in the FIA Formula 2 Championship . He became the youngest driver in this category to date. He completed his first Formula 2 test drive at the end of 2009. King scored points in four of these races, and fifth was his best result. At the end of the season he was 14th overall. In addition, he joined the Northern European Formula Renault in the second half of the season , where he started for MP Motorsport . With a second place as the best result and a total of four podium finishes, he was tenth in the drivers' championship. At the beginning of 2012 , King competed for M2 Competition in the Toyota Racing Series , New Zealand's highest monoposto racing series . He won a race and was on the podium four times. At the end of the season he was fifth in the overall standings. King then competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup for Manor MP Motorsport , a cooperation between Manor Competition and MP Motorsport . With a third place as the best placement, he finished the season in 13th place overall. In addition, King took part in the Northern European Formula Renault for Manor MP Motorsport. He won a race and was on the podium a total of nine times. With 316 to 376 points he was defeated by Jake Dennis and became runner-up.

Jordan King at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship

In 2013 , King moved to Carlin in the European Formula 3 championship . With four podium finishes, King finished sixth in the drivers' standings. He was thus defeated by his team mate Harry Tincknell , who finished fifth overall with a race win. In addition, King took part in the British Formula 3 Championship for Carlin in 2013 . With four wins and a total of eight podium finishes in twelve races, he decided the title for himself. With 176 to 135 points he prevailed against Antonio Giovinazzi . In 2014 , King stayed with Carlin in the European Formula 3 championship. King finished second four times and third three times. In the overall classification he reached seventh place.

In 2015 King switched to Racing Engineering in the GP2 series . With a second place as the best result, he was twelfth in the drivers' championship. Internally he was defeated by his teammate Alexander Rossi with 60 to 181.5 points. In 2016 King completed his second GP2 season for Racing Engineering. Like his team-mate Norman Nato , he won two races. In the overall classification he improved to seventh place. In 2017 , King joined MP Motorsport in the championship that had been renamed the FIA Formula 2 Championship in the winter . He finished the season in eleventh. His best result was fourth place.

In 2018 he switched to the American IndyCar Series for Ed Carpenter Racing . There he only drove on the circuits in his first season. In his very first race in St. Petersburg he was able to collect leading laps. He finished the race in 21st place. In Toronto , he was again able to collect leadership kilometers. He finished the season as fourth-best rookie in 22nd place overall. His best result was an 11th place in Toronto.

In the 2019 season he only drove the Indianapolis 500 for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing . He finished it in 24th place. He also competed for Jackie Chan DC Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . There he dropped out after completing 199 laps. King returned to Formula 2 with his previous team, MP Motorsport, in 2019 . He finished two races on the podium and finished ninth overall. He did not take part in the races in Monaco in order to be able to start at the Indianapolis 500.

Personal

King's father Justin King is the CEO of Sainsbury's UK supermarket chain .

statistics

Career stations

2005–2010: karting 2010: Formula Palmer Audi (23rd place) 2010: British Formula Renault , winter series (15th place) 2011: British Formula Renault (8th place) 2011: Northern European Formula Renault (10th place) 2011 : Formula 2 (14th place) 2011: British Formula Renault, winter series (12th place)

2012 : Toyota Racing Series (5th place) 2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (13th place) 2012: Northern European Formula Renault (2nd place) 2013 : European Formula 3 (6th place) 2013 : British Formula 3 (champions) 2014 : European Formula 3 (7th place) 2015 : GP2 series (12th place)

2015 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2016 : GP2 series (7th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2018 : IndyCar Series (22nd place) 2017 : Formula 2 (11th place) 2019 : Formula 2 (9th place)

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
2013	Carlin	Volkswagen	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						176	6th
			7th	DNF	9	11	DNF	6th	11	9	5	7th	13	11	3	6th	5	17th	9	9	4th	4th	DNF	4th	4th	2	13	DNF	5	6th	8th	9
2014	Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			217	7th
			3	6th	9	3	9	7th	5	18 *	9	5	DNF	DNS	10	10	10	DNF	2	3	2	5	DNF	9	DNF	7th	4th	6th	5	2	19th	11	6th	13	2

Individual results in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2015	Racing engineering	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE				60	12.
		4th	9	14th	11	9	DNF	12	7th	22 *	10	6th	12	8th	2	8th	DNF	DNF	15th	9	6th	6th	C.
2016	Racing engineering	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE				122	7th
		7th	3	DNF	16	12 *	4th	8th	1	8th	1	8th	2	15th	11	2	12	7th	4th	5	14th	13	10
2017	MP Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				62	11.
		4th	5	9	5	9	8th	6th	DSQ	9	6th	7th	DNF	15th	11	DNF	14th	10	20th	6th	DNF	8th	DNF
2019	MP Motorsport	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		79	9.
		17th	8th	3	DNF	7th	7th			6th	11	8th	7th	10	9	6th	4th	C.	C.	6th	2	12	9	12	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	18th	19th	Points	rank
2018	Ed Carpenter Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM			175	22nd
		21 °		18th	14th	24		16	18th		12		11 °	12			15th	13
2019	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG			12	36.
							24 26

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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ligier JS P217	David Heinemeier Hansson	Ricky Taylor	failure	Gearbox damage

Web links

Commons : Jordan King  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official Website of Jordan King (English)
• Career Stats Jordan King (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Jordan King To Race In Formula Two" (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on June 3, 2011)
2. ↑ “2012 Toyota Racing Series Competitor List” (toyotaracing.co.nz on December 28, 2011; PDF; 73 kB)
3. ↑ “Eurocup - Manor molla la serie britannica e si allea con MP Motorsport” (stopandgo.tv on January 27, 2012)
4. ↑ Marion Rott: "Formula 3 EM - Carlin announces large number of drivers". Young and full of surprises. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 21, 2013, accessed on February 21, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Carlin retain King for 2014 European F3 season”. paddockscout.com, February 13, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Gruz David Jordan King Secure's Racing Engineering GP2 seat for. paddockscout.com, February 2, 2015, accessed February 2, 2015 . 
7. ^ Matt Beer: Jordan King stays with Racing Engineering for 2016 GP2 season. autosport.com, January 15, 2016, accessed January 15, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Ex-Manor F1 test driver King stays in GP2 with MP Motorsport. autosport.com, February 14, 2017, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Caroline Reid, Christian Sylt: "Will a supermarket boss Ecclestone be the successor?" Motorsport-Total.com, April 1, 2013, accessed on April 2, 2013 .