Adrian Quaife-Hobbs

Adrian Rodney Quaife-Hobbs (born 3 February 1991) is a British former racing driver, notable for being the youngest driver to win the T Cars championship and the youngest ever winner of a MSA-sanctioned car racing series.

Career

Early career Quaife-Hobbs was born in Pembury. He began his career in 2002, racing in the Honda cadets category, winning four races in his first season and coming second in the Formula 6 Championship. 2003 saw Quaife-Hobbs move up to the more powerful Mini Max category where he took several podium finishes and a race victory. Quaife-Hobbs continued racing in the Mini Max series for 2004, winning the Bayford Meadows Championship. At the age of 14, Quaife-Hobbs moved up to the T Cars category where he won both the main T Cars Championship title, becoming the youngest Champion in the series' history at 14 years and eight months old, and winning the Autumn Trophy title as well. In 2006, Quaife-Hobbs competed in the first few T-car races and got a double win in the opening rounds and also won his last race at Rockingham before deciding to focus on a 2007 campaign in Formula BMW. 2006 also saw Quaife-Hobbs win the British Racing Drivers' Club's Rising Star Award, becoming the youngest driver to receive the award at the age of fifteen.

Formula BMW For 2007, Quaife-Hobbs was promoted to the Formula BMW class, running in its UK series, racing for the current Champions Fortec Motorsport. The young Brit established himself in the first meeting of the championship at Brands Hatch, coming eleventh on his debut and running in third for a majority of the second race before tyre issues forced him to yield the final podium place to Valle Mäkelä, the winner of race one. Quaife-Hobbs finished his debut season tenth in the Drivers' Championship with 405 points.

Formula Renault Following the closure of the 2007 FBMW UK season, Quaife-Hobbs decided to enter the Formula Renault Eurocup with BVM Minardi to gain experience in the Formula Renault cars. He did well on his debut, despite retiring in the first race, he finished eighth in the second from thirteenth position, enough to earn him three points. Quaife-Hobbs also competed in two Formula Renault NEC races with Motopark Academy and at Spa, he got his first Formula Renault podium in only his third event. 2007 also saw Quaife-Hobbs win a place on the prestigious MSA British Race Elite scheme run by David Brabham.

Quaife-Hobbs entered the Eurocup for a full season in 2008 as well as the Italian championship, both with the BVM Minardi team in which he finished fourth. He returned to Motopark Academy for 2009 campaigns in the Eurocup and Northern European Cup, finishing fourth in both series.

Formula Three Quaife-Hobbs competing at the second round of the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim. Quaife-Hobbs stepped up into the Formula 3 Euro Series for the 2010 season, staying with Motopark Academy for his graduation into the series. He earned points in first races of the Circuit Paul Ricard and Hockenheim meetings, finishing sixth and fifth respectively.

GP3 Series After the Euro Series opener, Quaife-Hobbs elected to concentrate on the new-for-2010 GP3 Series, signing a contract with Manor Racing. At Spa he secured his first podium. He finished in fifteenth position in the championship standings.

Quaife-Hobbs stayed in GP3 for 2011 with Manor. He achieved his first win at Valencia. At the end of the season, he improved to fifth position in the drivers' championship, and as he finished as the best-placed Marussia Manor driver in the championship, he received a Formula One test with Marussia Virgin Racing.

Auto GP World Series

In 2012 Quaife-Hobbs graduated to the Auto GP World Series, competing for Super Nova International. Since the start of the season, he has taken victory in Monza and Valencia, notching up two pole positions, five podium finishes from six rounds and currently leads the series by 29 points.

He went on to take every pole bar one throughout the season, and took the championship.

GP2 Series For 2013, Quaife-Hobbs was signed to race for MP Motorsport in the GP2 Series. The highlight of the first half of the season was a second place at Monaco, before he switched to Hilmer Motorsport from Hungary onwards. Following a second podium in Belgium, Quaife-Hobbs scored his maiden GP2 victory at Monza in the sprint race. He finished the season 13th overall, with a total of 56 points and one win.

For 2014, Quaife-Hobbs remained in GP2, but drove for the Rapax Team alongside Simon Trummer. For the second season in a row, he finished the year in 13th position in the championship standings.

GT3 For the 2015 season, Quaife-Hobbs moved into endurance racing with the Von Ryan Racing team. He contested selected rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series and British GT Championship, driving a McLaren 650S in the GT3 class. On his début in the British series, Quaife-Hobbs and his co-driver, Gilles Vannelet, took victory in the Silverstone 500.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position 2005 T Cars PR Motorsport 17 8 2 ? 10 284 1st T Cars Autumn Trophy 7 6 7 ? 7 138 1st 2006 T Cars PR Motorsport 10 3 3 ? 7 68 9th 2007 Formula BMW UK Fortec Motorsport 18 0 1 0 0 405 10th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 BVM Minardi 8 0 0 0 0 3 23rd Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Motopark Academy 4 0 0 0 1 70 18th 2008 Italian Formula Renault 2.0 BVM Minardi 14 1 0 1 4 250 4th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 0 2 25th Portugal Winter Series FR2.0 Motopark Academy 2 0 0 0 1 16 6th 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Motopark Academy 14 1 1 2 3 229 4th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 1 0 0 4 83 4th 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series Motopark Academy 4 0 0 0 0 7 13th GP3 Series Manor Racing 14 0 0 0 1 10 15th 2011 GP3 Series Manor Racing 16 1 2 2 2 36 5thFormula OneVirgin Racing Test driver 2012 Auto GP World Series Super Nova International 14 5 6 4 10 221 1st 2013GP2 SeriesMP Motorsport 12 0 0 0 1 56 13thHilmer Motorsport 10 1 0 0 2 2014 GP2 Series Rapax 18 0 0 0 1 30 13th 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series Von Ryan Racing 5 0 0 0 0 10 20th British GT Championship 1 1 0 0 1 37.5 13th 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup FFF Racing Team by ACM 6 0 0 0 2 46 5th

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2010 Motopark Academy Dallara F308/099 Volkswagen LEC1 LEC2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 7

Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2010 Manor Racing CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 15th 10 2011 Marussia Manor Racing ISTFEA ISTSPR CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 5th 36

Complete Auto GP World Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 2012 Super Nova International MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 ALG1 ALG2 CUR1 CUR212† SON1 SON2 1st 221 † Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2013 MP Motorsport SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR 13th 56 Hilmer Motorsport HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR21† 2014 Rapax BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 13th 30

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2015 Von Ryan Racing McLaren 650S GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SPA1 BRH1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 13th 37.5