Jack Hawksworth

Jack William Hawksworth (born 28 February 1991) is a British professional racing driver from Bradford, West Yorkshire. , he competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Vasser Sullivan Racing in a Lexus RCF GT3.

Hawksworth has also raced in the Star Mazda Championship, Formula Renault 2.0, IndyCar Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Biography

Hawksworth started racing karts at thirteen years old and was Junior Rotax Euro Max champion and second in the World finals by the time he was fifteen. After graduating from Juniors, he went on to have a career as a professional karter leading to success in KZ1 karting winning the 2009 Andrea Margutti Trophy as well as winning races in the German championship and claiming podiums in the KZ1 and KZ2 European Championships finishing sixth overall in the 2010 KZ1 European Championship for the Maddox Team. In a one-off appearance to domestic racing Hawksworth won the 2010 British Kart Masters Grand Prix in Senior Max with Protrain Racing.

Hawksworth graduated to open wheel racing in late 2010 and competed in the 2010 Formula Renault Winter series with Mark Burdett Motorsport. He claimed pole position in four out of the six races and finished third overall in the championship and top rookie ahead of the Red Bull Juniors of Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz, Jr. and McLaren Autosport Award winner Oliver Rowland. Hawksworth went on to compete in the 2011 Formula Renault UK championship changing teams halfway through and finishing fourth overall in the series with a win at Croft.

In 2012, Hawksworth moved to the United States to compete in the 2012 Star Mazda Championship season with Team Pelfrey as part of the Mazda Road to Indy. He broke every record in the series (wins, poles and fastest laps) on his way to claiming the title in his rookie campaign. Hawksworth climbed to the Indy Lights for 2013, by joining Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

During a practice session for the 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500, Hawksworth suffered a myocardial contusion after a crash, and missed the race.

On 11 November 2016, it was announced that 3GT Racing had signed Hawksworth and Robert Alon to race the No. 15 Lexus RC F GT3 in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GT Daytona class. Hawksworth and Alon competed in the first eight races of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship together before a team decision saw Alon switch places with veteran Scott Pruett for the final four rounds. Hawksworth and Alon recorded a season's best finish of fifth in GT Daytona for the No. 15 at the 2017 6 Hours of Watkins Glen.

In 2023, Hawksworth won the 2023 IMSA GTD Pro Championship alongside Ben Barnicoat. It came on the back of winning Petit Le Mans at the end of the 2022 season. The pair followed this up with a win at the Mobil One 12 hours of Sebring in 2024.

Racing record Racing career summary

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship 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 DC Points 2011 Mark Burdett Motorsport BHI1 BHI2 DON1 DON2 THR1 THR2 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SIL2 ROC1 ROC2 BHGP1 BHGP2 SIL1 SIL2 4th 333

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

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Star Mazda Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points 2012 Team Pelfrey STP STP BAR BAR IND IOW TOR TOR EDM EDM TRO TRO BAL BAL LAG LAGATL 1st 397

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2013 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW POC TOR MOH BAL HOU FON 4th 412

IndyCar Series Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref 2014 Bryan Herta Autosport 98 Dallara DW12 Honda STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS HOU HOU POC IOW TOR TOR MOH MIL SNM FON 17th 366 2015 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 41 STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MOH POC SNM 17th 256 2016 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET RDA IOW TOR MOH POC TXS WGL SNM 20th 229

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2014 Dallara Honda1320 Bryan Herta Autosport 2015 Dallara Honda2824 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 2016 Dallara Honda3116 A. J. Foyt Enterprises

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class) † Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup and not the overall GTD Championship. Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2019 Tech 1 Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Pro BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 20th 6

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2019 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH15 BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 57th 32

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2024 Tricon Garage 1 Toyota DAY ATL LVS BRI COA6 MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO 85th 01

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2023 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC ARA SPA ALG ALG 18th 18Source:

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2024 Akkodis ASP Team Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson Lexus RC F GT3 LMGT3 279 37th 10th 2025 Akkodis ASP Team Finn Gehrsitz Arnold Robin Lexus RC F GT3 LMGT3 268 DNF DNF 2026 Akkodis ASP Team Hadrien David Tom Van Rompuy Lexus RC F GT3 LMGT3 335 34th 2ndSource: