James Hedley

James Hedley (born 1 September 2003) is a British racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing, having previously raced for AIX Racing.

Hedley previously competed in the 2024 GB3 Championship with VRD by Arden. He is part of the BRDC Rising Star Programme.

Career

Karting Hedley started karting at the age of eleven. In 2016, he became the Honda Cadet London Easter Champion.

Ginetta Junior Championship Hedley made his car racing debut with Elite Motorsport in final two rounds of the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship. In 2019, he returned for another season in the Ginetta Junior Championship. This time he went on to become champion ahead of Zak O'Sullivan with seven wins to his name.

F4 British Championship In 2020, Hedley joined JHR Developments in the F4 British Championship to make his single-seater racing debut.

In 2021, Hedley returned to the F4 British Championship with Fortec Motorsport. He once again finished fifth in the overall championship standings.

GB3 Championship In October 2021, Hedley also joined his old Ginetta Junior-team Elite Motorsport to compete in the final round of the GB3 Championship at Donington Park. Ahead of the fifth round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, he switched teams to join JHR Developments.

For the 2023 GB3 Championship, Hedley joined Arden VRD. He came sixth in the standings.

Hedley remained with VRD by Arden for the opening two rounds of the 2024 GB3 Championship, acting as a replacement for Nikita Johnson, who was yet to reach the minimum age requirement to compete in the GB3 Championship.

Formula Regional 2023 Following the 2023 Formula Regional season, Hedley participated in multiple post-season tests with RPM. These tests never amounted to a race seat.

2024 Hedley was linked to the Monolite Racing team during the 2024 pre-season and was due to test and race with them until they withdrew from the championship shortly before the season's start.

2025 Hedley joined PHM Racing from round 3 onwards, in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship.

FIA Formula 3 Championship 2024 In May 2024, Hedley made his FIA Formula 3 debut following a late call-up to race in the Monaco round, replacing Matías Zagazeta who was recovering from appendicitis.

2025 Hedley made his debut in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season with AIX Racing, replacing Javier Sagrera for round three from Imola and onwards. During the opening lap of the Monaco sprint race, he was involved in a collision with Ivan Domingues which inflicted a hand injury; this caused him to miss the feature race. The injury also caused him to miss the following round in Barcelona, and he was replaced by José Garfias. Hedley was replaced for the final round in Monza by Fernando Barrichello. A few days later however, he would return to the championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, replacing Santiago Ramos.

Super Formula In December 2024, Hedley partook in a Super Formula test at the Suzuka Circuit.

Racing record

Racing career summary Season still in progress.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 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 DC Points 2017 Elite Motorsport BHI1 BHI2 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR11 THR12 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 22nd 60 2018 Elite Motorsport BHI1 BHI2 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR11 THR12 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 KNO1 KNO2 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 8th 356 2019Elite Motorsport BHI1 BHI2 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR11 THR12 CRO1 CRO2 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SNE4 THR21 THR22 THR23 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 1st 680

Complete F4 British Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GB3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 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 2024 Jenzer Motorsport BHRSPR BHRFEA MELSPR MELFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 34th 0 2025 AIX Racing MELSPR MELFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA 28th 7 Van Amersfoort Racing MNZSPR MNZFEA

Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † As Hedley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2025 AKCEL GP / PHM Racing YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 YMC31 YMC32 YMC33 LUS1 LUS2 LUS3 25th 0