James Jakes

James Jakes (born 4 August 1987 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a British professional racing driver who last competed in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, where he drove for Comtoyou Racing. He has previously competed in the IndyCar Series, the GP2 Series, and the British Formula 3 Championship.

Career

T-Cars Jakes started his racing career in 2002 competing in five rounds of the T-Car Championship. In 2003, Jakes continued in T-cars, finishing second in the championship.

Formula Renault For the 2004 season, Jakes moved into the British Formula Renault Championship with Team AKA. Jakes progressed his skills as a racing driver to the point where he was regularly contending for race wins, helping him to attain third in the championship in 2005. His two seasons in Formula Renault also helped him to attain a McLaren Autosport BRDC Award Nomination and also receive BRDC Rising Star status.

Formula Three Jakes did one round of the 2005 British Formula 3 Championship in the National Class. In 2006 James made the move to the British Formula 3 Championship full-time with Hitech Racing where he finished eighth and also finished sixth in the Macau Grand Prix.

For 2007, Jakes moved on to the Formula Three Euroseries with Manor Motorsport. He finished fifth in the championship, with one win coming at Magny-Cours. Staying in the championship for the 2008 season, Jakes changed teams to be one of the four drivers at the highly successful ART Grand Prix team. He joined fellow Brit Jon Lancaster in the team, with his other team-mates being Frenchman Jules Bianchi, and German Nico Hülkenberg. He did lie in fifth place at one point in the season, having won on the street circuit at Pau but tailed off to be thirteenth in the championship.

GP2 Series Jakes drove in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the Super Nova Racing team. He did not race in any category during the summer of 2009, but rejoined Super Nova for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season. He equalled his best finish of third during the first race in Abu Dhabi, but was replaced by the team's 2010 main series driver Marcus Ericsson for the second round. Following the conclusion of the GP3 season, Jakes made his GP2 Series début at the final round of the 2010 season, replacing Álvaro Parente at Scuderia Coloni.

GP3 Series Jakes signed to drive for Manor Motorsport in the inaugural GP3 Series season for 2010. Despite missing two rounds of the championship, he scored three podium finishes to take eighth position in the drivers' championship.

IndyCar Series

Jakes had signed with Coloni to race in the GP2 Asia Series in 2011, but in March tested an IndyCar Series car for Dale Coyne Racing at Barber Motorsports Park. It was subsequently announced that Jakes would be replaced in Coloni's GP2 car by Luca Filippi and that Jakes would race for Coyne in the 2011 IndyCar Series season. In his debut season, he collected no top-tens and resulted 22nd in the final standings. In 2012, Jakes resulted tenth at Texas Motor Speedway and 8th at the Indy Toronto, repeating his 22nd place in the season standings.

Jakes switched to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the 2013 season. At Detroit, he finished tenth in the first race and second in the second race. Later he finished sixth in Houston 1. He ended the season nineteenth in the final standings.

After a sabbatical year, Jakes joined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the 2015 IndyCar season. He collected a third place in New Orleans.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2006 Hitech Racing Dallara F305/037 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC1 HOC2 16th 7 2007 Manor Motorsport Dallara F305/020 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 CAT1 CAT2 NOG1 NOG2 HOC1 HOC2 5th 42 2008 ART Grand Prix Dallara F308/049 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 MUG1 MUG2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 19

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the 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 DC Points 2010 Scuderia ColoniESPFEAESPSPRMONFEAMONSPRTURFEATURSPRVALFEAVALSPRGBRFEAGBRSPRGERFEAGERSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRBELFEABELSPRITAFEAITASPR ABUFEA ABUSPR 31st 0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 8th 21

IndyCar Series (key) Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref 2011 Dale Coyne Racing 18 Dallara IR-05 Honda STPALALBHSAOINDYTXSTXSMILIOWTOREDMMDONHMSNMBALMOTKTY LVS1 22nd 189 2012 19 Dallara DW12 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON 22nd 232 2013 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 16 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR TOR MDO SNM BAL HOU HOU FON 19th 294 2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MDO POC SNM 16th 257 1 The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11. Season still in progress. Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes. Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2016 Manor LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 31st 4

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2024 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Gold BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 6th 42 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.