Jessica Hawkins

Jessica Mary "Jess" Hawkins (born 16 February 1995) is a British racing driver and stunt driver from East Hampshire, England. She currently competes in the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Comtoyou Racing and also serves as driver ambassador for the Aston Martin Formula One Team. Hawkins previously competed in the 2024 British GT Championship driving for Beechdean Motorsport.

Career Hawkins made her professional motorsport debut in British Formula Ford at Silverstone, in a one-off event where she twice finished inside the top ten. Her strong rookie performance saw her being picked up by Falcon Motorsport to contest the 2015 MSA Formula Championship. She had to wait until the fourth round of the championship at Oulton Park to make her debut, and only completed half of the ten-round championship – finishing 11th twice and placing 23rd in the championship. She entered the Bahrain round of the 2015–16 MRF Challenge but finished 15th in both races.

In 2016, Hawkins moved into single-make racing, competing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup series. She crossed over to the Mini Challenge in 2017, scoring six class wins and finishing runner-up to Matt Hammond in the Pro division. Hawkins returned to the VW Cup in 2018, spending most of that year working as a stunt driver on Fast and Furious Live. In 2019, she moved to the newly-formed women-only W Series, where she finished the championship 11th after two points finishes in the last two races of the season. In 2020, after the cancellation of the W Series season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawkins made her debut in the BTCC racing for Power Maxed Racing at Snetterton – qualifying 22nd and scoring only one top-20 finish.

Hawkins continued working as a stunt driver in 2021, featuring in the James Bond film No Time to Die. On 19 May, she was announced as the driver ambassador for the Aston Martin F1 Team. She returned to W Series for the second edition of the championship, once again placing 11th in the standings, with four points finishes between the Hungary and US races, including a fifth place finish in Zandvoort. She also made a one-off return to the BTCC at Snetterton, replacing Andy Neate having elected to sit out the event, with a best finish of 21st in three races.

In September 2023, Hawkins tested the Aston Martin AMR21 over 26 laps at Hungaroring, becoming the first female driver to test an F1 car since Tatiana Calderón with Sauber in 2018. In November, Aston Martin announced that Hawkins' role within the team will be extended as the team's head of racing for F1 Academy, where she is working with Aston Martin's F1 Academy representative Tina Hausmann.

Sportscar racing

British GT Championship

In 2024, Hawkins and the Aston Martin Formula One Team announced that she would compete in the 2024 British GT Championship driving the new Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 for Beechdean Motorsport alongside team owner Andrew Howard.

Personal life Hawkins is openly gay. She was previously in a relationship with Abbie Eaton, also a British racing driver.

Hawkins holds the 0-100 mph lawnmower record.

Racing record Career summary Season still in progress.

Complete British Formula Ford Championship/MSA Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete W Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2019 Hitech GP HOC ZOL MIS NOR ASS BRH 11th 12 2021 Racing X RBR RBR SIL HUN SPA ZAN COA COA 11th 27 2022 Bristol Street Motors Racing MIA MIA CAT SIL LEC HUN SIN 9th 37 † Did not finish, but was classified having completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Year Team Car 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 DC Points 2020 Power MaxedCar Care Racing Vauxhall Astra DON1 DON2 DON3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 THR1 THR2 THR3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 33rd 0 2021 Racing withWera & Photon Group Ford Focus ST THR1 THR2 THR3 SNE3 SNE1 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 THR1 THR2 THR3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 DON1 DON2 DON3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 33rd 0

Complete TCR UK Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

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 2024 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 BRH1 19th 9 2026 MK Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo GT4 SIL1 OUL1 OUL2 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 BRH1 1st* 106* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points2025 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Bronze LEC MNZ SPA† SPA† SPA NÜR CAT NC 0

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2025 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Silver BRH1 BRH2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 VAL1 VAL2 17th 1