Johnathan Hoggard

Johnathan Hoggard (born 15 November 2000 in Spalding) is a British racing driver who currently serves as a test-driver for Envision Racing in Formula E. He has previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Jenzer Motorsport, was the 2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship runner-up, and finished third in British F4 in 2018. Hoggard was awarded with the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award for 2019.

Career

Karting Hoggard started karting in the UK when he was thirteen years old. He competed in series such as and Senior Rotax Karting Winter Series Valencia, Hoggard won his first karting championship in 2016 in Belgium with the Max Challenge Senior Rotax and BNL Senior Rotax Kick-Off. In the same year, he became MSA British Junior Karting Champion.

British F4 Due to a successful karting campaign in 2016, Fortec Motorsports signed Hoggard up to race for them halfway through the 2017 British F4 season Hoggard scored his first points in the third race at Snetterton, where he finished tenth. At the penultimate round of the season in race three at Silverstone, Hoggard finished third, securing his first single seater podium of his career. In 2018, Fortec signed Hoggard for a full season where he won eight races and finished on the podium a further two times. Hoggard finished the season on 339 points and in third position behind Kiern Jewiss and Ayrton Simmons who finished first and second respectively.

British F3 Following his performance in the British F4 series, Hoggard was again signed up by Fortec to race for them in British F3 championship in 2019. In the second race of the final round of the season himself and championship rival Clément Novalak collided meaning they both finished at the bottom end of the points. Hoggard finished 15th whereas Novalak finished 12th which gave Novalak four points, despite Hoggard winning the last race he still fell short of the title. He finished the season 23 points behind Novalak with 482 and seven wins, more than anyone on the grid. His performances across the season also meant he won the Sunoco Whelen Challenge and with it, a drive at the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona with Precision Performance Motorsports.

Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Hoggard was nominated for the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver in early November 2019 along with Enaam Ahmed, Jamie Chadwick and Ayrton Simmons. Hoggard won the award, and with it a cash prize of £200,000 and a Formula One test.

Daytona and Formula Renault Hoggard started 2020 competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Precision Performance Motorsports, sharing a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo with Brandon Gdovic, Mark Kvamme and Eric Lux. They retired after 608 laps due to gearbox problems.

Hoggard was originally set to twin the Euroformula Open Championship and the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia during the year, driving for Fortec Motorsports and Absolute Racing respectively. However, both plans fell through due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Fortec pulled out of Euroformula and the season of the one-make GT3 series was cancelled.

Hoggard was later announced to drive for French outfit R-ace GP in the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup in round two at Imola in June. He replaced Indian driver Kush Maini, who was unable to compete due to financial reasons caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He retired in the pits in both races but was classified as 18th in the second one.

Formula 3 Having already driven for several teams in testing, Hoggard joined Jenzer Motorsport to compete in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship, replacing Pierre-Louis Chovet, who left the team after the opening round. Hoggard scored his first point in the series, at the second sprint race at Austria.

Hoggard drove for Hitech Grand Prix in the post-season test but was not signed to the British-based team or any other team for 2022.

Formula One After winning the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver in 2019, Hoggard conducted a one-off Formula One test with Red Bull Racing at Silverstone in October 2020.

Formula E After a three-year hiatus from racing, Hoggard was chosen by Envision Racing to drive in the Formula E Berlin rookie test at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2017 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports 12 0 0 0 1 20 16th 2018 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports 30 8 6 2 10 339 3rd 2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Fortec Motorsports 24 7 7 9 12 482 2nd 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Precision Performance Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 16 56th Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 2 0 0 0 0 0 22nd 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 14 20th

Complete F4 British 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 28 29 30 31 Pos Points 2017 Fortec Motorsports BRI1 BRI2 BRI3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 KNO4 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 16th 20 2018 Fortec Motorsports BRI1 BRI2 BRI3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 3rd 339

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 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 Pos Points 2019 Fortec Motorsports OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL11 SIL12 SIL13 DON11 DON12 DON13 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL21 SIL22 SIL23 DON21 DON22 DON23 2nd 482

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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 Pos Points 2020 R-ace GP MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 HOC1 HOC2 LEC1 LEC2 22nd 0 † Driver did not finish, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2021 Jenzer Motorsport CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SOC1 SOC2 SOC3 20th 14