Jordan King

Jordan King (born 26 February 1994 in Warwick) is a British racing driver. He is currently the reserve driver for the Mahindra Formula E Team, for whom he made his Formula E debut at the 2024 Berlin ePrix.

Previously, King has been a race winner in the GP2 Series and the LMP2 class of the WEC, as well as racing in the IndyCar Series. He is also the 2013 champion of the British F3 International Series.

Personal life

King attended Repton School in Derbyshire on a C. B. Fry scholarship and later Princethorpe College in Warwickshire. King is the son of former Sainsbury's CEO Justin King.

King is also an avid fundraiser for Birmingham Children's Hospital, having raised over £8,500 in 2019 while cycling the North Coast 500. In 2020, he ran the 84-mile Hadrian's Wall Path to continue his fundraising efforts.

In 2024, King ran the London Marathon raising over £16,900 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital and completing the marathon in 2:58.

King also manages the career of 2024 Euro 4 Champion Akshay Bohra.

Career

Formula Renault 2.0 UK King's early racing career began in karting before he moved to open-wheel racing at the end of 2010. He began driving in Formula Renault UK, starting in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series before he began the main championship in 2011.

FIA Formula Two Championship In 2009, aged only fifteen, King tested a Formula Two car. He drove four races in Formula Palmer Audi at the Silverstone round in 2010, managing to get a podium and impressing series boss Jonathan Palmer. In 2011, he has signed up for three rounds of the Formula Two championship, at Spa-Francorchamps, the Nürburgring and Brands Hatch during the Formula Renault UK summer break. King was the youngest driver to take part in the modern era of the series.

GP2 Series In February 2015, it was confirmed King would move up to GP2, signing with Racing Engineering, alongside Alexander Rossi, for 2015, where he finished twelfth overall. He remained with the team for the following season, where he claimed two victories and finished seventh overall.

FIA Formula 2 Championship 2017 In , King switched to MP Motorsport for a third season of the sport.

2019 For , King returned with the same team partnered with Indian driver Mahaveer Raghunathan. King missed the Monaco round due to his participation in the 2019 Indianapolis 500, with Artem Markelov serving as his substitute. King scored two podium finishes during the season, claiming the third position in the feature race at Baku and second in the sprint race at Monza. He finished ninth in the standings.

King holds two F2 track records, both set in 2017, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.

Formula One King was signed as a development driver by the Manor Marussia team for the 2015 season, being retained by the squad, renamed Manor Racing, in . He made his debut in a Formula One session when he drove for Manor during free practice at the 2016 United States Grand Prix.

Since 2020, King has been a development driver for the Alpine F1 Team.

IndyCar Series In 2018, King signed with Ed Carpenter Racing as a part-time driver in the No. 20 car, sharing driving duties with owner Ed Carpenter. Carpenter started the ovals, while King started the eleven road and street circuit races. In his IndyCar Series debut, the season opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, he set the track record in qualifying, made the Firestone Fast 6 and took the lead of the race on only the fifth lap. His second Fast 6 appearance came at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during qualifications for the IndyCar Grand Prix. He also paced the field during the only international stop in 2018, the Honda Indy Toronto. King advanced out of the first round of qualifications in half of the possible races over the course of the season.

King returned to IndyCar racing in 2019 to make his Indianapolis 500 debut with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The 2019 Indianapolis 500 was his first-ever oval race. He successfully qualified his No. 42 on the first day, locking in the 26th starting position.

FIA World Endurance Championship King also made his debut in prototype racing in 2019. He signed with Jackie Chan DC Racing x Jota for the 1000 Miles of Sebring, the sixth round of the 2018-19 Super Season. King secured the LMP2 victory in his first endurance race and subsequently finished the season with the team. He competed in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.

King has competed in two rounds of the 2019-20 Super Season with Team LNT Ginetta Cars in the LMP1 class.

Formula E King first tested Formula E machinery twice, firstly in 2016-17 with Mahindra Racing, and again in a private test with Dragon Racing in 2019. In February 2021, it was announced that King would be taking on a sim and development driver role at Mahindra.

Mahindra Racing (2024) King made his debut in Berlin with Mahindra, replacing Nyck de Vries, who missed the event due to a calendar clash with 6 Hours of Spa.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2010 Formula Palmer Audi MotorSport Vision 4 0 1 0 1 20 23rd Formula Renault UK Winter Series Manor Competition 6 0 0 0 0 43 15th 2011 Formula Renault UK Manor Competition 20 0 1 1 1 265 8th MRF Formula 1600 India Team Sidvin 8 4 1 6 6 ? 1st FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 6 0 0 0 0 17 14th 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Manor MP Motorsport 20 1 0 2 9 316 2nd Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 1 31 13th Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 14 1 1 1 4 591 5th 2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 8 4 2 4 6 159 2nd 2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 30 0 0 1 2 176 6th British Formula 3 Championship 12 3 2 2 8 176 1st Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 32 0 0 0 7 217 7th 2015 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 22 0 0 1 1 60 12th Formula One Manor Marussia F1 Team Development Driver 2016 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 22 2 0 1 5 122 7th Formula One Manor Racing MRT Development Driver 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 62 11th 2018 IndyCar Series Ed Carpenter Racing 11 0 0 0 0 175 22nd 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 3 1 0 0 1 40 11th 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 20 0 0 2 2 79 9th IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 36th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship Team LNT 2 0 0 1 0 12 20th 2020–21 Formula E Mahindra Racing Reserve/development driver 2021 Formula One Alpine F1 Team Simulator driver2021–22 Formula E Mahindra RacingReserve/development driver 2022–23 Formula E Mahindra RacingReserve/development driver 2023–24 Formula E Mahindra Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th 2024–25 Formula E Mahindra RacingReserve/development driver

Complete Formula Palmer Audi results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

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

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2011 SIL1 SIL2 MAG1 MAG2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 14th 17

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

Complete British Formula Three 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 DC Points 2013 Carlin SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 1st 176

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) Year Entrant Engine 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 DC Points 2013 Carlin Volkswagen MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 6th 176 2014 Carlin Volkswagen SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 7th 217

Complete GP2/Formula 2 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 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2015 Racing Engineering BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 12th 60 2016 Racing Engineering CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 7th 122 MP Motorsport BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR JERFEA JERSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 11th 62 MP Motorsport BHRFEA BHRSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 9th 79

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One participations (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicates fastest lap)

American open-wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

IndyCar Series Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 2018 Ed Carpenter Racing 20 Dallara DW12 Chevrolet STP21 PHX LBH18 ALA14 IMS24 INDY DET16 DET18 TXS ROA12 IOW TOR11 MDO12 POC GTW POR15 SNM13 22nd 175 2019 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 42 Honda STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY24 DET DET TXS RDA IOW MDO POC GTW POR LAG 36th 12

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2019 Dallara Honda 26 24 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2018–19 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 11th 40 2019–20 Team LNT LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 20th 12

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2019 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ricky Taylor David Heinemeier Hansson Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 199 DNF DNF

Complete Formula E results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)