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Jake Dennis
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 29)
GP3 Series career
Debut season2016
Current teamArden International
Car number9
Starts18
Wins2
Poles0
Fastest laps4
Best finish4th in 2016
Previous series
2015-16
2013
2012
2011
2011		MRF Challenge
FIA European Formula 3 Championship
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Renault UK Finals Cup
InterSteps Championship
Championship titles
2012
2011		Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
InterSteps Championship
Awards
2012McLaren Autosport BRDC Award

Jake Dennis (born 16 June 1995) is a British racing driver who lives in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He currently competes in GP3 Series for Arden International.

Career

Karting

Dennis began his racing career in karting at the age of eight with Andy Cox Racing. In 2005 he clinched South West Cadet championship title. Following year he finished third in the Shenington Club Championship. In 2008 he received Racing Steps Foundation backing and graduated to KF3 category. in his first year he became British champion in KF3. By 2010 he claimed MSA Super 1 British Junior Championship and the CIK-FIA U18 World Championship.[1]

InterSteps & Formula Renault

In 2011 Dennis made his début in single-seaters taking part in the new-for-2011 InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsport, dominated in the championship and won the title with eight wins.[2] Also he raced for Fortec in off-season Formula Renault UK Finals Series, finishing 19th in the standings with just three point-scoring finishes.[3]

Dennis continued his collaboration with Fortec for Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (initially in British Formula Renault Championship but the championship was closed due to lack of entries) and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[4][5]

Dennis was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series,[6] Jake then went on to win the prestigious award, and became the youngest ever participant at only 17 years of age.

Jake Dennis in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

In 2014 he joined Carlin Motorsport to compete in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, where he has collected multiple podiums.

GP3 Series

In December 2015, it was announced that Dennis will compete in the series with Arden International.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2011 InterSteps Championship Fortec Motorsports 20 8 7 5 16 539 1st
Formula Renault UK Finals Series 6 0 0 0 0 38 19th
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 20 3 2 3 11 376 1st
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 0 1 19 12th
2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 1 1 1 130 4th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 4 1 0 0 1 42 31st
Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Carlin 33 0 0 0 3 174 9th
2015 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Prema Powerteam 33 6 6 5 16 375 3rd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2015-16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Challenge 4 0 0 1 2 53 9th
2016 GP3 Series Arden International 18 2 0 4 5 149 4th
World Endurance Championship - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 28th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF

Complete FIA European Formula 3 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
2014 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1
17 		SIL
2
17 		SIL
3
Ret 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
10 		HOC
3
6 		PAU
1
4 		PAU
2
3 		PAU
3
4 		HUN
1
11 		HUN
2
17 		HUN
3
9 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
6 		SPA
3
7 		NOR
1
5 		NOR
2
4 		NOR
3
Ret 		MSC
1
15 		MSC
2
6 		MSC
3
4 		RBR
1
3 		RBR
2
18† 		RBR
3
5 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
Ret 		NÜR
3
9 		IMO
1
7 		IMO
2
7 		IMO
3
7 		HOC
1
15 		HOC
2
12 		HOC
3
11 		9th 174
2015 Prema Powerteam Mercedes SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
3 		HOC
1
4 		HOC
2
15 		HOC
3
8 		PAU
1
1 		PAU
2
1 		PAU
3
23 		MNZ
1
3 		MNZ
2
2 		MNZ
3
2 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
1 		SPA
3
1 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
Ret 		NOR
3
11 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
3 		ZAN
3
4 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
8 		RBR
3
7 		ALG
1
1 		ALG
2
2 		ALG
3
2 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
4 		NÜR
3
4 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
2 		HOC
3
7 		3rd 375

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

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 17 18 Pos Points
2016 Arden International ESP
FEA
7 		ESP
SPR
4 		AUT
FEA
Ret 		AUT
SPR
Ret 		GBR
FEA
12 		GBR
SPR
9 		HUN
FEA
3 		HUN
SPR
7 		GER
FEA
12 		GER
SPR
6 		BEL
FEA
2 		BEL
SPR
5 		ITA
FEA
1 		ITA
FEA
4 		MAL
FEA
6 		MAL
SPR
1 		ABU
FEA
2 		ABU
SPR
4 		4th 149

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2016 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA
6 		LMS
Ret 		NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 28th 8

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 Russia G-Drive Racing United Kingdom Simon Dolan
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde 		Gibson 015S-Nissan LMP2 222 DNF DNF

References

  1. ^ "Jake Dennis". racingsteps.co.uk. Racing Steps Foundation. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ^ "InterSteps Championship 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. ^ "ENTRY LIST". British Formula Renault Championship. Facebook. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  4. ^ Paice, Simon (29 March 2012). "Fortec four confirm NEC switch". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Spa-Francorchamps: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Collective Test 1" (PDF). World Series by Renault Timing. Alkamel Systems;Renault Sport. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  6. ^ "McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award nominees 2012 announced". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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