JHR Developments

British motor racing team

Not to be confused with Juncos Hollinger Racing, whose abbreviation is JHR.

JHR Developments

Founded| 1995
Base| Dronfield, Derbyshire
Team principal(s)| Steven Hunter
Current series| GB3 Championship
F4 British Championship
Former series| Formula 4 UAE Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Ginetta Junior Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Renault UK Clio Cup
Current drivers| GB3 Championship
11\.  Noah Lisle
17\.  Divy Nandan
88\.  Kai Daryanani
F4 British Championship
22\.  Joel Bergström
32\.  Harry Reynolds
42\.  Rowan Campbell-Pilling
52\.  Esmee Kosterman
TBA.  Haarni Sadiq
Teams'
Championships| F4 British Championship: 2021
GB3 Championship: 2023
Drivers'
Championships| Ginetta Junior Championship:
2014: Jack Mitchell
Ginetta GT Supercup:
2013: Tom Ingram
F4 British Championship:
2021: Matthew Rees
Team principal Steven Hunter at Knockhill in 2017.

JHR Developments is a British motorsport team, based in Dronfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The team currently participates in the F4 British Championship and GB3 Championship.

Notable past drivers for the team include Tom Ingram, Sennan Fielding, Deagen Fairclough, Billy Monger, Ayrton Simmons, James Hedley, Abbi Pulling, Matthew Rees, McKenzy Cresswell, Joseph Loake and John Bennett.

## History

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The team was founded in 1995 as Jamie Hunter Racing to support Jamie Hunter’s entry in the Formula Renault Eurocup (then Eurocup Formula Renault) and Formula Renault 2.0 UK. The founder, Jamie Hunter (born 16 February 1972), participated in the 2001 Porsche Supercup season, but he died on 3 July 2001 after a road traffic accident. After Jamie Hunter’s death, his younger brother, Steven Hunter (current team principal) continued to run the team and renamed the team as JHR, which stands for the team’s initial name. The team began using the current name, JHR Developments (stand for Jamie Hunter Racing Developments) at an unknown date, as the team's focus is driver development.[1][2][3]

The team has claimed to win all series the team participated in.[2]

### Single-seater racing

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#### Formula Renault

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Initially, after the team’s foundation, the team participated in two Formula Renault series: Eurocup Formula Renault and Formula Renault 2.0 UK.[1]

#### Formula 4

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The team has competed in the F4 British Championship since its inception in 2015. The team won all available championships in 2021: Driver, team and rookie.

To serve its F4 British operation, the team is known to have a race simulator, which is claimed as "bespoke".[4]

In November 2021, the team announced that it would join the 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship.[5] The team ended the season without scoring team points.

The team also competed in 2022 F4 Spanish Championship as a part-time entry, but failed to score any points.

In late 2024, the team was officially announced to join 2025 season of the Formula Winter Series.[6] However, the team withdrew prior to the start of the season. It is possible that the team had struggled to find drivers for the series.[7]

#### GB3 Championship

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In November 2018, it was announced that the team would compete in GB3 Championship (then BRDC British Formula 3 Championship) from 2019 season.[1][8] However, the team did not compete in any round in 2019 season.[9]

Their BRDC F3 debut occurred in 2020 for a part-time basis with two cars.[10] For this season, the team signed Carter Williams, Max Marzorati and Ayrton Simmons.[11][12]

The team did not compete in 2021 season, although the team was named as one of the participated teams.[13]

For the 2022 season, the team signed Matthew Rees.[14] After being a single-car entry for the season's first half, the team expanded to a two-car entry after the team signed James Hedley who departed from Elite Motorsport.[15]

Matthew Rees stayed with the team for the 2023 season. The team promoted Joseph Loake from their F4 British outfit for the second car and signed David Morales for the third car.[16][17][18] The team claimed the Teams' Championship with 844 points.

In 2024, the team signed Patrick Heuzenroeder, Josh Irfan and John Bennett.[19][20][21]

The team signed Noah Lisle and Kai Daryanani for the 2025 season.[22] Later, Divy Nandan moved to the team from Chris Dittmann Racing ahead of the Zandvoort round.[23]

### Sports car racing

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#### British GT Championship

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In May 2010, the team entered the 2010 British GT Championship for the two Knockhill races in the GTC class. Using the Jamie Hunter Racing (the original team name) banner, the team fielded a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup with the British duo Steven Hunter and Derek Pierce in the driver’s seats and secured one victory in the class as the only car competing in GTC class in this round (8th in overall) along with a DNF (did not finish).[24] The team did not do any further rounds in the 2010 British GT season and the team’s two drivers, Hunter and Pierce, finished 3rd in GTC class.

The team also appeared in the first two rounds of 2011 British GT Championship with a Ginetta G55, fielding Stefan Hodgetts and Adam Morgan.[25] The pair finished 14th overall in the first race but retired from the second race.

#### Other series

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Before 2014, the team participated in Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom (now Clio Cup Great Britain), a one-make, entry-level sports car racing series, but the team has not participated since the second half of the 2014 season.[26][27]

Formerly, the team also competed in one-make racing championships organized by Ginetta, including Ginetta Junior Championship and Ginetta GT4 Supercup. In August 2017, the team was suspended from competing in these championships as the team was under investigation because of engine irregularities.[28][29][30]

The team also claimed to be formerly active in multiple sports car racing series, including the MGF Cup, Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Porsche Supercup, Britcar and SEAT Cupra Championship.[31]

## Current series results

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### F4 British Championship

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F4 British Championship results

Year  | Car  | Drivers  | Races  | Wins  | Poles  | F/Laps  | Podiums  | Points  | D.C.  | T.C.
2015 | Mygale M14-F4 |  Sennan Fielding | 30  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 11  | 300  | 4th  | 5th
Jack Butel | 30  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 38  | 18th
2016 | Mygale M14-F4 |  Sennan Fielding | 30  | 5  | 3  | 4  | 11  | 351  | 2nd | 3rd
Billy Monger | 27  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 78  | 12th
Jack Butel | 27  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 14  | 18th
2017 | Mygale M14-F4 |  Manuel Sulaimán | 21  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 43  | 13th  | 5th
Billy Monger | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 44  | 12th
Harry Dyson  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 23rd
2018 | Mygale M14-F4 |  Ayrton Simmons | 30  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 12  | 374  | 2nd | 3rd
Manuel Sulaimán | 30  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 95  | 9th
Josh Skelton  | 30  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 84  | 10th
2019 | Mygale M14-F4 |  Josh Skelton  | 30  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 14  | 326.5  | 4th  | 2nd
Carter Williams  | 30  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 230  | 7th
Alex Walker  | 12  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 17  | 14th
2020 | Mygale M14-F4 |  James Hedley | 27  | 4  | 4  | 7  | 7  | 249  | 5th  | 4th
Abbi Pulling | 27  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 191.5  | 6th
Nathanael Hodgkiss  | 12  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 15th
2021 | Mygale M14-F4 |  Matthew Rees | 30  | 4  | 7  | 4  | 10  | 331  | 1st | 1st
McKenzy Cresswell | 29  | 6  | 4  | 6  | 11  | 305  | 3rd
Joseph Loake | 30  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 5  | 199  | 6th
Abbi Pulling | 18  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 97  | 14th
Dougie Bolger †  | 30  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 79  | 15th
2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Joseph Loake | 30  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 9  | 271  | 5th  | 3rd
Georgi Dimitrov  | 30  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 197  | 8th
Noah Lisle | 30  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 47  | 13th
2023 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Deagen Fairclough | 30  | 3  | 0  | 6  | 8  | 296  | 3rd | 3rd
Sonny Smith  | 20  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 69  | 16th
Tom Mills  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 26th
2024 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Leo Robinson  | 30  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 164  | 6th  | 3rd
Ella Lloyd | 26  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 99  | 11th
Joel Bergström  | 11  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 41  | 17th
Chloe Chong | 30  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 16  | 24th
Harri Reynolds  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 25th
2025 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Joel Bergström  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rowan Campbell-Pilling  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Harry Reynolds  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Esmee Kosterman  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Haarni Sadiq  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

† Bolger drove for Carlin until round 9.

‡ Smith drove for Phinsys by Argenti in round 1.

### BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship

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Year  | Car  | Drivers  | Races  | Wins  | Poles  | F/Laps  | Podiums  | Points  | D.C.  | T.C.

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2020 | Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020  |  Ayrton Simmons†  | 7  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 124  | 17th  | N/A
Carter Williams  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 73  | 18th
Max Marzorati† | 13  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 55  | 21st
2022 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022  |  Matthew Rees | 24  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 314.5  | 6th  | 8th
James Hedley‡  | 21  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 156  | 17th
2023 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022  |  Joseph Loake | 23  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 8  | 417  | 3rd | 1st
Matthew Rees | 23  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 6  | 370  | 5th
David Morales | 23  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 178  | 13th
2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022  |  John Bennett | 23  | 3  | 3  | 5  | 11  | 456  | 2nd | 4th
Patrick Heuzenroeder | 23  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 189  | 12th
Josh Irfan | 23  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 138  | 16th
2025 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-025  |  Noah Lisle |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kai Daryanani |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Divy Nandan  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

† Simmons and Marzorati also drove for Chris Dittmann Racing.

‡ Hedley drove for Elite Motorsport prior to round 5.

## Former series results

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### Formula 4 UAE Championship

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Year  | Car  | Drivers  | Races  | Wins  | Poles  | F/Laps  | Podiums  | Points  | D.C.  | T.C.

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2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Joseph Loake | 8  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 27th  | 11th
Michael Shin | 20  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 29th

### F4 Spanish Championship

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Year  | Car  | Drivers  | Races  | Wins  | Poles  | F/Laps  | Podiums  | Points  | D.C.  | T.C.

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2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Noah Lisle†  | 9  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 29th  | 12th
Daniel Guinchard  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | NC

† Lisle drove for Drivex School in round 1.

## Timeline

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Current series

F4 British Championship | 2015–present
GB3 Championship | 2020, 2022–present
Former series
SEAT Cupra Championship | 2008
British GT Championship | 2010–2011
Ginetta Junior Championship | 2011–2017
Ginetta GT4 Supercup | 2011–2015, 2017
Formula 4 UAE Championship | 2022
F4 Spanish Championship | 2022

## References

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## External links

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* Official website