James Jakes

British racing driver

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James Jakes

Jakes at Carb Day 2015 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Nationality|  British
Born|  (1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 37)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
IndyCar Series career
Debut season| 2011
Racing licence|  FIA Gold
Former teams| Dale Coyne Racing
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Previous series
2002–03
2004–05
2006
2007–08
2008–2010
2010
2010| T-Cars
British Formula Renault
British Formula 3
Formula Three Euroseries
GP2 Asia Series
GP2 Series
GP3 Series

James Jakes (born 4 August 1987 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a British racing driver.

## Career

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### T-Cars

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Jakes started his racing career in 2002 competing in 5 rounds of the T-Car Championship. In 2003 James continued in T-cars, finishing 2nd in the championship.

### Formula Renault

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For the 2004 season, Jakes moved into the British Formula Renault Championship with Team AKA. Jakes progressed his skills as a racing driver to the point where he was regularly contending for race wins, helping him to attain 3rd in the championship in 2005. His two seasons in Formula Renault also helped him to attain a McLaren Autosport BRDC Award Nomination and also receive BRDC Rising Star status.

### Formula Three

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Jakes did one round of the 2005 British Formula 3 Championship in the National Class. In 2006 James made the move to the British Formula 3 Championship full-time with Hitech Racing where he finished 8th and also finished 6th in the Macau Grand Prix.

For 2007 James moved on to the Formula Three Euroseries with Manor Motorsport. He finished fifth in the championship, with one win coming at Magny-Cours. Staying in the championship for the 2008 season, Jakes changed teams to be one of the four drivers at the highly successful ART Grand Prix team. He joined fellow Brit Jon Lancaster in the team, with his other team-mates being Frenchman Jules Bianchi, and German Nico Hülkenberg. He did lie in fifth place at one point in the season, having won on the street circuit at Pau but tailed off to be thirteenth in the championship.

### GP2 Series

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He drove in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the Super Nova Racing team. He did not race in any category during the summer of 2009, but rejoined Super Nova for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season. He equalled his best finish of third during the first race in Abu Dhabi, but was replaced by the team's 2010 main series driver Marcus Ericsson for the second round.[1] Following the conclusion of the GP3 season, he made his GP2 Series début at the final round of the 2010 season, replacing Álvaro Parente at Scuderia Coloni.

### GP3 Series

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Jakes signed to drive for Manor Motorsport in the inaugural GP3 Series season for 2010. Despite missing two rounds of the championship, he scored three podium finishes to take eighth position in the drivers' championship.

### IndyCar Series

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Jakes during practice at the 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma

Jakes had signed with Coloni to race in the GP2 Asia Series in 2011, but in March tested an IndyCar Series car for Dale Coyne Racing at Barber Motorsports Park. It was subsequently announced that Jakes would be replaced in Coloni's GP2 car by Luca Filippi[2] and that Jakes would race for Coyne in the 2011 IndyCar Series season.[3] In his debut season he collected no top 10s and resulted 22nd in the final standings. In 2012, Jakes resulted 10th at Texas Motor Speedway and 8th at the Indy Toronto, repeating his 22nd place in the season standings.

Jakes switched to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the 2013 season. At Detroit he finished 10th in the first race and second in the second race. Later he finished sixth in Houston 1. The Brit ended 19th in the final standings.

After a sabbatical year, Jakes joined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the 2015 IndyCar season. He collected a third place in New Orleans.

## Racing record

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### Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year  | Entrant  | Chassis  | Engine  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | DC  | Points

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2006 | Hitech Racing | Dallara F305/037  | Mercedes | HOC

9 | HOC

8 | LAU
1 | LAU
2 | OSC
1 | OSC
2 | BRH

5 | BRH

4 | NOR
1 | NOR
2 | NÜR
1 | NÜR
2 | ZAN
1 | ZAN
2 | CAT
1 | CAT
2 | LMS
1 | LMS
2 | HOC
1 | HOC
2 | 16th  | 7
2007 | Manor Motorsport | Dallara F305/020  | Mercedes | HOC

11 | HOC

5 | BRH

2 | BRH

8 | NOR

6 | NOR

5 | MAG

6 | MAG

1 | MUG

4 | MUG

Ret | ZAN

8 | ZAN

6 | NÜR

4 | NÜR

7 | CAT

4 | CAT

7 | NOG

18 | NOG

Ret | HOC

21† | HOC

Ret | 5th  | 42
2008 | ART Grand Prix | Dallara F308/049  | Mercedes | HOC

12 | HOC

11 | MUG

12 | MUG

15 | PAU

1 | PAU

6 | NOR

25 | NOR

13 | ZAN

10 | ZAN

7 | NÜR

24† | NÜR

22 | BRH

21† | BRH

17 | CAT

5 | CAT

4 | LMS

13 | LMS

5 | HOC

11 | HOC

Ret | 13th  | 19

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

### Complete GP2 Series results

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(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  | DC  | Points

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2010 | Scuderia Coloni | ESP
FEA | ESP
SPR | MON
FEA | MON
SPR | TUR
FEA | TUR
SPR | VAL
FEA | VAL
SPR | GBR
FEA | GBR
SPR | GER
FEA | GER
SPR | HUN
FEA | HUN
SPR | BEL
FEA | BEL
SPR | ITA
FEA | ITA
SPR | ABU
FEA
15 | ABU
SPR
18 | 31st  | 0

#### Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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(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

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2008–09 | Super Nova Racing | SHI
FEA
Ret | SHI
SPR
11 | DUB
FEA
12 | DUB
SPR
C | BHR1
FEA
22 | BHR1
SPR
Ret | LSL
FEA
9 | LSL
SPR
9 | SEP
FEA
3 | SEP
SPR
Ret | BHR2
FEA
10 | BHR2
SPR
14 | 16th  | 7
2009–10 | Super Nova Racing | YMC1
FEA
3 | YMC1
SPR
10 | YMC2
FEA | YMC2
SPR | BHR1
FEA | BHR1
SPR | BHR2
FEA | BHR2
SPR |  |  |  |  | 14th  | 6
2011 | Scuderia Coloni | YMC
FEA
17 | YMC
SPR
13 | IMO
FEA | IMO
SPR |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24th  | 0

### Complete GP3 Series results

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(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  | DC  | Points

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2010 | Manor Racing | CAT
FEA
9 | CAT
SPR
7 | IST
FEA
2 | IST
SPR
8 | VAL
FEA
8 | VAL
SPR
3 | SIL
FEA
Ret | SIL
SPR
11 | HOC
FEA
2 | HOC
SPR
Ret | HUN
FEA | HUN
SPR | SPA
FEA | SPA
SPR | MNZ
FEA
13 | MNZ
SPR
Ret | 8th  | 21

### IndyCar Series

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Year  | Team  | Chassis  | No.  | Engine  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | Rank  | Points  | Ref

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2011 | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara | 18  | Honda | STP
15 | ALA
25 | LBH
15 | SAO
15 | INDY
DNQ | TXS
25 | TXS
28 | MIL
15 | IOW
25 | TOR
18 | EDM
18 | MDO
23 | NHM
18 | SNM
19 | BAL
27 | MOT
13 | KTY
21 | LVS1
C |  | 22nd  | 189  | [4]
2012 | Dallara DW12 | 19  | STP
26 | ALA
16 | LBH
11 | SAO
15 | INDY
15 | DET
23 | TXS
10 | MIL
21 | IOW
13 | TOR
8 | EDM
25 | MDO
19 | SNM
12 | BAL
24 | FON
12 |  | 22nd  | 232  | [5]
2013 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 16  | STP
15 | ALA
23 | LBH
12 | SAO
17 | INDY
20 | DET
10 | DET
2 | TXS
12 | MIL
18 | IOW
18 | POC
12 | TOR
12 | TOR
23 | MDO
13 | SNM
25 | BAL
23 | HOU
6 | HOU
17 | FON
22 | 19th  | 294  | [6]
2015 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 7  | STP
22 | NLA
3 | LBH
19 | ALA
22 | IMS
18 | INDY
18 | DET
12 | DET
15 | TXS
9 | TOR
21 | FON
7 | MIL
23 | IOW
15 | MDO
16 | POC
10 | SNM
25 |  | 16th  | 257  | [7]

1 The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

* Season still in progress.

Years  | Teams  | Races  | Poles  | Wins  | Podiums
(Non-win)*  | Top 10s
(Non-podium)**  | Indianapolis 500
Wins  | Championships

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4  | 3  | 65  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 7  | 0  | 0

* Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.
** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

#### Indianapolis 500

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2011 | Dallara | Honda | DNQ  | Dale Coyne Racing
2012 | Dallara | Honda | 17  | 15  | Dale Coyne Racing
2013 | Dallara | Honda | 20  | 20  | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2015 | Dallara | Honda | 20  | 18  | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year  | Entrant  | Class  | Car  | Engine  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | Rank  | Points

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2016 | Manor | LMP2  | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8  | SIL
Ret | SPA
8 | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 31st  | 4

### Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

Year  | Team  | Car  | Class  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Pos.  | Points

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2024 | Comtoyou Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | Gold  | BRH

23 | BRH

24 | MIS

28 | MIS

31 | HOC

28 | HOC

Ret | MAG

32† | MAG

15 | CAT

Ret | CAT

Ret | 6th  | 42

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

## References

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1. ^ "GP2 main series drivers Josef Kral and Marcus Ericsson announced at Autosport show". Super Nova Racing. Ridom Ltd. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010. [dead link‍]
2. ^ Filippi Replaces Jakes At Coloni For Imola, The Checkered Flag, 17 March 2011, Retrieved 21 March 2011
3. ^ Cavin, Curt. Coyne, Conquest finalize St. Pete plans Archived 29 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Indianapolis Star, 21 March 2011, Retrieved 21 March 2011
4. ^ "James Jakes – 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
5. ^ "James Jakes – 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
6. ^ "James Jakes – 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
7. ^ "James Jakes – 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

## External links

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* www.jamesjakes.com – official website
* www.supernova-racing.com – GP2 Racing Team Official Website
* IndyCar Driver Page
* www.art-grandprix.com
* www.manor-motorsport.com
* www.akacobra.com – Formerly Team AKA

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Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Personnel|

* Bobby Rahal
* David Letterman
* Mike Lanigan
* Ben Spies (Rahal Ducati MotoAmerica)

IndyCar drivers|

* (15) Graham Rahal
* (30) Pietro Fittipaldi
* (45) Christian Lundgaard
* (75) Takuma Sato (part-time)

Former drivers|

* Bobby Rahal
* Mike Groff
* Raul Boesel
* Bryan Herta
* Max Papis
* Kenny Bräck
* Casey Mears
* Jimmy Vasser
* Michel Jourdain Jr.
* Buddy Rice
* Roger Yasukawa
* Vítor Meira
* Danica Patrick
* Paul Dana
* Jeff Simmons
* Scott Sharp
* Ryan Hunter-Reay
* Alex Lloyd
* Oriol Servià
* Jay Howard
* Bertrand Baguette
* Pippa Mann
* James Jakes
* Mike Conway
* Luca Filippi
* Zachary Claman DeMelo
* Spencer Pigot
* Jordan King
* Santino Ferrucci
* Oliver Askew
* Jack Harvey
* Katherine Legge
* Conor Daly
* Jüri Vips

Former personnel|

* Carl Hogan

Indianapolis 500 wins|

* 2004 (Rice)
* 2020 (Sato)

National Championships|

* 1992 (B. Rahal)

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