Esmee Hawkey

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Esmee Hawkey
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 23)
Chislehurst, Greater London, England
W Series
Years active2019
Starts6
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish15th in 2019
Previous series
2014–2015
2016–2017
2018–2020		Ginetta Junior Championship
United Kingdom GT Cup – GT4
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

Esmee Hawkey (born 2 March 1998 in Chislehurst) is a British racing driver who currently competes in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo for T3 Motorsport.

Hawkey battles Megan Gilkes at the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round.

Biography[]

Inspired by her father, Hawkey began racing karts at the age of ten. She had previously attended ballet and tap dancing classes, but chose to leave both in order to pursue a career in motorsport.[1] Hawkey moved up to the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2014.[2] Her first season would consist of a part-time schedule as a result of external commitments, and would score a best result of two 15th places in the six races she contested.[3] She would stay in the Ginettas for 2015, switching to the JHR Developments team, however would be one of only two regular drivers (out of 25) who would fail to score a top-ten all season.[4][5]

Hawkey would become a Porsche junior driver in 2016, and would race a Cayman in the GT4 Class of the UK GT Cup for the next two seasons, with a best championship position of 2nd in 2016.[6][7] Her GT Marques team would promote her to their Porsche Carrera Cup program in 2018, placing her in the Pro-Am class.[8] She would finish the season 5th in class with two podiums, and would be retained for 2019.[9] Hawkey has had a number of successful results in Porsche Carrera Cup and is the 2020 Pro-Am Champion.[10]

She would be announced as one of the 18 permanent drivers for the inaugural season of the W Series.[11] Hawkey would finish 12th in her maiden open-wheel race at Hockenheim having run in the points for a large portion of the race, but caused a collision with Gosia Rdest at Circuit Zolder that would take both drivers out of the race. The highlight of her campaign was a 3rd place in qualifying at the final round in Brands Hatch, but she stalled on the grid and finished 16th – her only points of the season came in a race of attrition at the Norisring and left her 15th in the standings.

Having tested for British Touring Car Championship team MB Motorsport in early 2020, she returned to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with Team Parker Racing, where she won the first 4 races straight in the Pro-Am class, finishing the season as champion.[12] She signed with Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab to contest the 2021 European Le Mans Series in their Iron Dames GTE-spec Ferrari but was fired before the first round having misinformed the team of her licence grading.[13][14]

In 2021, Hawkey joined forces with ROKiT and T3 Motorsport in the 2021 DTM championship. The partnership will see Hawkey compete in Germany’s leading race series at the wheel of T3 Motorsport’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo.[15]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Ginetta Junior Championship AMD Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 29 22nd
2015 Ginetta Junior Championship JHR Developments 16 0 0 0 0 34 25th
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup GB - Pro Am GT Marques 16 0 0 0 2 54 5th
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 0 0 0 0 2 15th
Porsche Carrera Cup GB - Pro Am GT Marques 16 3 0 0 12 110 3rd
2020 Porsche Carrera Cup GB - Pro Am Team Parker Racing 16 9 0 0 15 156 1st
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters T3 Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 2 20th

* Season still in progress.

Complete W Series results[]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP HOC
12 		ZOL
Ret 		MIS
11 		NOR
9 		ASS
11 		BRH
16 		15th 2

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2021 T3 Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo MNZ
1
14 		MNZ
2
16 		LAU
1
Ret 		LAU
2
16 		ZOL
1
13 		ZOL
2
13 		NÜR
1
17 		NÜR
2
11 		RBR
1
16 		RBR
2
16 		ASS
1
11 		ASS
2
Ret 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
16 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
Ret 		20th 2

References[]

  1. ^ "An interview with Esmee Hawkey". www.mane.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Esmee Hawkey Joins Ginetta Junior Championship With AmD Tuning". Ginetta. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. ^ "HAWKEY TO MAKE GINETTA RACE DEBUT AT ROCKINGHAM". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Esmee Hawkey Joins KICK Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. ^ "2015 GINETTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON REVIEW". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. ^ "ESMEE HAWKEY MOVES TO GT CUP FOR 2016". SportscarRacingNews.org. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Esmee Hawkey - motorsport's teenage sensation". BBC. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  8. ^ "ESMEE HAWKEY STEPS UP TO PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB FOR 2018". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Esmee Hawkey & GT Marques announce fresh assault on Porsche Carrera Cup GB for 2019". PlanetPorsche.org. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Esmee Hawkey | Driver Testimonial". FPZERO Simulators. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  11. ^ "W Series announces its driver line-up". W Series. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Esmee Hawkey thrilled by maiden BTCC run". Touring Car Times. 9 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Esmee Hawkey to make ELMS debut with Iron Dames". Racers - Behind the Helmet. 31 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Hawkey loses Iron Lynx seat over incorrect driver grading". Motorsport.com. 8 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Esmee Hawkey and ROKiT join DTM with T3 Motorpsort". FPZERO Simulators. Retrieved 2021-09-29.

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