Jake Dennis

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Jake Dennis
Jake Dennis 2019 DTM Hockenheim (May) FP1.jpg
Dennis in 2019
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 26)
Nuneaton, England
Formula E career
Debut season2020–21
Current teamAvalanche Andretti Formula E
Car number27
Starts18
Wins2
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2020–21
Previous series
2019
2018
201719
2017
20142015, 2017
2016
2015–16
2013
2012
2011
2011
DTM
ADAC GT Masters
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
FIA F3 European Championship
GP3 Series
MRF Challenge
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 the Formula E World Championship with Avalanche Andretti Formula E.

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 would compete in the 2016 GP3 Series with Arden International. He finished fourth in the drivers standings.

Formula E[]

Dennis in his second Formula E season at the 2022 Mexico City ePrix.

Dennis debuted in the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship driving for the BMW i Andretti team alongside Maximilian Günther.[7] He took his first win during the second race of the 2021 Valencia ePrix, held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Formula One[]

In 2018, Dennis was the simulator and development driver for Red Bull Racing. As a result of the team's association with Aston Martin, he tested for them at the Barcelona mid-season tests in May 2018, and then again at the Hungaroring in August.[8]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps 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 Fortec Motorsports 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 Fortec Motorsports 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 Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 33 0 0 0 3 174 9th
2015 FIA Formula 3 European 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 Racing 4 0 0 1 2 53 9th
2016 GP3 Series Arden International 18 2 0 4 5 149 4th
FIA 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
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Team WRT 10 0 0 0 2 27 9th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 1 0 1 28 12th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi 2 0 0 0 0 8 12th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 9 0 0 0 1 41 17th
China GT Championship Kings Linky Racing 2 1 1 1 2 40 12th
Audi R8 LMS Cup Castrol Racing Team 2 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup R-Motorsport 5 1 2 0 1 29 13th
ADAC GT Masters Phoenix Racing 2 0 0 0 0 22 24th
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi 1 0 0 0 0 2 24th
Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Development driver
2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters R-Motorsport I 18 0 0 0 0 17 17th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup R-Motorsport 5 0 0 1 1 38 6th
Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Development driver
2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge Aston Martin 1 0 0 0 0 1 21st
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Jota Sport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Development driver
2020–21 Formula E BMW i Andretti Motorsport 15 2 1 0 2 91 3rd
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Nürburgring Endurance Series - M240i Adrenalin Motorsport Team Alzner Automotive 2 0 1 0 1 0 NC†
Formula One Red Bull Racing Honda Development driver
2021–22 Formula E Avalanche Andretti Formula E 3 0 0 0 1 26 7th*
2022 Formula One Oracle Red Bull Racing Development driver

As Dennis was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 Pos Points
2012 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1
ALC
2
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

2
NÜR
1

14
NÜR
2

24
MSC
1
MSC
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1

12
CAT
2

4
12th 31
2013 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1

5
ALC
2

5
SPA
1

6
SPA
2

5
MSC
1

11
MSC
2

5
RBR
1

4
RBR
2

4
HUN
1

5
HUN
2

9
LEC
1

4
LEC
2

2
CAT
1

23†
CAT
2

4
4th 130

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

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

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
2017 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1

2
SIL
2

5
SIL
3

5
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

Ret
MNZ
3

Ret
PAU
1

Ret
PAU
2

10
PAU
3

9
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
17th 41

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 Pts
2016 Arden International SPA
FEA

7
SPA
SPR

4
RBR
FEA

Ret
RBR
SPR

Ret
SIL
FEA

12
SIL
SPR

9
HUN
FEA

3
HUN
SPR

7
HOC
FEA

12
HOC
SPR

6
SPA
FEA

2
SPA
SPR

5
MNZ
FEA

1
MNZ
FEA

4
SEP
FEA

6
SEP
SPR

1
YMC
FEA

2
YMC
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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results[]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS
QR

14
MIS
CR

10
BRH
QR

13
BRH
CR

9
ZOL
QR

24
ZOL
CR

9
HUN
QR

3
HUN
CR

2
NÜR
QR

12
NÜR
CR

12
9th 27

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[]

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2019 R-Motorsport I Aston Martin Vantage DTM HOC
1

11
HOC
2

11
ZOL
1

Ret
ZOL
2

6
MIS
1

15
MIS
2

13
NOR
1

9
NOR
2

12
ASS
1

12
ASS
2

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

9
LAU
1

11
LAU
2

Ret
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

14
HOC
1

11
HOC
2

8
17th 17

Complete Formula E results[]

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

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2020–21 BMW i Andretti Motorsport Spark SRT05e BMW iFE.21 DIR
12
DIR
Ret
RME
Ret
RME
13
VLC
8
VLC
1
MCO
16
PUE
5
PUE
5
NYC
Ret
NYC
16
LDN
1
LDN
9
BER
5
BER
Ret
3rd 91
2021–22 Avalanche Andretti Formula E Spark SRT05e BMW iFE.21 DIR
3
DIR
5
MEX
10
RME
RME
MCO
BER
BER
JAK
VAN
NYC
NYC
LDN
LDN
SEO
SEO
7th* 26*

* Season still in progress.

References[]

  1. ^ "Jake Dennis". racingsteps.co.uk. Racing Steps Foundation. Retrieved 13 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
  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.
  7. ^ "Jake Dennis joins Max Guenther at BMW i Andretti Motorsport for Season 7". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Out of the blue Red Bull tests "insane" – Dennis". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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