James Jakes

Name	James Jakes
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Nationality	British
Date of birth	August 04, 1987
Place of birth	Leeds (Great Britain)
Current series	GP3 Series
First year	2010
Current team	Manor Racing
Car number	17
Starts	6
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Prev series	T-Cars British Formula Renault British Formula Three Formula Three Euroseries GP2 Asia Series
Prev series years	2002–03 2004–05 2006 2007–08 2008–09, 2009–10
Awards
Award years

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

Career

T-Cars

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

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

Jakes did one round of the 2005 British Formula Three Championship in the National Class. In 2006 James made the move to the British Formula Three 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

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.

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! DC ! Points |- | 2008–09 ! Super Nova Racing |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| CHN
FEA
Ret |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| CHN
SPR
11 |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| DUB
FEA
12 | DUB
SPR
C |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| BHR1
FEA
22 |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| BHR1
SPR
Ret |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| QAT
FEA
9 |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| QAT
SPR
9 |bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| MYS
FEA
3 |bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| MYS
SPR
Ret |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| BHR2
FEA
10 |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| BHR2
SPR
14 ! 16th ! 7 |- | 2009–10 ! Super Nova Racing |bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| ABU1
FEA
3 |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| ABU1
SPR
10 | ABU2
FEA
| ABU2
SPR
| BHR1
FEA
| BHR1
SPR
| BHR2
FEA
| BHR2
SPR
| | | | ! 14th ! 6 |}

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! DC ! Points |- | 2010 ! Manor Racing |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| ESP
FEA
9 |bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| ESP
SPR
7 |bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| TUR
FEA
2 |bgcolor="#cfcfff"| TUR
SPR
8 |bgcolor="#dfffdf"| VAL
FEA
8 |bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| VAL
SPR
3 |bgcolor="#efcfff"| GBR
FEA
Ret |bgcolor="#cfcfff"| GBR
SPR
11 |bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| GER
FEA
2 |bgcolor="#efcfff"| GER
SPR
Ret | HUN
FEA
| HUN
SPR
| BEL
FEA
| BEL
SPR
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| ITA
FEA
13 |bgcolor="#efcfff"| ITA
SPR
Ret | 8th | 21 |}

References

External links

www.jamesjakes.com - Official website

www.supernova-racing.com - GP2 Racing Team Official Website

www.art-grandprix.com

www.manor-motorsport.com

www.akacobra.com - Formerly Team AKA

Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:People from Leeds Category:English racecar drivers Category:North American Formula Renault drivers Category:Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Category:Dutch Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Category:British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Category:Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Category:Formula Three Euroseries drivers Category:British Formula Three Championship drivers Category:McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominees Category:Formula Palmer Audi drivers Category:GP2 Asia Series drivers Category:GP3 Series drivers