Jake Dennis
Jake Dennis (born 16 June 1995) is a British racing driver who lives in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He currently competes in the Blancpain GT Series for R-Motorsport, driving the No. 76 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
| Jake Dennis | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  |
| Born | 16 June 1995 |
| GP3 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | Arden International |
| Car number | 9 |
| Starts | 18 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 2015-16 2013 2012 2011 2011 | MRF Challenge FIA F3 European Championship 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 | |
| 2012 | McLaren Autosport BRDC Award |
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.
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.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2020 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Aston Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10th* |
† As Dennis was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(key)
| 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 |  |
 |
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 |
References
- "Jake Dennis". racingsteps.co.uk. Racing Steps Foundation. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- "InterSteps Championship 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- "ENTRY LIST". British Formula Renault Championship. Facebook. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- Paice, Simon (29 March 2012). "Fortec four confirm NEC switch". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- "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.
- "McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award nominees 2012 announced". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jake Dennis. |
- Profile on Racing Steps Foundation site
- Jake Dennis career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Inaugural |
Intersteps Champion 2011 |
Succeeded by Matt Parry |
| Preceded by Carlos Sainz Jr. |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion 2012 |
Succeeded by Matt Parry |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Oliver Rowland |
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 2012 |
Succeeded by Matt Parry |